What Did You Do Today (2017)

[Roger Williams 2Participant @rogerwilliams2]

Spare a thought for poor Nicky Hayden( Moto GP champion 2006), whos funeral it was today I believe. A true gentleman and super rider. Sadly missed.

Edited By Roger Williams 2 on 29/05/2017 19:50:00

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

Particularly ironic and sickening that many professional riders won't ride motorbikes on the road as it's too dangerous – and Nicky Hayden died in a cycling accident on the road.

[Anonymous]

I've been beavering away making parts for my traction engine check valves, plus D-bits for internal features. Progress so far:

Fingers crossed that the taper plugs are a good fit; all the plugs and the D-bit were ground at the same setting. It's surprising how much room gets taken up on a faceplate, even with a small item:

Andrew

Edited By Andrew Johnston on 30/05/2017 20:41:12

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 23/05/2017 13:07:33:

Posted by JasonB on 23/05/2017 12:25:29:

Thanks Graeme

It does open up another question though, if the fault was at the pole why replace the length of cable rather than just remake the faulty joint at the pole?

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Thanks for the education, folks

[roughly what I imagined, but I didn't know the terminology]

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The fault was actually caused by fretting between the mechanical 'strain relief' and the cable [so at the pole, but not at its connector]

… it was probably a 40 year old installation, with figure-of-eight cable, and strain relief was by twisting the cable and a steel wire together … like a pair of mating corkscrews

MichaelG.

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I finally got round to loading the photo of the telegraph pole:

Our line was the figure-of-eight cable, running to top left of this image

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It's a miracle that the system works at all.

MichaelG.

[Raymond Sanderson 2Participant @raymondsanderson2]

Hey Michael is that the one at/into ME & MWE ???

Today at last late afternoon put up a trellis along the fence so a climbing rose can become a view out the study window.

First time been able to handle tools since injuring my left hand last Saturday no idea what i did exactly got into the car saw swelling/lump between knuckle of the index finger and wrist took 3 days for bruising to come out a little tender but slowly its gone down.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

My daughter got home from Menorca yesterday, she brought me huge half-cheese from an artisan cheesery(?) and a small bottle of Menorcan Gin.

Just tried the cheese, makes Cathedral City Extra Mature taste like Dairylea

Neil

[Bob RodgersonParticipant @bobrodgerson97362]

I thought that you weren't supposed to import Meat or Dairy goods into the country.

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

MichaelG, I;v seen pictures of power wires like that from slums in India, we thought we were bad enough here until about twenty years ago when they put the power and phone lines under ground.

Ian S C

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Michael, I think you should shin up the pole and lace those wires, don't know how you can face looking out a that mess every day

I can see how the wire could become damaged over time and why a whole wire replacement wa sneeded.

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Bob Rodgerson on 01/06/2017 13:13:34:

I thought that you weren't supposed to import Meat or Dairy goods into the country.

No problem at the moment if it's from the EU. After the Brexit negotiations, who knows?

[Martin KyteParticipant @martinkyte99762]

Don't worry, sounds like he's eating the evidence.

Martin

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

Get your chortling hats on. I thought I'd make a mounting pillar for my Multifix tool post to mount it directly to the cross slide instead of atop the topslide and thus increase the rigidity of my machine.

One part of my cunning plan was to make use of that heavy insert that comes inside the base of the Ikea "Jarnsno" LED lamp as the base for my pillar. I knew instinctively that this was cast iron, albeit of rather agricultural finish. A quick skim would reveal a fine disk of cast iron which would be ideal for my needs. It all went swimmingly well to begin with. The pillar went very nicely – no grievous cockups and the surface finish is pretty darned good.

Then I got to the last part which is the flat base made from said mystery metal. Anyway, once I'd taken the first "skim", the flaw in the plan became apparent. The stuff is not cast iron at all. Although it is heavy and magnetic, it's not even solid metal. It appears to be some sort of nasty plastic loaded up with steel offcuts and balls. They seem to be magnetic, so not lead (unless the Chinese have invented magnetic lead) but it might as well be. So now I have a pillar but no base.

What a dork. Let that be a lesson to anyone else who fondly imagines they are in possession of a cast iron base from an Ikea lamp. Dammit, I've been hoarding this for several years now and was starting to feel a little smug finally, now that I had found a use for it. Now I'll have to find an alternative solution for the base…

Murray

[Jeff DaymanParticipant @jeffdayman43397]

You can likely get a piece of Durabar Meehanite cast iron from your local metal supplier which will machine beautifully into a nice base for your toolpost. It will likely cost about the same as an Ikea Jansjo lamp, but will do the intended job.

