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Thread: Question
07/01/2012 17:41:50
Yes.
 
Thread: Air compressers for steam engines
27/12/2011 18:12:34
I have seen small engines run on compressors designed to aerate fish tanks. Quiet and cheap.
 
Pete
Thread: ME Forum
07/12/2011 22:01:43
Yes; I'm suffering from a slow reload rate too. It's never been very fast, but seems to have become worse over the last week or two.
 
It's probably a vain plea, but can someone get rid of the Flash ad content? I find all the animated stuff profoundly irritating and it clogs up the bandwidth as well as annoying people. Trust me; I am not a voice in the wilderness. I appreciate that the website is part of a commercial enterprise, but there are other ways of providing the required service without making things distracting and difficult for the users.
 
Only my two penn'orth.
 
Pete

Edited By Peter Hall on 07/12/2011 22:04:11

Thread: drill stand
24/11/2011 16:23:52
Thanks for the heads-up, wheeltapper, I've just been to buy mine.
 
I just hope for your sake that you have no commercial interest in Lidl or you'll be in for a world of grief. See the 'blocks' thread for details
 
Pete
Thread: Slitting saw runout
23/10/2011 20:34:27
Welcome to the club. All mine were horrible too, but were very substantially better when I switched from (cheap) milling chuck to (even cheaper) ER collet chuck to hold the arbor. I'm using the tiny Sieg X1 mill and I bought my collets and collet chuck direct from CTC tools in Hong Kong. Worth a look if you are on a tight budget.
 
HTH
 
Peter
Thread: Rotary broaching - the easy way
20/09/2011 12:37:58
Thanks, Mike. I can pick up a bunch of freesias for Mrs Hall while I'm there. Two birds, one stone.
 
Pete
20/09/2011 09:41:23
Mike, that's an impressive website you have there. Useful too. I have been inspired by your milling machine table stops to fit something very similar to my little X1 mill, so thank you for that.
 
At the risk of hijacking your thread slightly, can anyone recommend a supplier for the iron wire that John mentions? I could do with keeping some in stock.
Thread: degreasing
12/09/2011 19:22:34
Posted by Mike on 12/09/2011 14:13:11:
For small parts, dare I mention the dishwasher - when SWMBO is out, of course! Once did a filthy motorcycle cylinder head with good results.
 
 
Works a treat on carburettors as well.
 
White spirit/WD40 works well for me, although technically that's not degreasing. There is a difference between degreasing (of which I know little) and cleaning off grease.
 
At the risk of labouring the point, petrol = lethal. Don't even think about it. I know many people used to use it, and for all I know, the Old School mob still do, but you only have to make one mistake and it's Goodnight Vienna.
 
I think I saw a mention on another thread about using an electric toothbrush to get into the cracks. If you do that, you'd better be sure to put it back before your wife returns from Tesco.
 
HTH
Thread: Benches
09/09/2011 13:04:40
Don't use beech, it moves with the seasons. I once bought a (expensive) laminated beech cabinetmakers' bench. Three months after I got it, the thing had domed across the width and was difficult to use. I planed it flat, by hand, and three months later it had dished the other way.
 
My machine shop benches are topped with two layers of 18mm mdf laminated together and treated with finishing oil, supported on a frame made from 75mm square softwood with mortice and tenon joints. Like Dusty, I put an upstand on them to stop stuff slipping down the back and sides and then borrowed an idea from a clockmaker's bench and routed a 12mm groove along the top front to stop small components rolling off. I only work to a small scale so The Myford sits on its own steel stand and the micro-mill and toyo lathe sit on the mdf. I once made a functional and sturdy bench top from 3x2 softwood laminated side to side and surfaced with 18mm mdf. That worked well for years.
 
HTH
Thread: ME Promotional Offers
21/08/2011 10:46:40
"A mine with a shaft about 25,000 miles deep!"
 
That could be difficult. Are you on the same planet as the rest of us?
Thread: Adding illustrations to an article
31/12/2010 17:12:44
Hi Richard
 
"In the public domain" means that a work is not covered at all by intellectual property rights. This is not the same as being published on the internet.
 
Having reread my previous post, I realise that I wasn't being as helpful as I might have been. If submitting work for publication in a magazine, I would suggest you contact them directly. I hate to add to David Clark's already (I assume) considerable workload, but he will be able to offer advice relevant to your particular situation. The danger with posting a question like yours on an open internet forum is that just about any barrackroom lawyer will wade in with an opinion
 
 You may have detected that I have an axe to grind here. This is not really the case, but I find it disappointing that many people see fit to reproduce the work of others and regard it as their right to do so. This does not apply to you.
 
 In posing your original question you show intelligence, sensitivity, comprehension and an understanding that there are issues at stake.
 
How should you proceed? With caution!
 
Good luck, and I look forward to reading your article in ME.
 
Pete
Thread: Myford Speed 10 carriage stop
31/12/2010 15:54:36
Thanks for the replies. I think I'll press ahead under my own steam.
 
However:-
 
Mr Stevenson, Sir, you are a Gentleman. Your drawing will save me measuring up and drawing it myself. What's more, it's not the first time this has happened. A week ago I googled "ER collet chuck" and your drawing for one of those surfaced, from which I turned one for my Myford. Appreciation where it's due, and I'd like to thank you for taking the time and trouble to make this information  available for the greater good. Well, for my good at least.  Where do I send the royalty cheque?
 
Pete
Thread: Adding illustrations to an article
31/12/2010 15:26:27
The situation here appears to be straightforward. Broadly speaking, if you did not create the item in question (whether a photo or a piece of writing)  you have no right to copy it (ie reproduce it) without permission from the person who did.
 
You say that:-
 
"I also quote from others writings verbatim but give them due credit for their works"
 
Unless you have their permission to do so, you are breaching their copyright and possibly breaking the law.
 
"I would like to use a picture of the preserved ‘‘241-A65’  and others things to illustrate my points."

You may not do this without permission from the person who took the picture.

"whould it be enough to give the authors of these images which  are in the public domain  (the internet) the credit for them?"
 
No, not without their permission to reproduce their work.
 
I should say here that I know even less about Law than I do about Model Engineering, but in mitigation, I spent most of my working life in "creative" industries - art, craft, design, photography - and have some direct experience of this sort of thing. Some people will say that copyright is complicated, but it isn't really. It's ignorance and the widespread practice of ignoring copyright that makes it so. I'll refer back to what I said at the top. If you didn't make it, it's not yours to use without permission.
 
Pete
 
 
Thread: Myford Speed 10 carriage stop
29/12/2010 10:11:18
I have been searching online for any photos or drawings of a speed 10 carriage stop to make but have drawn a blank so far. I can rustle something up from scratch without too much trouble, but I wondered if there were any functional established designs that are/were available. Anyone have any suggestions, photos or weblinks? Any pointers gratefully received.
 
Pete
Thread: Orrery?
17/12/2010 08:40:36
Chris, it occurred to me a little while ago that if one were to build ten clocks, one would be a clockmaker. If one were to build ten orreries, one would be one of the world's leading authorities on the things. I'd go for it if I were you. Document your activities in detail, accompany this with good quality photographs, publish the results and you would have really made your mark. Don't be too long about it though. I need a few pointers to get started myself...
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