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Old 02-04-2020, 07:32 PM   #91
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^^^^^ No - more's the pity
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Old 02-04-2020, 07:34 PM   #92
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Incidentally, does the central Allen bolt compress the "O" ring?
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Old 02-04-2020, 09:27 PM   #93
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Just a random thought on 'always wanted..'
I never actually wanted but I got one and the rest as they say is history
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Old 03-04-2020, 10:16 AM   #94
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Oh god yeah, so many hours work in those for sure. But doesn't everyone have a CNC lathe and a 3D printer these days though?

CNC i only just got DRO

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Old 03-04-2020, 10:22 AM   #95
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I see what you've done there.. I salute your stellar brilliance..
I might just steal that for a couple of my woodwork machines..
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Old 03-04-2020, 10:24 AM   #96
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Were those onve vernier calipers?
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Old 03-04-2020, 10:25 AM   #97
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"once" I meant
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Old 04-04-2020, 12:12 PM   #98
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Were those onve vernier calipers?
yes they were... but the intention is to replace them with some longer DRO's that are now available cheap on Ebay...


well I came to make the last frame finisher that was actually a different size to all the rest... then I noticed that Ducati had cut the frame at an angle! So I had to make an angled finisher... this took some setting up in the lathe to get the angle just right....

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It needles me when people call digital calipers, Vernier. A few are guilty of it on here.
There is a distinct difference between Vernier and Digital calipers. The Vernier principal relies on the comparison of two different scales. It can be applied to two discs with holes of uneven centres too, as in some camshaft adjusters. But Digital is just a linear count.

Sorry to be pedantic Darren.. I suppose you think I am in the pedantic society now?... Well you'd be wrong matey, because it's the Society of Pedants..

Buzzer, do those dro's read the same setting if they are switched back on without moving from the last time they were switched off?. If not they won't do my job.
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It needles me when people call digital calipers, Vernier. A few are guilty of it on here.
There is a distinct difference between Vernier and Digital calipers. The Vernier principal relies on the comparison of two different scales. It can be applied to two discs with holes of uneven centres too, as in some camshaft adjusters. But Digital is just a linear count.

Sorry to be pedantic Darren.. I suppose you think I am in the pedantic society now?... Well you'd be wrong matey, because it's the Society of Pedants..

Buzzer, do those dro's read the same setting if they are switched back on without moving from the last time they were switched off?. If not they won't do my job.
yes, they retain the setting they are zero'ed into... but if it was me I would get some of these!


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/0-150-300...TzoRk_Aq08EW-w
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Old 04-04-2020, 05:31 PM   #101
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Thank you for the link Buzzer, and for the excellent inspiration.
The kit you linked to will work very nicely indeed on my lovely old planer from an era before stepper motors and DROs.. The holy grail of repeatable settings. I could use 5 on my tenoner or could manage with 4. It will be the envy of chippies for many a country mile..

I had to grit my teeth a bit though.. Somebody is listing their kit as a digital Vernier!!
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Old 04-04-2020, 07:06 PM   #102
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Thank you for the link Buzzer, and for the excellent inspiration.
The kit you linked to will work very nicely indeed on my lovely old planer from an era before stepper motors and DROs.. The holy grail of repeatable settings. I could use 5 on my tenoner or could manage with 4. It will be the envy of chippies for many a country mile..

I had to grit my teeth a bit though.. Somebody is listing their kit as a digital Vernier!!
No problem! the other thing I have been using is thread and nuts from 3D printers... I thought about it for a long time and in the end bought a couple as the thread and nuts on my old milling machine were VERY worn... its 1930 so its done well! Its transformed it! hardly any play in the table now

As an aside from working on the Ducati.... I have been busy doing a job on my Harley V-Rod today...I changed the oil and filter and in doing that took the opportunity to check on the timing bolt in the engine that can come loose on some bikes, which wrecks the engine!* nice and easy job, just drain the oil and remove the alternator cover which comes off easily.* I checked the torque of the bolt before I removed it and it was tight...* However to be on the safe side I removed it and cleaned both the internal thread and the bolt, and used some high strength thread lock on there as advised by the factory...



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Old 04-04-2020, 09:20 PM   #103
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Impressive die-casting on that Vee-Rod outer casing! I thought they were reckoned to be very weighty motors, but that doesn't look to have excessive metal to it.

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As regards upgrading old machinery, I fitted a stepper motor with digital control to my wheel-cutting engine for making clock parts, having become dissatisfied with the conventional dividing plate. The engine was made in 1990, based on an 18th C design, and the digital control lets me make the most precise analogue clock wheels ever seen! You've got to laugh...

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As regards upgrading old machinery, I fitted a stepper motor with digital control to my wheel-cutting engine for making clock parts, having become dissatisfied with the conventional dividing plate. The engine was made in 1990, based on an 18th C design, and the digital control lets me make the most precise analogue clock wheels ever seen! You've got to laugh...

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