Ikea products are fine if used as intended but I would not spend much time trying to rework their components for other purposes – they spend a lot of time designing them to be made in the tens of millions from the absolute cheapest and often recycled materials that will do the job. Then they sell tens of millions them at the absolute lowest possible cost (including a sensible profit). Very successful products and branding.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Bob Rodgerson on 01/06/2017 13:13:34:

I thought that you weren't supposed to import Meat or Dairy goods into the country.

No problems with personal imports from an EU country, at least this side of Brexit.

Neil

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Muzzer on 03/06/2017 13:21:21:

Swedish steel not up to the standard of Chinese cast iron?

Look like black pudding to me

Neil

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 03/06/2017 13:55:33:

Posted by Bob Rodgerson on 01/06/2017 13:13:34:

I thought that you weren't supposed to import Meat or Dairy goods into the country.

No problems with personal imports from an EU country, at least this side of Brexit.

Neil

Blimey, great minds think alike, S.O.D.?

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 03/06/2017 13:59:43:

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 03/06/2017 13:55:33:

Posted by Bob Rodgerson on 01/06/2017 13:13:34:

I thought that you weren't supposed to import Meat or Dairy goods into the country.

No problems with personal imports from an EU country, at least this side of Brexit.

Neil

Blimey, great minds think alike, S.O.D.?

If I'm involved more likely 'Fools seldom differ'…

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi, I started modifying this motor bracket yesterday afternoon, by cutting it with a 4 1/2" disc cutter.

It had to have the slots 5mm closer sideways and 20mm lengthways. Today I had a spare couple of hours to set it up and weld it all back together.

Tacked it and then removed it and then welded it with three short welds on each side on the top and three on both sides on the bottom.

Then tidied it up with a soft disc and a wire wheel.

Just needs a coat of paint and it will be ready for the motor to be refitted and mounted onto the machine, which is a tumbler which I've had from several years, which was scrapped from the company that I used to work for a good while back. It was scrapped after I had to remove the original motor to fit in place of a defunct one on another lab machine. One or two more photos of the modification **LINK** for interest.

Regards Nick.

[MWParticipant @mw27036]

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 03/06/2017 14:25:24:

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 03/06/2017 13:59:43:

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 03/06/2017 13:55:33:

Posted by Bob Rodgerson on 01/06/2017 13:13:34:

I thought that you weren't supposed to import Meat or Dairy goods into the country.

No problems with personal imports from an EU country, at least this side of Brexit.

Neil

Blimey, great minds think alike, S.O.D.?

If I'm involved more likely 'Fools seldom differ'…

I like the expression, "it's wise to keep your head open to new ideas but be careful not to leave it so open that your brains spill out"!

Michael W

Edited By Michael-w on 04/06/2017 00:08:45

[Raymond Sanderson 2Participant @raymondsanderson2]

https://www.facebook.com/raymond.sanderson.73/posts/10155304590503397Took a trip up to Old Petri Town Steam & markets Day with te Trades Guild doing a casting pour top day beaut sunshine and 24C.

Edited By Raymond Sanderson 2 on 04/06/2017 08:21:20

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Trivial, I know … but:

Today [whilst stripping-down a 'car boot sale' bargain], I drilled the head off a badly mutilated 2BA 'slotted cheesehead' screw.

The pleasing aspect is that [of necessity] I did this 'freehand' with the little Bosch Li-ion drill.

2mm, then 4mm, and finally 5mm … whereupon the head detached cleanly from the screw, with no damage done to the components

For nearly ten years now, I haven't been able to see well-enough to do this sort of thing.

… The cataract surgery has been a resounding success !!

MichaelG.

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Thanks Michael

That's just what I want to hear! I have an appointment, next week, with the eye hospital consultant for assessment. I'm happy that it's all gone well for you – but I would be lying if I said that I was not concerned about the process!

Norman

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Milled two 10mm slots in the webs of my big angle plate. Interesting clamping, two blocks in place as stops to stop twisting, two clamps. Horrible noise with the plate waving 6 inches up from the bed so it 'rang'. But the Arc carbide end mill ate its way through with 3mm deep cuts and power feed.

Not enough 'meat' for a 10mm slot the full length of the top slots. Options are a 1/4 slot or bodge the ordinary slot into a T-slot, the latter will demand some even more inventive clamping.

Neil

[Mick HenshallParticipant @mickhenshall99321]

Norman, my wife had both her eyes done for cataracts she was apprehensive before the first eye was done but couldn't wait to have the second done,nothing to it were here words to me didn't hurt a bit, hope that reassures you a touch

Mick

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Thanks Mick

I'm pleased that your wife had a successful outcome to her treatment …. and her experience is encouraging!

Yes everyone tells me it will be OK and I'm sure that they are right ….. on my list of "things that I'm looking forward to" though it ranks pretty low!

Norman

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