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Today I recycled nothing, but I did manage to finish my crucible tongs for my "foundry" which I will fire up tomorrow to make a start on all the scrap aluminium.

It is of course the Ainjest high speed threading unit I am referring to. I do know the price of the Glanze tooling.

Thank you very much for all that guys.

I understand your thoughts regarding the high speed Andrew but two things spring to mind, firstly - I am always wary of any product that you cannot find a published price.
Secondly, I really don't want to spend a fortune as it is not a massive job and I would like to see some small return. Going off the assumption that "if you have to ask the price you can't afford it" I would dismiss the idea out of hand. I quite simply cannot see any valid reason why a price cannot be published. Puts me right off.

I am going to order the tool and see how I get on. I will be ordering 60 degree tips and see what the fit is like. Then I will report back.

graham.

I am looking to buying an "Indexing Threading Tool". I am looking at buying THIS ONE to be exact.

I am wanting to cut 5/8" UNF and M14 threads so theoretically I will be needing two different threading tips, which is fine. I will not be using any of my many HSS tools for this job.

Does anyone have any experience of this tool? Or any similar tools.

Thanks in advance,
graham.

Well, all cleaned up and put back together - works great. I had a 1" bore Scotchbrite wheel in the "stores", it has seen better days but it will do for now. I will look around for replacements.

Trevor, thanks for the heads up on the switches, if I decide to get one it will be from Axminster. DaveB, although a great many industrial polishers use pigtails for easy mop on and off, there are some polishing machines, such as this one, which are designed to take a mop or wheel - usually of the Scotchbrite type - which have a substantial spindle and are designed to have the wheel fastened on.

Thanks everybody for all of the advice.

graham.

Very very helpful, thank you for taking the time.

John you first - The 'ON' button of the starter does not always lock in the on position and you need to have a couple of goes sometimes to make it lock in. So as I have it in bits I thought I might replace it but I am not going to be throwing money at it.

Swarfy, very informative. The thing was just completely choked in crud so I have scraped most of it off and I will go over it with a stiff brush before I put it back together. The switch was fastened to a plate which was bolted across the pretty holes blocking most of it, I will fabricate something a bit more substantial and make some standoffs or something.

Pretty pleased with it overall, I didn't give much for it and it is going to make a terrific polishing machine. My ony snag is buying a mop for it, I have seen some really nice thick mops down at Chester tools so I will look into that but the spindle is 1" so there is no doubt I am modifying anything I get.

graham.

So I 'won' a single ended polisher/grinder.

First thing is the starter, I was wondering if I could swap it out for one of those £10 replacements from That Auction site?

Next up is the fan. i cannot see what it does, apart from spin around? It is a totally enclosed motor (which runs lovely by the way) and there is a cover which sucks air in and blows it around but not anywhere useful that I can see. There is no way air can be circulated anywhere, not to my mind anyway.

As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words:

The starter mounts on the rear, over the fan cover.

graham.

I tried it in a couple of other sockets - not on the same circuit - with the same result.

In fairness, I have had an extremely busy day and this was not top of my list so I have sent an email off this evening. I am sure it will be responded to in due course.

Thank you all

Probably the wisest thing I have read in a while!

graham.

Yes.

Any amount of advice here: British Blades

Not meaning to be controversial but if you want to know anything about grinding on linishers, these guys seem to be the experts.

Works for me!

My idea of "taking the dogs out" is to open the front door. But as you say nothing is foolproof. I am guilty of leaving outside doors unlocked - sheer forgetfulness - on more than one occasion

When the missus is away though, irrespective of the weather, I leave the back door into the yard open and then all the doors into the house open. This way if one of them wants to wee in the middle of the night they can just get on with it and not wake me up When the lady of the house is in residence though we all have to follow the rules!

(which involves a LOT of bolts and locks)

graham.

If I stand on a milk crate on my patio and crane my neck - I can just make out my neighbours.

