Member postings for Donald Mitchell

Brilliant research, excellent answer, just the information I was hoping for.
Thank you very much.

Donald Mitchell

Hi engineers,
can anyone tell me what has happened to the DRO suppliers who were advertising in ME regularly until 4 or 5 months ago.

EMSI.systems

I have tried the above web site and a google search on that name to no avail.

Any ideas.
Donald from Bonnie Scotland

The newer Jansjo lights which I bought about a couple of months ago to supplement my other ones are much superior to the older ones. Different power units, higher voltage. My only complaint is that the plastic clip on the clip-on variety seems to degrade when exposed to light (I was going to say sunlight but there has been no sunlight in Scotland in living memory) I've had to replace the clips on both my older ones by screwing them to the window frame, but the lights are great.

Donald Mitchell.

Bonnie Scotland.

Re-issue my first opinion:-

Pure Garbage.

Pure Garbage.

A light in parallel with the heater, a good idea, but sadly could only be seen from the kitchen and not when I am reclining on the sofa. Maybe an electronic door bell, there's food for thought. I'll get back on the sofa and think about it a bit more.

Edited By Donald Mitchell on 25/11/2017 20:00:19

Don't have a PC in workshop, only a hammer. Thanks anyway.

Lots of good ideas coming out of this question which I'm sure are applicable and interesting to most of us.

Looks like I may just have to settle for Kwh total used, measured at the same time every day or morning, which I can get by just plugging in an old-fashioned mains powered clock in parallel with the heater. It would be nice to be able to plot the times it is on but maybe not easily accomplished without expensive kit and/or a computer in the workshop.

Yes thank you, I have already found various plug in meters via Google, Amazon & Maplin etc which will record the Kwh used and the total time on over a period of time but I can't seem to find anything which will also record the individual on periods on the time o' clock scale.

Donald

Hi all, I have a wooden workshop down the garden path, I expect this describes a great many of our amateur workshops. When I built the shed (which is 5m x 3m) I spent heavily on wall, floor and ceiling insulation, double glazed windows and a UPVC double glazed door. The shed is normally no great problem to heat with a 1Kw electric convector and I do not suffer with condensation. During the colder months of the year (in Scotland) I leave the heater turned on 24/7 plugged into a simple thermostatic switch (not a timer) which I leave set to 12deg C. When I go into the shed to work it is then a simple matter to overide the thermostatic switch and heat up the shed to about 17deg or so which I find is adequate if I am hard at work.

Every time I enter the workshop I notice the internal temp is as I have set on the thermostat, ie. 12deg and I also notice that about 8 out of 10 times I go in, the convector heater is cool to the touch; suggesting to me that the heater does not spend too much of its time switched on, which is good. It would be interesting to know in fact how often the heater is on and for how long it is on when I am not there.

I cannot count the on/off times by simply leaving it at 12deg when I am there, because a/ its too cold at 12deg and b/ I'm sure my own body heat (I'm a hard worker) would slightly raise the shed temp and c/ machine motors will create heat also.

Please don't any wise person suggest that I sit and don't move for several hours and don't switch on any machines and count the on and off's.

Here is the question:- Does anyone know of any sort of smart leccy meter I could plug into the same circuit which would record the on/off times and durations overnight for example?

Happy Christmas to all.

Donald from Bonnie Freezing Scotland.

M-Machine working as per normal for me today.

Donald

Hi engineers, you can buy 500mm of 8mm dia ACME screwed rod for as little as £5.99 carriage paid from Hong Kong on eBay. See eBay item number 131962035250

I've had some for the brake operating screw on my 3" scale Allchin. It comes single or two start and it's stainless as well.

Donald Mitchell

Bonnie Scotland

Hi engineers, you can buy 500mm of 8mm dia ACME screwed rod for as little as £5.99 carriage paid from Hong Kong on eBay. See eBay item number 131962035250

I've had some for the brake operating screw on my 3" scale Allchin. It comes single or two start and it's stainless as well.

Donald Mitchell

Bonnie Scotland

Hi, sent you a private message with a name and address of where I got 3" transfers for my Allchin

Donald Mitchell

Castle Douglas

Bonnie Scotland

Edited By Donald Mitchell on 28/01/2017 19:31:23

Sam, there is a (very long winded) build diary of a Stuart 10V on YouTube. So far he is up to about part 54. Very slow going but maybe some good information for you on the builid of this engine.

Ray McMahons BH600 clutch.

The very self same lathe now resides in my workshop and Ray's clutch continues to work faithfully.

Happy New Year to all.

Donald Mitchell

Bonnie Scotland.

I just phoned M-Machine at 2.00 p.m. - phone picked up on the first ring - quoted no problem to order metal for pickup at Harrogate. Ordered stuff, paid by card, everybody happy.

I have ordered from M-Machine a good number of times now and received delivery usually the next day, or the next day at the most.

I have also visited M-Machine store, very impressive place, massive stocks of anything you want cut to whatever size you want and all at reasonable money.

Donald Mitchell

Bonnie Scotland.

I have attempted to upload some pictures if it works.

Pic 1 shows the dummy throatplate's position relative to the front of the boiler to hide the washout plugs

Pic 2 shows the method of attachment to the horns.

Pic 3 shows the nearly complete dummy plate; then I decided that it was going to be far too far forward so I hit it with the hacksaw this afternoon and bored two big holes in it to let the wash outs through and it now looks like Nigel's plate.

The primer paint is now drying on what I hope will now be the finished plate and I will upload a picture of it tomorrow.

Donald Mitchell

Thank you Jason.

Donald Mitchell

Still in Bonnie Scotland

Nigel, thank you for the pictures, this shows exactly the same washout plugs as I have have and obviously the only logical thing to do with them. I do not yet have the mud lids fitted to the corners and I think I will not now bother with them. I will see if I can invent some sort of cover for the washout plugs which will look like mud lids and leave it at that.

I am about to see if I can upload pictures to this esteemed forum and I see I have to create an album first and then upload them from there. Can you tell me please what is the best size of pictures to copy to the album, your pictures look good, what size do you make them before uploading them?

Thanks again.

Donald Mitchell