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loads of useful info there and health and safety advice (no mention of hi vis though ;D). Also thanks for the difference between the milling clamping set's Im glad I didn't go and spend money on something I did not need. I will go slow when using the faceplate I promise.

Cheers for that keys, it's exactly what I wanted to know, sod's law my local shop is out of stock of them so will av a go at making some.

Hi just got my 160mm face plate, problem now is what's the best way of clamping work to it. I was looking at the milling clamp kits but they come in various sizes and I am not sure if they would be suitable. As I said I'm not clued up on milling so dont know if these kits would be suitable for...

yep been looking on ebay, found the zeus precision data charts booklet but amazon do it cheeper. I find the bit I have to get my head around is my lathe is rigged up for imperial cutting. Most of the plans I have are imperial. However I live in the uk am under 45 so my method of machining is...

I appreciate what your saying and as you stated you been doing this for 40 years :bow: (you machine god) so it's second nature to you, I got Tubal Cain's Model engineer's handbook and as I said it's like russian to me ;D I am slowly working things out and I mean slowly so no worrys lets all...

Ok I didn't want to start a war :-[ lol just wanted a constant which was that 75%. When explained that I can use the tap formula then it makes it easier to understand. I happen to be a person that learns from watching and asking questions. Books can only teach you so much and they don't answer...

Thanks for the quick responses people, except jonesie, bit rude I think, I asked for help that's why this post is here. I have got a few books pardon me if I have difficulty understanding them we can't all be clever can we. On the other hand the people who were willing to help a newbie who...

Hi I am attempting my first male - female thread cutting procedure on the lathe. Granted working out the external thread's are easier than the internal, being the major is basically the finished size of the bolt. So not much chance of making the bolt to small. But and there is always a but I do...

Cheers Ken, as soon as you mentioned layers I had a butchers at program and found out how to turn the layers on and off, your new colour coded drawing is much easier to assemble now. Thanks for that Andrew

Thanks for getting back Ken I managed to source oldboatmans modified plans and with yours and the images that you and Don have supplied I am working it out slowly. I did try putting my autocad on but its a real old version and windows 7 did not like it so managed to get a dxf dwg viewer but...

Im using an old version of 3d studio max it's very esay to use and very powerful I did try autocad but cant get on with it. With 3d studio max I can produce exact copies of each part from the 2d drawings. The frames are made also the beam pivot and crank pivot clamps. I am working on the steam...

Hi everyone after surfing through a few sites I came across this one and what can I say. Brilliant comes to mind I have only owned a lathe for 2 months and made my first engine after converting imperial to metric bit of a pain but my tools are metric. My profile image shows the engine being held...

I am glad you metricated this image almost all of my tools are metric, I have only owned a lathe for 2 months and built my first engine after converting imperial to metric. It was a pain and time consuming still got the base to make and stand but thats it in my pic. My missis is holding it and...