Re: Slip rolls and shears

2002-05-31 Thread Tony
Hi Gordon. Allan is sitting here wanting to know the price of the little pommie loco! a Flying Scotman in reality. availability? Any prices to go on yet? or ring Allan late Friday or over weekend TIA. Tony Tony Cotton Adelaide Loco Works South Australia Ph/ intl -61-8-83416511 AH 82484430

Slip rolls and shears

2002-05-29 Thread Gordon Watson.
Argyle has had a chinese origin combination slip roll/shear and brake for 7 years now .used every day..tend to be poorly set up when you buy it but worth its weight in gold. we grind the shear blades yearly and dont let Father in law crop hardened screws to length on it! the regrind cost $80

Re: Slip rolls and shears

2002-05-29 Thread VR Bass
Gordon, thanks very much for the description of setting up the shear! I'll give it a go. regards, -vance- Vance Bass Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Small-scale live steam resources: http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass

Re: slip rolls

2002-05-27 Thread Casey Sterbenz
Friends, Machinist Workshop magazine for June-July 2002 has an article about building a sheet metal bending machine from common materials. The article claims the machine can bend up to 1/4 thick steel. Casey Sterbenz _ Join

Re: slip rolls

2002-05-27 Thread Harry Wade
At 09:14 PM 5/27/02 -0400, you wrote: building a sheet metal bending machine from common materials. The article claims the machine can bend up to 1/4 thick steel. Casey Sterbenz The question of course will be how wide? There is a need for metal brake counterpart to the Thomas (or