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| spuddevans:
--- Quote from: sbwhart on November 07, 2009, 06:10:50 AM ---Well thats it for know just had a call that my Dad's been taken into hospital. --- End quote --- I hope he's ok, our thoughts are with you. Project's coming on well BTW :thumbup: Tim |
| sbwhart:
Tim thanks for your kind thoughts:- My dads in sheltered housing and has a carer that get him ****, showered and shaved in the morning, she noticed that his speech was slurred and that he couldn't hold the spoon to eat is breakfast, she thought he may have had a stroke, so off to hospital he went, they xrayed, scanned, blood test, etc etc, the only thing they could put his problem down too was his lack of vitamin B12 that he get jags for (shots) every 3 months, that he his due next week, so it looks like he was beginning to misfire bit like an engine running out of gas, they gave him is jag and sent him home, checked on him this morning and he's fine just like his old self (good old national health) :thumbup:. Any way back on topic Held the job by the spigot in the four jaw clocked it true and proceeded to skim the face and turn the OD down from 6" to 5" this took quite a while as a couldn't take more than 0.3mm cut any way got there eventually Made this pile of swarf. Chamfered the edges off. In the mean time I'd emailed Ray to measure the distance from the face of the ram to the clamp bolt 3/4":- so gripped round the other way and turned a shallow under cut in the spigot where the clamp screw would locate, this is to prevent the clamp screw burring up the spigot and making it difficult to remove. There you go finished job, you could do some real damage with this. :D I'll be meeting up with Ray on 12th 13th Dec at Erdigg hall Christmas Fair where will have a stall with his leather work. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-events/w-events-find_event.htm?c=1 Be there or be square :D :D :D :D Cheers Stew |
| Stilldrillin:
Very nicely done, & shown Stew! :thumbup: Also, very pleased yer Dad`s ok now..... David D |
| sbwhart:
Thanks Dave Onto another bit of tooling, this old hand operated machine is used for assembly eyelets, the size that this was made for are no longer available, and is now wanted to assemble press studs These old tools are lovely bits of work, almost art, just look at that lovely boxwood handle. I wanted to make the tools out of something tough so used some cap screws. Then I ran into a problem something bent the tools won't line up. I try not to strip these old tools down so that they are as origonal as posible, but I had no choice. This bit is made of brass and over the years a rough arse leather worker has given this a bit of stick countless times and its ended up bent :- hmmm :scratch: I'm going to have a think on this one I don't want to skim it up I'll have a think to see if I can bend it straight. Cheers Stew |
| bogstandard:
Try not to use any heat Stew, once it is annealed, it might take ages to get it hard again and it will bend like a lump of rubber while in use. It might be better to gently twist it back into position over a couple of days using a clamp from corner to corner, tightening up a little at a time. John |
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