New toy 😀

[stusco]

Cb250g5 had lots of taps and drill for sale a while back

[midlifecrisisrd]

Sept 29, 2021 7:04:32 GMT 1 arrdy350 said:

Very nice enjoy it 👍
I have only used one a couple of times at work. It would of been nice if they had mills, Drills and lathes at my school. 

My school had a complete technical department

Full woodwork shop, full metalwork shop and technical drawing.

My brother was 3 years ahead of me and they had woodwork and metalwork as subjects. By the time I got there in the early eighties it had been watered down to "Craft and Design" which was a little of each but mostly woodwork

What annoyed me was that I wasn't too bad with hands so we were left to do it all by hand.

The let's call them less gifted were taken away and helped to do their mortice and tenons on a feckin machine ☹

The attitude with a lot of the machinery was "your not getting near it, I'm not taking you to A&E"

In the last couple of years they built a more compact school on the schools pitches and running tracks then bulldozed the old one

Dare say there isn't a lathe in sight 🙄

Steve

[arrdy350]

Sept 29, 2021 8:36:41 GMT 1 midlifecrisisrd said:

Sept 29, 2021 7:04:32 GMT 1 arrdy350 said:

Very nice enjoy it 👍
I have only used one a couple of times at work. It would of been nice if they had mills, Drills and lathes at my school. 

My school had a complete technical department

Full woodwork shop, full metalwork shop and technical drawing.

My brother was 3 years ahead of me and they had woodwork and metalwork as subjects. By the time I got there in the early eighties it had been watered down to "Craft and Design" which was a little of each but mostly woodwork

What annoyed me was that I wasn't too bad with hands so we were left to do it all by hand.

The let's call them less gifted were taken away and helped to do their mortice and tenons on a feckin machine ☹

The attitude with a lot of the machinery was "your not getting near it, I'm not taking you to A&E"

In the last couple of years they built a more compact school on the schools pitches and running tracks then bulldozed the old one

Dare say there isn't a lathe in sight 🙄

Steve

I finished school 8 years ago when I was 16 and had to do Design and Technology which was sewing. No woodwork, machine workshop or technical drawing. Used a sewing machine once in 4 years and we had a disc linisher at the school used that once because a lad got his fingers stuck in it. The school got rid of it a week later. 

[midlifecrisisrd]

Santa has been 😀

First challenge was getting it off the pallet

Got him to sit the pallet where I wanted it. It was wrapped in black cling film so I nearly fitted it facing the wall lol

Managed to wobble it so the heavy end was off the end of the pallet then wedged blocks under the end, ratchet strapped the other end to a roof truss and lifted enough to pull the pallet out them placed blocks under the other end

Then I jacked each end and removed 1 block at a time each end

Not the gentlest of methods but hey you have to work with what you have

In the long run I noticed the cabinet has 4 reinforced points for feet so I may get some heavy duty braked casters to make moving it to clean etc easier.

Steve

[dusty350]

Looks great there Steve
Endless hours of fun coming your way

Dusty

[Shytalk]

What colour are you going to paint it?

[midlifecrisisrd]

Oct 2, 2021 18:54:21 GMT 1 Shytalk said:

What colour are you going to paint it?

Boxford grey of course 😁

Steve

[midlifecrisisrd]

Related to the above my wife came out to the garage while I was moving it into place

"I thought you said it was in good condition" she said

I said why do you say that

"The paint is chipped and worn"

🤦‍♂️ apparently that stops it be I g a good one

Steve

[midlifecrisisrd]

Just checked the serial number and it's late 1971 so it's 50 years old

Steve

[stusco]

Asked my mate about his tools he’s keeping them as he’s looking for a lathe for himself but he will come and give some pointers

[steve h]

Oct 1, 2021 20:55:53 GMT 1 dusty350 said:

Looks great there Steve
Endless hours of fun coming your way

Dusty

Or a divorce.....

[midlifecrisisrd]

Oct 2, 2021 20:34:37 GMT 1 stusco said:

Asked my mate about his tools he’s keeping them as he’s looking for a lathe for himself but he will come and give some pointers

That's no probs, thanks for asking. Good to know he'd give me some pointers, may have to take him up on that

Need to look at how it's wired up first before deciding on a power supply

2 options - a 240v to 415v 3 phase converter or a 240v to 415v inverter

The converter would keep all the original on/off forward/reverse switches etc (for now I like the old school ways of this) but this only works if a 3 phase motor is connected as it uses the induction from the motor to create a 3rd phase. The thing that may stop this working is the inter locks on the machine for the gear cover and the chuck guard. The lamp is 24v which suggests there is a 24v control circuit and a contactor so this may stop the converter functioning

The inverter bypasses everything and connects direct to the 3 phase motor. I would have to lose the forward/reverse switch on the lathe but this function would be controller by the inverter as well as variable motor speed

I could still use the on/off switch as an isolating switch for the power and the push button start stop could be wired into the circuit as well as an emergency stop circuit.

I'd also have to fit a 240v to 24v transformer for the I interlocks and lamp

Decisions, decisions 🤔

Steve

[tsa]

I have the later AUD mkII and I fitted the 1ph to 3ph inverter set found on ebay and with the back gear Its full controllable from the dial on the stop/start box. You may have to sort the backlash out as they are prone to wearing the cross-slide and the half nuts on the main feed screw. Be aware they are very heavy I had to split mine to move it into position. Dont mount it on castors as it will vibrate like crazy. Great machines when sorted mate enjoy.

[midlifecrisisrd]

Oct 2, 2021 21:55:05 GMT 1 tsa said:

I have the later AUD mkII and I fitted the 1ph to 3ph inverter set found on ebay and with the back gear Its full controllable from the dial on the stop/start box. You may have to sort the backlash out as they are prone to wearing the cross-slide and the half nuts on the main feed screw. Be aware they are very heavy I had to split mine to move it into position. Dont mount it on castors as it will vibrate like crazy. Great machines when sorted mate enjoy.

Cheers,,I'll avoid the casters then lol

They had an AUD but it was twice the price and imperial

Decided on simplicity and don't think I'll be doing much screwcutting so i'll just have to change the gears myself

When you say play in the cross slide I did notice there is a little bit of free play on the wheel between one direction and the other but I'll check it properly when it's up and running

I may sway onto an inverter now 🤔

Steve

[jon]

Sept 28, 2021 14:28:55 GMT 1 Chewie01 said:

Sept 28, 2021 8:50:55 GMT 1 midlifecrisisrd said:

Lol, I know 😰

Oh and never leave the key in the chuck 😆

Steve

When I was at the training centre learning how to use machinery, I was taught that when the chuck key was in the chuck then your hand must be holding it at all times. If the instructor saw a key in the chuck and you weren't holding it you would be warned the first time and kicked out of the centre the second time.

It's a rule that I still use to this day for anything that needs a chuck key. 

I remember a similar thing happen when I was an apprentice.

I can’t remember exactly why, but you had to tighten something on the mills with a largish ring spanner on the top.

Some guy started it up with the ring spanner still attached. It was a bit like watching a discus thrower, the thing spun round and round and then flew off. Luckily no one was hurt.

Jon