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Bogstandard
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As you all most probably know, over the last couple of years, I have been instructing a young, older generation model engineer, using purely the internet for communication.
John publicly thanked me for my efforts a couple of weeks ago, a thing I personally hate being done. So it is now payback time.
John has been struggling for the last few months to get accurate and repeatable results, and so was feeling a bit sorry for himself.
I had my first face to face meeting at the Harrogate show (the sight of me must have scared him almost to death), and he was duly invited to come visit me in my lair.
He did this a few weeks ago, and after the obligatory cup of coffee we set off for the shop.
So followed a few hours on the basics of joining bits together so you can machine them in one go, setting up the milling vice and rotary table to make sure what you are making comes out as expected, and how to use the DRO and backstop to get repeatable results. All these things I couldn't explain accurately enough to get it over in an email.
Anyway, John went away with all his new found information, and set to work putting his machinery in order, and using the techniques I had shown him.
A few days later, I got an email. He had got over the hump, and was turning out repeatable parts, that were accurate and interchangeable, and stated that he now looks forwards to going into the shop again, knowing that he will have more success than failure.
So now is payback time.
JOHN S. IS NOW NO LONGER TO BE CLASSED AS A NEWBIE
Just to prove my statement, I have attached a couple of shots that he sent me a few hours ago.
John is building a three cylinder version of the Liney Halo, with very little input from myself, and these are the results so far. Most of the hard stuff has been done.
Well done John
Bogs.
John publicly thanked me for my efforts a couple of weeks ago, a thing I personally hate being done. So it is now payback time.
John has been struggling for the last few months to get accurate and repeatable results, and so was feeling a bit sorry for himself.
I had my first face to face meeting at the Harrogate show (the sight of me must have scared him almost to death), and he was duly invited to come visit me in my lair.
He did this a few weeks ago, and after the obligatory cup of coffee we set off for the shop.
So followed a few hours on the basics of joining bits together so you can machine them in one go, setting up the milling vice and rotary table to make sure what you are making comes out as expected, and how to use the DRO and backstop to get repeatable results. All these things I couldn't explain accurately enough to get it over in an email.
Anyway, John went away with all his new found information, and set to work putting his machinery in order, and using the techniques I had shown him.
A few days later, I got an email. He had got over the hump, and was turning out repeatable parts, that were accurate and interchangeable, and stated that he now looks forwards to going into the shop again, knowing that he will have more success than failure.
So now is payback time.
JOHN S. IS NOW NO LONGER TO BE CLASSED AS A NEWBIE
Just to prove my statement, I have attached a couple of shots that he sent me a few hours ago.
John is building a three cylinder version of the Liney Halo, with very little input from myself, and these are the results so far. Most of the hard stuff has been done.
Well done John
Bogs.