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When I contacted them I logged in and got the six digit code immediately, but I got that 0800 number from the link below,

https://www.paypal.com/selfhelp/contact/call

When I first opened the PayPay home page I scrolled down to the bottom to 'Help & Contact', clicked that and the next page which is 'Contact PayPal' has the link 'Call us', clicked that and I got the login page and a few lines down is the 'contact us without logging in' and this is what gave me the 0800 number, I've never done that as I could always login so I don't know how you get around the six digit number problem. I've just rung the 0800 number but it knows I have logged in and have a six digit number which is valid for 60 minutes. I'll try again later.

John

Have you tried ringing PayPal? I have twice and found them very helpful and it's a free phone number, 0800 358 7911, also is your card working OK elsewhere? my PayPal was stopped a couple of months ago after I bought some items in Marks & Spencers, there was a bit of a problem with the card and their checkout but eventually after going to another till it went through, however this problem was enough for my bank to stop my card which is the one PayPal takes the money from and it was only when buying something off eBay later I found my PayPal was stopped, I rang PayPal and they said it was my card and I then had to clear it with the bank.

John

And when you've set the gears up, engage the carriage/ leadscrew drive, turn the chuck round by hand say 10 times ( more for a fine thread ) and measure how far the carriage has travelled and you'll be able to check it will cut the right pitch thread.

John

I use a solder sucker for small joints, but for bigger ones like the ends of copper pipe which need cleaning up for re-soldering I just heat up and wipe the solder off with a clean cloth, I don't know if it would work with your solder that won't remelt, but I find very old soldered joints can be difficult to melt until I apply some new solder and then they melt easily.

John

Delrin is very good to machine, the one I have problems with is polypropylene, it's either me or the tool but for most plastics the swarf coming off which is a continuous length just shoots out and lands on the floor, but when I turn polypropylene it builds up in front of the tool and wraps itself around the bar and I have to keep on switching off to remove it, it's impossible to machine up to a shoulder without having to clear it.

John

Edited By Sandgrounder on 05/08/2016 06:11:25

That's taken me back to the early 60's, something I'd forgotten about, Selvyt cloths and diamond paste polishing of steel samples for examination under the microscope, not one of my favourite jobs at work.

John

I don't think you'll find many people mess around with Linux, they use it because they think it's better than Windows.

John

That's almost exactly what I do, I have an old XP machine which runs Autocad and Inventor and is never connected to the internet, 99.9% of my internet use is on my Linux PC which I've had for 3 years, but for the odd program which needs Windows such as my Garmin map updates I have bought a second hand W10 laptop which runs fine, I've never had Vista, W7 or W8.

John

Support, I believe Microsoft ended mainstream support for W7 last year and will end extended support in 2020 so you are becoming more vulnerable to attack.

John

I usually use a DMM but the very high sensitivity can sometimes be a disadvantage, once when measuring the voltage across a 12V bank of NiFe cells one of the leads slipped off a terminal and onto the wooden frame holding the cells and the DMM read 4V, the cells have an live outer casing and when in the wooden frame which was probably a bit damp but not wet allowed sufficient current to pass, it's something to remember especially when working on low voltage circuits, a car switch in the off position with a leakage of say 5 megohms which would be insignificant at 12V would show up approx' 8V when measured with a 10 megohm input resistance DMM instead of the expected 0V.

John

That's exactly what I do but my inner tray is plastic, it catches nearly all of the swarf and oil and is so easy to slide out and clean, however I don't use coolant either so it depends on how much of it is used as to whether it would be a practical way of doing it.

John

Edited By Sandgrounder on 17/07/2016 06:14:22

Thanks for those comments and the links John, I pursued your suggestion regarding printer settings which may be the problem, I rang Canon but because my OS is Linux I am very limited in what settings I can edit, however looking at how I set up my drawings I have just found what seems to be a solution, previously I would draw inside a rectangle of 281mm x 194mm which gave me a 8mm border around my drawing and then print out on a A4 sheet at 1 :1, but this shrinks my drawing by about 3%, if however I draw a 297mm x 210mm A4 rectangle around the inner one and then print specifying 'fit to paper size' and 'all geometry' it prints to scale, I will make an A4 size drawing template with the inner border but instead of an outer rectangle just have 4 corner points for the printer to use as its datums. Just have to remember not to have any sketches etc outside the border or the command 'all geometry' will include them.

Thanks

John

Edited By Sandgrounder on 07/07/2016 12:46:32

I'm having printer problems with a newly installed Draftsight on my Linux PC as well, no matter what I do and I've checked and double checked all the settings, sheet scale, print scale and printer setup etc, when I draw a 100mm dia circle it always prints at 97mm dia.

It's very frustrating as having used Autocad for many years I find Draftsight easy to use with regards to the drawing commands.

John

The lathe doesn't have to be reversed as the parting tool at the rear is now upside down, and because the tool post is mounted directly on the cross slide this removes any play there is in the top slide and makes the whole set up more rigid.

John

Just a little puzzled about this tool flexure, when the tool touches the bore and flexes, won't it stay in that flexed position for the whole length of travel and give a straight bore?

John

Fixed for me as well, I've never used my Myford travelling steady.

John

I think it was Davall Gears that used to give out a free plastic disc about 3" dia with a wide range of teeth moulded on the circumference, whether they still do I don't know, and I don't know what happened to mine.

John

I've just tried it and it works for me, last updated on June 8th at 9.07

Edited By Sandgrounder on 10/06/2016 15:18:55

My friend has just upgraded my PC to the 64 bit Cinnamon rather than the Ubuntu I mentioned, and it's all working fine now.

Thanks

John

I've just done that,

Thanks

John