25-04-2013, 06:29 PM
Hi,
Thanks Joe; in fact where there's a will there's a Col. If I bang my head hard and long enough against a wall the wall usually disappears; it's been a thick wall for quite a while though.
Today I'm on a roll; I've not only got the Clarke running again but I've now cut key-ways in the counter-shafts leaving just the circlip grooves to cut tomorrow. Using the key-way jig I copied from "YouTube" it was a doddle to cut these two at 3mm wide; it pays to go steady with such a small end mill/slotting cutter as they are quite fragile but taking cuts of five thou it didn't take too long and now I have a spare counter-shaft.
The new Servo Motor really is good; it ran for quite a while whilst key-way cutting but didn't warm up in the slightest and it was being run on lowest speed at 350rpm.
As I say I'm on a roll; Bron came down to the garage to say I had a phone call so I knocked off and it was a friend of ours tipping me off about a large quantity of hardwood veneers up for sale in another forum; of course I'm buying them so I can look forward to increasing my veneer stock shortly and hopefully next winter I can do some veneering projects?
It's been a black hole today but for once I'm happy; I'm sorry for the poor picture of the key-ways but at least the lathe set up came out OK; the light in the garage is poor most of the year but I'll try to take a better picture. What a wonderful day.
Kind regards, Col.
Thanks Joe; in fact where there's a will there's a Col. If I bang my head hard and long enough against a wall the wall usually disappears; it's been a thick wall for quite a while though.
Today I'm on a roll; I've not only got the Clarke running again but I've now cut key-ways in the counter-shafts leaving just the circlip grooves to cut tomorrow. Using the key-way jig I copied from "YouTube" it was a doddle to cut these two at 3mm wide; it pays to go steady with such a small end mill/slotting cutter as they are quite fragile but taking cuts of five thou it didn't take too long and now I have a spare counter-shaft.
The new Servo Motor really is good; it ran for quite a while whilst key-way cutting but didn't warm up in the slightest and it was being run on lowest speed at 350rpm.
As I say I'm on a roll; Bron came down to the garage to say I had a phone call so I knocked off and it was a friend of ours tipping me off about a large quantity of hardwood veneers up for sale in another forum; of course I'm buying them so I can look forward to increasing my veneer stock shortly and hopefully next winter I can do some veneering projects?
It's been a black hole today but for once I'm happy; I'm sorry for the poor picture of the key-ways but at least the lathe set up came out OK; the light in the garage is poor most of the year but I'll try to take a better picture. What a wonderful day.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
