Raizer

1 hour ago, felixx said:

How do you engage choke??

Full forwards on the throttle lever, then pull it back a bit once running to turn off.

Remove the idle mixture screw and blast out the hole it was in with carb/brake cleaner, should spray out a hole in the front of the carb as well as internally, they get blocked up a lot and give hunting idle.

Linkage doesn't directly control butterfly, I've had a couple that were either idle or max nang with nothing in between thanks to fucky governor.

Manual: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wRpU92lMIv2fV60NJvffIEXbKN9gMfy7/view?usp=drivesdk 

I still rate my BOC highly, it's called a 200 but it's actually 210A.
https://mytools.co.nz/products/boc-smootharc-tig-200-ac-dc?pr_prod_strat=collection_fallback&pr_rec_id=26b01ce58&pr_rec_pid=4459075469347&pr_ref_pid=4516669259811&pr_seq=uniform

19 minutes ago, Roman said:

How recently? 
I called them as well as the place in Morrinsville, no bottles 

Take your empty to them to get it refilled rather than swapped.

2 minutes ago, SOHC said:

Thats the right ones, where is that place?

America, they are pretty highly rated on a couple hobby machinist forums I've been on lately.

25 minutes ago, SOHC said:

I am trying to locate a set of half nuts for the lead screw for my Atlas lathe if anyone knows of any? I tried using the Dremmel to re cut them but it didn't work.

https://bmpartstech.com/product/atlas-lathe-10f-12-half-nut/

Don't look quite right, but multiple sites show that as what you need

26 minutes ago, Muncie said:

That your driveway or neighbours?

It's his wife's car

Changed from Barry approved sae30 oil on the old Challenger lathe to a proper slideway oil on my LAM.

So much better!

Used to use straight ISO 68 hydraulic oil on the machines at my old work, this stuff is a huge step up over that, has stickifiers added so it doesn't just run and drip off the ways etc. 

Would likely be 100 series (AXA) for the Optimum.

https://toolsnz.com/product/qctp-piston-type-tool-post-250-100-5pc-set/

Multifix style is def meant to be better, but for the $$ I've been more than happy with my Aloris clone, had it on 2 lathes now.

2 minutes ago, GregT said:

What's the problem with the current frame ?

I'm guessing nothing besides dereg and possibly dodgy legality.

1 minute ago, tortron said:

Have you seen whay myford do out the back of the spindle. 

Turn down a but of rod to fit, then bolt on a gear with the number of teeth you want. Then something to detent them in place 

That's part of the plan for mk2, just need to find a 150t gear now.
Absolutely could use a detent, few of the lines have a bit of a curve thanks to me trying to hold the chuck steady by hand haha

3 minutes ago, Jusepy82 said:

Whats the duty cycle on this bad  boy

22 minutes ago, Transom said:

Is the cigweld 135 mig the same they sell at supercheap ? If so i had one it’s ok but upgraded to a newer inverter style mig and the difference is very noticeable also the cigweld 135 is not a replaceable binzel style hose / hand piece 

They do a weldskill 135 inverter now too

For the money I'm very impressed with the BOC Raptor mig I got, it's a lot more capable than I am lol.

https://mytools.co.nz/products/raptor-160-mig-welder-10amp

Should have got the 180 though.

Think I'd rather go used 3ph and vsd over the expense of rewinding/have found a couple new single phase 19x40mm shaft motors with matching mounting etc, but speed control is a big draw to me tbh.

17 minutes ago, SOHC said:

Did you find a motor?

Not yet no, still weighing up options.

Pretty keen on 3ph + vsd tbh.

Bonus with Bunnings is if you ever run out of gas on a weekend etc they are open.

Also $118 for a D with trade card, $126 retail.

I was with BOC on the D plan ages back, but if you don't use your 2 full bottles in 12 months you've still got to pay the full year payment etc.

MIGgas from Bunnings/other Coregas supplier imo.

So close...

Figured I'd clean/replace the bearings to shut the loud ass motor up

Centrifugal switch was just floating on the shaft adding a high pitch scream and a clunk at start/stop.

Then @UTERUS pointed something out in one of my pics.

Fuck.
So now I'm on the hunt for a 19mm shaft motor that will fit in the hole.

...and yet so far.

That was a cunt of a job, rona ain't helping either.

900mm might have been a bit tall for the stand, based it off the 1000mm I saw in one of the manuals floating around online, either I'll get used to it or attempt to cut some welds and slide the top down a notch or 2 at some point in the future.

On 12/07/2022 at 18:51, Raizer said:

/3ph + VFD and leave it in the middle gear ha

Yeah 3ph and VFD is seeming more and more like a great idea, for several reasons, first the broken pulley could be ignored cause speed controller.
Second this motor is noisy AF, bearing inside is dry or fucked.
Third is I went to wire up the fwd/off/rev switch, switch install info is just this:

Motor I was expecting to find some factory number connectors.

Seemed simple enough...

Not a great start!

Then it got worse/Barry levels increased

Ummm help?
I don't do mains power, I barely know enough to be dangerous let alone sorting out that! 

Blasted it with foaming de-greaser and SCA multi purpose lubricant and left it to sit overnight, if I've got the energy I plan to give it a good scrub up tomorrow.