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Offline krv3000

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a wot not
« on: February 26, 2012, 06:01:56 PM »
HI i made this up today sum pics

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Re: a wot not
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2012, 06:11:05 PM »
OK the rest of the pics its for cleaning out the Morse taper on the lathe Head the brush it self started out as a brush for cleaning  drinking glasses but the Handel was plastic with a Handel on it which prevented from gowning threw the head stock  turned dawn a length of broom Handel to 19 mm OD and their you have it

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Re: a wot not
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2012, 06:23:26 PM »
Bob,

Hey, Hey, Hey ........... a very clever idea  :clap: :clap: :clap:

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Re: a wot not
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2012, 06:33:04 PM »
Along the same lines...

Go to your local gun shop and buy a cleaning mop for a 12 gauge shot gun.  Fit it to a handle and you've got a great mop for cleaning the taper on the tailstock.  The fuzzy material used for these mops has an almost magnetic attraction for swarf.
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Re: a wot not
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2012, 06:54:28 PM »
HI well thanks for the tip but gun shops are a bit thin on the ground where i live as the brush was only £1 nothing to loos 

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Re: a wot not
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2012, 07:02:01 PM »
Don't let him kid you, Marv. Bob lives in border country. Never know what these reivers have got tucked away

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Reivers

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Re: a wot not
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2012, 08:00:38 AM »
lol