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    Stuart oscillator

    As my first engine project I thought I'd give this a go. Bored and faced the cylinder this afternoon, nice job to get into it. It's done apart from drilling the port face and then lapping
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    Antique shop bargain

    Came across this Starret 18" level for £20 in an antiques shop, needless to say it's now got a new home. There was a smaller one too of another make but I only got the starret
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    Hemingway tailstock die holder

    Hi Norman, it's not a snug fit or anything, just a nice fit in the holder so it's easy to get in and out. this is for the 1" dies and all of the 1" dies I own are solid anyway so haven't got the split. The larger one is to the drawing which happens to be the same size as my dies
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    Hemingway tailstock die holder

    Borrowed a 39/64" drill from work so managed to ream both parts to 5/8". Also managed to find the time to bore out the die holder parts. Rather than use the nominal dimensions given on the drawing I bored out enough for the die to be a good fit in the holder
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    Rupnow-Johnno Vertical hit and miss

    As an aside, the rudder stocks on Archer class boats (Royal Navy) have brass keys, mainly so that any slop in the system that develops wears out the cheap to replace key rather than the expensive steel steering arm. Had to machine a new key last week for one
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    Hemingway tailstock die holder

    Bit more progress today. Screwcut the end of the larger die holder, job stopped ATM as I need to borrow a drill bit from work so I can put a 5/8 reamer through. Because im borrowing the drill and reamer I turned the outer diameter of the smaller die holder and drilled it ready for the drill/...
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    Hemingway tailstock die holder

    I got too tempted and ended up cutting a bit of metal. This gets turned down to 1" OD and there's a 3/8" section of thread at the end
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    Hemingway tailstock die holder

    Not much progress to report but have set up the four jaw for machining the larger of the blanks. Don't really need a four jaw but o thought I'd get some practice in. Going to machine all the blanks to size for the threads and the boring operations and then going to do the tapering operations...
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    Allchin Traction Engine Build

    Have you looked at traction talk? There's a good section dedicated to model traction engines
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    Hemingway tailstock die holder

    Also the other bits that have been faced to length ready for the next turning operations
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    Hemingway tailstock die holder

    More die holder progress. Made a mandrel to turn the outer diameters. Got to within half a thou on the large diameter and the smaller one is dead on an inch. Mini lathe can do some accurate work as long as it isn't abused
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    Centring in a 4-Jaw Chuck

    They are annoying, however you will never leave one in a chuck even accidentally
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    Hemingway tailstock die holder

    It'll get a fair amount of use in work too, especially for those jobs where we have to thread stainless (which being a boat yard tends to happen fairly regularly)
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    Hemingway tailstock die holder

    Yes thats the one, its the J.C.Payne design. This tool comes in MT2 or 3, this is the 2 so it fits in my small lathe tailstock and can always adapt it up for the bigger machine. Got no pictures but I have faced all of the other bits to length
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    Centring in a 4-Jaw Chuck

    Of course the chuck key left in the chuck predicament can be solved with one of those chuck keys with the spring on them, making it impossible for them to be left in the chuck
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