Recent content by toglhot

Some alterations to the engine removal trolly I made a while back: The lifting mechanism has been tilted forward about 40 degrees so I could add longer handles to the adjusting nut and also so it gears down the lift a little with eaxh turn. The top arm has been replaced with a mechanism that...

I made an engine removal tool some time ago. It tilts and lifts the engine to remove it fromthe frame without scratching. The top end could be worked on whilst in the unit, however,I thought it would be more useful if the entire engine, top end and bottom end could be assembled and disassembled...

I made several tool holders for my lathe about 12 years ago, four tangentials and three standard type holders with various rakes. They work well but need shims to adjust the height and won't take HSS blanks that are too long. So today I made a couple of new holders. The new tool holders are...

I made a fuel distributor a while back, its function was to level the fuel when the level in the tank dipped below the level of the tunnel and also to neaten things up. ,I had two online filters feeding fuel into the distributor. The filters just kept cracking and leaking, so I decided on a...

Random orbital sanders give a very nice finish on aluminium.

A few mods and additions I’ve made to my lathe. Hopefully, they may help someone out with ideas. Tool shelf above lathe for metric and imperial drill bits. Carriage clamp, a lot better than the single Allen key clamp. An extension bolt with lever for the change gears, saves searching for a...

Get some Chinese 3M, it just falls off when you touch it.

Good tip, I was thinking of using the cheap flexible coolant hose, but this look better. My tip for you: I have a couple of these flexible coolant hoses on my lathe, but they leak after a while, so I thread 5mm plastic hose through them, which renders the tap at the base useless, and fix a...

I'm actually a sandgroper, lived my first 25 years in Perth. I left in 75 and spent the next 25 years moving around Oz and overseas, moved back to Perth in 2000 when I retired but moved back East again six years later. We live in Adelaide now. My wife and I flew to Perth a few months ago for...

They're very popular in Oz, many other Chinese brands have disappeared.

I made a couple of small sensor brackets out of 2mm ally today, fitted one at the front under an ally U chanel. The other bracket and sensor is fitted on the cross slide and the magnetic strip stuck on the base of the mill. If swarf presents a problem its a minor job to fabricate a guard over...

I bought this DRO on aliexpressvwith the intention of fitting it to my lathe. Changed my mind and I'm now fitting it to my mill. I have the X axis fitted and a bracket made for the readout, tomorrow I'll mount the readout and look at fitting the Y feed axis. It's actually for woodworking as...

Previously I made a clutch slave with a 25mm piston. I bought a 9.5mm master cylinder and hooked it up. No go, the master only moved the slave piston a little under 1mm, not enough to separate the plates, so, back on the lathe. I had a couple of 20mm hydraulic ram seals so turned up a slave...

I have insert holders as well, rarely use them. If I can use HSS, that's my choice,

These are a few tool holders I made years ago. A few tangential and a few standard type with various rakes. The tangentials don't get used a lot as they have their limitations in respect of access to the job. The standard type holders I made get a hammering. They're all made from sections of...