As I have been practicing on the lathe, I had a pump cap that was worn on one side in THIS POST . And so not to waste some precious time, I prepared to silbraze the collar I made with the lathe and cleaned it down before putting some flux on it as shown here I must admit its not one of my best brazing jobs but it will do. After removing the hardened flux with a stainless brush and sanding it, I must say it looks good to me. I then fitted it on to the pump shaft which was really exact so I sanded it down a bit. It still grabs the shaft so a bit of lubrication with oil did the job Another good day although I must say there were lots of people working in the shop. I should have brought my ear plugs When I logged out my ears were still ringing and gave me a bit of a heachache plus it was 2:30 PM and have not had lunch Still more mini projects to come. Ron
Hi Ron first class job there on the pump tube cap and your turning skills is comming on superb well done there. the pump cap looks so much better than when it was enlarged and the pump rod will work better well done there Ron
Thanks guys. Going back today to the shop. Might as well use up 4 hours of fun turning up something with aluminum round bar just for practice. Aluminum is cheap and brass is 8x what it would cost. Have to visit some scrap yards. Maybe they have something cheaper. That is what BernieDawg does for some small bits. Ron
Nice job Ron. Not sure if you've covered this with your instructor but you can turn hex and square bar in a lathe so when you are rummaging around the scrap yards keep your eyes open for these as well. I'm not an engineer just a self taught keen amateur and over the years I've come to wonder how anyone can get through life without owning a lathe, what a marvelous bit of kit. Malcolm.
Excellent fettle Ron well done 8) , That cap repair is really good , A first class job 8) Stu , Now go & have a buttie & a mug of joe
Hey Malcom, I have not covered it with my instructor but yes , I did run an aluminum hex on the lathe and rounded part of it so one thing I discovered on my own. There is an Advance Class but for 3 hours am not sure the instructor could cover all bases on the lathe capabilities. The instructor did encourage discovering "what else the lathe can do" of course within the bounderies of "safety". Stu. Your recomendations are getting me into wallet trouble as I see these tool bits cost quite a bit of "quid" and am contemplating now getting a bench top lathe. One I can set on the dinner table for small work Now if it only cost a few "shillings" that would be nice! Interesting stuff really Ron
Hi Ron When you get your lathe ( big or small ) i'll get some of my surplus tooling together for you , might even have some mini tip tools knocking about 8) don't think it'll be too long now Stu
