Member postings for John C

Hi Brian,

Where in N Yorks (only rough location) are you? I'm near Easingwold. Welcome!

Fusion 360 (free for hobby use) and cura to slice for printing.

Hi Pete, This thread may help solve your problem:

**LINK**

John

Wring = wrong!

Assumption here - very dangerous! If the OP is thinking about sanitising due to the Corona virus, the current advice seems to be that good old fashioned soap is the best defence - something to do with the way soap interacts with the virus. If this assumption is wring, please ignore.

Reply to Clive:

Yes Clive, I have paid these charges. Paying the VAT is understandable, paying the Post Office £8.00 'admin fee' less so! However, i weigh up the total cost and decide if the item is worth it - it may still be cheaper than buying locally. In the cases I have experienced the item is held at the post office that keeps your undelivered mail and the postie drops a card through your door. You proceed to the post office, hand over the cash (or card) and the item is yours.

John

Try Spalding Fasteners www.spaldingfasteners.co.uk Wide range and great service.

No connection etc,

John

I was after some small UNC grub screws and came upon Spalding Fasteners: www.spaldingfasteners.co.uk. Very reasonable prices, no minimum order and very fast delivery.

No connection, just a very satisfied customer. They have a great variety of items and may be worth a look.

John

+1 for the Aldi printer, Cura software and Fusion 360 CAD.

Thread (continued) drift, but I got a Truecall unit free, gratis and for nothing through ( I think) Trading Standards. Takes few minutes to set up - they say you need an engineer but you don't - and once operational it requires human intervention to get a call to ring your phone ( press a number on your keypad). So all the robot diallers don't make it past the first fence. You can add your 'trusted numbers' to a list so they get straight through. I have to admit to being sceptical, but we have not had one scam call since I installed it. Gets my vote.

Duncan, PM sent.

John

Edited By John C on 21/03/2019 12:53:47

Top left drawer of your cabinet next to the box of stuff you put for safe keeping,

That's where I found my tiny precision square that I was convinced I had lent out and forgotten about!

M Machine metals:

http://www.m-machine-metals.co.uk/metals_br_diameters.html

I have several Aldi hand and power tools, all of which do 'what it says on the tin', but are not pretending to be high-end products. With that in mind, what would the forum think of this:

https://www.aldi.co.uk/balco-3d-printer-/p/086887240233900

John

I have a 540 which I run from a static phase converter. As the machine has a motor for the wheel and a motor for the hydraulics my understanding (which may well be wrong as evidenced by Marks post!) is that I couldn't use just one inverter, and that the switchgear could not be between the inverter(s) and the load. Hence the phase converter. I spoke to a very helpful gentleman at Transwave who suggested that I switch on the wheel before the hyd, and switch off in the reverse order.

Thanks Nick - will keep watching! John

Nick L - please could you give details of your microswitch/ VFD set up? It sounds interesting.

John

Gary,

I can get quite a good grip with a Torx wrench - might be worth a try,

John

I'm struggling with the photo Gary - I'll get there eventually. Meantime, this may help:

**LINK**

John

Gary,

It's 'Uni Screw'. I bought a box some time ago. The idea was that one bit would cover a range of screw sizes. Needless to say, the bit has long gone.........

I'm trying to upload a photo of the box.....just hang on.

I did a search on line and found a firm that makes the screws to order, but never got a new bit. I'll have a dig to see what I can find.

Rgds,'

John

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