Spring time. Weather is getting warm. Still supposed to be isolated because of the virus. I found this: Humm. How can I use it ? An idea is forming...J.D.
You can fab a bracket like this or buy one, mount it to that maybe? vintage fogger? just noodling it around.
I'm looking for a recommendation for tap and die set,not to expensive, though. P.s. Interesting thread.
Ah, you see where I'm going with this. Is yours the one sold by Carpy's here in So.Cal. ? I am thinking of putting it on my old Legend, so I am going to have to fabricate something.from scratch. The Legend has no front downtube. As for.the taps and dies, that is why I was rumaging around in my machinist chest. I don't have a lot, but I DO have the sizes I need. ...J.D. The scrap shown measures .625" diameter. It is pretty mashed on both ends. Someone [me] was using if as a drift sometime in the past, but it will be put through the lathe anyhow. Maybe I"ll dig around tomorrow and see if I can find a better piece. It is getting late. ...JD.
Always found Dormer best for Drills, Tap etc but probably expensive so Sealey are usually pretty decent: do a search for that set could be cheaper elsewhere? https://www.ffx.co.uk/tools/product/Sealey-Ak3015-5054511065107-Tap--Die-Set-32Pc-Split-Dies--Metric
Trouble with cheap taps & dies is breakage. [Breaking off a tap in your project piece really sucks.!] You get what you pay for. I just have bits and pieces. I don't use them enough to justify the expense of a set of metric and a set of SAE. This is one of those situations where tooling availability dictates design. ...J.D.
Can't disagree seen plenty of taps broke mostly from lack of knowledge/misuse but there are plenty of shit HSS tapsndies out there. Pick a good set, understand how to use them and they should be good for a plenty years of DIY use. I am an engineer and teach it now in a college and kids break plenty of them as they learn and acquire knowledge and skills.
I bought that little oak machinist's chest from a company called Grizzly in the US . Try Grizzly.com. I think they are still in business. Just something.to keep my tooling for my lathe and drill in. I'll snap a couple of pics if I find some.time in the next few days. Just an old gearhead to the bone [I.U.O.E. Local #501 Los Angeles, Ca. retired] …J.D.
You guys in the states know how to look after yourselves!! A lathe in the garage? In the UK you can barely get an old school Mini in our garages
Would need to be DD if "her indoors" don't let you in the house Lucky sod! I am hoping to move soon to somewhere further north of here and hope I can get a double garage or room to build a decent one; or that was the plan up till Corona turned up, may put it back a bit!!
I am blessed with a lot of space here. I bought this old place in 1988 when it was really cheap [ property would be 2 or 3 times the price I paid back then]. I have a house, two garages, and a small shed/barn thing on the property. As for my lathe, it is a very small one, but I can turn out custom small bits. But yes, a guy has to look out for himself. ...J.D.
I found some time to go a little further on my light project. I decided not.to use round bar for a bracket. All I had was steel and I would rather use aluminum to keep it light weight. The light housing is also cast aluminum. I found a piece of aluminum flat bar over in the other shop. A little satin black paint and here is what I came up with. ...J.D.
