What Did You Do Today (2016)

[Douglas JohnstonParticipant @douglasjohnston98463]

The thinners for Hammerite are quite expensive and I have used petrol in the past for cleaning brushes after use. Although I have never used petrol to thin the paint it would probably work fine if the proper stuff was unavailable. Worth a try.

Doug

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Roderick Jenkins on 20/07/2016 23:09:33:

Posted by Michael Walters on 20/07/2016 21:34:30:

Why not just say the word?

I'm also puzzled by this and constant references to a "well known auction site" instead of ebay. Why?

Rod

I presume people know this site is funded through advertising, and that means they sometimes feel awkard recommending sources that don't support it.

That said, we don't censor mentions of such suppliers, but we do take a dim view of non-advertisers who try to abuse the site (like one company who created a user account and started filling their albums with images from their online catalogue!)

Neil

[MWParticipant @mw27036]

If i were someone in a position of authority then may be i'd need to be careful about what i mention, having said that it's usually fairly easy to spot apart a genuine user from a total faker.

It also makes things quite awkward for referencing, a good example will be what was previously discussed on here, hammerite, am i supposed to say "a well known oil based paint commonly used for metals"?

It's a shameless thing some people do, and you could say more fool the person taken in by it. It shouldn't stop genuine workshoppers from discussing the good and bad on brands in general.

Michael W

[Roger Provins 2Participant @rogerprovins2]

All seems a bit daft to me. Surely if a poster gives sufficient hints so that a reader knows which company he is referring to then he may as well give the proper name and be done with it.

[Nick HughesParticipant @nickhughes97026]

Various other forums actively block links to other sites and so replacing some of these sites title letters with characters, defeats the auto blocking.

[Martin KyteParticipant @martinkyte99762]

I agree Roger although perhaps it's a case of 'naming calls' so don't mention 'old nick' by name or he may turn up. If you say the name of a certain company selling operating systems you might bring an upgrade on. Maybe we should have nicknames for all the usual suspects. At least it would make a change from grumbling about BT. . . . . (oooops) now I've done it.

;0)

Martin

[Colin HeseltineParticipant @colinheseltine48622]

Started of at local car boot. Found a nice Cullman Monopod (camera tripod) £15, followed by man with tin with lots of taps dies reamers tool bits etc. After some negotiation bought the whole tin full of him. Then man selling loose brand new Sherwood stub drills, picked up 8, 9,11,12, 13mm (unfortunately no 10mm) for £2.

Day then got better, wife had spotted a astronomical telescope on tripod in local charity shop, we went for a gander. it was a Tasco 302012, 115mm objective 900mm focal length. Load of eyepieces, 4, 9, 10, 15, 20 mm, 3 x Barlow Lens, Moon Filter, collimation lens, and also the electric gearbox and controller to drive the hour declination gear. It was all immaculate – £69. It came home with me. 50 plus years since last had a astronomical telescope. Just need a good clear night now.

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

Now that could best be described as 'jammy'.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

At this morning's Car Boot Sale …

Bought a NEWLEC NLLOOPT1 'Loop Tester' [Made by AVO]

A clean-up and fresh batteries, and all appears good.

We have a few electricians on the forum, so could some kind soul provide a copy of the operating instructions ?

Thanks

MichaelG.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Colin Heseltine on 24/07/2016 13:11:46:

Day then got better, wife had spotted a astronomical telescope on tripod in local charity shop, we went for a gander. it was a Tasco 302012, 115mm objective 900mm focal length. Load of eyepieces, 4, 9, 10, 15, 20 mm, 3 x Barlow Lens, Moon Filter, collimation lens, and also the electric gearbox and controller to drive the hour declination gear. It was all immaculate – £69. It came home with me. 50 plus years since last had a astronomical telescope. Just need a good clear night now.

Excellent find. Although I suspect some of the higher magnifications are more than a bit optimistic!

I found a few reviews and it seem it has a decent 1.25" focuser and the 4 1/2 aperture isn't bad at all and will reward you if you invest in some reasonable quality 1.25" eyepieces (assuming it has come with 0.925" cheapies).

