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As a follow up to MichaelG' post. I have a short cut on the desktop to International tool Catalogue

I spend many an hour in there reading through books and catalogues no longer in print.

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Edited By Oldiron on 05/02/2021 11:11:50

Hi Keith welcome to the forum. A picture speaks a 1000 words. A picture of the connections in the box would maybe help to get a good answer. Post pics to forum

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Edited By Oldiron on 04/02/2021 17:04:43

Welcome to the forum. Try this >>> Post pics to forum

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Do not accept that the brake disc is perfect. I have measured new ones and they can be several thou' out. I would suggest you tram the table 1st using either the table itself or a known good large parrallel.

Try to use an indicator in a collett in the spindle. IMHO The holder you are using is not the best way as they are not as rigid as they seem.

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So was the "useless" answer yes, no or non commital ?

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Is it IXl or Zyto branded? Try here for lots of info IX1-Zyto

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Agreed John. I could understand the need for a spacer if the bearings were not pocketed and just a press fit into a straight bore.

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Would be interested to know how it was left running for that long. I hope it has no detrimental long term effects.

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Great news for those with a digital subscription

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I did look. But that £60 is for a collett & nut. The OP did just ask for a nut so the nut should be much cheaper. He then wondered what ER32 colletts fitted ?? Most router collett nuts are priced between £4.99 & £21 and some are rated to 25000rpm. As long as it a plain nut without any fancy features on the interior I still dont see why it is not possible to make one. Using good quality material either hex or round and carefull machining the nut should be balanced. Looking at my high speed router (25000rpm) the collett nut does not look all that fantastic or out of the ordinary or very hard. I have 3 routers and none of the nuts look very special. In fact all of them are flat bottomed with no special features. (just checked)

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Would it be a major job to make your own nut. I presume you have the spindle so will have thread size & cone angle. Most other dimensions can be a compromise.

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I have a large collection of Tilley lamps and they run best on standard parrafin. There seems to be no difference in light levels using newer style wicks.Make sure the brass filter on the bottom of the stem is clean. Also check your valve. Replace the seal in it periodically. Only fill the tank 7/8 too high a level can cause surging. I get my parrafin from a farm supplier. It is Bartoline Parrafin, 4L also sold at B&Q.

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Edited By Oldiron on 25/01/2021 18:03:58

Hi Joe. Took the wife to work on the Earlstrees at 6 this morning and it was freezing -3. Good old Corby council had not sent a gritter out as far as I could see.

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NDIY. I know🙂🙂🙂 .... Is he your brother in law?🙂🙂🙂

No I do not know ADE personally. But I am of Welsh descent several generations back. I have watched a few of his video's during the lockdown.

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Bazyle. Hi, the care company tried to get Northants 4x4 club to help them but the phone was busy all the time. So probably extremely busy. Northants 4x4 do a lot of bad weather volunteering for the community. The care company have a lady carer in the next village but she could not get her car up the hill between her and Medbourne. They put out a call for help on FB. As my wife is friends with one of the carers she volunteered me to help out.

JA. Hi, I think the Neville Arms is now the only pub in the village. First time I had been out that way for about 5 years. A very nice place to live by the looks of it.

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Nope Steve not quite right.

Nissan Patrol TD42, LWB, 32"x 11.5" BF Goodrich all terrain tyres . No winch. Never needed one yet.

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Edited By Oldiron on 24/01/2021 22:41:41

Well it is a long walk for the postman from the UK to NZ Pat. Glad it arrived ok for you.

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Hi Chris welcome to the forum. Who are you? Where are you? What interest do you have?

Plenty of info here if you have a search around for it. If no luck just ask.

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Just spent 4+ hours out in the snow delivering a couple of lady carers out to an old bedridden gentleman in one of the out lying villages. They tried to get out there at lunch time but their little cars would not make the journey. So picked one up in Corby and the other in Market Harborough. Took them out to Medbourne which is in the sticks. Sat in the car for 2 hours whilst they attended to him. Poor old feller had not had a drink since 7am when one carer got to him before it snowed to much. Coming back the road from Market Harborough was closed because of a crash on one of the hills. Landed up detouring via the A6/A14/A43.

Very thankful for my 4x4.

So a round about trip at less than 40mph and most at less than 30mph all the way. At least it gave me a chance to get out and give the car a run legally

Glad I could help them out. The snow stopped as I got home just after 9pm

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