Now that the workshop is approaching the point where it could do with some
working machines in it, I have started to think about some of the machine
rebuilding work that needs doing.
The head tilt, swivel and traverse on the Beaver mill are operated by a handle
that fits on a 16 point triangular splined shaft. Of course, I don't have such
a handle. Before I set to with a triangular slotting tool in the shaper and an
indexing head, does anyone know of a source for such handles?
TIA
Mark Rand
RTFM
Elliot's also has splined handles, may not be the same size but could
be another avenue
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I can't help with the handles, but I've been following this Herculean
task since I got on the group a while ago and I haven't had my fix of
new progress pictures for 3 weeks.
Now, where can I complain to.........
Peter
Over the last couple of weeks I have done very little visible work on the
workshop. I have moved:-
The Beaver Mk1 VBRP mill
A Hardinge DV59
A Meddings Pacera drill press
An Axminster drill press
A BCA Mk2 jig borer
A Jones & Shipman 1400 surface grinder
into the workshop This took two whole weekends even though the tools only
needed to be moved about 45 feet... The gantry crane weighs a pound or two and
that needs moving with the tools. The 12" slope up to the workshop means that
things have to be moved in stages by raising one end of the gantry higher than
the other, then lifting the item up, sliding it along the gantry, lowering it
down, then moving the gantry. The mill was moved as three separate parts since
I need to completely strip it down and re-build it. The grinder was
successfully moved as one piece (25cwt).
Today I fitted wood planks to the door end gable end of the roof, moved five
wheelbarrows of (frozen) ballast from the front garden to the back to use to
make the concrete for the last two pit covers tomorrow (one of which is
visible in:- ). I also lowered a
couple of ammo boxes of spanners and a cabinet down into the pit to get them
out of the way.
Tomorrow I hope to rivet up the last of the pit cover frames and pour the
concrete for the covers. It's a bit of a pain at the moment because there are
two bloody great holes in the floor to navigate round. I'll use a propane
torch ticking over until the bottle runs out and a dehumidifier to absorb the
condensation in the pit underneath the covers to keep the concrete above
freezing point until it's set.
There may be some more photos if the photographic department thinks that I
have done anything worth bothering with. I have already passed the complaint
on to her...
Mark Rand
RTFM
That would be very useful. I could examine it under a glass and confirm that
the included angle of the splines is 60deg (it looks like that by eye). I may
be able to get a more accurate picture using a scanner.
Before I relieve you of one I need to check whether the power cross feed
control lever will fit onto the splined shafts. It looks as if it might.
Regards
Mark Rand
RTFM
We have had to postpone putting our own Beaver into the workshop as we have two
Pantograph engravers to move in first, and space being a bit short at present,
we haven't got that open space to start with to move one piece, then that
leaves another space and so on, like those little hand puzzles with sliding
squares.
We'll have to move a big chunk of stuff up to the farm storage, and that raises
even more problems as most will be electronic stuff and won't like the damp etc.
Get round to it one day...
Speaking of cold weather, we have been on site at a new rail depot adjacent to
Wembley Stadium this past week, and it has been below freezing most days inside
the building. Should be finished Tuesday hopefully.
Peter
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