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I use a piece of ground rod say 4mm dia and bend it into a V you then have 3 points for the 3 jaws, it is easy to pull out when tightened then it hangs on the lathe ready for next time.

Great job well pleased.

You might need a 40mm with recessed centre I know you can get them I use one.

Now before you all start laughing I have found Baby oil the best to use on aluminium make a clay wall around where you want to cut and pour some in swarf will not stick, the only problem I found was getting some unsuspecting person (not me) to go and get a bottle of oil to use, I am told they...

Parcel collected 11.40 on it's way to you, post a photo when its on motor please.

Hi Mike, It's done been able to make the disk 82mm dia also can be changed in the future if you find this one too small, bored out slightly under 16mm and it fits well on one of my motors. If you can PM me your contact details I can get it into the royal mail or if you can organise collection...

Sorry for the delay been too cold here to get into workshop but says warming up next week.

"recipio said: Reminds me of the old 'Jet' clamps - beautifully made but they still failed to sell. Remember them ?!" Yes still have a pair of Jet clamps they are really good to use for metalwork nowadays but would not be without them. Edit added image:

" Who's your chip from, anyone good? " Real chip from local Super market great with a pea-e

Well to help get this thread back on track!! I just got back from getting the AZ *** and it went really well I would hope many go and get it and lets get back to some kind of normality if we can.

All we hear from today's generation is how hard done by they are. If you lived as a child in the 40's, 50's, 60's, looking back, it's hard to believe that we survived as long as we have, sit back and take a ride back to those Oh!! so hard times when: · Our cots were covered with brightly...

Booked in for my *** on Thursday.

If it fine between centres it could be a misalignment of the chuck, just had a mate with a problem like this and it was a build up of dust in the chuck register.

An elderly lady walked into the Bank one morning with a bag full of money. She wanted to open a savings account and insisted on talking to the manager of the Bank because she had a lot of money. After much discussions (after all, the client is always right) the employee took the elderly lady to...

Hi Mike, I have had to make a few changes I only have 70 dia in stock and have increased the boss to 30mm with 16mm hole that gives me enough to put grub screws in, will this be okay. Phill

Mike, Send me all the correct dims you need and your contact details and I can turn one up for you for cost of postage

I would not do the relief cuts on the straight only near the small radius, cut in one line and the waste side will help to hold the blade from wandering. Edit: added "small"

I remember when I were a lad and worked on a farm the boss showed me how to get rid of the mice in the feed room he would slowly move a bag of feed and quick as a flash go under with his other hand and make a grab for what was there and come out squeezing them dead and say that's how you do it...

"And isn’t more spindle tooling better than less?! " That only apply s if you can use it?

I built one to 48" x 48" and can loose board the front up to 60" and it holds 1 ton of ovals.