Recent content by scruffy

Ive been away from the forum for a while, sorry to hear about your predicament. Ive been told I have high creatinine too but they're only watching it for now. I dont think Im too far from you and am happy to offer my services for any heavy lifting you may require

it's made and seems to be a good thing. I had a hard enough time explaining the machine I dont know how I'd go with a replacement so soon

OK havnt had the chance to play with this mill untill today ant the draw bar is 3/8 unc. Everything supplied with the machine has 10mm thread. so my question is am I right to make my own bar or are these things hardened. Im confident I can turn it and thread and I can get it hardened if needs be

I had a new toy arrive this week, I should be able to get some stuff done

Thank you Rod thats what I was thinking, I'll get that one and get the tang down to fit

Hi all been a while but while other projects are rained out back to my engine, the previous owner of my C2 has done this to the chuck arbor. I had to pull the tail stock right down to get it out. I looked at ebay...

WOW lots has happened since Ive been on here, I started a rebuild of my 4x4 to replace my old car which sucked up a lot of time and money but I seem to like making things myself. Part way through my partner had a mild stroke, requiring me to be off work for 2 months and then another month...

I haven't got a lot done on my ez engine but have finally gotten around to sorting out some new benches was running out of room and the cook wasn't happy with me using the chest freezer as a bench

Hi guys, I found this article about a guy printing artificial robotic hands for amputees http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/roboband/story-fn5fsgyc-1226715733674 . I thought that is was looking into a little more, and found that he is doing this from donations and not charging the people...

Sure does Paul I managed to get all the other holes on the frame drilled and tapped, I have bought bolts way too long for the job so I need to return to the bolt shop. Im fairly proud of my hacksaw cut on the 25mm square I have though. My spine issues aren't going to let me cut the other though...

I should be back on track to get building again, I was missing lots of stuff required to do the job and hope that this new influx of tools helps me for a bit

No progress today, had one of the girls from our Sydney warehouse come to Melbourne and I got to be tour guide for the day. Not work related at all, just touristy stuff. Good days work but had me out of my usual area so I didnt get to the shop for my tap. My 4 jaw chuck arrived and I'll get a...

Hi Bazmac it's got a 80mm 3 jaw on it I have ordered the 4 jaw in the same size

Thanks Steve, while Ive always wanted a lathe and mill I had never thought of small engines. Till I stumbled on your V8 on another forum, that got me over here to see yours and now I have the lathe I can start to make some stuff

I made a start on my EZ engine last night, started on the base while Im waiting for my 4 jaw chuck to arrive (Should come in today). I'm using the metric plan set and due to my lack of a mill am making some small changes to work with material on hand. I started by cutting the base and stand to...