Member postings for magpie

No problems in the Crewe Cheshire area. I believe that they have just had a massive new sorting warehouse built near Northampton and are doing a lot of re-organisation.

Dek.

Put them all together and you have a lamp that can have either white discs or colour changing discs. The base and top are white at all times, only the discs change colour. I would post a Video of the finished item but don't know how.

With the base ready it's time to make some bits for the top. 3/4" 'Perspex' and some discs from hard drives.

Time to cut the base from 3/4" 'Perspex' and cut the holes for LED driver, switches Etc.

Then fit the LEDs into the discs.

Drill the discs for the LEDs and tap out a hole for a fixing screw.

Next, do a bit of pressure turning. I held the discs together with double sided tape and wedged them in the lathe using a rotating chuck in the tailstock.

Take some scrap 'Perspex'. My mate owns the local scrapyard, and they get some great stuff in there at times.

Mark out and cut some discs to roughly the right size on the bandsaw.

Next step is to mill some slots in the tube.

Start with a length of chrome plated brass tube removed from a very expensive free standing bath tap. As the thread title suggests, a scrap one, and set it up on the mill using my little home made indexing unit. I have a Vertex dividing head, but that was too big to use for this job. More to follow.

I have the sad task of announcing the death of a former member of the forum, namely John 'Bogstandard' Moore, who passed away early Monday morning.

I am sure many members will remember John as a top class engineer who could offer good advice, but who could also speak out in plane language against those who he thought were offering bad advice, a trait which did not make him too many friends.

He was however, one of the most generous men i have ever met, and was more than willing to help out anyone with any problems they may have had.

R.I.P. John, a top class man and a good friend.

Hi Bill, had a look for you on FB but can't find you there, sent you a PM with my name so maybe you could send me a friend request.

GL, i do read quite a lot and i have a page all about myself in a book that a mate recently wrote. I am also due to have a whole chapter to myself in an other book due to be published soon. Sometime in 2023 a book about the Beatles, by Mark Lewisohn will contain various anecdotes from myself.

With my current health problems i may never get to read the 2023 one.

Cheers Dek.

Hi Gerd. John is still around, but not in the best of health. A few years ago he had to have a half of one lung removed and was then no longer able to use his workshop.

He sold all his tools and machines and contented himself with some model tanks. However his health has recently got worse and , like myself, now has to be content to watch daytime TV. A fate that most folk would consider to be worse than death.

To give you some idea how bad that is, i have joined Facebook to try and escape the TV.

I think it very unlikely that John will ever post on any of the ME forums again.

Cheers, Dek.

I have used 90 degree spot drills to put small V groves in things. Always worked well for me.

I bet he is glad it hasn't got a starting handle.

Hi Stuart. I bought both the DB 10 VS, and the Champion 20V mill about 7 years ago, and to date the only problem i have had was a broken NVR switch on the mill about 1 year ago. Cost a few £ for a new one and no more problems since.

Dek.

DANNY M2Z & TONY PRATT1, I think you both missed the point. I did say that it would need all young men the world over to refuse joining any army. I would like to know though DANNY, just who were the army protecting us from in Korea, Afghanistan, and Iraq. The only thing the army were defending there was the Bush family profits.

I agree 100% with Bazyle regarding the army. If macho young blokes the world over refused to go killing people and getting themselves killed on behalf of some megalomaniac, who will hide somewhere in a deep hole until the killing is over, then the world would be a much better place. Sad to say that it needs to happen everywhere before wars can end.

I have had a DB10 for about 7 or 8 years now and no problems with it at all.

Welcome Tifa. I have had a DB 10 for about 8 years now, and no problems with it. Go for it.