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How many sheaves on the spindle end pulley ?

Most large paint suppliers (auto, Commercial or domestic) can match almost any colour from a sample.

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Hi Ken. Most VFD's if not all will give you speed adjustment. Once you set the speed you can just leave it at that setting. Just use the on and off buttons and it does not alter. You probably will not use the reverse feature. Depending if you are using it for work or pleasure will determine whether you go for a cheap Chinese VFD or a High cost Chinese VFD. I use cheap Chinese VFD's from Ebay on my mill and lathe and have had no problems over the last couple of years. They only cost about £90 each. Once you match the motor to the VFD its usually simple from there on.

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Probably the same as the 300mm length of 1" brass bar I bought recently, to match some other items already turned out of 1" bar......that turned out to be 25 mm "

At least it was dimensionally the right way round so could be used in a pinch. But that is very annoying indeed.

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My wife & I show mechanical calulators, slide rules both rotary & linear also some very early digital calculators. on the steam fair circuit in the awning display area's. We also have a lot of related manuals and books. We have a huge collection and believe it to be one of the biggest outside of a museum in the UK. We reckon on there being probably a 1000 pieces in the collection so we only show a small part of it.

We took over the collection from my father in law who is a Professor of mathematics. He started collecting them in the very early 60's when he saw that manual mechanical machines were being overtaken by electro mechanical and would soon be superseded by electronics.

We find it a fascinating hobby. My wife is an engineer and strips, cleans and rebuilds them. I make any parts needed in the workshop for her. We have a room in the house where some are on display.

At one show we met a chap from Wellingborough who apparently designed the "Sinclair" calculators.

We have an invitation later this month to the Rolls Royce Heritage Centre in Derby to have a look through their archive collection to see if we can fill in any gaps in our collection.

If anyone see's us any shows just say hello and stop for a chat.

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Usually a splined/dog clutch operated via the knob on the end of the main 3 spoke handle.

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Hi Anthony. Surprised that you say "not many people interested in your area."

You are not far from Moultrie GA where I believe they have a huge swap meet for engineering buffs every year. Look up Keith Rucker **LINK** on YouTube you may get more info from him.

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I got a 5" backplate from Chronos which was plenty big enough to cut the register and drill threaded holes for my 6" independent 4 jaw chuck. It has the correct spindle thread ready cut. The back plate was 127.5mm OD so just check that your register is a little less than that. m Not sure if they do a 6" version but check with them.

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Edited By Oldiron on 02/01/2018 19:46:56

A very happy & productive new year.

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I have always found Chronos to excellent on delivery. They also respond quickly to email enquiries etc. ( I am just a satisfied customer and have no links to them.)

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I have been looking at all the subscriptions I have to various clubs/magazines etc. I need to trim them down somewhat as to my surprise they actually work out to well over £1k per year. What with National trust, English heritage, RSPB, Caravan club, Car clubs + several others + magazines etc.

They all go up by quite a bit each year. Take MEW for example. Last year my DD was £8.75 per 1/4 year. This year the DD will be in the region of £11.25 that is a big jump. If I want to pay by debit card instead of DD it will cost me an extra £2.99 fee which is way above the recommended 2% fee level. I will phone Mytime media after the new year and see if they have any deals on as they did last year. Take the xmas special 6 mag offer of £19.99 for example. If you work the cost of the mag' over 13 issues it comes out to less than if I renewed my sub' via this site. So how can a 6 monthly sub' work out less per issue than a yearly sub' ?. Or are my maths off ?. My pension is pretty good but these items all take a big chunk of change. Glad I don't smoke or drink or I would be in the poor house. Oh decisions decisions.

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@ Paul Lousick Exactly the same saw I have. I was thinking of doing the vertical mod to mine. I think this is the straightest cutting band saw I have ever used.

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To be honest I would have thought a 800w genie would be way underpowered to run your lathe plus the lights plus the coolant pump you will add plus the USB charger etc etc. 800w will be the max output for only a very short time. A lot of these cheapy type gennies only have a 50/60% duty cycle. It would be likely to stall a bit when you lathe starts up from cold. I have a 2kw Honda propane powered set and even that will sound a bit bogged down running a couple of good industrial tools. ie, chop saw & a mag drill. It will run my 180amp stick welder but that's the limit. I would think you need to be in the 2kw to 3 kw range as a minimum to be comfortable. The other thing to consider is that the VFD may not even like to run on a gen set. They usually want a nice clean supply and a good earth. Maybe a check with the VFD manufacturer before you take the plunge would be a good idea. Also consider hiring a gen set for a couple of days to get an idea how things will run. Its not that expensive for the hire.

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Very nice Neil. Has she got the broomstick already ? (runs & hides)

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I have also been plagued by EON to have a smart meter. They do not seem to understand my concern of an outdated smart meter. As for DD I stopped mine several years ago because when I asked why they were going to increase my payments as the account was in credit the answer was " because we can". You can imagine what a grumpy old goat like me replied. I now pay online when I am ready every quarter. I usually wait for notification and pay 2 weeks later.

I does not matter how old you are. If you get a rush from doing a job or hobby that's where the biology comes in handy.

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If possible I would leave them strapped to the the pallets till you get them as close to the final position as possible. Then follow Muzzers instructions for dismounting them onto rollers ( lengths of pipe) and push into final positioion. You will find that if they are only about 40mm off the floor at that point you can use levers to get them onto the floor. On a good floor you can use fairly small rollers.

Good luck. Let us know how you get on.

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