Neil

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 24/07/2016 14:33:43:

Bought a NEWLEC NLLOOPT1 'Loop Tester' [Made by AVO]

Apparently it's a rebadged LT7 by Megger, not aVo, Megger make AVOs.:

http://www.biddlemegger.com/biddle-ug/LT7_UG.pdf

Neil

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 24/07/2016 15:36:58

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

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Many thanks, Neil

That does indeed look remarkably similar.

Do you think mine is a dodgy counterfeit, Made in England ?

MichaelG.

 

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 24/07/2016 16:01:30

[Ed DuffnerParticipant @edduffner79357]

We used some AVO units in college, lots of black plastic and bakelite scary stuff.

Ed.

[ken king, King DesignParticipant @kenkingkingdesign]

I didn't do this ALL today, in fact it took a long time, spread over an even longer time. It's a replacement in aluminium of the broken plastic wheelnut seen alongside, from a large-scale Ford GT40 model. A client's son spent all his saved-up pocket money, then found the broken lug upon delivery. An unsympathetic seller, and no supplier of spares, persuaded me to offer to make one. It may not be perfect, well, in fact it's not, but I reckon it should be good enough to pass at first glance, and it will hold that all-important fourth wheel on.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Nice job, Ken

… and a very honourable deed.

MochaelG.

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Well done Ken – a kind act and maybe an encouragement for the lad to advance with his modelling in the future.

( …..You could, of course, have made more so that there was a matching one for each wheel ! . )

Norman

Edited By NJH on 24/07/2016 17:02:16

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 24/07/2016 15:58:12:

.Do you think mine is a dodgy counterfeit, Made in England ?

From the Paedia of Wiki:

"Megger Instruments Limited was based at AVO’s Dover site, in Archcliffe Road, Dover, CT17 9EN, Kent, England, which is also the present location of the UK branch of the company.

In 1991, due to the popularity of the AVO products the company changed the name to AVO Megger Instruments Limited. In 2000 the company became known as AVO International Holdings Limited and in 2002 as AVO International Limited.

Finally the whole Megger group changed its name to Megger Group Limited in 2002, as it is known today."

Neil

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Yes, I know, Neil … That's why I added the stupid winky smiley thing.

MichaelG.

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Your words: … by Megger, not aVo …

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 24/07/2016 23:51:17

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Having seen a brief News item on TV last night …

Here is an interesting page about the Tesla Gigafactory.

Tesla Gigafactory tour roundup and tidbits: ‘This is the coolest factory in the world’

MichaelG.

[Mike LightfootParticipant @mikelightfoot72419]

So ive started on Martin Evans attachment for milling curved valve links but hoping to adapt it to mill tapered conrods as well. I suppose there are other ways but this gets me back into making things.

Mike

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Today … I contemplated the price of genuine HP940XL ink cartridges; and bought two of these instead.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360909071253?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

The saving has paid for a 3 phase motor for the Myford.

… What a crazy World we live in.

MichaelG.

[Sam Longley 1Participant @samlongley1]

Michael

Re your link

Be very careful buying stuff from Argos

I bought a chair from them 4 months ago & found that i had inadvertly agreed to subscribe to a thing called "Complete save". which cost me £ 15-00 per month deducted from my credit card payments. unfortunately as I was on holiday sailing for a few months my wife paid my card payments ( Now i bet a few of you are jealous !!!) so I did not know about this deduction.

They claim that i filled in a form with address & credit card details etc etc but i swear i did not & I have been scammed. Argos were not prepared to help

Barclaycard would not help so I have lost £ 30-00 for 2 months payment & i am waiting to see if a third one comes through .They do not reply to emails but did reply to phone calls ( how much the call cost is unknown)- the company is based in Switzerland & has a sister scammer company which is said to follow up the scam

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Might be worth you reading this:

forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=3622877

Neil

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Sam & Neil

I might be missing something here, but; what do you think I have bought from Argos ?

MichaelG.

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This is the ebay Seller:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/printerbasics?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

 

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 30/07/2016 15:19:41

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 30/07/2016 15:20:26

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

I think one of them saw the "Collect at Argos" , put 2 + 2 Together and got 5

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