The tinsmiths call these devices slip rolls for a reason and you just put your finger on it. Some might say "how's this relate to us?" -- I have been pondering buying one of these from Micro Mark versus a regular slip roll -- that's how. Chris Rooney
--- In [email protected], "John" <armstong5717@...> wrote: > > Now you can start a business reworking the roller I have had for years. > > John Armstrong > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bill Lane > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 2:52 PM > Subject: {S-Scale List} Lathe/MicroMark roller [1 Attachment] > > > > [Attachment(s) from Bill Lane included below] > > > I have long thought that most MicroMark tools are 80% of what they could be > if someone that knew how to actually use it would just think it through a > little more. All of my MicroMark tools have had some modification to them. > > > > The roller bender was about the most annoying to me. If you were rolling a > tube once it closed you truly had to take the whole roller apart to get your > piece out. All they had to do was make a loose axle for the top center > roller. Slide the axle and roller out. That was easy. > > > > But NO! The axle is firmly pressed in the roller. A friend that is a real > machinist instead of playing one like me made me a new roller with a loose > axle. But he somehow kept missing my point about wanting a knob at the end of > the roller axle. > > > > So in a little "make work" project this morning I used my new lathe for the > first time to make a knob for the roller axle. The axle was almost the same > length as the whole thing is wide so I had to cheat it a bit. A little green > Zap A Gap and force fit of new knob to roller axle. I am good to go. The new > lathe is a lot more powerful than the Unimat lathe (which is still for sale - > price just reduced!). The tailstock is a little wonky. I just have to get > used to it all. I have to align the cutter tool so that is makes contact at > the center of the workpiece. All in due time.. > > > > > > Thank You, > Bill Lane > > Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1987 > > See my finished models at: > http://www.lanestrains.com > Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! > > > > See my layout progess at: > > http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm > > Custom Train Parts Design > http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm > > PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded > (Trading is MUCH preferred) > http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls > > ***Join the PRR T&HS*** > The other members are not ALL like me! > http://www.prrths.com > http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf > > Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society > It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com > Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
