Lathe training tomorrow

[Luke Graham]

Hi,

I'm going to do a basic 'this is a lathe and this is what it does'
session tomorrow for the noobs. I will do the same thing for the mill
next week. If you want to attend, let me know, so I have an idea of
what to expect. I'm not going to limit numbers on this, it is more of
a talk than anything. If you have used a lathe before, this might be a
bit basic. I expect it will run about 20 minutes. I will cover both
general aspects and points specific to our machine. If I can get hold
of a round piece of metal, you can get some hands-on too.

Abby and Phil, don't know your plans for tomorrow night, but you might
want to run some 'proper' training immediately after this, ie the kind
that ends in '... and the key is kept over there' ;)

Luke

[Elliot West]

I'd like to attend - what time do you plan to start?

Cheers - Elliot.

[Luke Graham]

7pm, sorry, left that vital detail out :)

Luke

[Kieran]

I'll have to attend this some time it isn't held on a Tuesday.

On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:04:56 +0100, Luke Graham wrote

[spooq]

Well, I've changed my own routine to Wednesdays now, and I don't mind
repeating it then. I'm just making an exception for tomorrow because
that is when many people will be about.

Luke

[Sam Cook]

I'm in!

Thanks Luke.

S

PS have you sorted the 4-Jaw yet?

On 18 April 2011 11:15, Kieran <kie...@twisted.org.uk> wrote:

[spooq]

Russ sent an email to the supplier about the adapter being the wrong
one, I don't know any more than that. This might put a bit of a crimp
in the plans to do hands-on tomorrow, as I only have square stock.

Luke

[Sam Cook]

could we do wood on the mini-lathe? or would that be counter productive?

S

[Adrian Godwin]

You can put square stock sideways in a 3-jaw, as long as it's thicker than the jaw depth (or packed out to suit). Not as good an illustration of turning as a bit of rod, but at least you can face off and turn a shoulder.

-adrian

[spooq]

No reason why not, if you are keen to do it.

Luke

[Adrian Godwin]

Woods often contain moisture, so the sawdust can be damp and rust the bed. This isn't a problem if cleaned up after use, which everyone's going to do assiduously, right ?

-adrian

[spooq]

This will be covered, don't worry... sawdust left on the bed is one of
my pet hates.

Luke

[Sam Cook]

For dealing with sawdust/swarf we now have a broom with a short stiff white brush for the floor as well as a broom head for sweeping the machines themselves these are in 23 (with the broom head on the 3-in-1). 

When I was saying about using wood I meant as a demo material for lathe work if using square stock will be tricky without the 4-jaw chuck

S

[phil jones]

I've finally got a free evening to come along to the space tomorrow.
So I'm definitely in for the lathe training.

Also, is there laser-cutter training tomorrow?

phil

[Sam Cook]

Also, is there laser-cutter training tomorrow?

Yes, for this and other common questions please see the FAQ[1] 

S

[1] http://wiki.hackspace.org.uk/wiki/Mailing_list_FAQ

[phil jones]

Cool. Thanks.

[Billy]

I'll be ther for this.

Been wanting to learn this for a while. Got a number of idea's that i
want to try with this tool...

On Apr 18, 12:58 pm, phil jones <inters...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Cool. Thanks.
>

[Renski]

I intending to come along to this, if theres anything left of my brain
after the marketing drones have finished with it at infosec.

On 18 April 2011 09:04, Luke Graham <spo...@gmail.com> wrote:

[chris-robot]

Count me in.

[Simon Howes]

Dads coming tonight - parent proofing the house consequently!

I'll be in wednesday to do some training. Sorry for short reply for now, am really busy (also gmail on my phone stopped syncing so i suddenly have a million messages after a reboot. I thought the list was quiet...)

[Lester Hawksby]

Please count me in too for lathe newbie training.

Thanks

Lester

[spooq]

Hope everyone enjoyed the talk and found it useful. If you have any
suggestions on how to improve it (for the mill session and if I run
the same lathe session again), please let me know. Might be useful to
do it once more and videotape it.

Did everyone who wanted a hands-on get a chance? If not, I will be in
tonight, so you can grab me then, or just whenever.

Speaking of the mill, I will do this talk in a fortnight, rather than
next week, as many people will be out of town.

Thanks to Glen and Russ for helping out by supervising people too.

Cheers,
Luke

[phil jones]

Hi Luke

I think I learned what I needed. Very useful, thanks.

phil

[Lester Hawksby]

Thanks very much, that was very helpful. I'm really looking forward to
the next bit of training and then approved-lathe-wielding status!

Regards

Lester

[Billy]

Thank you for the intro Luke.

I'll start practising regularly.

Where's the best place top pick up a stock of metal for this?

[spooq]

MikeK got the large square bar of Al from a place west of London,
can't remember the name of the shop now, but I'll ask him. It cost
about £50, so we split it between us. If you want a lump of that, we
can work something out. I would say pick something you want to make
first, then choose the material. I'm going to attempt to make
something I've been planning for a little while (as soon as the 4-jaw
is ready to go), so if you want to have a go at some of the required
operations, that would be fine by me.

We might have to figure out some way of getting material for training,
either by getting people to bring their own, or by charging to cover
costs. An off-cuts bin would be great as well, same as we do for the
laser-cutter.

I forgot to mention
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Model-Engineering-Foundation-Peter-Wright/dp/1854861522
, which the space does have a copy of already. It is a good overview
of what is what, and how to do various operations, such as cutting,
measuring, joining, and so on.

Luke

[Tim Hutt]

Here're some suppliers for aluminium. Prices are very rough based on
an order I got quoted in 2009.

Doré (http://www.doremetals.co.uk/): £30k/m^3 plus £21 delivery.
Orion (http://www.orionalloys.co.uk/): £40k/m^3 plus £15 delivery.

There's also Smiths (http://www.smithmetal.com/) but they were about
three times more expensive.

[Paul Dart]

On 21 April 2011 13:06, Tim Hutt <tdh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Doré (http://www.doremetals.co.uk/): £30k/m^3 plus £21 delivery.
> Orion (http://www.orionalloys.co.uk/): £40k/m^3 plus £15 delivery.

Spending £40k and they still charge you £15 delivery? Bastards ;)

[cepm...@yahoo.co.uk]

A stock of bar is in the drawer marked "Metal Bar (Round)" next to the
power tool rack.