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I just accept all the cookies and leave everything on, I did clear them all once and then had to manually log in to all the websites I go to, and in the case of places like Screwfix, B & Q, and Toolstation also enter my address etc to find the local stock situation.

John

Yes I would say a Ballistic Galvanometer as well and the clamp is to lock the movement.

About 25 years ago I bought some machined lengths of 'T' strip from Myford Ltd, this was not hardened as you had to both cut it to length and tap to it suit.

John

It must all come down to the type of case you have to be a juror on, I found it very interesting but the 2 cases I was on were not too serious, the first a criminal case was dismissed by the judge after a couple of days because of prosecution evidence failings and the second was a civil case where we had to reach both a verdict and also decide on damages, however tonight I've just watched the BBC news report of a 6 year old boy who was tortured and murdered, his father being guilty of manslaughter and his partner guilty of murder, both guilty of child cruelty, the case lasted 9 weeks, just watching the TV news reporting details and a few moments of actual footage showing his suffering brought tears to my eyes, but to have to endure 9 weeks of it, it would have to be done and would give great satisfaction to convict the guilty but could leave you traumatised for a long time.

John

Were the nuts free to rotate on the screws before assembly?

John

You were lucky, in the DO where I worked in the 60s all the drawings used fractions such as 37/64" with the occasional decimal one where a tighter tolerance was required, it was only when working for another company in 1971 when the UK changed to decimal currency that the company changed from inch fractions to drawing in millimetres, and both these companies were large Multinationals.

John

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All the photos show up for me with no problems at all, some great work there to take on, I'd just have bought her a new one.

I've just gone to the site and all seems normal to me,

last sale ad is for "Schaublin ES40 collet set" posted yesterday the 4th approved on the 5th at 00.23,

John

Edit, perhaps I have to login.

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I use mine quite a lot on my Sieg milling machine, mount in either the drill or collet chuck and it's so easy to run the table along and square up a vice or angle plate etc.

John

You could put a similar question to the guys on here who spend hours playing around with steam engines etc when there are far more efficient and cleaner methods of obtaining power and propulsion.

Anyway I don't BBQ in the rain but I do think that steaks cooked on BBQs taste much better, more like the flame cooked ones you get in steakhouses.

John

That does surprise me, I thought that you would have had better search choices or at least the same as us, there is also a little window at the top right of our search results which by default says 'ending soonest' if I click on this I get various choices to list results such as, nearest, highest price, lowest price, newly listed etc.

I've just done a test search on https://www.ebay.com the USA site, I don't know if this is the one you would use in Canada but there is an different option to ours at the top right of the page which reads 'best match' and clicking on this gives 'distance nearest first', but of course this wouldn't necessarily list UK first, my apologies to you if you have already tried these suggestions without success, as we say, I'm not trying to teach my Grandma how to suck eggs'

John

When your eBay search results are listed can't you just scroll down the filters on the left hand side of the eBay listings and set the location? It will default to worldwide on your next search but it's many times quicker than wading through everything, I can set mine to only list items to within 2 miles of my address if I want but normally use UK only.

John

You're right, If the scammers are lucky and get the timing right it can make it look very authentic, I renewed my TV licence on line a few weeks ago, about 3 days after renewing I got an email saying that my bank had refused payment for the licence renewal and could I please click the link they kindly sent me, I did click but is was the delete key.

John

When I used to buy ply for my boat the marine ply standard 'BS 1088' and 'WBP' standing for weather and boil proof were stamped on the sheets.

John

When I fitted a Mk2 clutch to my Mk1 Super7 I just used a 50mm dia hole saw to cut out the guard and fitted a spacer and plate over the protruding clutch shaft.

John

There's no need to use silver steel at all, you're just making things difficult for yourself, mild steel is perfecrly satisfactory.

John

The one I made for my S7 is very much like this one in the link, 3rd photo down with it screwed in the headstock.

https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=129074

John

When I got a Myford quick release collet chuck for my S7 Mk1 it also came missing the clevis, it's a simple thing to make assuming you have access to a milling machine, if not you could even hacksaw the clevis cutout, no particular accuracy is required, it only works for a few seconds to open or close the collet, the rest of the time it just sits there, for the clevis pin itself I just drop a m6 bolt through the hole.

I've got to go out now but if you want I'll try and put up a photo of it later and list some sizes, but I've no idea what you have exactly with the ML7 attachment so no guarantees that what I have would fit yours.

John

Be careful not to take off too much and change the optical properties, I had a tiny scratch on the car windscreen which I had professionally polished out, it looked excellent afterwards but when a cars image filled the polished area it looked all distorted, I had to replace the screen.

John

But not picking it up that means there is a 5% chance of missing an important call.