FNK25 Works :) finished my first project.

Oct 17, 2007 5 Replies

Evening All, Just a little update on my milling machine saga, Ive just finished my first milling project, so I thought Id post a couple of pics:



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Super Shiny:
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In case you havent guessed, or can't see the photos its a corkscrew. My father in law wore out the original plastic body! As the rest was in good shape Ive made a new one. Hopefully the phosphor-bronze inserts in the Ally body will out last him!



Dave



As nobody does it, I'll jump in:

**Nice** job!

Nick

Great - its nice thats its something that is used (not that I'm implying that your father in law has a drinking problem) :)

Tim South Africa

In these days of disposable everything I take great pleasure from projects like this. He now has a quality item that will serve for many years, far better than some disposable crap that will break after a few uses. And, when the innevitable question gets asked "so, what do you actually do with all these machines then" you can point to something that people will understand. Nice Job!

Regards Kevin

On or around Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:32:50 +0100, Kevin enlightened us thusly:

didn't use a milling machine, but I did make a new small part for my variable angle square, which restored it to decent functional order.

In message , Kevin writes

Indeed a super job Dave, well done you.

Kevin's comments, with which I heartily agree, remind me of an old friend and engineer sadly now deceased. He was often heard to remark "If Man made it, Man can mend it."

Mike

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