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Thread: Downloads
02/01/2023 11:39:55

Ladies & Gentlemen


A link has just come to the operation of the pile!

https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/sites/7/documents/screw_size_chart.pdf

This seems to me to be missing all sizes up to 1/4 inch and I wondered if there was another page.

I also wondered if there's somewhere on this web-site where there are useful downloads - but the headings do NOT suggest, to me, where I might find them.

Can anybody advise, please?

My very best wishes to you and your families for a Happy, Healthy, Peaceful, Successful, Prosperous, Stress- and Covid- free New Year.

Thread: Listening to my first AudioBook
02/01/2023 11:21:47

I can borrow audiobooks free from Borrowbox via Hertfordshire Libraries.

They download onto my iphone.

The service is free for Hertfordshire Library members

The same may apply in other counties

My very best wishes to all for a Happy, Healthy, Peaceful, Successful, Prosperous, Stress- and Covid-free New Year.

MC

Thread: Yet another scam
29/10/2022 23:22:43
Posted by KWIL on 29/10/2022 13:11:30:

Apparently scammers have now started using modified QR codes instead of click here to get you to move to their site to scam you.

Source BBC

I'm quite safe then because QR codes are far too complicated for me and I would never even think of using one!

MC

Thread: Silverline Tools
14/10/2022 14:58:30

Ladies & Gentlemen

I should be most grateful if anybody could kindly provide me with an email address for Silverline Tools' Customer Service department.

None of the alternatives provided on their web-site and I want to contact them about products that appear to be discontinued

Very many thanks for your help

MC Black (Dr.)

Thread: RDG Tools not responding
10/10/2022 16:39:37

RDG sent me a discount code when I last ordered.

Would it be immoral to send it to any subscriber who contacts me, off list?

MC

Thread: Machine DRO discounts
10/10/2022 16:36:00

I have received a message from Machine DRO which reads:

Machine-DRO unable to attend Midlands Model
Engineering Exhibition

It is with regret that we have had to cancel our attendance at this year’s Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition due to staff shortages.

We don’t want you to miss out on our fantastic deals so we’ve launched the following discount codes:

Spend £50 get £5 off with code: MID5
Spend £100 get £10 off with code: MID10
Spend £200 get £20 off with code: MID20


Offer ends Thursday 20th October, online orders only. Vouchers can be used at the following stores:

www.machine-dro.co.uk | **LINK** | **LINK**

I hope that is of interest.

MC

Thread: Can a .doc file be converted into a .jpg file for display on a digital photo frame?
09/10/2022 22:34:51

I have been recommended to use a web-site Zamzar for conversions.

MC

Thread: Number drills?
08/10/2022 18:43:21
Posted by Roderick Jenkins on 08/10/2022 12:32:45:

Range is from 1 to 10mm in 0.1 steps and then 0, .5 and .8 up to 12. The drills fit fairly firmly in the hols so a 2 hand job to extract (one to steady the stand) but on the plus side they will not fall out if the stand is knocked over.

[snip]

Rod

If the stand is knocked over and the drills don't fall out, will the little ones bend or break?

MC

07/10/2022 23:39:32
Posted by Michael Gilligan on 07/10/2022 23:32:53:

Posted by Dr. MC Black on 07/10/2022 23:25:02:

[…]

Since I have all the empty boxes that I need and now mostly filled with drills, I am NOT looking to buy more.

Apologies for my misunderstanding of your earlier posts blush

MichaelG.

There's no need to apologise

I was able to buy boxes some time ago and keep drills in them indoors rather than in shed-workshop (where they might go rusty)

Nowadays, one can buy sets of drills loose and complete in boxes but empty boxes is a challenge.

I don't want to keep drills in a stand because (a)they will get dusty and dirty and (b) I would have trouble picking them up if I knocked the stand over.

I guess there's nobody else who is clumsy!

07/10/2022 23:25:02
Posted by Michael Gilligan on 07/10/2022 20:13:13:

Posted by Dr. MC Black on 07/10/2022 18:27:37:

[…]

I would consider a Fiver or less to be sensible - depending on which box was offered..

.

I will be happier if mistaken, but …
I think you will be lucky to find anything worth using at that price.

MichaelG.c

Since I have all the empty boxes that I need and now mostly filled with drills, I am NOT looking to buy more.

I find it useful to have various Letter, Number and Fractional drills because sometimes a drill of an odd metric size is needed and one of the above is a closer match than a metric drill (which I have only in whole and half millimetre sizes)

MC

07/10/2022 18:44:46
Posted by Peter Greene 🇨🇦 on 07/10/2022 18:37:30:
Posted by Dr. MC Black on 07/10/2022 12:03:15:

I live in the United Kingdom - NOT in Europe

Really?

