Recent content by steamboat willie

Wout, Following your advice I have successfully removed another of the design irritations of the C2 lathe. I drilled two holes and gave the gibb a bit of a nudge and it has all worked out fine. I even got carried away and made a special tool - a 3/16" allen key protruding from a knurled...

Hello Wout! Many thanks for going to the trouble that you have in taking and posting the photos. They are as good as your description! I will investigate this mod further for my machine. It seems to be, along with the absence of a saddle lock, quite a major design oversight on such a popular...

Hello Wout! Many thanks for your reply. I can envisage the solution that you have described, but I would be grateful if you could post a picture or two of the modification. I am presuming that the modification did not require the change from steel to brass gibbs, but that was something you did...

Hello! Like many others on this 'ere Forum I have a Seig C2 mini-lathe. It is good in many ways, but one of the most irritating features of it is the location and alteration of the setting (angle) of the topslide. This involves winding the cross-slide right out to expose two otherwise hidden...

Mosey - can you fit a ring led of bigger diameter to overcome the problem of light not getting to where you need it? Possibly even an inner ring and an outer ring might do the job. Bill.

Hi Chuchetn! Thanks for reading my post! I tried to copy an eBay listing for pasting here but it wouldn't let me, so, type in "12v LED ring lights" into your eBay search bar, and several of these items should appear. As I mentioned, they are terribly expensive ($4-5 for 2!!!!) out of China. I...

My eyes are dim, I cannot see, I've been in the shed since half past three... I too have trouble seeing clearly, and I want to share something that I didn't invent, but have copied with great benefit. I was having trouble with seeing the milling cutter . Put lights onto the job from both sides...

Thanks gentlemen for your kind words. I apologise for the crook photos . One thing I didn't mention was that I removed the lead screw from the x axis, out it in the lathe and drilled a 6mm hole into the end of it, very carefully to ensure accuracy. I tapped this hole to 8 x 1 then made up an...

Power feed of x2 mill With great help from BaronJ's instructions I have managed to upload some photos of my mill's power feed. I apologise for the out of sequence, but stick with it... Here goes: Photo one shows the motor and right angle gearbox which is part of the motor. The shaft was drilled...

Hello Steiglitz! Thanks for your request! It would be a pleasure to send you some photos of my power feed mods to my mill on the Forum except for one minor problem. As a confirmed and fully paid up Life member of Luddites-are-Me, I have not the knowledge or ability to be able to post a photo...

Hi Baron! I would like to throw in my 2 cents' worth. I am a man after your own heart - I have frequently been found inverted in a rubbish skip, or bringing something home from the tip, so I know where you are coming from. But if I have learnt anything it is that oh so often recycled bits and...

On my Seig-2 mill I always found it almost impossible to get an even 'pattern' on the milled component when winding by hand, irrespective of how much I tried. Now, with my powered feed I get very uniform finishes each time. I used a commercially available 24v 5A power supply, a commercially...

Hello! Thankyou for the photos of your workshop. I could not but notice that you have the same small Seig X2 lathe as do I. I am a bit of a computer luddite so I will suggest something: In the topic Machine Modifications there is a post on the top of page 3 entitled "Steamboat Willie's Lathe...

ddmckee, and Tinkerer58, Thankyou both for your invaluable advice and information. It will be a 5A fast blow fuse that I will use and I will connect the ammeter as advised to check the current draw. Many thanks for your time and assistance gentlemen! Bill.

http://createtool.com/list.asp?cid=33 Geurd - have a look at these. Bill.