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Conclusion to UPS saga.

Both parcels arrived today, but not until some complaining.

I rang the local agent and enquired what had happened to my parcel which was 'out for deivery' yesterday. They were good enough to ring me back, telling me they had it and supplying the tracking number.

After a chat room conversation with a helpful lady, I was given a link which actually had a phone number! I was then told they could deliver it on the 4th of next month! At which point I gave them a 'blast', informing them that we were in residence all day yesterday, that the door bell was working, that no note was left to say they had tried to deliver, that the dog would have barked at anyone at the door. In short, if the delivery vehicle had a tracking device they could very likely be able to see that the vehicle never even came near our road! That unless I had rung the agent, I would have not known it was there for collection!

Lady would look into it and said they would ring back within the hour. In only a short time a phone call was received to say that it would be delivered today, and it was.

Simply not good enough service. Someone clearly needs taking to task! Shoddy service and no redress!

I'm not likely too, eiter. I made a suggestion. Im not an engineer. Others have added that it should work, but with a small pitch(?) multi-start thread setting. Go figure for yourselves. Snarky comments from (a) poster(s), who think he/they are above the rest, can sort it out between himself/themselves.

Update on UPS saga. Yet another parcel should have arrived today. It did not. Been in all day long. Apparently 'out for delivery' was its status, according to the sender. UPS is clearly not our current favourite courrier!

2 stroke diesels didn't use crankcse induction,

Never say never, Duncan. Most two stroke diesels (like the GM's) used a rootes type blower, or similar, for scavenging and forced induction, but the prodigious Field Marshall 'Pop-Pop' single cylinder two stroke diesel tractor had a total loss lube system and worked with crank case compression for air induction. They were in use for some considerable period of time, although the drivers were likely well 'vibrated' after only a short driving spell.

We digress from simple two stroke petrol engines, but diesels do run nicely on 'gas oil', after all! International TD crawlers also had engines which were started on gasoline (spark ignition), then changed over, to compression ignition mode, to run on diesel.

Of course, one can run a diesel on gas (with a minimal injection for ignition) GM made an awful lot of two stroke diesels and none of them passed fuel through the crankcase. Not actually heard of them being run on gas, but lots of Lister diesels have been. Perhaps not simple enough? But certainly avoids blowing up the crankcase.

If they were properly designed to run on gas, presumably there should be a bursting disc incorporated for safety?

O.K. ... I'll bite

I won't bother to bite back, but I hope you have enough to chew on. I didn't see any reference to ''straight'' either. So I have nothing to apologise to you (hint).

No idea of quality, but I would be asking if the tool-holding set screws are threaded to the end, or rather if the thread has been removed from the end of them. It looks to me as though they may need machining before use, but cannot be sure (the reason why I would be enquiring!). Or maybe they are hardened?

Finest threading set up and run down it with a suitable cutter?

ordered ... about 1330 yesterday, they were delivered at 1101 this morning and were easy to track on the UPS.

That may well be the case for you, but over the previous couple of weeks, UPS have (apparently) lost a parcel addressed to my wife, then delivered a replacement three days later than promised. Carp service, if you were to ask me!

Many parcels arrive within, or around, 24 hours. Mostly via Royal Mail, but not exclusively - but when delivery is delayed, non existent or improper (items left laying around) the system falls into disrepute. The sooner the contract between supplier/courrier/recipient is enforced with enforced contract default compensation, the sooner the laggards will either catch up or go out of business.

I suppose that would depend upon the material and purpose of thread in question, and its present condition. ... [all being, as yet unspecified].

Often the case that insufficient relevant detail is included, so responses are made taking into account the suspected application. Die nuts are generally used for cleaning up damaged threads and one might expect the OP to ask for what he/she requires. Making a die nut is not that difficult.

With a possible three week waiting time, and iffy chinese quality at that price, a tap, hacksaw blade and a bit of heat treatment might be a far better, or more satisfying, proposition. It would for me!

John Stephenson would 'modernise; it by cutting a slot along the shaft to fit square keys

JS is spot on. Woodruff keys are a pain. Square tool steel is cheap and easily cut to length. End stops, for the key, can be incorporated for most applications. Even making the key rectangular from bar is not difficult, should the width of the key be a problem in square format.

The easy way to avoid spindle removal(s) is to buy a link type belt.

V belt? Toothed belt? Micro- grovved belt? Outside length? What is the belt for?

Do tell - it makes things easier for responders

Oh dear, it will not be long before you are looking for a short piece of approx 10mm diameter high speed steel to make a one-off cutter for something! You probably had an idea in mind when you saved it originally?

As an aside, would not float glass be better as a flat surface? Less stresses?

Back to the recent CRT destruction thread? BTW, if it was a 10mm drill shank shirley you must have dropped it around 300mm. Not good, mixing units early on a Sunday morning.

Not a clue as to what mill or motor it is. 415V three phase? 220V three phase? Is it a dual voltage motor? How many horese power (or kW)? What type of starter?

Michael,

You forgot the mill/drill belt. That is the fourth.

They 'A' size cross section, I think. Centre to centre and pulley size should get close to belt size.

I use ABC for nearly all my bearing and belt needs.

Edited By not done it yet on 22/09/2016 14:38:40

Why this thread (yet again) if that message was made clear to this poster? Seems a clear enough instruction to even me! Maybe a contact link (for a moderator) needs to be included, as well, to help these poor souls?

This complaint has come up so many times recently, so would it not be a simple fix to PM or email every member who is now affected by this rule change. Seems so simple, and polite for that matter, to inform those affected by the rules change

Nick,

Is this a function of cutting load as the tool moves across the face, or maybe the cross slide being deflected more the further away from the central position? Maybe 'spring' cuts are required for many more facing operations than most think?