I assure you that I know where I live.

If the Almighty had wanted the British Isles to be part of Europe, he would NOT have given us the English Channel!

MC

07/10/2022 18:37:34
Posted by Bo'sun on 07/10/2022 13:32:31:
Posted by Dr. MC Black on 06/10/2022 23:40:52:

If Bosun cares to visit me (Herts), he can use my gauge to measure his drills

MC

Thank you Dr,

While I only live in Essex (not far away), I'd like to have something on hand for future use if need be.

This gauge from Proops looks suitable:

https://www.proopsbrothers.com/steel-twist-drill--machine-tap-gauge-nf--nc-decimal-equivalents-m0419-1600-p.asp

The enlarged image shows holes labelled 1 to 60.

At £2.40, it's NOT a huge investment if it turns out to be wrong.

MC

07/10/2022 18:27:37
Posted by Michael Gilligan on 07/10/2022 12:33:49:
Posted by Dr. MC Black on 07/10/2022 12:03:15:

I have NOT been able to find empty drill indices at a sensible price for any type of drills, Metric, fractional, numbers, letters, etc.

Just curious … What do you consider to be a sensible price ?

MichaelG.

I have seen them advertised at over £17.

I would consider a Fiver or less to be sensible - depending on which box was offered.

I have bought 0 to 10 mm by 0.5 mm in the past for around two or three pounds

MC

07/10/2022 18:25:01

Posted by Rod Renshaw on 07/10/2022 12:30:11:

As this thread has drifted a little from drill gauges to drill stands and boxes, can I ask if anyone knows where one might buy a metric drill set stand for metric drills by 0.1mm sizes. My sets are in boxes and it's a bit of a fag to keep opening and closing the boxes.

Thanks

Rod

Try RDG Tools:

https://www.rdgtools.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?WD=stand%20drill&PN=Drill-Stand--British-Design--0.5mm---14mm-in-0.5mm-steps-84522.html#SID=207

MC

Thread: Allendale-Ultrasonics
07/10/2022 12:07:20
Posted by not done it yet on 07/10/2022 08:58:15:

My first suggestion/question would be whether it is only that one website that is apparently giving a problem.

We are told, thus far, that it is one website only.

My computer cannot display many web-sites.

That means that the relevant company does NOT get my business!

Thread: Number drills?
07/10/2022 12:03:15

I have NOT been able to find empty drill indices at a sensible price for any type of drills, Metric, fractional, numbers, letters, etc.

I live in the United Kingdom - NOT in Europe

I managed to acquire Indices some time ago for all the series of drills that I own - but it would be good if they were still sold empty rather than full of drills.

MC

06/10/2022 23:40:52

Years ago, after I inherited my father's tools, I decided to try to sort out what was there.

I went into a tool shop in Croydon and asked for a drill gauge.

They must have seen me coming because when I arrived home, I looked at the gauge and discovered it was for number drills while the drills that I had (loose in tobacco tines) were all fractional sizes.

I wet back to the shop and bought a Drill index up to 1/2" and discovered that the holes in the index enabled me to put the drills in the right holes.

I have now been able to buy Drill Indices for Metric, fractional, Letter Sizes and Number sizes but irritatingly, nobody sells empty indices any more.

If Bosun cares to visit me (Herts), he can use my gauge to measure his drills

MC

Thread: Weller TCP soldering iron
01/10/2022 17:58:40

Weller are a long established reputable company as are Radiospares.

I'm certain that the technical boffins in one or the other company will be happy to discuss this problem and give advice.

I have reported problems with items bought from Radiospares long after the guarantee expired and found them VERY helpful.

What have you got to loose?

MC

Thread: ANTIFYRE Extinguisher Shipping?
04/09/2022 10:29:37
Posted by Martin King 2 on 03/09/2022 14:00:04:

Thanks Michael & Dave,

A trip to the local fire station is called for I think.

Hopefully they will be able to safely empty it and I will not lose the item which is rather nice!

Will let you know what they say.

Cheers, Martin

I suggest that you ask a friend to telephone and ask if the Fire Brigade can dispose of the contents and let you keep the container.

If you just go there, you might get an answer that you do NOT wish to hear!

The technician at your local Technical College may be prepared to evaporate it in a fume cupboard.

MC

 

 

Edited By Dr. MC Black on 04/09/2022 10:30:21

Thread: INDUSTRIAL STEAM MUSEUM
04/09/2022 09:48:52

I visited Forncett a couple of weeks ago and was given a tour by Dr. Rowan Francis even though it wasn't a Steaming Day.

It's well worth visiting even though it's in the Back of Beyond.

The Norfolk Tank Museum is only a mile down the road.

MC

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