Recent content by phred

It's probably a 4mm pitch M39 as used on some ( like mine ) Hare & Forbes supplied lathe. although the supplied docs do not show it, it is possible to cut the 4mm pitch thread as I have made several backplates for different chucks.

well said. Cheers!

might be pricey but it will look good!

an old saying, "look after your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone" Good luck with the surgery, speedy recovery!

Great improvisation, timing must have been interesting. Scotty, you're right about the cringe, been there - done that.

looking good, getting close to the pointy end now!

Nice recovery, that looks like it will work!

I've not used it but have seen a supporting post mounted under the front end of the cutting tool to stabilize it in the vertical direction. It might help solve your problem. Fred.

just down the road from me, Shoalhaven, South Coast NSW. :cool:

Here's my solution to a caliper that constantly flattened its battery, piggybacked a AAA cell on the back with hot glue and ran some wires to the battery connections.

looking good! excellent work as always.

I have used the tape around the chuck method with success to cut a 17 tooth gear, worked well!

just finished a 80 tooth mod 1 in al.

I have the same mill, also in Oz, branded Optimum, it has metal gears in that position. The only problem I've had is a motor controller failing but that was easily replaced. I suspect the gears are module 1. Cheers, Fred.

great little engine, video worked fine for me using GOM video player. Windows Media player doesn't recognize the encoding.