Model Forum / General / Models / February 2009

I need a chuck fairly quick for a Denford Cyclone cnc lathe. Whilst waiting
for a decent one, and hopefully a hydraulic one,  I may go for the one
listed by RDG tools on eBay Item number: 350167218265
The front mounting suits the machine, but ask if anyone has any experience

'noon all,
A seemingly simple thing: Where can I buy a Ballbar?
I need a 300mm (ish) ballbar, and I have a feeling this should be an
off the shelf item (like gauge blocks),

I've seen several references to colors being assigned to carriers.
Black and green were assigned to the Lexington and the Saratoga, I
think.  But I have never seen anything except notes in captions.
Does anyone know of a list of the colors and when they were assigned?

Any help would be greatly appreciated- thx
Mark

i just looked again and all seems well.
the page displayed correctly and looks good. the color balnce works well.
good job!
using the latest firefox

I'm turning a conrod from a BDMS square bar.  The round part will be vary
from 6 - 8mm over its length. It's fat in the middle.
I'm using the topslide for the taper,   bad mistake as I've denied myself
access to fine feed the tool.

I'd like to draw upon the collective wisdom of the you all. I've just
bought a direct mouning (no back plate) 6" 4 jaw independent chuck for
my Super 7 and am far from happy with it. With a decent quality test
bar dialed in at the jaws, there is a good 1/8" run out at 12" from

I have made a fair amount of progress on parting off since I last asked
about it.  I 've parted off 2 inch steel bar (well actually I had to saw
the last quarter inch as the tool wasn't long enough) and I've parted
off 3/4 inch steel under power crossfeed.

Kit Review: AFV Club 1/35 scale Kit No. AF35167, Churchill Mk. III
AVRE; 604 parts (529 in olive drab styrene, 30 etched brass, 25 metal
springs, 15 clear styrene, 4 black vinyl, 1 length of black nylon
string); estimated price about US$48

Need some help please to check a problem, on a J-head Bridgeport with
2-speed motor.
Contactor C3 for spindle motor should be normally open shouldn't it? -
and then latched closed under signal power from (momentary) PB1 push

I am not into model engineering, but I do occasionally find I have a
need for a small lathe - so I'm looking at what is available.
In particular I'm looking at this one on Ebay - item # 360110596015
or for a write up on the unit

This is kinda OT, but this group has more knowledge of small threads
that any other I can think of.
I have a fairly-stripped, threaded hole (mudguard fitting eye, if you care)
on my bicycle. If I tighten the bolt just-a-little-too-much

The subject says it all <G>
I am building a "Coffee Cup Stirling" and have everything but the
subject line. Search my bolt collection and whilst I can find M2 and
M3 I have no M2.5. My local nuts and bolts man does not have any.

For the price of only $319.99 US you can but a 1/32nd B-52D kit. The eduards
full metal set is another $139.99, but includes everything right down to a
crew wrenc.
Stab, Line of metal, rubber hollow tires, sprung gear, interior lights, full

<RANT>
Having skimmed though most of the current MEW, I read the article on Buying
and renovating used machinery with interest.
I'm somewhat worried that there is an attitude that regards the renovation of