07-12-2013, 02:15 PM
Hi,
Many thanks Ted; hopefully one day you and I will actually meet at Rufforth. Yes thanks; today's Rufforth turned out much better than expected. When I looked at the weather forecast a few days ago for Rufforth it showed;
Well done BBC weather wrong forecast again; it was cold when Tony and I arrived on site at 07:30 it was still dark but certainly not freezing. It was pouring with rain when we left home but mostly remained dry at Rufforth then returning home we ran into my personal cloud once again and it's the usual black hole and raining as I type; before leaving Rufforth it turned into a nice morning there so it worked out well.
It was good to meet up with David again and we three enjoyed ourselves looking for bargains together with the usual impulse buying. I did indeed manage to find a Whitworth die and the stall also had a part set of taps and dies so I was cheeky and asked how much just for the die holder; HSS tap and die holder £6 can't be bad can it? When or if I ever resume work on this bandsaw I can add the 3/8" Whitworth thread to the shaft end completing the shaft. The morning flew by; we were like kids being let loose in a candy store.
It's strange Ted but the only screw cutting I've ever done on a lathe was 50 years ago as an apprentice; I can't be bothered with playing around working out gear ratios and even when I owned the big Colchester with screw cutting gearbox I never cut threads. The threads I have cut have been done by drilling and tapping allowing set screws to be used and on the few occasions I've needed to cut a male thread I've simply used a suitable die. By the time the lathe is set up for screw cutting I can have the thread cut easily with a die.
I'll feel happier once the damaged tree is gone out of sight; each time I look up the garden it reminds me of more work yet to be done. Last night I thought I had something in my slipper causing me pain but when I looked it was blisters caused by wearing heavy safety boots working on the slope cutting the tree up; it was terrible; whilst cutting I was facing downhill for safety this forced my toes right into the front of the boots and as I walked around on the slope the tops of the boots tried to wear my ankles away; fortunately this morning the pain had eased; what joy it brings me lumber-jacking on our mountain?
I hope you have better luck firewood hunting in the woods this weekend Lawrence and that your weather is much better than ours; good luck.
Kind regards, Col.
Many thanks Ted; hopefully one day you and I will actually meet at Rufforth. Yes thanks; today's Rufforth turned out much better than expected. When I looked at the weather forecast a few days ago for Rufforth it showed;
Well done BBC weather wrong forecast again; it was cold when Tony and I arrived on site at 07:30 it was still dark but certainly not freezing. It was pouring with rain when we left home but mostly remained dry at Rufforth then returning home we ran into my personal cloud once again and it's the usual black hole and raining as I type; before leaving Rufforth it turned into a nice morning there so it worked out well.
It was good to meet up with David again and we three enjoyed ourselves looking for bargains together with the usual impulse buying. I did indeed manage to find a Whitworth die and the stall also had a part set of taps and dies so I was cheeky and asked how much just for the die holder; HSS tap and die holder £6 can't be bad can it? When or if I ever resume work on this bandsaw I can add the 3/8" Whitworth thread to the shaft end completing the shaft. The morning flew by; we were like kids being let loose in a candy store.
It's strange Ted but the only screw cutting I've ever done on a lathe was 50 years ago as an apprentice; I can't be bothered with playing around working out gear ratios and even when I owned the big Colchester with screw cutting gearbox I never cut threads. The threads I have cut have been done by drilling and tapping allowing set screws to be used and on the few occasions I've needed to cut a male thread I've simply used a suitable die. By the time the lathe is set up for screw cutting I can have the thread cut easily with a die.
I'll feel happier once the damaged tree is gone out of sight; each time I look up the garden it reminds me of more work yet to be done. Last night I thought I had something in my slipper causing me pain but when I looked it was blisters caused by wearing heavy safety boots working on the slope cutting the tree up; it was terrible; whilst cutting I was facing downhill for safety this forced my toes right into the front of the boots and as I walked around on the slope the tops of the boots tried to wear my ankles away; fortunately this morning the pain had eased; what joy it brings me lumber-jacking on our mountain?
I hope you have better luck firewood hunting in the woods this weekend Lawrence and that your weather is much better than ours; good luck.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
