Member postings for Dr. MC Black

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.

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

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

MC

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.)

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

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

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

MC

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

MC

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

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

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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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

My computer cannot display many web-sites.

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

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

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

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

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

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