Druidic Dabblings and General Twaddle !!

[V8Druid]

Yes, have you watched the one where he tests vices to destruction?

no ... not yet ... he can obviously afford to destroy 'em ... he's a fortune's worth of tooling in his milling cutter draws, let alone the rest of his w'shop ........... youtube must be a hell of an earner .. comes across as a nice guy ... bloody good with the TIG

 

[V8Druid]

been a right sh*t day here ... indoors only day .. so painted a few bits that've been sat in the weather a while ... needed a fresh coat ...

did this 'un last night, in a dry spell, 'fore it really pee-ed down again

some'll remember what they're all off ..... perhaps?

 

[Cyberprog]

Think he likes the auctions. No way you'd wind up with such a variety of tooling otherwise. He said he bought the CNC mill just for the tooling!

 

[V8Druid]

Think he likes the auctions. No way you'd wind up with such a variety of tooling otherwise. He said he bought the CNC mill just for the tooling!

yeh .... he probably had the m/c for scrap value, against the tooling prices .. those 4 vices would not be cheap new ... rack vices are 'spensive .... old CNC stuff doesn't make big money ... you have to be able to drive 'em ... can't just jump on and wind the handles ....
the big lathe's a beauty ... pity it's such a long bed, but he has the space to use it as a tool rest/store most of the time ... at 3.5" mandrel and #5 MT quill, it equates to a Colchester Mastiff ... I'm still searching, but a Mascot'd do at a push

 

[Cyberprog]

He said that the machine was basically free against the cost of the tooling. I'm surprised he's not done a conversion to a more modern control, he was talking about adding a streaming interface to the tape input so he could load from his laptop.

 

[V8Druid]

He said that the machine was basically free against the cost of the tooling. I'm surprised he's not done a conversion to a more modern control, he was talking about adding a streaming interface to the tape input so he could load from his laptop.

yeh .. as said - older CNC stuff just doesn't sell well at all .... I did know for a very nice CNC lathe that was very cheap (and local) .... but no idea HTF to drive it ... and the enclosures made it a big lump

 

[Flying Torquewrench]

Which make of paint do you use Graham? Looking for some myself but it needs to stand up to the weather.

 

[Cyberprog]

yeh .. as said - older CNC stuff just doesn't sell well at all .... I did know for a very nice CNC lathe that was very cheap (and local) .... but no idea HTF to drive it ... and the enclosures made it a big lump

I have no idea, but if I were to be given one, I'd look to just rewire the motors to a new control system - there's plenty of open source solutions out there. Failing that, replace the motors with new ones and have suitable adapters made up.

If you are interested, have a look at This Old Tony, he's doing a CNC conversion on a "CNC" mill that could only do one direction at a time due to some crazy gearbox and electromagnetic clutch system!

 

[JD450A]

It's bad when you have to paint a hedge cutter again having not used it ever

R.E CNC.... Modernising it with new programming is the way.

 

[V8Druid]

Which make of paint do you use Graham? Looking for some myself but it needs to stand up to the weather.

https://www.firwood.co.uk/ ...... used 'em for years @fred ... their hammer finish is bloody good and their Aluminium primer ... the HBZP primer is realistically a primer but does last fairly well

 

[pettsy]

https://www.firwood.co.uk/ ...... used 'em for years @fred ... their hammer finish is bloody good and their Aluminium primer ... the HBZP primer is realistically a primer but does last fairly well

is that one of your boats on the bitumen paint page?

 

[V8Druid]

is that one of your boats on the bitumen paint page?

dunno Boyo ... I can't get into their website from here ... will have to have a look on Pam's laptop .... news to me if it is

 

[Cyberprog]

Here ya go

 

[V8Druid]

is that one of your boats on the bitumen paint page?

Here ya go

cheers Alex ...... nah ..... tha's a flat bottomed one @pettsy ... no demand on our local Vee bottomed canal for them ..... have to park 'em about 6 feet from the bank
40ft x 7ft 11 in. .... (8 footer wouldn't clear some of the locks)

 

[V8Druid]

 

[V8Druid]

if anyone wants any more of those boat build pix ...... I have the full build sequence for that one above .... there's a lot of it though !!

stuck this back together today ... between the deluges ... of which we have had a few

got the old die grinder out after, with the flap wheel and cleaned all the holes ready for some grease ... then finished off the shiny tish ....

lots of grease tomorrow and can stay together ...... nicked the plumbing off this for the Auramo, so'll have to search out a couple of lines for it from stock
been pretty bloody grey here all day, has mostly pee-ed down across the valley, but when it has headed this way it has been seeeeeeeeriously wet

'sposed to be better tomorrow .... in theory ... apparently !!!!!

 

[V8Druid]

It's bad when you have to paint a hedge cutter again having not used it ever

R.E CNC.... Modernising it with new programming is the way.

missed this ..... I get enough abuse from you daily on the phone .. without coming on here and getting more @JD450A

 

[V8Druid]

chase the squirrels season has started .........

Pam's strawbs're starting to ripen up and the lil sods can smell 'em from miles off it would seem .....

I like strawberries ...... but they do not agree with me ... was allergic to 'em big time as a kid and thought i'd grown out of it ... can cope with the odd few ... but a dish full three nights on the trot is apparently 'pushing it' ..... had a major reaction to 'em, couple of nights ago, so they'm back off the menu again

found her this morning throwing her slipper at a crow, from the patio .... was after the cherries on her newly planted (well last year it was) cherry tree

 

[Cyberprog]

chase the squirrels season has started .........
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Pam's strawbs're starting to ripen up and the lil sods can smell 'em from miles off it would seem .....
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I like strawberries ...... but they do not agree with me ... was allergic to 'em big time as a kid and thought i'd grown out of it ... can cope with the odd few ... but a dish full three nights on the trot is apparently 'pushing it' ..... had a major reaction to 'em, couple of nights ago, so they'm back off the menu again

found her this morning throwing her slipper at a crow, from the patio .... was after the cherries on her newly planted (well last year it was) cherry tree

Maybe buy her a .22 ?

 

[Jimbo69]

Maybe buy her a .22 ?

Be more effective than I slipper