What did you do Today 2018

[MikeParticipant @mike89748]

Dave, I wish it was! In fact, it's a gift from my parents. Could be fun to have a medical condition that few people can pronounce, if it wasn't so unpleasant. I know it's not swarf because most of my turning has been done with non-ferrous metals!

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

Posted by Mike on 17/05/2018 18:02:19:

Dave, I wish it was! In fact, it's a gift from my parents. Could be fun to have a medical condition that few people can pronounce, if it wasn't so unpleasant. I know it's not swarf because most of my turning has been done with non-ferrous metals!

It's still swarf as long as it's long, curly and sharp

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Mike on 17/05/2018 18:02:19:

Dave, I wish it was! In fact, it's a gift from my parents. Could be fun to have a medical condition that few people can pronounce, if it wasn't so unpleasant. I know it's not swarf because most of my turning has been done with non-ferrous metals!

You need a pet leech or three.

Much more convenient.

Neil

[SamsarandaParticipant @samsaranda]

Mike, nice to see that you still have sense of humour despite your medical problems, I also have an inherited medical condition, it’s known as Hypermobility/ Ehlers Danloss type 3, and is a condition affecting connective tissue, it is a spectrum type disorder which can affect some with considerable disability and others with relatively little effect. Mine affects mainly my spine and in latter years I am suffering gradual paralysis down my right side. The most dissapointing aspect is that being as its hereditary unfortunately my 3 daughters have the same condition but you learn to live with what life deals you and just carry on as you are well aware.

Dave W

[MikeParticipant @mike89748]

Thanks, Dave. My condition isn't quite like yours, in that it is thought that one person in 200 is a carrier, but it takes two carriers to produce a child which has haemochromatosis. Before my regular visits to Nurse Dracula I had a little less than 50 grams of iron in my body, instead of the usual 3.5. Led me to joke that if I stood too close to an electrical field I might become a giant fridge magnet. Not so in reality – the iron s in the form of compounds. Two bits of good news: Nurse Dracula doesn't want to see me for three weeks and, better still, red wine is good for the condition in that the tannin it contains helps stop the iron being deposited in your liver. I'm still trying to find a doctor who will prescribe a daily dose of cabernet sauvignon…. Oh, and Neil: Nurse Dracula has a much nicer personality than a leech.

[ChrisHParticipant @chrish]

Mike – good news re the tee shirt, sorry to hear about the medical problem. If you manage to find a doctor to prescribe a daily dose of cabernet sauvignon please let me know and return the favour! And I agree Nurse Dracula sound a much nicer person than a leech, there are enough leeches in this world of all types.

Chris

[Ex contributorParticipant @mgnbuk]

New toy arrived at work yesterday, connected up on the dining table (as you do ….) today to make sure it works – which it appears to do. Bought from Ebay seller pjsparker, it was ordered on the 8th of this month, notified as despatched on the 12th & delivered (in two packages delivered by two different carriers) on the 17th.

This is destined for my Taiwanese FB2 clone. I was thinking of changing this machine for one of the WM18 type, but recent events (plus a lack of ready availability of a 3MT machine) prompted another measure-up of the FB2 – it is a bit shorter in the table travels than the WM18, but has a good spindle-table clearance & I know it is reasonably accurate all round. So I decided to improve its usability with the DRO & have a stepper motor feed on the go for the head.

Nigel B

[SamsarandaParticipant @samsaranda]

Mike, my condition is not so dramatic with its heredity element as there is only a 50% chance of transmission to children, just unlucky all 3 of my daughters inherited. It seems we both have a couple of things in common, red wine and I see from your profile you are connected to Sporting Gun Magazine, about three years ago I took up clay pigeon shooting, during 22 years in the Air Force I used to shoot for my station in competitions but it wasn’t until three years ago I took up shooting clays and really enjoy it, bit different and took some getting used to with the targets moving.

Dave W

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

The DRO and scales look pretty much like mine ie fairly generic Chinese product. Been very happy with mine – it transformed my machine – and the accuracy and speed of my work.

I don't know if you got a manual for yours but if the Chinglish is too strong to make sense of, there are various other manuals out there that will do the trick.

Beyond using the zero and "1/2" functions, I have rarely used any of the functions. However, the array and circular hole pattern functions could be useful in some situations.

Murray

[John Billard 1Participant @johnbillard1]

I agree with Muzzer about the usefulness of DRO. My work is now first time accurate and repeatable, having installed it on my Super 7, and I wouldn't be without it now. So much so that I have now put DRO on to my Dore Westbury mill that I built very many years ago. It is transformed and I surprised myself as to how accurate the machine remains.

Kind regards

John B

[keith wedgwoodParticipant @keithwedgwood19516]

i made a thread protector for my 1923  drummond round bed spindle nose out of a cut off of delrin

and a couple of delrin buddy bottle protectors today.

using the said drummond

Edited By keith wedgwood on 18/05/2018 21:43:28

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Consider a bit of threadlock when fitting your DRO

Neil

[Brian HParticipant @brianh50089]

Thanks Neil, for the threadlock reminder.

I used to have a large milling machine with 3 axis DRO which was magic but I had to downsize when moving house.

My present machine is a mill/drill and I've just bought a M-DRO 2 axis system that was delivered yesterday (Friday 18 May 2018) and needs fitting BUT; I'm away for a few days! Still, it'll get done later in the week.

