Member postings for herbert punter

It is allowed to supply an EU plug with a UK adapter if the adapter cannot be removed or cannot be removed without the use of a tool.

Bert

It’s because we tried to save copper after the war by using ring circuits for sockets. Other countries use radial circuits with the fuse in the consumer unit rather than the plug.

Bert

Any apparatus supplied with this plug is probably going to be dangerous.

This non compliant design plug will not have a certified mains lead and usually the conductors are too thin for safety.

The only thing to do with it is to cut the lead into short pieces or burn it and bend or break the plug pins so that it cannot be inserted in a socket.

i would smash up the rest of apparatus and dump it in the recycling.

Bert

I have a Warco 280 with the milling head attached, it has Warco glass scale DRO on all axes.

This arrangement is the only way I could fit it in my work shop, but it does make it awkward to use at times.

If you can, you will be much better off to have them as separate machines.

Bert

Link. Ten Quid from here

I had the same problem with my Warco 285; I moved the DRO to the chuck side of the saddle, a bit of work but definitely worth it.

Bert

The problem with annealing piano wire is that hardening it again is pretty much impossible.

I know of people who have spark eroded holes in it but it’s too much hassle for most people

Bert

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There is a plan for a 0.3cc deisel MM137 available from Sarik Hobbies which might be a better choice.

Bert

The ball-ended conrod design was used in several makes in that era. Cox sold (and the people who do them now still sell) a re-setting tool consisting of a metal base to put the piston in and a slotted tube to fit around the conrod. The end of the tube is then hit with a hammer until the required fit is obtained.

Bert

Edited By herbert punter on 28/10/2018 18:38:37

Purely curiosity, what speed should the die heads be used at?

Bert

I wonder if you could put it on your website or YouTube afterwards?

Bert

I use old transformer laminations though they may not be so easy to find now.

Bert

One thing I should mention which is common to all forms of sight loss including macular degeneration and cataracts is that when the brain doesn’t receive the expected signals from the optic nerves, it can make up its own visions from the memory. This is known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome and can be really alarming if you aren’t prepared for it.

Bert

I have a similar condition except that mine is Macular Dystrophy, which is not thought to be age related.

The only treatment for it is supplementary pills like Macushield Gold, not particularly cheap at a quid a day, but better than nothing.

One of the effects of this condition is that straight lines have bumps in them, it seems strange at first to see power lines with these impossible features.

Bert

Zoe

I’ve sent you a PM

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This may be of interest

You could buy a digital thermometer from eBay, about five quid, and monitor it.

Then you would have some idea of what’s happening.

Bert

A great bloke, wish there were more like him.

Bert

Paul Whitley

It is beyond me why you keep harping on about PAT testing, PAT testing is only applicable to apparatus that has already been sold. Third party testing is for products that have yet to go to market. Third party testing is carried out by independent test houses such as Underwriters Laboratories, TUV, KEMA KEUR, VDE, Intertek, NEMKO, BSI, FIMKO, IMQ and many others.

I’m sorry, but there is no way to overcome the dyed in the wool pre-conceived fallacious arguments put forward by some of the posters in this thread so I will take no further part in it.

Bert