Recent content by Johnlukes

Hi all, I’m sure that loads of you guys must have converted your Fobco stars to 3 phase, in which case there must be a glut of single phase motors knocking around unused. Well that’s what I’m after.. If anyone could help and save me the expense of buying a new one I’d be very grateful. thanks John

So this is the inverter inside the body of the milling machine

Hi Pencast, The inverter is fitted within the machine, I need to remove the transformer box to get in and take a look, I’ll try and do that today and post up another picture. Thanks John

Hi, I thought that might be the case, but the 240 volt version seems to be harder to come by and more expensive! What made you think I had emigrated? No plans for anything like that :)

Hi All, Before I purchase an align 500 p 110 volt x axis power feed, I want to determine if there is a 110 volt supply anywhere to be had on my mill. It is a Chester 626 with a factory fitted 3 phase motor and built in inverter. Any help would be appreciated Thanks John

Hi Chris, It is a Chenery aero v twin from Hemmingway kits. My first engine build and I’m enjoying the challenge and learning lots on the way :)

I’ll aim to do better than .003” but good to know. Somehow not having a good tight fit doesn’t seem right! Thanks for your advise.

Thanks Jenny, I ordered a set from RDG before I saw your post. happy new year :)

I have attached a schematic of the whole engine, it might give more perspective. I don’t think that I would want to be redesigning or remaking the crank at this stage, it took a lot of effort and a few write offs on the way to get to the stage I’m at at the moment! It seems to me that a jig will...

That’s really interesting, I wondered if it would be self aligning, moreover, whether they would move out of alinement if they weren’t a tight fit. the crankpin and the holes in either side of the crankshaft are all specced to be the same size, so it will be a push fit, but not a fridge and...

Hi all, I am fabricating a crankshaft to the plans below. I have made the main piece, have nearly finished the rear piece and the crank pin hopefully won’t be far behind. My query is about assembling the crankshaft and making sure that I get it alined properly. I assume that I will need to...

Thanks all for the ideas. I am going for the buy a tap and make your own option - have just ordered the tap. I think that I would worry they the switch locknuts wouldn’t be sufficiently wide, this is to hold a gear on a crankshaft after all, and I want to make sure I get a snug fitting thread...

Hi all, My plans require a locknut 1/4 x 40 tpi, thought it would be straight forward to get on line and order a few, but although it would be possible to buy a tap and make a nut, nobody seems to sell this size, at least not on-line. In fact when I look through my Zeus book, I can’t find...

Guys I was on the lathe yesterday and I did notice another thing that might help pinpoint the problem. I have a Rodney mill that I connected up, the Rodney drive as you probably know is taken from a tapered rod that passes through the lathe spindle and is tightened up by a nut on the other end...

Thanks for the feedback guys. Some interesting points.. Yes incidentally there was grease in the myford oil gun, and it did leak after I replaced it with oil, but I have bought a very expensive replacement and the new one is very good and of course doesn't contain Grease. I haven't stripped...