Lathe, mills, drills, slotters, shapers and grinders (not angle grinders)

i cant honestly give you an answer to that, i was watching someone on the tube, robrenz i think it might have been, suffice as to say there is even some science to the shape of that wavy track too, needs a little curve in it so as to let the oil move out and not act like a scraper and keep it there.

the ways would need something other than just a grind as you say, it might be crude but some time with a die grinder and a template Might get you back on track, they might still be there for if they have to grind past them the thing is too far gone nearly.

ill not say it lightly but id assume that i could do the frosting myself with the right tool?.
I used the wrong word. Frosting is for decoration, flaking is the one. Small indents to hold oil, still have the long wavy line that leads off from the oil hole to spread oil around the surface. A small shaped chisel puts that in, smooth off the burrs at the sides after.
 

tinman

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Location
Ulster
T o t , utube did some scraping didn't he ?
B a while ago
From memory i watched the series then subscribed
To b honest , from memory what i took away from it was pay the pro the money.
How many "scraping pro's" do you know?
Apart from Davie here and a few others in tinternet land I don't even know if there would be one in Ireland, would you think there is many in the UK?.
 

tinman

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Location
Ulster
I used the wrong word. Frosting is for decoration, flaking is the one. Small indents to hold oil, still have the long wavy line that leads off from the oil hole to spread oil around the surface. A small shaped chisel puts that in, smooth off the burrs at the sides after.
Yeah...., your supposed to know the words here, I'm not... :D
I got what you meant, z fish scales so to speak.
How is frosting done.
 

tomlad

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Location
nr. preston
How many "scraping pro's" do you know?
Apart from Davie here and a few others in tinternet land I don't even know if there would be one in Ireland, would you think there is many in the UK?.

Im not disrespecting anyone, not intentionally anyhow
I know exactly no one that i could ask to do the job .
Scratch that i know 1 ?
 

tinman

Member
Location
Ulster
Im not disrespecting anyone, not intentionally anyhow
I know exactly no one that i could ask to do the job .
Scratch that i know 1 ?
it was a genuine question, that's just the way I'd talk.
That's it, there isn't many left at it, indeed I'd dare say there was never too many at it this side of the pond, on the far side it was more prolific but even with that it's died off.
so much so you can do a course on it now, Keith rucker held a few at his place but least not forget, last time I looked on how much it was costing for a beginner to get his foot on the ladder with the course it was round the $2000 Mark.
That's for the beginner, never mind splashing out on an electric scraper which I'd be another 1000 odd.

The world has changed, there's no need to be fixing anything these times when it can be made cheaper, which a lot of the time is true unfortunately, the downside to that like in all industries is the art/craft has nearly been totally lost.
But Hey, sure we all wanted the cheapest price didn't we.
 

Simmy

Member
Old guy that trained me. He used to own the firm I worked for. Very very clever guy. Could ask him any thing too do with machining. He could scrape, I'm sure he used to call it motelling..... he would spend hours doing it. Now a days the machined finish on dovetail slides are mint to start with, thus meaning it's a dieing art
 
On ebay just now....
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Phil P

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
North West
Couple of pics from a job today, had to bore out some sprocket holders and re-cut the key ways for a customers harvester.
My favourite job to start, chuck swapping as it wouldn’t center on the three jaw?
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Then took 3mm out
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Then deepened the key ways, couple of people on another thread where asking what the big green thing did
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It cuts little slots
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Fystonsfab

Member
Mixed Farmer
Good evening, new here so do point me in the right direction if this is the wrong place (great thread by the way!). I’m looking for a bit of advice, we’re a mixed farm and we had a small fabrication shop that I started when I was younger and has grown. I am looking for a press brake, we have one currently I made 10yrs ago for bending thin galv sheeting, but it’s basic and slow. So I’m looking to upgrade to a proper one but I don’t have any idea what size/tonnage I need as I don’t know what tonnage my homemade one genuinely is other than the calculated ram capacity. Ideally I’d like to able to bend 10mm plate up to 1.25m wide but am realistic that may be quite an ask. What sorta steel capacity would this eBay gem give for instance? Thanks in advance.

 

tinman

Member
Location
Ulster
i dont have a press brake but a 1.250m lth of 10mm plate depending on jaw width id guess id need 150-200 T but i am probably way out.
 

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