Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 11 August 2016 15:11:21 andy pugh wrote: > On 11 August 2016 at 19:17, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> For a lathe you intend to use for one more job then replace with > >> the Sheldon? No. > > > > It will no doubt have several jobs to do before I put wheels under > > the electronics to use

Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-11 Thread Dave Cole
On 8/11/2016 4:37 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 11 August 2016 at 20:31, John Kasunich wrote: >>> https://goo.gl/photos/NUgVGG3AeYKP23WU8 >>> >> Unnaturally clean in there > To be fair, he was just in the process of moving in to a new building > he had built to put his workshop in. > > It's this c

Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-11 Thread andy pugh
On 11 August 2016 at 20:31, John Kasunich wrote: >> https://goo.gl/photos/NUgVGG3AeYKP23WU8 >> > > Unnaturally clean in there To be fair, he was just in the process of moving in to a new building he had built to put his workshop in. It's this chap: http://www.f1-2000.co.uk/index.php?f=conrod

Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-11 Thread Dave Cole
On 8/11/2016 4:03 PM, John Thornton wrote: > The headstock looks the same as my CHNC I and I think he has not made > any chips yet in that shop... > > JT I'm fairly certain that I would not be allowed to do any work there.. ;-) Is that a terrazzo floor ? I can see why he has wood blocks under e

Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-11 Thread John Thornton
The headstock looks the same as my CHNC I and I think he has not made any chips yet in that shop... JT On 8/11/2016 2:11 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 11 August 2016 at 19:17, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> For a lathe you intend to use for one more job then replace with the >>> Sheldon? No. >> It will n

Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-11 Thread Dave Cole
On 8/11/2016 3:31 PM, John Kasunich wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2016, at 03:11 PM, andy pugh wrote: > >> A chap I know made this one out of standard parts, which looks nice >> >> https://goo.gl/photos/NUgVGG3AeYKP23WU8 >> > Unnaturally clean in there Waay... to clean. I've seen hospitals t

Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-11 Thread Dave Cole
Where do you get "standard" parts like that ?? Dave On 8/11/2016 3:11 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 11 August 2016 at 19:17, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> For a lathe you intend to use for one more job then replace with the >>> Sheldon? No. >> It will no doubt have several jobs to do before I put wheels u

Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-11 Thread John Kasunich
On Thu, Aug 11, 2016, at 03:11 PM, andy pugh wrote: > A chap I know made this one out of standard parts, which looks nice > > https://goo.gl/photos/NUgVGG3AeYKP23WU8 > Unnaturally clean in there -- John Kasunich jmkasun...@fastmail.fm ---

Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-11 Thread andy pugh
On 11 August 2016 at 19:17, Gene Heskett wrote: >> For a lathe you intend to use for one more job then replace with the >> Sheldon? No. > > It will no doubt have several jobs to do before I put wheels under the > electronics to use them to drive the Sheldon for good. And you think that you might

Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 11 August 2016 13:29:13 andy pugh wrote: > On 11 August 2016 at 17:52, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Thanks Andy. The smaller one, at 13.5mm, still seems big for my > > table, but we'll check. > > Smaller ones exist, but you would need to find them. Mine are 12mm > http://www.vertex-tw.com.

Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-11 Thread andy pugh
On 11 August 2016 at 17:52, Gene Heskett wrote: > Thanks Andy. The smaller one, at 13.5mm, still seems big for my table, > but we'll check. Smaller ones exist, but you would need to find them. Mine are 12mm http://www.vertex-tw.com.tw/products/products_list.php?cid=52 > They look handier than b

Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 11 August 2016 12:09:42 andy pugh wrote: > On 11 August 2016 at 15:42, Gene Heskett wrote: > > The way these are sized in the adv., represents what dimension of > > the slot? > > The width of the slot in the top surface of the table. Thanks Andy. The smaller one, at 13.5mm, still see

Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-11 Thread andy pugh
On 11 August 2016 at 15:42, Gene Heskett wrote: > The way these are sized in the adv., represents what dimension of the > slot? The width of the slot in the top surface of the table. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanic

Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 11 August 2016 08:32:19 andy pugh wrote: > On 11 August 2016 at 03:52, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> https://goo.gl/photos/aRHjN9GaddQWjYAC9 > > > > Pix worked fine. Cute little work holders, your patent, or can I > > buy them someplace? > > http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksi

Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-11 Thread andy pugh
On 11 August 2016 at 13:57, John Thornton wrote: > What holds the clamp in place the rear screw against the bottom of the T > slot? Seems like that might mark up the bottom of the slot, Yes, and it does. Possibly fixable with a shim. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachme

Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-11 Thread John Thornton
What holds the clamp in place the rear screw against the bottom of the T slot? Seems like that might mark up the bottom of the slot, not really worried about that on an old BP knee mill lol. https://www.amazon.com/VERTEX-3900-0316-Steel-4-piece-T-Slot/dp/B00QVYSN1M/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1470920

Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-11 Thread andy pugh
On 11 August 2016 at 03:52, Gene Heskett wrote: >> https://goo.gl/photos/aRHjN9GaddQWjYAC9 > > Pix worked fine. Cute little work holders, your patent, or can I buy > them someplace? http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.XSteel+T+Slots+Clamps+Set.TRS5&_n

Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 10 August 2016 19:12:47 andy pugh wrote: > On 10 August 2016 at 21:47, Gene Heskett wrote: > > So I've been filing it with the file laying flat, with the huge > > majority of the pressure against the big end as it was pushed the > > length of a 14" mill bastard. > > Blue and a scrape

Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-10 Thread andy pugh
On 10 August 2016 at 21:47, Gene Heskett wrote: > So I've been filing it with the file laying flat, with the huge majority > of the pressure against the big end as it was pushed the length of a 14" > mill bastard. Blue and a scraper would be more traditional. This is the way I held mine for scrap

Re: [Emc-users] Wednesday, was Sunday afternoon news from WV. Wierdsville inc.

2016-08-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 08 August 2016 23:08:09 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 08 August 2016 20:57:04 Cecil Thomas wrote: > > Gene, > > You don't have to use Phase II. All AXA or 100 series holders are > > interchangeable. You can get the the holders here for $10 or $11 if > > you want the groove in the bot