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How much Noel ?? and how does it work.

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Ebay working Ok for me.

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In case anyone does not know. O rings are sized by Inside diameter and cross section. ie 18 x 3's are 24mm OD withh 3mm cross section. If you order 18mm x 3mm O ring what you actually get is an 24mm OD x 3mm CS. So when ordering make sure you order correctly.

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Spent a hour or so this morning in the workshop making a piston for a friends 50+ year old Diana air pistol. A bit of turning, drilling, counterbore & grooving on some PB1 bronze. Fitted an "O" ring as a seal.

Some not very good Photos here

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Hi welcome to the forum. Good luck getting or finding a lathe & mill etc. Dont forget to allow a chunk of your budget to go towards all the extra tooling & metrology you will need. One thing to note if you are into wood and metal is to try and keep all the saw dust off of the metal working tooling. Wood holds moisture and can soon make machinery go rusty. Answer a post or two and you will be able to contact sellers on the forum.

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Edited By Oldiron on 18/01/2023 09:53:51

I have a coffee mug with that legend printed on it. Came from the National motorcycle museum on my last visit.

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MichaelG, No mention of a fuse rating in my instruction book. The 13a UK plug came with a 13a fuse fitted.

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Here we go again !!!!!!!!!!!!

In your opinion that is. Maybe you could expand on that comment with your professional views. Depends on what your needs are. Maybe not good for you but a godsend to others.

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As an addition to my post above. I break down old VCR's & PC's and the like into metal, plastic & electrical parts.

I keep a lot of the metal parts for the workshop Ali parts melted down for casting or recyclers if crappy old stuff. The plastic parts go in the recycling & the E-waste goes to the e-waste skip at the local metal recyclers when I do my yearly run. I made just over £400 when I went just after Xmas.

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Edited By Oldiron on 14/01/2023 13:52:49

We do the same here. Our recycling bin takes anything considered recyclable. Including black & brown plastics.However where the inlaws live there is very little they can recycle. Only the usual paper clear food containers & milk cartons. No glass ali foil etc.

A GOOD RECYCLING TIP> Tesco take most cling film, food wrapping, pouches, the film from the top of plastic food containers & bubble wrap in most of their superstores. The wife takes a bag down every week when doing the shop. They turn it into shopping bags for life apparently. Amazing how much there is to recycle.

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Welding and then threading could be very problematic. If you have enough material on the old extractor you could drill/bore it and fit a bush with the correct thread. Or just make your own extractor if you have the facilities.

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Only a dial for setting power which increases or decreases the wire feed to suit. So easy for beginners.

The gun has the standard replacable euro tip holder/spring assembly so parts readily available. I have tried spares I hold for my big mig welder & they fit ok.

It is ideal for little jobs & tinwork. I have tried 6mm plate & 1mm sheet. The sheet was a doddle but the thicker plate was a bit slower going. The 140amp might be a bit on the hopeful side. But slowly slowly catchee monkey.

Was actually surprised by the lack of "spatter" around the weld.

I welded a 13mm bandsaw blade today and that appears to be fine. Need to run it for a while to test.

Also welded a couple of pieces of galvanized sheet. A bit smokey but it did the job although I only did a 50mm run.

Looking for some gasless Ali wire to try.  BTW using 0.8 wire.

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Edited By Oldiron on 14/01/2023 13:26:12

Yes bought one last week fo £90 on Ebay. Bog standard gasless welder. No tig function etc. I bought it just as a gasless mig. Works ok on m/s & s/s. No frills but servisable. Needed something I could chuck in the car for odd jobs and not bother about gas bottles. Works fine off 13a plug.

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Edited By Oldiron on 14/01/2023 10:04:59

Many areas will not take cd's/dvd's in the recycling bin even though they are 100% recyclable. Recycle

Check on your local council website.

Hang a few in the garden to deter foxes/badgers & the like. They do not like things that reflect light when moving in a breeze. Can be used as coasters on the worktops.

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Something wrong with the conversion I would imagine. There should be a gate to slow down the coin and divert it into the coin collection box.

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Cannot see a problem with that. It is no different than adding a remote pendant but just connecting the on off switch.

Only downside I can see is that I dont think reverse will be possible just using the foot switch.

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Looks like a nice active club. Pity the cameraman stands in the way.

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Looks like the haters have already started. Not sure I want to be on this forum. Will have to give it some serious thought.

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Was going to comment on this but thought better of it. (for the good Steve)

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