i went along to the site meeting today with kev and ethen and we sorted out the last major problems that might of arisen and its looking very good for us all. Now kev has done a lot of work on sorting out the horti section and should be commended for all his hard work , any help from local members would be very welcome from the wednesday onwards as there is a lot to do ie, fences safety barriers ect to erect
I'm all up helping out for a very good cause, count me in
Very kind offer of a cup of tea and a chance to meet the Southern members as well. more than likely be there on the Saturday. Thanks Andrew
We look forward to meeting you Andrew, it's going to be a great show.
Looks a handy thing Ian. Will it take end mills as well?
It's won't Norm, just the wheel type cutters.
great bit of kit Ian, looks like a flexispeed mill
Koen
Thanks Koen, it's very close to a Flexispeed mill in looks, but I don't think it is one..
Don't know who made it Ian , but I think it's a great bit of kit , would look great rigged up to the PTO of a wheelhorse
I did think of PTO power for it Neil, not idea in a workshop but could make an interesting show display
That should keep you busy for a while setting it up Ian! . Good useful piece of tooling. Impressed that you found space for it .
A Horizontal Miller, good for higher volume metal than the Vertical which I use.
Don't recognise the design/Maker, there were lots of machine manufacturers and equipment around during and after the 2nd W/War.
You may find the maker by spending a few lazy online evenings searching through the Milling Machine Archives on here - http://www.lathes.co.uk/page21.html
Put a good belt on it when initially setting it up, some can be a pain having to dismantle to retrofit a replacement on some.
Thanks for the lathes link Richard, that will keep me busy for a few hours looking through
You don't fancy swapping it for your vertical mill do you ? Thought not
Yes I will be putting a new belt on it before it's fired up, I need to rewire the motor for peace of mind as well, the cable does look very old!
that looks very useful ian glad you have found space for it
it should be much fun setting it up
Hi Ben, the fun part is it weighs so much!! Getting it up to bench level is going to be interesting!
good stuff - I forgot they have lip seals on the brake drums. Given the depth and amount of mud and water they go through the brakes wouldn't last two minutes!!!!
keep it up
The lip seals could be handy when I'm hammering it sideways across a muddy field
looking good Ian, lemme guess that handy bit of tool is a mill?
Koen
Spot on Koen
Nothing new to report on "Why Not", so have a little video to pass the time
The stones on the beach photo is very cool Mark, I like the way the focus is only on a small strip of stones in the middle.. That's quite hard to do.. Well, I find it is
As some of you will know I've been rabbiting on about a milling machine for a few days.. Well today I went to look at it and thought it looked a handy bit of kit.. So I bought it..
I have no idea who made it as it doesn't have a maker plate on it anywhere, but it does have the feel of a very well built machine.. I'm guessing it's at least 50 years old!
Quite shockingly I have found a space in the shack for it that doesn't involve having to move loads of stuff around, in fact all I have to do is move the press a few inches to the right.. Oh, and build a small bench for the mill
Here's a few photo's, if anyone can help with who made it, I'd love to know
A spare motor and some milling wheel thingys..
You wouldn't want to get your fingers in the way of this one when it's on full spin!
Sorry the planned update is a bit later than advertised, I've been playing the waiting game, but finally late Monday afternoon I had a large er.. parcel delivered, and a smaller one with some much needed welding rods
The GT's 3 point with some extensions fixed on was ideal for moving a large lump of metal to the shack
Even though it was late in the day I had to throw the quad axle (from a Qwakasaki KLF300B) on the bench to have a look at it in roughly the right position.. Hhhmmm, wide springs to mind!
A closer look at the quad axle, it came with the quad mounting arms which I won't be needing..
But it also came with a diff lock that operates the small lever on the top of the diff.. A diff lock will be handy
One thing I didn't realize until after I had paid for the axle was if I used it the right way up then I would have no forward and 5 reverse gears!! Not a problem I thought, just flip the axle over and the drive will be going in the right direction..
What I didn't know until Mark (Meadowfield) mentioned it (this was before the axle was delivered), was quad axles have lot's of oil breather pipes that would all need to be moved! Here's one of them behind the brake drum..
Not a problem I thought, just unbolt all 6 bolt's holding the axle case to the diff and turn the axle case around by 180 degrees..
By this point on Monday evening I was feeling quite tired, so I reversed the wheels to see if it looked a bit narrower, and called it a day.
Even though I should be getting on with welding my 6x6 back together for a show early next month, I just had to spend a day playing with "Why Not" and working things out a bit more, like how to get 5 bolt Wheel Horse wheels onto this 4 bolt hub!
The two options are make an adapter ring thingy that will convert 4 bolt to a 5 bolt pattern or make the Wh wheels a 4 bolt pattern.. Not sure which way to go yet!
After what felt like ages battling with bolts that had rusted solid into bushes all the old quad suspension arms came off!
Time to flip the axle over, so the 6 bolt's holding the narrower side came out..
But only 3 of the 6 bolt holes lined up!! Why Qwakasaki couldn't space the 6 holes evenly apart I just don't know!
Plan B it is then.. Off came the brake drum, the first one I've ever seen with an oil/dirt seal on the outside diameter!
A bit dusty inside but not too bad.. But the good news is the 4 bolts that hold the brake assembly are evenly spaced apart
Which meant I could rotate the brakes each side by 180 degrees to get the breather pipes up top and then flip the whole axle over which not only get's the drive the right way around but also help the prop shaft line up with the bike engines gearbox much better.
The diff drain plug can easily have a hold drilled through the center to fit a breather pipe to
So there you go, all up to date
I should be cracking on with getting the 6x6 done today, but instead if plans come together I will be buying a rather handy tool that will change the ways I do my builds by opening up a whole new ways of doing things... But more on that later
, any help from local members would be very welcome from the wednesday onwards as there is a lot to do ie, fences safety barriers ect to erect
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And i said one was enough? 312-8 has arrived.
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