Recent content by woodchip85

My condolences to you and your family John. I was given this poem by a friend after losing my grandad, it braught me comfort. I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an...

Happy Christmas to all of HMEM and there family's, and a big thank you to you all, without your support this year would have been difficult. th_wav Happy Christmas & a safe and happy new year! th_wav

Tin, it looks like your original collets are 50TG series single-angle type.

Just remember, if your changing a barrel over in a air rifle and increase the length (I know you've only asked about how to turn the OD) you will also increase the ft-lbs of said !!!FIREARM!!! I say fire arm because most newer air rifles especially PCPs are extremely near the legal 12ft-lbs in...

I run alibre v11.2 on windows 7. For a work round right click on your shortcut, go to propities, now click compatibilities, next mark the tick box "run this program in compatibility mode", now select vista service pack 2, that should work for you, any other problems just PM me i use alibre alot...

Karma point to you, the nuber or small ballnose cutters that I "insert expletives" snap due to being over length. This will be used next time.

Thank you all for the messages of support, my brother passed them on to me, ive had my computer for the last 2wo weks, but not be able to connect while i was in hospital, i was discharged yesterday, im altot better then i have been over the last few months to say the least.Im looking farward to...

My name is Robert, I'm Dave's (woodchip85) older brother, I'm writing on Dave's behalf. David was involved in a serious car accident around 4 weeks ago now and has been in hospital since then, he has been in a critical state until early last week, the worst part seems to be over now but his...

I program Heidenhain nearly every day, both using cam and the machine control, for simple programs like drilling a few holes and the odd pocket i tend to use the machine control, for a more complex part like 3d work IE mold work id use my cam package (Delcam Powermill), the main difference...

Check you reamers for damage on the cutting edges a slight pip or score mark on one and it will cause nothing but trouble, also get some rocol or similar cutting fluid/paste, I drill and ream en8/high carbon steels all day and only get a bad finish with a reamer when some idiot throws the...

Can anybody help me create a step over chart for a 25Rad with 1.5drg step over, as im struggling to get marvs programs running (ballcut & roundover) on my all singing all dancing windoze 7 paperweight :redface2:! I was hoping to do it using excel but i cant remember for the life of me how to do...

A co-worker explaining the reason why people swim the English channel from England to France and not the other way round is it was down hill so it made easier Rof}

Hi just been strolling through, and saw this for nickle silver. Old horse bits are made of N,S, and will be stamped so, hope this will help some one els out there

Without knowing the size of the hole- If I were checking it in a QC environment, I would drop a sphere in the hole and throw it up on the comparator and measure across the points of intersection. With that being said, in the home shop I would do it with a sphere and a drop indicator. Measuring...

Well after many years my long time mentor is retiring today (lucky guy)! I'll alway be able to give hime a call when im stuck, but i just dont think it'll be the same.