Member postings for Russell Eberhardt

United Kingdom Political Lunacy?

Russell

It's a different system in France. Most, if not all, car insurance includes roadside assistance and recovery. In the event of a breakdown you just call the insurance company and they will send out someone from the nearest approved garage. It seems to work well.

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I was thinking the same Clive. The nut should centre itself on the front of the collet, not on the thread.

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That looks to be the same as the Geeetech A10. I wonder who copied whom.

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There is an exemption to the EU Directive on lead relating to optical glass which reads, "lead in white glasses used for optical applications," (13(a) in EU 2017/1011 of July 2017).

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Edited By Russell Eberhardt on 11/11/2018 11:36:41

Would we be here if it wasn't present? Interesting article:

**LINK**

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Hi John,

Welcome from another (retired) martial artist, over 40 years of Aikido. Enjoy the learning and playing with the machines.

Russell

Indeed, if Jason was building it for resale he would have to ensure that it complies with" EMC recast Directive 2014/30/EU"

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Unfortunately not. Heating only accounts for a small proportion of fossil fuel use.

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Following this thread has remided me to update my profile! Just done it.

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I've not seen solder loaded ones but the plain copper ones would be "raccords à souder". They are normally silver soldered here, hence the easy availability of oxy acetylene gear in DIY stores.

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I wonder if this is really true or if it is mis-interpretation by the HSE. Lead bearing solder is still on sale here in France in DIY outlets, both 60/40 and 50/50 alloy. Here is an example sold under a well known brand name:

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I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned Onshape. While it can be a bit slow for really complicated assemblies it has the advantage that it is free and, as it runs within a browser, it works on Windows, Linux, and OSX. It is produced by an ex Solidworks team and I find it very easy to use having first learned 3D CAD on Solidworks about 18 years ago.

Although I also have Fusion 360 installed Onshape is my goto program.

Any other views on it?

Russell

Just had a read of the list in the regulations. Fortunately I live in France so I am not liable to 2 years in prison for possessing a lead acid battery in my car. It contains about 30% sulphuric acid.

At least three of the listed products are available at DIY outlets and many supermarkets here!

Russell

If you look at my thread on converting the SX2P to CNC you will see that adding thrust bearings is easy.

**LINK**

http://www.mycncuk.com/threads/4524-Sieg-SX2-Plus-build?highlight=russell

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here was another recent thread "new member in France" where there was a member based near Poitier. Did you see that?

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Same here. It's been working fine for five or six years now with no updates.

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Just downloaded and installed the latest big W10 update on my dual boot laptop. It took a whole day to install after downloading at night. Five or six reboots required, each time it booted into by favourite OS rather than W10 so I had to reboot again. Finally W10 was updated and working but responded very slowly to the keyboard. Another reboot and everything seemed OK, at least until I fired up Fusion 360. It failed to start as the system time was wrong. It hadn't remembered my internet time server settings. Told it to use the European pool rather than the Windows time server, rebooted once more and all was well.

Why do MS make updates so difficult? When I update the Linux installation it takes minutes and works in the background with no reboots necessary.

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No doubt on a Super Adept lathe

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A few years ago there was an association MODELEXPO based near you in Neuville de Poitou.

I think interests have moved away from pure metalwork to more general construction methods. There is a makerspace (FabLab) near us in Perpignan where non members can, for a small fee, use 3D printers, laser cutters, vacuum former, computers and an electronics lab. Not much metalwork other than hand tools.

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