Member postings for Gary Wooding

I've had success with a product called 'Super Blue' made by 'Birchwood'. It can also be used to give an aged look to brass.

That's excellent, thank you.

"Last train to Sacramento"

I wouldn't bother making one, they're readily available and not very expensive. Don't forget that right-hand ones have a left-handed thread. **LINK**

Well, did it ever set?

I watched the program on catch-up and confess that I wasn't impressed, either by content or presentors. If the next one is no better then it will be the last.

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Way back in the 1970's I was on assignment to Germany, scheduled to return to UK at the end of 1976. I discovered a quirk in the tax laws that allowed me to purchase a car in Germany, free of tax, as long as I exported it within 12 months of purchase, and tax free in the UK as long as I'd owned it for 12 or more months. I ordered a Volvo 245 estate direct from the factory in Gothenburg and collected it from the factory at the end of 1975. It had special number plates (I think they were called Zoll plates) to indicate it was tax free in Germany. It turned out to be the worst car I ever owned.

The problems began with the extras I ordered - a rev counter, special folding seats in the rear cargo area, self levelling rear shock absorbers, electric windows, and a factory maintenance manual. The revs shown on the rev counter didn't match with the gearing and road speeds (never found out why), the seat belt anchors for the special rear seats were mounted upside down, and the maintenance manual was for the wrong car.

Driving home from north Germany to Boeblingen I noticed a strange wobble on the steering wheel when changing direction at speed. The local Volvo dealer in Boeblingen fixed the seat belt anchors, but couldn't cure the steering wobble, so they called in the area experts, who also failed. Volvo then decided to change the steering mechanism, which helped, but not entirely. The special rear shock absorbers then failed and were replaced.

In May we decided to go on a touring holiday to Austria. I was concerned about the car's reliability so the local Volvo agent loaned me another car for several days while they checked everything. It was very hot that summer and the electric windows failed in the closed position (very uncomfortable with no aircon), and then we noticed that the front Zoll plate was missing. Since this would have caused problems with customs we had to retrace our journey until we found it. The windows were fixed at the next Volvo dealer we found and we then continued along the Autobahn to Vienna. After an hour or so on the Autobahn my wife complained that she felt sick, so we stopped at the next service station where she dashed of to the wash rooms. On her return we walked to the car and I noticed a large pool of oil under it. Because of the excessive number of faults I had been given a special phone number to Volvo head office, which I then called. Volvo sent a special team to collect the car and take us all to Linz, where they paid for dinner and rooms for the night and replaced the gearbox. On the way home from Vienna all four shock absorbers failed. Back in Boeblingen it became apparent that the bodywork was rusting so Volvo paid the nearby Mercedes factory to respray it.

At he end of the year, with my assignment finishing, I was offered either a new car to take back to UK, or a refund. Since they wouldn't pay the UK tax on a car I wouldn't have owned for 12 months I decided to accept a refund.

Apart from the faults, the car was rather good, but I'm not sure if I'd buy another.

I'm using Firefox under Win10. Highlighted spelling errors in Gmail are corrected by right-clicking and selecting a suggestion from the pop-up, but in this forum the pop-up doesn't appear unless I hold the CTRL key when right-clicking. Maybe it will work for you too.

Irfanview is a very useful, free program, that can do lots of things with image files, including conversion of many image formats, including HEIC. It's my most used image app.

The Casio fx-85ES will do what you want.

My 12x36 Geared head came with a 1.5hp 1ph motor (same as the Craftsman) that ran quite happily from a standard 13A socket. After swapping the motor for a 2hp 3ph + VFD it still runs fine from a 13A socket. I didn't choose a 2hp motor because 1.5hp wasn't enough, I chose it because I could get it at a good price.

I purchased a Chester 12x36 Geared Head lathe about 20 or so years ago and have had no problems. I replaced the original 1ph 1.5hp motor with a 2hp 3ph motor and Mitsubishi VFD. The 1.5hp was adequate and 2hp wasn't really necessary but it was the right price. I also fitted a 2 axis DRO.

I'm happy with it.

Mine are attached by grub screws.

If you've never done polishing with a mop before then take great care not to catch an edge in the mop. It can snatch the workpiece out of your hands in an instant - throwing it with great force at anything in its way and causing damage and possibly injury.

I'm very familiar with Fusion and, not being a SE user, took a look at Emgee's link and found it rather like a magician pulling rabbits out of a hat. So I looked around to see if there was anything that suited me better, and found **THIS** link, which is the 1st of a series. You can skip the 1st 5 minutes 'cos it's all about downloading SE, but the rest is fine.

Nigel: Could you draw a rough pencil & paper sketch of what you're trying to do, and post it here?

I've got 4 Mitsubishis - 2 on my mill and one each on my lathe and drill-press. I've fitted 2 more on a friend's mill and another friend has one on his lathe. No problems so far after 15 years use.

Nigel: Check the display resolution and report back with your Belarc numbers. This forum will then be more able to guide you for your next step, whether to upgrade or replace?

Nigel: Yes, you can add another 4MB to make 8MB.

If you right-click anywhere on your desktop that is not an icon, then click Display settings it will show the current and maximum resolution of your monitor.