Member postings for Harry Wilkes

Whilst the preceding post are thumbs up for various companies, mine's a thumb's down ! I purchased a item from a well known lathe company from their eBay website the item was a toy steam engine when it arrived it did not have a burner this was not made clear in the items description or photos, so I emailed for their comments after a week I had not received a reply so I posted negative feedback this got their attention and I received a 'winging' email saying they had not seen my email,it had been deleted etc and I was being unfair !!! Now I find that I'm blocked from making any purchases on their ebay site

Good question maybe you stop being a beginner why you stop asking questions and start to answer them

Dunno unless one wants to open another account using a different name ?

Not wishing to highjack the thread but does anyone use spraymist cooling ?

Again sorry to hear your bad news and cant fault Neil's advise, when a friend of one of my fellow club members passed away myself and fellow club members helped with valuating the content of the workshop and list it on the club website then a few weeks later when the larger items had been sold we held a auction night to sell off the remaining bits and pieces the widow was more than pleased with the sum raised donated half to club funds as a thank you for the clubs help.

Was buzzed by a Spitfire at last years Halfpenny Green Wings & Wheels (photos) hoping it makes a return at this years show 24th/25th Aug.

Just want to give a thumbs up to Poly Model (link) and Steam Fittings (link) placed an order with both companies just before mid day yesterday and received my parts in the post at 10 am suppose I should also give the Royal Mail a part on the back as well !

Picked up mine from local car spares shop and I'd bet Halfords would stock them as well !

Glad to hear you got it sorted !

Thanks everyone for your input as suggested I'll just get on and use it, but still recon a visit to Specsaver is required

Cheers H

Les / Jason

I don't have a 'C' spanner and there doesn't seem anywhere to use one ! if you look where the barrel goers into the body you can just about see three very small Phillips screws what they do at this point I do not know, have checked the end of the jaws and they are fine no light can be seen between them., also as I said earlier if I grip the thimble and apply a little force I can zero the mic but when using the ratchet it stops as shown.

Cheers for replies so far

H

Here is a photo of the problem

Michael

Thanks for the link had a look through but couldn't find any thing relevant to my problem

I have a mitutoyo 293-766-10 micrometer it came with the Myford S7 I purchased some months back, it got a slight problem when closing the mic with the ratchet it stops just short of zero 0.0050 it can be zeroed if you grip the barrel and apply a little pressure ! Is it possible to overcome this problem in anyway ? would appreciate help/advice please.

Harry

Interesting video thanks .

Check out the Kitchen appliance section of Tesco, TMax, Dunelm , the Tesco one "link" I have used in the past when I needed stainless mesh.

Hi Brian

Only currently know of these two "link" and "link" got mine from the later some years back at a slightly better price than the completion hope this helps

H

Another kit engine is the D.R.Mercer nice little engine comes in kit form.

Claymills 24th/25th Aug is worth a visit if it fits in with your visit "link"

Photos for anyone interested http://www.blackcountrysteam.co.uk/msrvs_14.htm