[modeleng] Re: Adept/Super Adept lathes
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 06:57:38 -0800 (PST)
Peter, you mention "trepanning a hole." Would you
enlarge upon that proceedure for the sake of those of
us who are scared to death to try it?
Al Messer
--- peter.chadwick@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> So from what Phil says about cold chisels in Oz, I'd
> better hang on to my
> grandfathers - I believe he got it in Birmingham,
> somewhere pre WW1.
> But it is nice to pick the right tool up and do
> things quickly, even if it
> isn't quite as traditional as just using a file and
> a chisel! Thought that
> last night when trepanning a 1.25 inch diameter
> hole in some 10SWG
> aluminium. The old way would have been a circle of
> holes and a small
> chisel and a file......
>
> The holidays saw me producing enormous amounts of
> swarf, and, as it
> turned out in the end, scrap. But it shows what can
> be done with care and
> economy..............
>
> Peter Chadwick
> Swindon
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