Recent content by FlowolF

Heheh, don't EVER be sorry for laughing, certainly not on my account mate! I was laughing heartily at myself, and my 'plea' for you to laugh all you wanted was sincere ',;~}~ As for the rest, well yeah at a whisker short of 47 y/o I'm perhaps a little young for imperial fluency. And believe me...

Aye bud - it's a standard UNC thread. Cheers! Shaun.

Thanks Chas - miles more helpful than any of the charts I managed to find - now bookmarked! Wildman - please laugh all you want, that way at least *something* useful has come out of my total and utter 'bairn frat', because the 3/8 inch UNC high tensile threaded bar I got via e-bay will likely...

I have a rolling mill for non-ferrous metals and need to replace the bolts that hold the top plate down - the originals were uhhmmm 'rubbish', far shorter than the threaded holes were deep, and they stripped during a job - these are imperial UNC threaded bolts, but the outside diameter of the...

Just took a look - excellent and fascinating work you're doing there. I've seen a few completed clock and watch projects done on a Unimat (whilst hammering google for info this last year or so that I've been itching for one), but never any of the process. Wonderful. I'm not 50 for another 6...

Thanks for the links. Think I have a handle on your description but it's likely way beyond me right now. It's got a 3 jaw scroll not a 4 so square bar's out I'm afraid though - I'm sure I can come up with some solution based on what you and the others have said! Very helpful place this -...

Aye I started reading the history weeks before I got the lathe - loads of fascinating info on http://www.lathes.co.uk/unimat/. Was around in production for a decent amount of time though. You seen the little desktop CNC ones they're doing now? 'Cute' and interesting, but haven't a clue how good...

Cheers bud. I've looked at RDG and actually had a few bits from them and they're not too far from me either - sorry, I meant to add that in the post. Some bits I can get but yeah, no MT on these, just an M12 solid shaft. I have found a parallel shaft mandrel at Axminster - will phone them up...

Hi folks - have been lucky enough to be given the above lathe, which I'm primarily to be using for wood and other soft turning materials. Has a 3 jaw scroll chuck on the headstock, and the fitting is the same as the tailstock - M12x1. I've fitted a live centre on the tailstock, am going to get...

I take objection to that - i think you'll find I'm the singular sane one LOL! Thanks for the welcome Bill - mad as a barrel full of drunken monkeys most days. ',;~}~ Be well! Shaun/FlowolF

Hi VA, thanks for the welcome. Already read a lot of posts here this last few years, so I know how helpful and smart some of this bunch are, or can be anyway LOL! Good luck on your own journey mate - I'm enjoying myself but need to take a break, absorb some of what I've learned with my first 2...

Ok, so 3rd try and getting photos up! It worked last time but the post has vanished. "This is what I've just been doing - first pen/proper turning:" Bad photos but I'd just finished them ',;~}~ "I made it out of this messed up block casting/ 3/4x3/4x5 inch blanks cut there-from - wrong...

Cheers pip ',;~}~ Dangermouse - I *am* wearing shorts. I mean... LOL! And no, nothing sharp - I'd just re-skinned an African Djembe (with an African goat skin - as is 'proper' lol), and was there in the process of tensioning/tuning it, and may or may not have been hitting it with a wooden...

Mod Edit:-- Have a read of the Picture Posting Guide at the top of the section Thanks mods. - that link was broken with ***REPORTTOMODERATOR*** but the link info was in there, and with looking through the FAQ I'll see if I can make it work now. Cheers again, FlowolF

Cheers fellas. Sure I've read some of your posts by now. This is what I've just been doing - first pen/proper turning: photo didn't work? Made that yesterday afternoon/this morning - lots of mistakes (left it covered in rouge polish for the photo, too), mostly can't be seen, least in the...