MadModder

Still no joy. took it to just under 300 degrees C and held it there until my finger holding the torch trigger went numb!

Got the hex bit stuck in the hole, eventually freed clamping a Mole Wrench on it and using levers - this is getting silly. I dug out an extended length decent quality Allen Key and whacked it with a big hammer trying to shock it free whilst still pretty hot - no joy.

If I have too drill the head off the bolt it's not the end of the world as after all all I'm trying to do is see how this beast is held together before attacking the 'real' one, and don't intend to use this shaft, but a shame to ruin it.

CHATGPT tells me a counter sink headed bolt with a 25 mm diameter head and an 8 mm drive socket is probably an M12 thread so when it's all cooled down I'll see if it succumbs to drilling.

If it were me, I?d confirm the firing order?if they?re sequential then it?s a matter of lighting the leds to follow the sequence?using the triggering mechanism used for generating the spark for each?.

If this isn?t the case, then I?d need to know how the spark is triggered for each cylinder, using the trigger, this could be used to ?enable ? a transistor to drive? each led?

A bit more info please?.


Typing gremlins have crept in?

...I have to go to Heathfield and buy some sheep wormer !

Can't you just put sugar in your coffee like the rest of us? 

Seriously though - excellent progress! And I see you've just posted, so now there's another episode to read 

Today's Tasks: Clear the bench, Invert Tool Disk on Trolley to inspect the Curvic Coupling and dust seal, Lift body of Tool Turret onto newly cleared bench.

How hard can it be! Well I was about to start and we were hit by another power cut. Two hours later I could start. Strategically placed dust bin at the end of the bench and a hand brush cruelly applied solved the bench clearing (with a few item saved!)

Re-arranging the lifting strap turning the tool disk over onto wooden cribbing was relatively simple:

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Lifting the body of the Tool Turret was a bit messy due to it's shape but up it went - getting it high enough to sit on the bench was slightly complicated by to boom of the crane fouling the bench lighting but manually swinging the load away from vertical got it there, but I must say the rigging was decidedly dodgy 

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Once on the bench it was a case of using levers to get it on a firm base and I could move the crane out of the way and start inspecting it.

It rotated reasonably freely which is more than the one currently in the lathe will do, AND it will move outwards to lock the curvic coupling AND back again. Features missing from the other one.

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So why am I not going to use this body! Well it's casting is cracked and it lacks the powered tooling features, so this is simply an education lesson for me before attacking the other turret.

But that's enough for today, I'll hope to continue tomorrow.

I?ve got the same thing it works good maybe not too good for on ears though I?ll still use a drill bit.