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I read it as the law provides a legal right whereby the manufacturers are legally allowed to to deny me parts that they have on the shelf because I am not a registered repair company with an account with them even if the appliance has broken within a reasonable lifetime, in this case nominally 10 years.

This would leave me with no redress except the small claims court, I would have to stump up their repair costs or get a new one.

The other point is "10 years". Loads of kit usually lasts longer than that, or at least it used to.

Dishwashers, fridges and freezers do. I just scrapped a 25 year old oven having been able to obtain a hinge for it when it was 20 years old. It got scrapped because the temperature control failed and I couldn't get a direct replacement. As it was clearly nearing the end of its natural life it was finally replaced.

It looks like the Centec fits the bill.

Its certainly worth getting a quote from Landilift. Moving top-heavy stuff is very difficult and needs plenty of kit and bits, hiring the van is just the start.

A van would need a good tail lift with appropriate SWL. That's why low trailers are so popular.

Good luck with the adventure.

Great thread, thanks for all the authoritative references.

I work in a regulated industry where we place great importance on process safety and substantiation of design, (lots of sums).

Fundamentally in any complex system you have to know what you are doing and a lot of airship disasters, and all the famous disasters of our lifetime demonstrate that at some point someone didn't.

Someday we will stop listening to those who shout loudest and listen to those who know their stuff more. Back in the early 20thC not many people did know their stuff so I can forgive them.

I am glad we know better now about technology and weather etc., its a shame that we are only just appreciating the problems with stupid people.

This is hilarious.

I think I will stick to shoeboxes and box files for my document storage.

Some more info:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-57424634

Hi Paul,

Thanks for that, its worth posting if one person found it useful.

BIGDUG drawers and workbenches (scroll down and following page)

The drawers are BiGDUG own brand, they are rather expensive, especially when you buy three with loads of drawers, but good value compared to the other brands available and they seem to be well made. I bought them individually, as I already planned to build the bench with material I already had, to a length longer than BiGUDG's worktops.

For some reason BiGDUG don't seem to list them individually any more, they do have the slightly more expensive Euroslide units.

For me its an investment for a lifetime, like buying a machine tool, strong metal drawers will last a very long time indeed.

Something I didn't realise is the volume of the drawers and the kit you can fit in. Each 100mm drawer is like a toolbox, each thin drawer holds a socket set plus loads of bits. Its a lot more efficient than a cupboard.

Cheers

Rog

Absolute horror story.

Good luck to the police, I hope they take criminals who are prepared to bash an old man down seriously.

Hi folks,

My most obsessive video yet; 45 minutes of slightly-nauseating, hand-held ramblings as I painfully slowly restore and fit that most common of bench fitments. If you are contemplating fixing up a lump of iron this is for you.

If not, you have been warned.

https://youtu.be/a6LCxvazUnw

Machine tool renovation is a hobby in itself.

I love it!!

Great work.

Fantastic work Fred.  Thanks for showing us.

Edited By Roger Best on 18/04/2021 15:58:20

not sure about the fake Lego. Or the prostitution of a historic brand. Or the miss-use of Steampunk.

Its a shame they can't use the BL name for something better.

You don't need to harden the pins.

All journals benefit from having the cheap part softer, and they can even last longer as a result, so mild steel will be sufficient.

Its difficult to imagine an amateur wearing the bore of a knurling tool such that it does not work, so any accurate material will do for what you need.

If Broadswords top speed was only 30 knots, how was its acceleration quite so good??

**LINK**

Strip it down and get a square onto those jaws, you can't fix what you can't measure.

I suspect that they will need re-machining, the best method will depend on what you have access to.

first call inks

Remarkably expensive!

thanks John and John.

Hopefully my COVID-addled brain will one day be able to connect words with concepts as badly as it did before. I am beginning to think I may have to accept it as the norm though.

Rog

Hi Jim

You don't actually have a problem wrt DRO. The cross slide, as Duncan says, is mainly to facilitate some of the more complex processes, especially increasing depth of cut on a thread, for which setting it to 30degrees, (or 60 depending on your lathe) is ideal.

If you watch Ade's workshop he is particularly good at explaining the use of the DRO for incremental cuts. I am sure that as you use your machine you will get used to making fine adjustments and getting sub-thou' cut adjustments as a result.

I have some friends with small Proxxon MF70 mills and they love them. They are ideal for small modelling work in softer materials. One of them bought a pillar drill within weeks if I recall correctly.

I was looking about that time and it never occurred to be to go so small and light, because I was already focussed on steel and doing relatively-precision engineering, so I knew I had to pay for pounds weight and put up with a permanent installation.

However all I have done in since I got it could have been on on the Proxxon, and most of what I will do could be. It really does come down to what you want to do with it.