Here is a list of all the postings vic newey has made in our forums. Click on a thread name to jump to the thread.
Thread: unknown thread of this tap |
27/01/2022 16:50:16 |
Can anyone identify the fine thread on this tap, it's 5/8 X 56 NSVT |
Thread: four way toolpost with ratchet |
27/01/2022 16:33:22 |
I've had this toolpost for a while, it came with some engineering items I bought a while back. I've not seen one quite like this before as it has a ratchet underneath, presumably to auto align at each turn of the toolpost. It's made for a small lathe. I think there must be a special topslide to activate the rathchet? Has anyone got one of these and can perhaps show the other part?
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Thread: Another Scam |
22/01/2022 10:42:17 |
I wonder how they would have continued if you had given them your address, probably turn up and argue on the doorstep that you have been paid. |
Thread: Endless Repeats |
18/01/2022 14:22:42 |
The BBC is a s guilty as hell! it wastes a discusting amount of licence payers money, I worked on BBC scenery for 18 years so know what goes on. Should the licence payers pay for the food & drink of staff members via subsidised canteens etc.? All food and drink on location is provided free to everyone on site from dawn to dusk, and it's not egg & chips and burgers either as it's all gourmet food. After filming ends they throw a big champagne party to celebrate. Hundreds of thousands of pounds on taxi's and hotel bookings that were never used. hundreds of thousands on flowers for the TV centre foyer and exec offices etc. At least they got stopped from paying ludicrous salaries to such people as Anne Robinson and her weakest link who got 18 million for a three year contract! |
Thread: reversing a single phase motor |
16/01/2022 19:51:39 |
Posted by Brian Morehen on 16/01/2022 18:56:52:
Swapping Your Brown and Blue led roun has only reversed the incomeing polarity on motor. You earthe is blocking the view of motor leads . To reverse the motor you need toreverse the start windings This looks like the Blue and Yellow leads that need to be changed round . The earth lead is restricking view; Bee.M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You haven't read my post properly Brian, the fifth one down from the top where I have written :- The fix is to simply swap the blue & yellow wires which not only made it run clockwise but also it seems to run better as it seemed slow & sluggish before.
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15/01/2022 20:08:52 |
Posted by J Hancock on 15/01/2022 15:05:16:
Is the rest of the motor as dirty as the bit we can see ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The motor is very clean, what you see inside the wire terminal box was a thin layer of sawdust which I have now brushed out
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15/01/2022 20:05:35 |
Posted by old mart on 15/01/2022 19:27:26:
I would swap the incoming live and neutral wires from the mains lead, brown to A and blue to 7. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doing that makes no difference
Edited By vic newey on 15/01/2022 20:05:59 |
15/01/2022 17:36:17 |
Thanks for the replies, I've sorted it now but some of the advice on those links is somewhat confusing One says :- Myford suggest that "AZ" terminal is connected to the AC live and the "A" terminal is connected to the AC neutral (if they are exchanged, then the motor would simply go in reverse). As mine is already in reverse I swapped the leads back AZ to neutral and A to live but it still ran in reverse. The fix is to simply swap the blue & yellow wires which not only made it run clockwise but also it seems to run better as it seemed slow & sluggish before. |
15/01/2022 14:24:59 |
A motor that came with a south Bend lathe is running backwards, I think it requires two wires to be swapped round but just checking first. Live power in goes to the central pair in Blue, which do I switch to make the motor go clockwise? |
Thread: Speed Camera Flashes? |
27/12/2021 11:52:44 |
Why would you deliberately set the cruise control to break the law? |
Thread: Hello, from the States |
24/12/2021 10:09:59 |
Welcome Jim, for street lamp Look under 12th scale street lamps as under miniature/dollhouse items |
Thread: Testing Medieval Gunpowder |
22/12/2021 19:45:16 |
As a one time collector of muzzle loaders I took great interest in gunpowder. In the very early days the dry ingredients were mixed together and and poured into barrels, during transport by cart the vibration used to start separating the ingredients into layers, when they arrived at their destination they were considerably weakened unless fully remixed. The answer came with corned powder which was mixed wet and and then ground up so the grains were not only uniform in size also more powerful and stable. A big problem for muzzle loaders of all sizes but more so for hand guns was fouling inside the touch hole which had to be constantly pricked out as it rapidly became blocked up with burnt residue so you got a flash in the pan but no discharge |
Thread: 2021 Christmas Cracker-ish humour |
20/12/2021 09:18:42 |
What do Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common? Same middle name. |
Thread: EMCO Maximat Super 11 Operating Manual |
17/12/2021 14:00:41 |
Is this not what you are looking for? EMCO Maximat Super 11 lathe manual it's a PDF download Edited By vic newey on 17/12/2021 14:02:53 |
Thread: Machining Plastic |
16/12/2021 10:46:22 |
My attempt at making little drawer knobs from black plastic rod worked well, I was amazed at the type of swarf it produced and it piled up like giant Brillo pads all over the place |
Thread: Hello from Bromsgrove |
14/12/2021 20:46:58 |
Welcome to the forum, if you want the bandsaw for metal then why not consider making a bench top power hacksaw similar to Kennedy ones such as mine, much quieter than a bandsaw as well |
Thread: WIN-10 Query |
13/12/2021 14:06:33 |
Posted by Nigel Graham 2 on 13/12/2021 13:37:08:
Vic - Your Virgin phone service: is the data link by fibre but accompanied by a metal wire for the power then? At the moment I think the BT lines are fibre to the distribution cabinets in the street, and those have either an electrical supply from the exchnage or a local supply perhaps with back-up batteries. In the original system the home phone used 50V d.c. plus superimposed 75V a.c. ring-tone (I think that way round) with decoupling capacitors to separate them in the phone itself. These were from the exchange. What we are all going to have to do if the home 'phone cannot be supplied from the exchange or cabinet, is keep a portable 'phone, of any sort, charged and if a power cut occurs, use it only as necessary. ----------------------------------------------------------''' Looking at the cable on the outside wall where it comes out the ground it's a dual cable with a double and a single cable moulded together, the single is the phone and the double presumably internet & TV. I would have thought Open Reach would have adopted the same system with a double cable.
Edited By vic newey on 13/12/2021 14:06:55 |
13/12/2021 09:47:44 |
Posted by Nigel Graham 2 on 12/12/2021 23:19:31:
There is in a further point to consider. BT insists it will change everyone's phone-line from copper to glass-fibre in the next few years, meaning having to replace all land-line 'phones with ones powered from the domestic mains. Well, powered until the same power-cut that stops your PC, portable 'phone or lap-top charger, lighting, heating.... I would hope it won't need work in conjunction with a computer, though. ------------------------------------------ I'm confused by what you said there, we have fibre internet via Virgin and if we get a power cut the phone still works
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Thread: Import duty/tax/VAT |
23/11/2021 14:30:59 |
Posted by Dave Halford on 23/11/2021 12:28:48:
It's clear there is no excise duty under £135, but that includes postage. Then they add VAT to that total. So if the items and postage cost cost less than £135 it's just 20% vat ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If the part is coming via Royal mail then it's plus £8 handling fee
Edited By vic newey on 23/11/2021 14:31:33 |
Thread: Vintage voltage |
20/11/2021 11:07:11 |
Apart from the cost of the batteries it makes you wonder why EV cars are so expensive. No engine, no clutch, no fuel tank, no conventional gearbox, no radiator etc. All these replaced by an electric motor and it's electronics. So deducting the cost of all those items should cover a good part of the battery cost to balance out the cost |
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