Valiant Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Is it designed to go in the tailstock and cut threads on a bar held in your lathe chuck Bazza? Looks like you've done a great job of making it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Yep, goes in the tailstock drill chuck, it's free to move on the arbor. Back half takes 2" dies, front half takes 1" dies. I still need to make adapters for 13/16", 1.3" and 1.5", but the cost of dies is so crazy that I probably won't make them until I need to. I had a test hoon with it earlier, it cuts like 80 mm of M8 thread in about 10 seconds. Single point threading that length would take me forever and probably turn to shit due to part deflection. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ajg193 Posted July 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2020 Modified and rebuilt a toyota k series electronic distributor for a friend today. His engine is rather modified, so he doesn't use vacuum advance. I just made a plug with an arm on it, locking vacuum advance. It's based on a commercial engine 5k distributor so has a bearing instead of a bushing, this should make it more reliable. Some measurements indicate it should give 24 crankshaft degrees of mechanical advance at top end - so he should be good if he sets base timing at around 10 or 11 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1vaknd Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 On 05/07/2020 at 17:14, ajg193 said: Modified and rebuilt a toyota k series electronic distributor for a friend today. His engine is rather modified, so he doesn't use vacuum advance. I just made a plug with an arm on it, locking vacuum advance. It's based on a commercial engine 5k distributor so has a bearing instead of a bushing, this should make it more reliable. Some measurements indicate it should give 24 crankshaft degrees of mechanical advance at top end - so he should be good if he sets base timing at around 10 or 11 Yay for Milty! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Wanted a sleeping bag for hunting kit Have plenty of down stuff. However I would prefer to use a synthetic bag for this for ease of cleaning when after being in stinking pack with blood and guts, being wet, being cheap and easy to abuse in bivvys. Got a basic used synthetic bag, quadrofill, not terrible insulation, but one of the heavier options. 833g with stuff sack. Rated to 8C whatever that means in real life. S.o.a.b didn't mention all the seams were fucked. But whatever I guess, I'm Gona cut it up I'm turning it into an insulation on top only bag like my macpac pinnacle and Neve First step. Sew up the foot box. Keeping insulation from the ankles down all around Open the inner seam up all the way, unstitch all the bottom insulation and remove it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Sew baffles in the top. I sewed right through the two layers to hold the insulation in place. This is not "the best" way to do it for max insulation, but it's quick. Sew all the seams up Cut out all the unneeded tags and bits Shorten the zip to about 1/3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tortron Posted July 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 7, 2020 Bout 50g lighter overall, but more importantly it's now got all the insulation where it's most effective, so it's "twice" as warm. Turning a basic camping bag into something more usable 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Nice work, great improvements! ^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 I had planned on doing some custom down stuff as the wif will buy a down jacket, insist on wearing it while painting the house, and then throw it out. But I gotta hide them before she actually throws them out 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lord Gruntfuttock Posted July 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2020 I may have posted this before, but tidying up over the weekend I found some of the stuff my Graddad gave me before he died. He served in the Pacific in WW2, fighting alongside the US Marines, then I think he was wounded and came home, after seeing some pretty bad things (he swore never to own a Japanese car). This knife is one of the objects he made/modified, a US marine fighting knife with the handle he made out of perspex from shot down Japanese planes... I always thought it was a Ka-Bar (Knife attachment, Browning automatic rifle) but the markings show it was the earlier PAL model RH-36, made under licence to equip US troops... Some Barrying tells me "The PAL was one of the most used 'commercial' knives during WW2. Before the intoduction of the Ka-bar there was a serious lack of fighting/utility knives and many marines purchased commercial hunting knives to overcome this shortage until the PAL-36 was supplied. Originally the knife was designed by Remington and when their cutlery deartment was bought by PAL they kept the original dsignation RH-36 (Remington Hunting, Blade type 3, Blade length 6")..." Some of his campaign stuff, should get this framed really... 23 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 100% get it mounted or made into a display piece. Knife could be cool on a wooden stand with plaque? I've gotta get something done with my grandads boxing stuff. A mouldering pair of boxing gloves sitting in a box is no fun 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Yeah hear that, this stuff was all wrapped in a plastic bag in a damp container. I've also got artillery shells, bits of plane and Japanese bullets he brought home squirelled away somewhere... 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Raizer Posted July 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, Lord Gruntfuttock said: I may have posted this before, but tidying up over the weekend I found some of the stuff my Graddad gave me before he died. He served in the Pacific in WW2, fighting alongside the US Marines, then I think he was wounded and came home, after seeing some pretty bad things (he swore never to own a Japanese car). This knife is one of the objects he made/modified, a US marine fighting knife with the handle he made out of perspex from shot down Japanese fighter planes... One my grandad made in the Solomons, same story about perspex and alloy recovered from Japanese planes. Also a few stories about it being put to use over there too. Looks a lot like a Lee–Enfield No 5 Mk I (Jungle Carbine) bayonet, but it's stamped with S A so it's likely a Yank one of some sort. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Sweet, cheers for the pic. Probably Springfield Armory, maybe a Garand? Looks like we have the same carpet... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Don’t they call those knives a K bar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, SOHC said: Don’t they call those knives a K bar? Depends what rifle they attach to 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 8 hours ago, tortron said: Depends what rifle they attach to I think the K bar was just a combat knife, might be post ww2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Pretty sure Ka-Bar is actually the brand, used to sell a lot of different style Ka-Bar knives and from memory the company dates back 100 years or more. Edit: https://www.countryknives.com/brand-history/ka-bar/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 On 20/07/2020 at 08:07, Lord Gruntfuttock said: I may have posted this before, but tidying up over the weekend I found some of the stuff my Graddad gave me before he died. He served in the Pacific in WW2, fighting alongside the US Marines, then I think he was wounded and came home, after seeing some pretty bad things (he swore never to own a Japanese car). This knife is one of the objects he made/modified, a US marine fighting knife with the handle he made out of perspex from shot down Japanese planes... I always thought it was a Ka-Bar (Knife attachment, Browning automatic rifle) but the markings show it was the earlier PAL model RH-36, made under licence to equip US troops... Some Barrying tells me "The PAL was one of the most used 'commercial' knives during WW2. Before the intoduction of the Ka-bar there was a serious lack of fighting/utility knives and many marines purchased commercial hunting knives to overcome this shortage until the PAL-36 was supplied. Originally the knife was designed by Remington and when their cutlery deartment was bought by PAL they kept the original dsignation RH-36 (Remington Hunting, Blade type 3, Blade length 6")..." Some of his campaign stuff, should get this framed really... Vella Lavella! been there when pretty young, remember the parents went on a tour to some skull caves because cannibilism etc. beautiful place. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Oh man i love history like this. The stories attached to those items makes them absolutely priceless- it just blows my mind thinking about where they have been, what they have seen and what they actually represent. Fuckin imagine raiding a downed plane for plexiglass so you could make a sweet knife handle!!! And makes me so deeply sad that so many of these chaps go without passing on their stories. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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