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Interestingly they, (SS) had chapter and verse on the aids on their system so the first owner would be be very evident.

Martin

Hi All,

I wear a set of WIDEX behind the ear hearing aids which i got 2 years ago from SpecSavers in Dorchester at a cost of just over £1700, Very happy with them and have received exemplary service from the two audiologists who work there and we get on very well.

About 18 months ago I was telling an 80 year old dear friend about how good they were and he went to his local branch of SS and bought a set of top of the line in ear aids and was delighted with them. They were just shy of £3000!

Very sadly he passed away recently and the aids have been given to me and I made a good donation to his favourite charity The Gurkhas. in his name.

Over 3 years warranty still left on these!

Yesterday I went into my local SS with these and all documentation and lots of spare UNUSED domes and parts that came with them to try and get them programmed for my settings.

Was told that it is impossible for them to do this as they are medical items and come under something called NICE rules.

I tried arguing that if new UNUSED parts were fitted there is no chance of any contamination etc but this fell on deaf ears, (pardon the pun ),

Does anyone know if it is possible to find/employ a private audiologist to proramme these? I have my audiogram printout with all settings etc.

Seems like they just want these chucked in the bin which is crazy.

What happens if they are given to charity, could not get an answer to that one!

Regards, Martin

Hi All,

Found another brass "cup" in the scrap bin at a local scrappy when taking my old iron in.

Got home and played with it by soldering in a close threaded top nd made another oil dribbler.

I've got the hang of these now after about 6 of them!

Cheers, Martin

Mick, thanks so much for that useful info. This supposedly came from a small family museum that has closed down and was in a carton marked for the skip! That would have been a real shame! Hopefully there is some more stuff from the same place later this week, fingers crossed.

Regards, Martin

Hi All,

A local clearance guy saved this for me at Shepton last Sunday, it is amazing what people chuck out!

Is this a cannon or a carronade? Not sure of the difference?

Beautifully made item, not fully bored sadly, (but it might be soon! )

Cheers, Martin

In the spirit of Xmas, are these technically known as walnuts?...........

Getting my coat..... Martin

Hi, I use mine all the time in brass to drill small oil can spout tips.

Cheers, Martin

Neil, For humans? Good grief, it would plough furrows in your scalp!

Martin C, Butter? I have a couple of butter curling tools, they are MUCH smaller and would not need razor sharp tines.

Martin

Hi All,

Here are a couple of mystery items from this weeks haul at Shepton Mallet Flea Market, really good day out with lots of nice finds, some not so cheap but great quality stuff.

My wife found this in her haul, very sharp edges to the inside of the 'tines'; about 53mm width on the business end.

This one is obviously a part of something else but well made, the end cap unscrews and could be for storage of small parts? Nice logo and number 12?

The small steel part is threaded with twin flats. 18kmm diameter to the main brass 'handle'. 100mmlong overall?

Any thoughts please?

Cheers, Martin

NDY

Does say "Made in Germany" on each tool?

Cheers, Martin

David,

You have a PM

Martin

Hi All,

Decide yesterday to have a bit of lathe practice and turn an old brass plumbing fitting into a watchmakers oil dribbler.

Bored out the inside of the fitting and faced the ends, then cut 2 discs to just fit in the ends leaving a really small gap for soft solder to run. Tapped one end 5/16 BSF then soldered on the ends and clean up in the lathe.

Can't see the joins!

Used a couple of small scraps to make the cap and needle. Turned the needle taper as close as I could and finished off with a needle file.

A simple task but for a newbie like me a confidence builder!

Cheers, Martin

Hi Noel, Thanks for the warning. Fortunately the throttle is very precise and I only need to run it at about 30% of max. An awesome tool for something so small!

The only problem i am having is getting it precisely on the centre line for some reason?

Mostly using it for putting fresh points on centre punches, scribers etc, only got about another 50 to do.......Grrr!

Cheers,Martin

Martin P,

Don't have one of those! Is that to lube the stone/part or the unit please? Does say not to use any oil in the spindle.

Martin

Hi Michael, Thanks for that I had already d/l'd the document.

I have got it mounted and fired it up, it is REALLY fast but just a muted whine, so quiet compared to another old one that I had. The twist throttle is really smooth gets the rpm down to almost an idle.

A customer from EBay who is local called by to pick up his item saw it running and bought one of the others on the spot for £50 as he had been looking at a similar modern new one and it was £200! I have no idea what the latest ATA pencil one costs but a lot I bet!

Cheers,Martin

Osprey?

Martin

Hi Michael,

I have no idea of the consumption I am afraid, but the chap at the manufacturer said they are rated at 100k rpm which amazed me!

The unit has a knurled twist grip throttle at the rear so should be quite precise in use hopefully.

I have made up an alloy collar with a soft insert but am now missing a female to female BSP adapter to actually make it run!

Maybe at last I can remove the slight bell mouth on my 3 jaw!

Regards, Martin

Hi All,

Just picked up four of these at a car boot all new in their boxes, I got on to the makers who told me they are obsolete and from about 1990 but were top of the range at the time and quite expensive.

They certainly look a precision tool and I am going to make a clamp for one of them to go on my S7 for small grinding jobs, punches, centre pops etc which I have loads of and have no way of truing them up with new points.

OD is 29mm and I wonder how tight I should make the clamp to be secure yet avoid damage to the unit. I am worried about distorting the casing?

I can afford to mess one up as at a fiver each they were not too bad.

Regards, Martin

Thanks very much folks for all the help!

Martin

Brian G

Patent numbers come up as "cancellation due to unpaid fee" !

Martin