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I often see posts about DC motor controller issues on mini lathes and the almost complete lack of service info on them - I came across a pdf file on the antiqueradios forum - posted by a user called ACORNVALVE, he has gone to a great deal of trouble - the document is very comprehensive and would...

I made up this Excel threading chart for my 12x36 belt drive Taiwan made lathe, this type of lathe is considered a generic Asian/Chinese/Taiwan lathe sold under many names like Grizzly G9249, Warco BH900, Jet12x36, Lantaine, Honden, Herless etc so this chart may be of use to forum members, it...

Not sure if anyone has posted a link to this engine or even seen it - just goes to show that you do not need the latest CNC gear even probably a lathe and mill to make a running engine, all credit to the builder, the valve and piston rod look to be made of wood as does the piston - where there's...

A work collegue of my wife was good enough to gift me some engineering gear he had left from the days when he worked as a tool maker, amongst the gear was a 5 tenths Mitotoyo DTI a useful bit of gear but sadly the bezel crystal was missing and there was no holder. I managed to get hold of a...

Every now and again you come against a thread that you can't identify - this recently happened to me when fitting a new light to my mill - I picked up some cheap track spot lights from a car boot sale and wanted to attach one to a goose neck, I measured the thread diam and pitch but found it did...

Operating manual for the Grizzly (Chinese Deckel SO copy)

Late last year as my Quorn T&C grinder was nearing completion I was planning on starting an O gauge live steam loco but I came across the Demon V8 build log by Steve Huck I must say it impressed me and and I decided then to put off the loco project and swap it for a running V8 - as I had a few...

A search of the posts brings quite a bit of discussion on cam timing so I hope members are not sick of explanations and someone can clear things up for me. When discussing cam timing I've always used expressions such as "opening X deg before TDC" or "closing X deg after BDC" however I often see...

I have one of these belt driven Taiwan made lathes http://www.lathes.co.uk/taiwan/ - sold under many different logos/brands. The range of threads that are able to be cut as shown on the threading tables is quite good but there always comes that one time that a thread comes along that is not...

I built this for my 'Jenny Wren look alike' steam engine, while the spirit burner did work they can be sensitive to wick height so I thought a butane burner might be a better option. Ignoring advice I would normally give to others about doing a drawing first I built it 'on the fly' using brass...

Some years back I built a vertical boiler oscillating steam engine it was my own design but was essentially a Jenny Wren look alike. Ultimately it was a failure, it ran nicely on 4-5psi of compressed air but would not steam using a single wick spirit burner, as it was meant as a xmas present for...

How many know that what they are about to do is wrong but still go ahead anyway ? Some years back I used to visit an old chap and help him out with metalwork projects, I had to open out a 3/8 hole in a bronze casting that was about 4inx4inx4in, I set it up in the drill press but didn't bother to...

I had a brilliant idea to make mini steam engine similar toJenny Wren for my father in law for Xmas, it’s mostly finished bar thepolishing and safety valve. It runs well on compressed air at about 5-10psi andalso steams if I use a mini butane burner as the heat source. It will not steamif I use...

Hello all, I need two cross drilled holes in a 0.5'' diam bar for my current project. I've done a search in this forum and also using google, but can't find an answer, there is plenty about cross drilling but not about drilling into an already centre punched mark. The first hole has been cross...