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The tank drain valve on my small compressor is left just cracked open all the time. I very rarely use it for more than a few minutes at a time. In 10 years it most probably has less than 15 hours running on it. When I switch it off I always listen to make sure the air is bleeding off and hopefully any water that has accumulated with it. Maybe a waste of £ leaking air every time I use it but I am sure that it has been drained. I also made sure when I installed it that the drain was at the very bottom of the tank. When you look at some tanks the drain is not actually at the very bottom.

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Hi TUG. My comments were not directed at you either. My problem is that the OP posted a picture with no context to it whatsover. At least the post has given us something to occupy ourselves with whist sitting on our bums.

NDIY. " Following the thread, I was almost thinking old iron had another nom de plume....🙂" Not guilty mlud.

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Nice to have though as is. I only use mine on my surface plate as an indicator stand as it is nice and heavy

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Nice box Nicholas. Have you got the platen that goes with the base for comparison measurements? I have one some where but not sure where at the minute.

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Possibly a Starrett 665JZ indicator stand.

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I totally agree Roger. Exactly what I said in my 1st post. No problems here that I can see for the job it is doing. regards

Ok. I learn something new every day. My old fashioned .22 only goes pop.

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Here here David. I agree 100% Well said.

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Sounds like you were unlucky with the lathes if you were doing a perfectly good job. (which I doubt) A lot of people on here have many years of experience but you seem to know better. Lots of people have turned out excellent work on worn out old bangers of lathes. It just takes experience and getting to know the lathe. I dont think you have earned the right to call any forum member a know it all or a bunch of geeks until you get some experience and a better attitude. A very childish attitude methinks.

Why the heck would you need a silencer on an air rifle anyway ?.

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I put a standard 12v submersible caravan water pump into a diesel delivery system for a workshop heater for a friend 15 years ago and it is still working well. The pump was pushing diesel along a 1/4" bore copper tube. The burner system has a return to tank similar to a car diesel engine system. I did put a tee in the line just after the pump to bleed off some of the flow as it was far more than needed. Once set it has worked perfectly. There is a relay and power supply activated by the heater control system for the pump. Maybe somethinglike that could help you out.

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Wel,l early days yet Brian but lets hope things improve. The problem is all the "greenies" that say you cannot clean/straighten or clear river banks to aid flow and stop backups. It should be made a priority to clamp down on developing our ancient flood plains. AND bring back the beavers to make a few more dams upstream to slow the flow.

(I know nothing)

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No claim to teaching at all as far as I can see. Just a "this how I did it video" . I have not seen any hobby machinist video's that says "this is how youi must do it". In fact many point out that they do not know it all but it seems some on here profess to know how everything should be done. The back story should have been shown to put this into context.

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Without the back story who is say whether the setup is bad or not. My gripe is that the OP goes on about milling side forces etc etc when it has absolutly no relation to the setup. That is why the back story is important.

As I said just another fake news story.

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I agree Tony. I use strips of aluminium under clamps to save the bed.

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There is no reason that the clamp cannot be used on the top step. The forces are straight down in this instance. You would have to overtighten the bolt and bend the bar before it slips off. This is a case of selective reporting of which there is way too much these days. Taken out of context it seems much more dangerous than it actually is. We have all used dodgey clamping methods we would not admit toat some time or another.

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Pity you did not mention that this was a clamp on a very small drill operation and not a milling operation. The operator who is a very experienced machinist was drilling a pilot hole to affix the castingto a base plate for machining. The clamp was removed as soon as he had drilled the hole. No sideways forces whatsoever were involved. You should have linked to the video to allow people to make up their own minds.

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In this fast & furious world and being so busy with nothing to do apart from skip from post to post we tend to miss the obvious sometimes. I think most of the " I thought it was" posts were tongue in cheek, I know mine was.

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I was expecting this to be about some flashy new Noga deburring attachment.

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Hi Jonathan. Welcome to the forum.

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Hi Andrew Welcome to the forum.

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No connection on my part. I hope this helps.

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Edited By Oldiron on 20/01/2021 21:17:20