Member postings for mark smith 20

Get one of these ,ive never regreted it.

Are people not over estimating the power needed to sharpen tools for clockmaking with a 2" diamond lap???

I bought a few of these dc peristaltic motors with controllers for £20 off ebay (they cost a fortune from cole palmer,the latest models are almost £1500 for one motor and controller) ,they are only 75 watt and suitable for a lot of smaller stuff. Only problem is overcomming the spiral splined 8mm shaft .

heres one i`ve used for a flexible drive.

Edited By mark smith 20 on 11/11/2019 11:01:54

I use a southbend 9A which is similar to the boxford . When i make metric threads using the imperial leadscrew ,i use a spreadsheet calculator that i was sent by someone in the US . Its quite good and calculates which gears you need on the gear train to use in conjunction with the gearbox. Gives all the pitch errors and enables me to cut metric threads without the need for the expensive 127/100 gear.

I would upload it but i think you can only post photos. heres a screen shot.

Edited By mark smith 20 on 27/10/2019 16:57:47

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Edited By mark smith 20 on 27/10/2019 17:17:40

Neil,

It does look like something like that ,i`ll have to wait to my trap arrives to see if i can fit it on somehow..

Thanks for all the help and suggestions i think i have an idea of what im doing now.

Ian yes it looks similar but without the side waste connector.

I have ordered the two 15mm x 1/2" connectors that jason suggested which will hopefully come by saturday afternoon.

RMA, there wasnt anything else with the sink/tap . I will proably just go to toolstation for any extra stuff i need as i want to get it done this weekend and would probably be next week if there was anything missing from the plumbworld order.

mark

Andrew ,i think i mentioned earlier the situation. I would also like to point out that my son has a mild form of Aspergers Sydrome ,he is trying to be independent and stand on his own feet but he is awful at handling money or budgeting .

He was receiving some disability benefits but these were stopped because of his insistance on trying to attend DSS interviews without telling us first as he should have had either myself ,my wife or a responsible adult with him .

He is working full time and claiming no benefits at the moment ,which is quite remarkable for many adults with autistic spectrum .

We did manage his money but the adult social worker he used to have insisted he learnt to manage his own money and of course he ended up in a right mess.

A mechanic friend thinks the cars problem is the turbo unit and can hopefully fix it for him.

Mark

Not too pleased at the moment van drove fine for a couple of weeks then on way to work my son broke down and had to call AA, he said engine was semi seized .

Put 3 litres of oil in and towed it back to my sons home as he didnt have the money to take to a garage. Various so caled mechanics reckon the turbo has failed or half a dozen other things. He decided to drive it to a mechanic mate and car conked out again with smoke coming from exhaust . Couldnt call AA again and a friend is picking is towing the car back to his place tomorrow.

Im totally at a loss as i know nothing about cars and probably why i dont drive.

I have 15mm copper pipe and 40mm waste pipe and a load of various solder ring fittings but with have to buy the bits Jason suggests. Havent bought a bottle trap yet. Problem is i dont really want it too long other wise the waste pipe will be going uphill.

I suspect Sauber who made the sink and tap are German.

Just a sort of flimsy plastic bush thing which im unsure what its for.

Thanks , if i fit a small piece of pipe 40mm , how do i fix the female nut screw end of a standard trap onto the pipe??

Also wondered if the large plastic nut already on there already could be removed and a waste trap could then just screw on ? Or are the threaded nut on the top of a standard trap likely to be a different size?

Edited By mark smith 20 on 19/09/2019 19:54:06

Hi , Im putting a new sink in for my mother ,this one :

**LINK**

As you can see it came with the tap and tails for underneath.

My mind is getting confused as to what i need to connect it up.

Ive fitted waste traps before but this one seems backwards as usually on the ones ive fitted the trap underneath just screws onto the bit under the plug hole. It says in on the webpage 45mm waste connection.40mm waste pipe fits into the hole if thats any use.

What i want to know is what type of trap do i fit as it already has a plastic nut on it????

The other thing is the tails ive used before are usually a male threaded end that connects to a standard tap connector underneath which always usually have a female nut on. ?????

Help please.

some photos attached .

Edited By mark smith 20 on 19/09/2019 19:28:47

H e paid online using the bar code from the V5c part 10 (the part about new keeper) ,when i checked yesterday it says taxed until 1 August 2020.

Thanks for the further comments.

Bill  - i checked tax , mot and insurance status just now and they all check out for the vehicle. my son i think said he used the bar code on part 10 from the V5c form which the seller should or shouldn`t have gave us to arrange the tax.

Mark

p.s the seller had the whole V5C from the previous owner before him

Edited By mark smith 20 on 05/09/2019 00:36:01

Just an update i yesterday received a receipt in my name as owner so with the facebook conversation and screen shots off the phone showing the seller in the conversation i feel i have enough proof of purchase.

The V5c change of keeper has been done online.

Initial insurance my son took out on the van was wrong due to mix up between comparison site and insurance company not having me as owner of vehicle down on policy and not being covered for commuting to and from work.When contacted they said my son would have to either become the owner or cancel policy .So cancel policy it was.

Cancelled insurance today (within 14 day cool off period) £72 refund given on initial deposit.

Took out new policy today which has me as owner stated on the policy and my son as the keeper, and covers for commuting to and from work.

So everything seem alright i think.

thanks everyone for all the advice

mark

Ok I think i have enough of an idea of what needs to be done and i`ll update once sorted out.

Thanks to all who replied.

Mark

Seller say he will provide a receipt in my name and ive asked him to simply sign part 8 of the V5C as ive already filled in part 6 in my sons name. Then i can return it to the DVLA and they should send him (my son) a new one .Is that right????

We`ll keep part 10 only.

Thanks Marc

Edited By mark smith 20 on 31/08/2019 11:48:43

I bought the car through facebook locally , i have all the conversation and it says sold ,is that any kind of proof??

To confuse me further i just found a seperate part 10 of a V5C in the wallet we were given saying to be kept by the new registered keeper but it has not been filled in and is from a different V5C document???

Michael ,i meant OWN not have. As in an asset that you can sell that you own.

Edited By mark smith 20 on 31/08/2019 11:01:30

My son is due a telephone interview on the 4th Sep with the relevant CAB department. So could be discussed then.