Brian

[Ex contributorParticipant @mgnbuk]

I don't know if you got a manual for yours but if the Chinglish is too strong to make sense of, there are various other manuals out there that will do the trick.

Certainly not the easiest translation to understand ! A copy can be found at the link below, if anyone feels like a challenge. Might get a more accurate / readable translation by finding a Chinese copy & cut and paste the text into Google Translate – I doubt it could be much less intelligable.

**LINK**

Presumably you had your scales come loose, Neil ? A bit of Screwlock woon't go amiss, thanks for the reminder.

Nigel B

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

St Albans DMES had its portable track at the Stockwood Park Luton steam fair Discovery Centre. It's quite a nice place even when nothing special is on and they have a few permanent displays of several engines and machines, a museum of horse drawn carriages, and a bit of archaeology, farm tools etc. We weren't charging for the rides as the idea is just publicity for our own show in September, possible new members, and goodwill. Next Bank Holiday it's Redbourn Museum, and the weekend after Oaklands St Albans steam fair.
The catch with these events is that a few of us have to start and end two hours before and after for loading and unloading the track.

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Bazle,

Were you the gentleman with a blue boiler suit tide around your waist and the St Albans crest on his shirt, I think also walking with his good lady, who came and looked at the three stationary engines running in the yard. I was sat behind the left hand engine as you faced us. I never left the yard to see what else was there.

Martin P

[ChrisHParticipant @chrish]

Two days ago went into the shed and was surprised to see a blooming great hornet sitting on the window blind. He looked as if he was of the 'if he says it's Tuesday, it's Tuesday" variety. So I was all kind and considerate, captured him, took him outside and let him fly off.

Today I went in the shed and he's back in there, looking all mean and stroppy. Well, it might be a him, it might be a her, it might be him or it might be one of his mates. Whatever way, I was none to thrilled at the thought hornets might be considering my shed to be a good place to hang out in, so this time he came to an untimely end. I hear they eat bees so was OK doing that – I like bees.

Just hope there's not a hornets nest nearby; hornets I can do without.

Chris

Edited By ChrisH on 20/05/2018 21:30:51

[John Billard 1Participant @johnbillard1]

I have been steam cultivating today with a pair of 1917 Fowlers. Perfect day, no onlookers to bother with, just among friends in the glorious Sussex countryside.

John B

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Hi Martin, sorry I missed you. I think you were in the process of starting up when I went round there and I mostly spoke to Dave with the traction engine. I hadn't expected to meet any forum members. Perhaps next year we could put it on Neil's list on the other thread.

[Rik ShawParticipant @rikshaw]

"I have been steam cultivating today with a pair of 1917 Fowlers"

Farmer near me still uses horses and flail cutter for harvesting wheat into stooks so would have loved to have seen your steam cultivating today – but then I would have been an onlooker

Rik

[WindyParticipant @windy30762]

 

A lovely day at Elvington pity about the side wind for the super fast boys and girls but found a new friend who wants to drive my car but not sure about the driving licence.

Nice to meet the Beeline boys and see some very creative machines the memory cells were working overtime today.

Learnt a certain gas turbine hydroplane will be at Coniston later in the year my friend Roger will have to brush up his turbine knowledge if we go again.

Its a good social day at Elvington and meeting fellow speed enthusiasts makes my day.

Edited By Windy on 21/05/2018 00:12:41

[David Standing 1Participant @davidstanding1]

Posted by ChrisH on 20/05/2018 21:29:07:

Two days ago went into the shed and was surprised to see a blooming great hornet sitting on the window blind. He looked as if he was of the 'if he says it's Tuesday, it's Tuesday" variety. So I was all kind and considerate, captured him, took him outside and let him fly off.

Today I went in the shed and he's back in there, looking all mean and stroppy. Well, it might be a him, it might be a her, it might be him or it might be one of his mates. Whatever way, I was none to thrilled at the thought hornets might be considering my shed to be a good place to hang out in, so this time he came to an untimely end. I hear they eat bees so was OK doing that – I like bees.

Just hope there's not a hornets nest nearby; hornets I can do without.

Chris

Edited By ChrisH on 20/05/2018 21:30:51

Are you sure it wasn't a queen wasp looking for somewhere to start a nest? – in a shed it is more likely to be a queen wasp than a hornet, which tend to nest in hollow trees.

[Gordon WParticipant @gordonw]

Never seen so many wasps/hornets this year, early for the north. May well be Queens, but They are the last thing I need, think I prefer a single hornet.

[Tony JeffreeParticipant @tonyjeffree56510]

Hornets are actually fairly uncommon in the UK – much more likely to be a queen wasp. There's a guide to the differences here:

Wasp or Hornet?

Main diff seems to be that the hornet has brown rather than black body markings.

[MikeParticipant @mike89748]

Last time I saw a hornet was in a fishing hut near Invergarry, over15 years ago. I get a lot of queen wasps in a somewhat dilapidated wooden garage next to my workshop on the Moray Firth. Could it be that they are attracted by rotting wood for nest building? Anyway, they get swatted as soon as they appear, but haven't seen any so far this year. One year, when I forgot to check, I had a big paper nest nearly as big as a football hanging from the rafters.

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