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They announced just yesterday that a new vaccine by Moderna has been approved for adults booster. It protects against the original Covid and the Omicron variant, I doubt it'll be ready to distribute yet so don't rush to book now or you will get the old vaccine

Edited By vic newey on 17/08/2022 09:48:45

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I'm fairly sure the motor was not used before me but can't be certain as there are no marks to indicate otherwise. No evidence in the connection box that it's been wired up etc. I'll see what they say tomorrow re a refund or risk a replacement motor

There is no damage on the cardboard box and the motor was sat in styrene blocks, must have been dropped before it was packed. The box is just a standard box, not one with Clarke or it's contents mentioned so probably packed by PowerTools direct themselves

The motor is going full speed, 1420 rpm. it clashes with the video frame speed  as does old western films when the wheels appear to go backwards.

 It was apparently made in Italy according to their website

Edited By vic newey on 13/08/2022 15:17:19

I have also noticed the foot of this motor does not stand flat as in the photo.

I made a video of it running Youtube of motor noisy or what!  ( enable sound in top corner of video)

Edited By vic newey on 13/08/2022 14:11:28

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Edited By vic newey on 13/08/2022 14:38:17

I have an 1/2HP Brooke Crompton motor on one of my lathes, it's started clonking and generally seems to have lost some power as it has to also turn a Victorian overhead countershaft

I thought I'd try a 3/4HP motor and sent for a Clarke one from PowerTools direct which I wired up today and it makes a horrible distracting racket. either set on the bench or under load.

It's dual capacitor and quite a lot smaller than the old heavy Crompton even though it's a bigger HP and as space at the back of the lathe is limited I was pleased when I first opened the box.

I have four lathes and non of the motors make a noise anything like this, they just hum.

O'k, it's a cheap motor but has anyone else got a Clarke motor and is it particularly noisy?

Trouble is they usually end up getting worms from eating their catch, we had a neighbour once whose cat was either vomiting hair worms or had tape worms on it's backside or sometimes both. It was a friendly cat that spent time around us. They never bothered to treat the cat so we got some tablets and sorted the poor thing out ourselves.

There are other providers that offer much cheaper options than directly with BT even though they use the same BT phone line to deliver it to you. Plusnet, Vodaphone etc all offer phone/broadband deals for £25 or less a month

Best phone/broadband deals

Edited By vic newey on 07/08/2022 09:21:41

Thanks for the suggestions everyone, Smart & Brown sounds most likely so far. There are no markings on the collet closer which might have been of help

I have a collet closer and step collets that came with an old lathe but do not belong to it.

The thread is 8tpi and the locating shoulder for the spindle is 1/3/4"

The Crawford step collets have 15mm shanks, 13mm thread

Can anyone suggest the lathe this might fit please?

How about this one

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Your last line devalues your reply. Drivers caught speeding are fined, cyclists riding recklessly are not because currently there is no way to track the rider.

You say the reason they cycle on the pathways is because it's safer which is probably true, but should they then ride at speed as though they are on the roadway and risk injury to kids and dogs who might suddenly move to one side?

I'd like to ban cyclists riding on pavements and pedestrianised areas, what! it's already illegal? well how come they are getting away with it then.??

I'm not talking about children here, adults, some with all the gear on are the worst offenders. In one hour I counted nine cyclists riding through our local pedestrianised high street, four of them stupidly fast and weaving in and out of the shoppers, a small sign at one end says cyclists dismount. It's worse for me because I'm considerably deaf and can't hear them approaching from behind.

Even on shared pathways they think it's perfectly o.k to go as fast as they can and come up behind you with no warning. How many of them even have a bell? if you suddenly stepped aside they would smash your legs to pieces because they can't stop.

The recent highway code updates are for pedestrian priority, drivers have to give priority to cyclists or face fines because they have number plates and can be traced, seemingly cyclists can get away with anything they please and ride off if involved in any accident.

Likewise ban people who miss out the letter T in words such as computer which becomes compu-a and then there is mo-a car etc

Then you have the seemingly mass of people who raise the end of every sentence as though asking a question, it's called a rising inflection and annoys the hell out of me as it's like a silent way of saying 'do you know what I mean?

I'd ban so called music in shops so I can walk around in peace without forced caterwauling in my ears everywhere. When they first started piped music years ago it was always instrumental, never singing like now.

I'd ban people who can't park a car unless it's right next to another one even in an empty car park. You park your spanking new car over the far side of Tesco's carpark and when you come out some cretin has parked right next to it and dinged your door. We see it all the time at supermarkets, a whole empty row next to one full of parked cars with just one empty space. Someone with then squeeze in and find they can hardly open the door to get out.

Our outside sensor recorded 40c here in Worcestershire after lunch, all my machines, tools, vice etc felt warm in the shed