And do not EVER group me with the FWits who quite simply should never be allowed ANY animal. I would be obliged.
And for the record, when the big ones bark I am bringing the shotgun. It is the little fella that is the noisy little git but I know when someone is at the bottom of the lane before they know where they are no matter what time it is.

graham.

Good morning David, the latter part of your advice is very sound and actually, as creative people, we can easily fabricate bolts that go into the door jamb on the hinge side and then into pockets on the door itself, this way even if the hinges were ground or cut off the door would not open.

However, I am a bit concerned at the link you posted to the BBC website highlighting the case of three men who were charged with manufacturing a firearm.

This case ended with aquital of all three defendants. In my opinion, having a little knowledge of the case, the problem here was not only did the defendants (well, one of them anyway) actually place the shotgun blank into a tube (very bad idea) but that he actually used a shotgun cartridge and not a blank bought "off the shelf".

The difference was between a charge of "Manufacturing a Firearm" or using a Signalling Device - Poles apart. The type of signalling device being copied was the one sold by Henry Krank as shown. Also on Amazon UK if you do a quick search for Alarm Mine.

Sorry to be pedantic but I try to stick to the facts and the British Bonking Corporation report fewer and fewer of these as the weeks go by - facts that is. I am certain they only reported the "Harrowing Story" as opposed to the full story. What were these boys doing on the property? Not once but by their own admission multiple times? Were they charged with anything? (the answer is no by the way) Were they "given advice"? No, But God Forbid a homeowner tries to repel an intruder. We have a serious attitude problem in this country and those people we the taxpayer pay to do our bidding and keep us safe are no longer value for money. That is not a whinge, it is a fact sadly.

Right then, tomorrow I am going to give this a go and report back. I have a fine kerf blade so I will try that first.

graham.

I have read a number of posts extolling the virtues of this saw. My question is - Is it the Saw as a package? ie. the saw and blade or is it the blade itself that is the "revolution"?

I was thinking of just buying a blade and fitting it to one of my circular saws. Would this work or is there some special feature to the saw itself?

I would like to cut up quite a bit of aluminium plate and bar stock.

Thanks,
graham.

I buy most of my rules and tapes from either the US or Germany. That way at least they are one or the other. I cannot cope with this mix of metric one side Imperial the other. Digital Calipers and micrometers are just terrific, easy to swap between the two.

graham.

I have been following this thread with some anticipation. I was hoping that someone would have come up with an ideal model of small bench top metal bandsaw that I could buy myself!

Drat!

Three are better though the Westie loves Postmen. Can't seem to manage a whole one though

graham.

The National Mobile Phone theft register and the national crime unit for mobile phones is headed up by one (ONE) Detective Constable who is a terrific guy actually and he is fighting the whole thing, with essentially, no budget!

When he can get an operation going he enlists the help of others in Police forces around the country and frankly, the guy is one of those people who genuinely should receive a New Years honour. It is a formidable task the man has. If you had any idea how many mobile phones just one of the well known "we buy any phone" organisations gets sent every week and has to put to one side because they are on the stolen register you would be stunned. In fact, you would think I was making it up.

I cannot emphasise how important it is to register as many of your electronic belongings as possible on the register. It is getting to the point where I believe Insurance companies will require it, it would go some way to stop fraudulent claims too and in turn slow the constant rise in premiums for the rest of us.

What you need to do is get the Police to come round and mark up all your gear with "Smartwater". It is almost like everything has a DNA fingerprint registered to yourself. Call your local Crime Prevention officer.

graham.

"I personally think a balance needs to be struck when securing a workshop. You want to make sure it is secure so a passing tea leaf doesn't make easy work of your locks and is in you workshop in a matter of seconds but likewise you don't want it secured like Fort Knox and make the thief think it is "really worth his while" to get in because anything with this much security must be good! "

And, frankly, if you make it too much of a pain in the Ass you will inevitably, over time, stop carrying out some of the locking and securing procedures.

It is inevitable.

graham.