Glad you caught that :)

Thanks.

Thanks for the quality check :)

Very true. I mostly use insert tooling on the lathe and mill, so the Clarkson is only for making special tools and for solving awkward problems. It is a fun machine though.

Thanks for identifying that.

Yeah, that was about it :)

Yes indeed!

Hi Andy. Anton has a proper surface grinder, so he already has that base covered. Those nodding head T&C grinders, are not really optimal for precise fine down feed, as you want on a surface grinder, but will do it at a pinch.

That press was locally made in NZ, but was really designed and done right.

Yeah, he is an old mate of mine.

We first undid the intact screw on the other side (which was LH thread), to confirm the broken one was RH.

Hi Doric. It is a really nice machine.

Yes, Anton has put together a nice selection of tools, and has a really nice shed.

@@RotarySMP 0:15 If that's the view from his front door tell him I'll fight him for it 🙃

@@squelchstuff He's not that lucky. That is the view on the trail up Mt Manganui. It is a nature reserve.

Yeah, great time wasting hobby machine :)

Thanks for your kind feedback.

My little homage to Curtis. I think chain drive tables are somewhat common on surface grinders as well.

This is a really well thought out machine. Will be much quicker to set up than the Clarkson.

Nice little machine - but I didn't notice a table stop, which can be really helpful when running the end flutes into the wheel repetitively.. maybe it was on the back of the table? Great video, thanks for sharing the fun..

He has a good eye for a bargain.

Yeah, he got lucky that the main accessories didn't get lost somewhere through the decades.

Thanks for the kind words.

A VFD is so cheap these days, and adds a couple of nice features itself, so that is the way Anton is going.

Hi Steven, sorry, I already returned to Taupo. If you drop me an email (there is a link on the channel homepage), I can get you in touch with Anton.

All good. I just had to try ya. And comment for the algorithm.

It is quite common for surface grinders to have chain or belt drives.

Hi Chris, yeah, there are a couple of items for the to-do list there.

Hi Luke. It just worked out like this. It really is a nice T&C grinder.

@@RotarySMPglad it worked out been seeing a few tool and cutter grinders on your channel lately :)

@@LCalleja Maybe it is not longer this old lathe channel :)

Hi Julia. They really made a nice grinder.

Thanks :)

It really is a nice T&C grinder.

I guess the main issue it that these are 230V windings, and 3ph is 400V here. Going to a VFD is quite attractive, as it means he can supply it off 230V single phase, so it will be more flexible as to where in the shop it sits.

@@RotarySMP uk 3 phase is 240v per phase and around 415v between phases so it should be ok to run as is, but the vfd would provide speed control.

@@philhermetic The motor data plate lists it as a 230V motor, so I suspect 400V would fry it.

@@RotarySMP right, so it is a usa export motor, it will have to be a vfd!

Ok so I watched the video again(Duh) and all becomes clear! The motor rating plate says 440volts, which has been sharpied out and the 240v delta connected written on the motor case which explains the non standard terminals on the cables. It should be possible to reconnect the motor in star so that it will run on 400v. In star there are two windings between each phase, in delta only one winding between each phase. So you could say that all three phase 400v motors have 230v windings and will run on 400/440 v in star and 230/240v when connected in delta. Using a vfd will work of course , just a bit more expensive, but less fiddly than reconfiguring the motor connections! I will now write a hundred times “ I must concentrate on what I am Watching”

Hi Jim, nah, the access is much better here :)

@@RotarySMP That's a fact 😂

@@jimsvideos7201 We had British planes in the RNZAF trade school. Terrible access seemed to be a design goal :)

Blunt drill.

Not a great safety shoe example there :/

@@RotarySMP probably not, but very stereotypical kiwi. 😉

I did, and they aren't unfortunately. Using a little VFD means it can be plugged into single phase, which has advantages about where it can be located.

@@RotarySMP I'm a big fan of VFDs, but I have had insulation problems with old motors. The reconstituted phases can have eddy currents that excede the insulation capacity of older motors, burning them out!

@@MatthewTinker-au-pont-blanc Good point. I was lucky with the Schaublins motor, as it has insulation class F. Given the way this motor has been repoled from Star to Delta, I wonder if it was rewound, and whether it has decent modern insulation lacquer.

It really is.

There is an email address in my channel main page.

Too expensive to make, or they didn't have the cutter production Clarkson had, which maybe carried them through some recessions?

Thanks.

So sehe ich es.

I saw these safety shoes on a foundry video from Pakistan. They are very comfortable. Truly vintage.

One of my best memories of my youth was when I was a fireman in the Navy. As the engineering crew we get two less days of liberty than the rest of the crew, as it takes a day to shut down the plant, cool down the machinery and get it on shore power, and we have to come back a day early and start things back up one day prior to leaving. Lighting off the boilers, and getting everything back up to temperatures and pressures takes about a day, if you do it correctly, by the book. So if there are 4 days in port, engineering gets two days of liberty, and the rest of the crew usually gets 4 days. In the late 1980's, we made a visit to Portsmouth, England, and my first day in was refueling the ship. As a 19yr young buck, I was responsible for maintaining about 1 million gallons of DFM and I remember sitting with the boat crews monitoring the refueling with them. They offered me tea, and it was the first time I had milk in my tea.

Nice one.

Good question.

That is it. And then you index to the next tooth and zing zing zing again :)

@@RotarySMP 😄

You'd have to ask Anton. I borrowed work clothes from him. :)

@@RotarySMP I guess I need to get out to Vancouver if I want to load my red truck with beer. 😟

I bought that T shirt in Vancouver at the Flying Beaver. Great spot.

@@antonwhittle415Thanks for the reply! I'm nearer NYC, but if I ever get out that way.....

It just worked out :)

No problem 👍