Member postings for Anthony Knights

Thread gauges are cheap enough and very handy in situations like this. Most suppliers advertising on this site offer an Imperial/Metric set for less than a tenner. Personally, I have sets for Imperial, Metric, BA and American UNC/UNF

I made a chess set using nuts and bolts. The black pieces were treated with brick cleaner (hydrochloric acid) to remove the bright zinc plating and then blacked by heating and dunking in oil.

If I have to replace any of my printers, I now know one brand I will NOT be buying.

I seem to remember reading some where that extracting energy from the tides would slow the earth's rotation down?

They do make spiral piercing saw blades (advertised on Amazon for example). These cut in any direction so why need a rotating blade? Just asking.

I have a Weller soldering Iron similar to above, but after over 20 years use, is considerably more worn and battered. In view of the silly prices being asked for spare parts, I have reluctantly decided to scrap it. I have replaced it with thermostatically controlled soldering station, which cost no more than a couple of the Weller curie point bits.

Edited By Anthony Knights on 29/05/2023 10:48:09

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Michael Cox tangential tool holder. MEW 179. I made both left and right handed versions.

Michael Cox tangential tool holder. MEW 179. I made both left and right handed versions.

I use pairs of HSS tool blanks as parallels. Providing you use them the same way up using the angled ends as a guide, I cannot measure any difference between the various pairs. I have a selection, ranging from 5mm up to 10mm.

I don't tend to make stuff for NASA , so these are good enough for me.

I buy suitably sized tool boxes for storing portable tools which don't come with their own storage case. I can then store the tools with their various blades, belts or other attachments in one place together with the power cable, charger etc. The boxes can be stacked and I label the case with the contents so I can instantly select the tool required. Just a matter of being organised.

You can try out linux from a dvd or thumb drive without actually installing it on your machine. The Libre Office programs are all capable of loading and saving Microsoft Office files. GNU image will do everything the Adobe program does, but usually in a different way, so bit of a learning curve.

Personally I use a dual boot machine, with Linux Ubuntu and Windows 10, but I only use windows when I absolutely have to. I have a simple CAD program which runs in windows, but I haven't got round to trying any of the Linux equivalents yet. All important information is backed up to an external drive, which is dis-connected before booting windows,so they can't mess with those files. Give it a try. You don't have to be a computer wizz kid and it won't cost you anything except some of your time.

Regards Anthony

After nurturing and growing the leaves on the top of a pineapple fruit for three years, I eventually managed to grow a pineapple. The plant is very big and it was a lot of work for one fruit. We do well in this country to be able to buy them for about £1 each.

This is a bench power supply I made from an old computer PSU.

Important to note that this site only accepts JPG format, so PNG et al don't work.

I think you must have meant a 4.7 or 5 K ohm pot.

I just tried to use the scanner on my Epson ET-4500 printer, only for the system to inform me that the scanner was not connected. Strange, as I had just used the printer. So- shut everything down, check connections and bypass the USB hub and connect directly to the computer. Fire everything back up, but still no scanner. I then remembered that I had a windows update two days ago. Removed this (KB5022834), rebooted and scanner now working. Why do Microsoft keep trying to sabotage my computer?

Is there a way to save a complete album, or does one have to save each picture individually?

Mentioned above by Graham Meek, the sideways movement of the arms can cause poor / uneven knurls. I built the device shown below which is designed to eliminate sideways arm movement. Shown with straight knurls, but there are various interchangeable sets of wheels.

If you go onto the Machine Mart website and search for CL300, you will go to the catalogue entry for that machine. There is a box to click on which loads the manual. Page 37 shows the wiring diagram, although the PCB number is different from the one you have given. Two of the changeover sets of contacts reverse the supply to the motor. One of the other contacts slows the motor down when in reverse. The C2-181 switch is a 4 pole change over switch with a centre OFF position and hopefully stops the motor before you change direction.

Best wishes. Anthony

Edited By Anthony Knights on 08/03/2023 10:03:19