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Hi Andrew,

I'm not being picky but the motor / gearbox is almost certainly a Fracmo not Framco, might make searching a little easier, there seems to be quite a lot of info on the web regarding them.

John

We had them fitted last week, the chap that did them seemed to do a good job, he replaced all the wiring from the mains in to my consumer unit including a new mains isolator and moved the gas meter further away from the electric meter etc, it took him over 5 hours and he was most apologetic for the time taken and thanked us for patience, like yourself I also don't use the silly monitor gadget, the plus side for me is I don't have to clear out all the stuff under the stairs every month and crawl in with a torch to read the meters.

Sorry about that Michael, I should have read the previous posts more closely.

John

I'm not saying you're wrong it's just that I'm also having trouble visualising it, say a 12mm collet is being closed on a short length of 12mm shaft by the tapers, once the collet clamps onto the shaft it can't be closed further and everything stays parallel, both the internal 12mm diameter and the tapers, even clamping on to a 12mm ball would prevent further closing of the collet in its taper, I do realise that the longer length that is in the collet the greater the holding power will be for milling cutters etc.

John

Glad to see the back of old cars, having done jobs on them like replacing a smashed piston and wet liner on a 1950 Vanguard without even jacking it up, barely able to get under it to remove the sump and big end cap, getting covered in oil and freezing cold, years of jobs like this, Mini's with always damp electrics having to take the distributor cap and leads into the house to dry them out in the oven before I could drive to work, now I've not seen a spark plug for 17 years on my last 2 cars, first time starts every morning, never broken down and no rust, cumfy seats, air con and good safety features, that's how I like them.

John

I'm not exactly sure what caused it but it can happen, turned both valves off in the morning and removed and drained the radiator and everything was dry all day, went to bed and came down to a wet floor with the TRV passing water, luckily the carpet had been taken up, the TRV is still in use and turns off when required but can still pass on very cold days with the radiator getting slightly warm, perhaps it's faulty.

John

And be aware that if a radiator is removed leaving the lockshield valve and thermostatic valve both shut off and the room goes very cold, the thermostatic valve can then open and drain the system, it happened to me when I left it one night, but if you have isolation valves at both ends you will be OK.

John

What would your Insurance Co think of this modification? Mine has even noted on the poilcy for my Kia Picanto that I've had an 'air horn' and 'reversing sensors' fitted as after manufacture modifications.

You certainly get a variety of suggestions on this site to your questions, for running your Boxford lathe on 3PH anything from a simple and cheap VFD to building your own power station.

Can you change the window viewing area with a metal plate fitted with a different size and shape glass, if so the best you can get is 'transparent fused silica' glasses which are available for example on eBay, just looking at one which is 37mm sq by 1mm thick, about £6 inc P & P, this type of glass can stand very high temperatures and thermal shock and for a window like this should be OK for 1000C see link below.

https://accuratus.com/fused.html

As other posters have said, to be able to dispense with sulphuric acid is safer, but sodium hydroxide is also quite nasty, would a sodium carbonate etch solution although slower be satisfactory? I realise that it's only a 2% solution you're using but you have to start off with 100%.

John

I've used the plastic type shown by the OP on my S7 and the only fault I could see is that it requres a higher belt tension to prevent slipping, I've now replaced it with the original type of Brammer link belting made of rubber and canvas and I think it's better, I will add that this is just how it seems to be and I've not done any tests at all.

John

I give them a donation every year as I use their site many times a day.

John

One good thing these can do which the usual die can't is to start off in the middle of a thread, if you have a bolt or stud which has the first threads damaged you can start the die off below the damaged section and work backwards.

John

I'm not on Windows 10 but I am on Sky Broadband in Southport and I've had no problems at all.

This should help.

https://www.ring-plug-thread-gages.com/PDChart/BA-thread-data.html

When fitting LEDs to my machine lights I've used 12V DC ones to remove any strobe effects that the AC ones have.

John

I just think that turming it clockwise is like screwing a screw in with a screwdriver, it goes in away from you.

Probably not of immediate importance to the OP but the external threading tools shown have the cutting points in the centre of the shank, in practice they are better on the left hand side to allow threads to be cut closer to a shoulder.

How does one know that the call is a nuisance call unless you answer it? I've had quite a few calls in the past that couldn't be identified as genuine until answered but which turned out to be important, and this afternoon my wife and I were out walking on the beach and her mobile rang, the dispay read 'No caller ID', should I answer it she asked me, I said yes definitely and it turned out to be from the Physio at the local hospital, I always answer them.

John