Member postings for Roger Provins 2

If I am to be ripped off I suppose I'd rather our lot had it than Pitney Bowes or eBay.

Edited By Roger Provins 2 on 02/04/2015 08:51:11

It seems if as a seller one signs up for the "Global Shipping Program" this is the result.

Who gets all the cash difference between the charge to the buyer and the sellers actual cost?

Roger

Edited By Roger Provins 2 on 02/04/2015 06:42:41

... indeed! I was stung once and since I make sure, before bidding, that the seller will NOT use this nonsense.

Roger

There are several sellers on eBay.com and they all say they ship to the UK - at a price!

Roger

Let's drop the subject of guns it only causes bad feelings and opinions are never changed.

The woodworking forums are always full of praise for Ian's service and products.

For years it was said that Billy the Kid was left-handed.

There was even a film about his life called The Left Handed Gun

BUT he wasn't. Due to the reverse image of the only known photograph of Billy the Kid, it gave the incorrect impression that he was left-handed because his revolver is positioned on the left side. Someone finally realized the imaged was flipped by looking at the Winchester rifle.

Roger

Edited By Roger Provins 2 on 21/03/2015 17:15:02

I've just accepted that machines and machine rooms get mucky. I clean away most of the swarf and oil as I go along throughout the day then have a major clean at the end so it's nice for the next morning. The main thing is to deal immediately with anything that might be a danger, rubbish on the floor, piles of swarf around the chuck et cetera.

It is after all a workshop not a showroom and the machines are tools not showpieces.

Roger

Dunno why my last came out green!

Cubic boron nitride (CBN) plated wheels are the best for HSS but they are initially expensive. However they last a long time.

I've often have bought into new technology early on but in this case I'm going to wait at least another year for it to mature and for the prices to drop significantly.

.... me too

I stripped the motor from an old Bosch grass strimmer and measured the no load speed at a fraction over 16,000 rpm.

The one pointing forwards cuts the metal better BUT the one pointing backwards cuts YOU better.

Edited By Roger Provins 2 on 09/02/2015 15:39:57

The one that is going in the same direction as the rotation of the earth?

Yes, but get the finest toothed (most teeth per inch) metal cutting blade you can find. Some people recommend sandwiching between hardboard or MDF and cutting the whole sandwich but I've not found that necessary.

Roger

No problem with the website here. Probably a Norton thing - bit of a virus itself at times

Roger

Edited By Roger Provins 2 on 05/02/2015 09:49:24

I worked in a school for many years and we used to send a bill to a child's parents for damage to school equipment.

We couldn't enforce it but many paid up, hopefully with a few strong words to their offspring.

Roger

It's often said that the lathe is the only tool that can reproduce itself and I suppose, with the help of a guiding human hand, it can.

So, it should be possible to buy a cheap lathe, use this to make a better one then that to make an even better one - ad infinitum.

Who’s done this?

Roger

I've been a victim of double sided tape that was almost too good.

A hot air gun does the trick.