Anyone had this scam?

I ordered some indexable milling cutters from Amazon, they came from China, the price included postage (free), we got a text message asking for payment for import duties! I decided to ignor it as I'm not providing payment details via a mobile phone number.

Surprise surprise the cutters arrived anyway.

Just thought I'd post this to alert others, companies involved were Amazon, CNE and Hermes, not saying they were the scammers, but someone working for them may be.

Buyer beware!

Regards

David

Does anyone have any recent experiance of the Touch DRO interface (good or bad)?

I am considering going in that direction after the demise of a second "iguaging" style readout module.

The alternative is to start again with a conventional three axis DRO.

David

As far as reviews are concerned, I tend to go for a concensus of opinions. I accept that my final choice is influenced by my own bias!

Regards

Dave J

Ok, hands up, full disclosure, I messed up making the beam linkage on the Elmers 24 engine, drilling that 1/8 by 1/32 strip was my undoing! Does anyone know where I can get some replacements. Looking to get 12" or more (to allow for more learning oppurtunities!)

Regards

Dave Jenner

I bought these from DW Toolshop in Ireland.

Presto 55 Piece HSCo DIN338 Drill Bit Set 1.0mm - 13.0mm X 0.5 + Tapping Sizes

They work fine.

Many years ago I bought a set of cobolt drills from Harbour Freight, all imperial sizes including number and letter drills, these have also been very good.

I once bought a small set of drills for an emergency repair on holiday (Rolson) without a doubt the worst drills I have ever used! They would catch then unwind the flutes!

Regards Dave

Interested in the comment " In fact the possesion of blank rounds, empty caes and projectiles are illegal as these can be re-purposed and re-used. I recommend the thread is dropped. " Its been a while since I perused the firearms act but could anyone direct me to the paragraph concerning empty cases and projectiles? Also, from memory, blank rounds did not need a firearms certificate to hold or purchase when I had my certificate.

Dave

One thing we do not know is what the external control gear consists of. Possibly some form of variable voltage input via a variable resistance?

Interesting.

Looking forward to the tale as it unfolds!

Dave J

It's reassuring to hear that there are few if any serious issues to sort out.

Thankyou for the feedback so far, its looking good!

Regards Dave J

Diogenes II, no there is nothing specific. In general i'm in favour of running the latest software, just need to be aware of any negative issues before I take the plunge and her ladyship does likewise. It'll be all my fault if anything does'nt work!

In the latest updates on my laptop is an invitation to upgrade to Windows 11, has anyone done it yet. I'd be interested to hear what peoples experiance has been. In truth I am a bit nervous about doing it.

All bar one of my micrometers, a Dasqua 0-25mm, are second hand Moore and Wright brand, one belonged to my father, so probably getting on for 70 years old (or more?) they all work fine all day every day. I had one digital 0-25 (0-1" purchased from Harbour Freight, this was great to use, verry accurate, but failed after a couple of years. If I was to replace it I'd go for a good brand (read expensive) as the cheap ones seem throaway items or at least a bit of a lottery when it comes to service life. I have one good vernier caliper (Japanese) and two digital calipers,fine for some less demanding jobs and a dial caliper. the digital calipers are great fot estimating cuts, I set the required dimension, set to zere, measure the item and can see the depth of cut required, very handy, but I always check with a conventional mic for the final cut and checks. Works for me!

Concerning my dads mic, still spot on accurate, smooth to operate but the graduations are quite faint now, anyone know of a way to improve these.

Regards

Dave J

Edited By David Jenner on 03/12/2021 15:26:11

Stainless Steel comes in many forms 304, 316 ect. they are all "Resistant" to corrosion but not stain proof. Many industries make use of these steel types, a tour around a Pressurised Water Reactor power station wiil show a huge amount stainless in use,from small pipe fittings to pumpcasings and impellors. Can be interesting to machine!

My clutch has recently started to drag when in the dis-engaged position.

Its the expanding drum brake type.

I've tried adjustments and relocating the actuating arm, this did not have the desired effect.

On inspection I've noted the following potential issues:

The plate where the brake (clutch) shoes locate has play at the actuating cam and at its bore where it fits to the shaft, the two grub screws therefore cuase it to be off set from the true center. the actuting cam has both lateral and axial play over and above what would be requred for running clearance.

Also I'm not sure what the minimum friction material thickness should be.

I've also seen that the lever tilts when rotated by the pushrod.

Which of these issues whould contribute most to the dragging?

If I cure the dragging by adjustment there is little driving force available at the chuck!

Is it a case of its too far gone to remedy ?

Regards

Dave

Try here:

https://www.vintagecarparts.co.uk/products/721-container-wiring-terminal.

Regards

Dave J

I can only speak from experiance, the three packs I bought from RDG last well, about the same as the Starrett ones. I cannot quantify that obviously!

Dave

I've used a variety of brands, but I cannot see the difference in performance between Eclipse brand and Starrett.

Check the RDG tools "Eclipse Section".

However donot buy any of the unbranded blades on the wider marketplace, unless you like chaging blades frequently!!

Dave

The spike is for clearing the touch hole possibly for a flintlock, but could be for percussion.

The other attachment is to extraxt either a stuck lead ball or the wadding.

The screwdriver needs no explanation!

The square recess is possibly to remove the flint, but some early percussion nipples may have a square to allow removal from the action.

It is not uncommon to have gun multi tools, saves stuff going missing in the field.

One old pistol I had was completly strippable using the tools incorporated in its design.

Pressing a sprung button allowed the cylinder pivot to be removed which had a srewdriver to remove the grips. Once these were removed, a lever was rotated to release the hammer mainspring, thus allowing te remaining components to be disassembled.

Soldiers loose tools in battle, so having it all built in makes good sense.

One other consideration is that the rear tool posts attach to the cross slide, thereby eliminating the compound slide from the equation, sorry I forgot to mention that in my previous post.

One other factor to consider is that during parting off, becuse of the forces involved (relativly wide cuting surface) tend to cause the work to want to climb on to the top of the tool, any spindle wear will add to this. I suspect that rear tool posts do the opposite as the tool is inverted the forces now want to pull the spindle down.

Hemingway Kits do an interesting between centers bar, see link

http://www.hemingwaykits.com/acatalog/_Tidy__Between_Centres_Boring_Bar.html

Seems to address the adjustment issue.

Andrew Whale did a video on building them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJLutnbVVHw

Hope that is of some interest

David

Edited By David Jenner on 02/10/2021 13:34:01