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Lots of things have been done by cheapskate methods, including that dam. Long term, they should rebuild it properly from the ground up in massive rocks which cannot be dissolved/washed away like mud.Fill gaps with concrete, job done and 'everlasting.'

I noticed in the Wikipedia entry for the dam that a proportion of the water feeding the dam is diverted into the stream alongside. I assume that steps have been taken to divert all the incoming water into the stream and that it can handle the increase.

These from Hereford and Worcester are 7000 litres / Minute apparently

i.e. 420,000 l/hr and there were at least 23 of them working at one time so about 9.6 million l/hr

Bill

Edited By peak4 on 05/08/2019 19:27:11

Rather than decrying Wikipedia as 'inaccurate why not take a look at some of the plentiful references in the article?

Past research has shown it to be no less accurate than the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Neil

P.S. Looks to me that the pumps are in the floating yellow bits (sorry Original thought was wrong...)

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 03/08/2019 20:26:32

34046 - Have you checked with Malcolm what excess - if any - he requires to be added to your required dimensions? He's done several laser-cut items from my CAD dwgs and he's queried some of my dimensions thankfully !

The laser-cut edges from the company he used for my items were "rough" and hard. They needed draw filing smooth with a diamond file, I accept that techniques may have moved on in the last couple of years but a small dimensional excess was incorporated to allow for the smoothing-off.

Hi,

I have an 80mm dia. Facing milling cutter with 7 insert locations.

It came to me in a box with a lot of tooling at a local auction a couple of years ago. I have just got to the bottom of the box recently and it was a pleasant surprise as it is in excellent condition, BUT there are no tips to fit it, but the screws are there and don't look as if they have been used!

The only identification is the code A241.80.R.07 The rectangular tips look to be about 12mm x 8mm x 5mm thick with a 3.5mm screw hole. (These sizes are approx)

I have been in contact with several tooling suppliers but as yet none of them can identify what tips I need. I may have to go to a few suppliers and ask to see if I can get something to fit, but perhaps some of the very knowledgeable folks on this forum can identify what I need.

Why?

Martin

The die is mounted in a die holder in the tail stock.

plan of attack is,

clean with acetone

open die fully

use aluminium block

plenty of Rocol

pray

I'm trying to cut a 5BA thread on 1/8" stainless steel rod held in the 3jaw lathe chuck. The die starts to cut then the rod slips in the chuck marking the rod. Would I be better off using a 1/8 c0llet chuck.

Just worth pointing out that Sherwood tools come from a forest in China and have never been anywhere near Nottingham, but nice to know that you find the far east product one of the best

Seems to be only available to companies when I looked. I suppose I could try to invent a company to fill in their form but I'm sure they would show me the door.

Doug

Hi Barrie,

Yes of course. I was trying to buy a Komet insert for my threading tool holder, but Komet have been absorbed by a larger group and I believe WNT is the parent group of ceratizit.

I dealt with their office in Sheffield and had to register for an account to buy anything.

The flyer included drill sets, er 32 collects etc. So might be something there for you.

Website is www.wnt.com

Best regards Mick

Hi Ali Have you looked at www.lathes.co.uk I used one of these about 50 years ago very versatile but a pain to set up accurately.

David

It looks the same as mine - I'll have to check. Price was the same anyway.

I might have just got a bad one. I've noticed this with cheap imports before. I think that quality control is so low that although most things are at least serviceable, a high percentage of shoddy goods slip through the net.

stevePosted by Neil Wyatt on 12/10/2018 22:15:58:

I've had a press release, there will be an official announcement in the next MEW.

They hope to run a new format show in 2020.

Neil

Posted by steamdave on 11/10/2018 22:53:36:

No doubt by now, most people will know that there will not be a 2019 Bristol ME Exhibition.

I have been going over from Ireland to Bristol for a few years as a private exhibitor and was wondering what other similar exhibitions are around for private exhibitors. Ideally, I would like to attend a show that is on for more than one day to make the travelling worthwhile.

Any suggestions (and perhaps an invitation)? I don't do hot fog.

Dave
The Emerald Isle

Posted by Mark Rand on 28/08/2018 20:34:03:

It isn't the 26th one at Doncaster Racecourse, since it started at Donnington...

Posted by Andrew Johnston on 09/08/2018 19:07:37:

Machined the second smokebox door last night. I got a better finish than on the first one, simply by reversing the feed direction from inside to outside to outside to inside:

If I'd thought about it that gives a rather better cutting geometry for the tool with less chance of interference, especially near the centre.

Andrew