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Another 'nothing' job. A variation on the studs I usually make to hang pictures and such, securely onto the wall.

Pete

Posted by petro1head on 29/01/2017 12:01:20:

The item referred to looked fine, but I would be Very apprehensive about ordering with that amount of negative feedback.

If you do take the plunge, do let us know the result.

Pete

Does using a slot milling cutter count? I have to admit to using them for small counterbores, on occasions. Would agree that using the cutter's side faces is not to be recommended, with a drill chuck.

Pete

Just found an old picture I had taken last year. Fits a 20mm R8 collet.

Pete

Only problem I have found is that you have to be very diligent with clearing the chips away, unless on thin material. They work well.

Pete

No reason why not. I'm just a bit curious as to why he would drill a gash hole in his neatly drilled and tapped table though. If the bed is fixed (like a bench drill) a lot of the holes would be superfluous, whereas on a milling machine they could be useful.

Pete

That will never happen. Imagine the outcry if people actually twigged that they were paying £5.72 per gallon, 125.91p per litre is not quite so bad, (from last Nov when I filled up).

The scam with heating oil is just as bad. Advertised in great big letters at 45.87ppl (pence per litre) with a fantastic price of 44.86ppl with Group savings. Your price for 500L £235.52 i.e. 47.104ppl. They do have the good grace to put in small letters exc vat and inc vat. I'm sure petrol stations would advertise petrol at the 'basic' price if they thought they could get away with it.

Pete

Not sure how accurate the tracking is on those upright bandsaws, but I have one of the little Femi ones. It has no trouble cutting off a slice 0.5mm thick.

Pete

Perhaps his collets are the same as mine, only available in 3mm or 1/8", and larger of course. I just use carbide milling cutters for drilling,

Pete

My first mill was a Warco VMC to which I had fitted a Mitutoyo 3 axis 0.001mm DRO system. It never gave an ounce of trouble, or even a gram, but it did cost more than the mill. You could say that I was a bit spoilt by that.

My new Warco WM40 mill is equipped as standard with only a Sino 2 axis 0.005 system, and it drives me mad. It was supposed to be upgraded to a 3 axis but that never happened, neither did the 0.001 scales.

The new DRO I have bought is an Easson with 0.001 scales. I have just completed a new mounting system for the readout unit as the old one was combined with the machine push-buttons. This also did not prove very easy to use, as the DRO never seemed to be in the right place. Warco are still advertising the WM40 with two separate units, viz DRO and push buttons, which would be a doddle to modify.

The only downside so far, with the Easson, is that I had to open up the case to change the voltage to 110v, but Machine DRO said it would not invalidate the guarantee.

Pete

Thanks for the tip. I'll have some at that price too.

Pete

That's another excellent bit of work, well done.

Pete

I have seen ATF - Auto Transmission Fluid suggested in the past, but AFT is a new one on me.

Pete

That Bonneville looks very tidy, it's the same colours as the one I bought in 1968. Is it the bike's original number plate (Irish?) as I thought the silver mudguards were a US spec.

You don't mention the maroon one, is that a 3TA or 5TA?

Pete

Hi John

That's an interesting point you make, as you work in 3D. I had suspected that Chris was only working in 2D, as I do, creating his drawings in much the same way we were taught at school, but using that setup/layout on a computer.

I've used Tcad since v2, now using v18 (which is not the latest incarnation) and am still trying to find the new locations for menu items that the programmers deemed fit to move around from where they were in the previous version.

For most of my work, the drawings in 2D convert to DXF files for my CNC machine, and work well. There are advantages in 3D which would have been very useful for my current project - a table with the legs at a compound angle. It is an extremely steep slope to climb, to learn the 3D aspect though, so will make-do without it for the moment.

Pete

Chris H

Being from the Engineering Drawing era, and a fellow user of TurboCad, have you tried using the blocks and symbols depending on the complication of what you are trying to draw? Using blocks seems to work in a very similar way to using separate files as described by John M above.

Pete

Another vote for TurboCad.

Pete

Roy

I'm sure I would get more bonus points if I gave my wife her very own screwdrivers to open her paint tins. It would also save her trying to use my proper screwdrivers for the same job.

Of course I will have to buy some nice new ones...

Pete

Brian

The acidy smell I described earlier could be construed as vinegar I guess. Well that's a first for me, having to dispose of perfectly good screwdrivers because they are decomposing. My wife may like them to open her paint tins.

Pete

Thanks for the advice Vic. I did not really believe my eyes when I first saw this happening, and just thought my tools were upset at being removed from a warm workshop, to a cold one.

You are correct about the 'substance' attacking other drivers..it already has. The light blue plastic handle of one in the right hand corner was dissolved by this stuff. I just wish I understood the reason...

Pete