Member postings for Michael Gilligan

I oversimplified, Dave … but this should give you a good sense of the required geometry

**LINK**

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6552/acd612/pdf

It’s recent, and I’ve only just found it, so will be reading at breakfast.

MichaelG.

A nice friendly Moderator might rotate that picture for you, Dave

Meanwhile … I think the first problem is that the radius of your cylinder is too small

For the geometry to work, that radius would be the same as the length of the pendulum

MichaelG.

Andrew

If you search on ebay UK for straight knurl, there are currently several that look good

branded OLDAK

MichaelG.

Thanks again, Dave … I got there in the end !

[ or at least as far as I want to get ]

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After going round in circles, I eventually arrived here:

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There was enough displayed in the Bing result to point me in the right direction

I uninstalled the Intel network adapter, and let Windows reinstall it.

Went back onto wi-fi and can now browse files stored on the Vaio, using the FileBrowser app on my IPad

… after a hair-pulling few hours, that will do for today

… I will probably need to tidy-up various file-sharing settings on all the devices; but at least the Vaio is now a member of the gang !

MichaelG.

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Ref. https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-find-your-default-gateway-ip-address-2626072

Ref. https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/filebrowser-documents-manager/id364738545

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 26/08/2023 15:30:23

I shall do that, in due course, Dave

The immediate problem is sorted worked-around … but I would like the Vaio to be able to share files within my network.

MichaelG.

Thanks for the further replies

I am aware of the security risks, and am content to use the NetBook and the Vaio as a ‘symbiotic’ pair

The NetBook has Windows 7 Ultimate, so is still ‘safe’ … but it has a stupidly tiny display resolution, so the applications are unusable

The old Vaio has a high resolution display, and I am happy transferring downloads by USB stick

To quote a Covid remark … Stay Safe

MichaelG.

I think you must be right, Ady, thanks

A few minutes faffing with a USB stick will copy the application across from the NetBook

MichaelG.

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I ‘second’ your caution … Counterbores are specifically designed for plunge-cuts

The use of a Rolls Royce as a chicken-coop springs to mind !

Try offering one for sale … the result should ‘inform your decision’

MichaelG.

Interesting replies, thanks

In fact, however, the present situation is that although the XP machine [an old Sony Vaio] is happily connected to my Router

• it cannot see any other device on my wi-fi network, and it cannot access the internet
• Opening Internet Explorer 8 allows me to search [with results coming from Bing]… but then clicking any URL fails to connect.

My naive interpretation is that Router’s security settings are too high for the Vaio to be accepted

< Unclean ! >

But somehow Bing seems quite content … that’s what bewilders me

MichaelG.

Please don’t expend any great effort on this, but if someone has an easy answer, I would appreciate it:

I have an old XP laptop, on which I want to install a small application that I already have on a Windows 7 ‘NetBook’

Note: yes it’s all ‘deprecated’ but it will serve the purpose

Tomorrow, I will probably just copy the file onto a stick, and transfer it that way … BUT my curiosity is aroused …

If [as is the case] the XP machine / Internet Explorer cannot use the Internet: how does it quite happily manage to use Bing ?

MichaelG.

Very nicely done, Steve

MichaelG.

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For general info. … this illustration can be assumed ‘definitive’ having been published by the Royal Microscopical Society

**LINK** http://www.science-info.net/docs/etc/RMSthread.jpg

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Unfortunately, that’s the best copy I have found.

Posted as a link rather than a photo. because we have interesting times ahead.

MichaelG.

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P.S. __ Whitworth made test gauges for this thread, which were supplied to the major manufacturers in the interests of standardisation [and they are things of great beauty]

Those here who use an iPad might be impressed by this free App from Engino

**LINK**

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/engino-kidcad-3d-viewer/id962175208

They produce educational construction kits [ snap-together plastic mostly ], and that App provides step-by step assembly instructions animated in 3D

MichaelG.

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Inclusive OR … so that one person could carry out multiple tasks

MichaelG.

One rather lovely Tap arrived safely this morning, Martin

Many thanks

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MichaelG.

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Way back in the mid 1980s I did some, a little simpler than that one, using Autocad 2.5 [or was it 2.6 ?] for DOS

… all done on the isometric grid, it was slow but quite satisfying work.

MichaelG.

For what it’s worth:

**LINK**

https://forum.ovoenergy.com/my-account-140/managing-an-ovo-account-via-power-of-attorney-poa-how-can-i-speak-to-someone-to-resolve-smart-meter-issues-causing-estimated-bills-9862

MichaelG.

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It might be worth browsing here: **LINK**

https://solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk/office/562033/ovo-energy-ltd

… to make sure that refusal to speak is not coming from some jobsworth :

It appears to me that there is one named solicitor at OVO responsible for such matters.

MichaelG.

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https://solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk/organisation/branchpeople/562033/ovo-energy-ltd?AreaOfPractice=COM

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 24/08/2023 17:33:08

Vic

IF the body of the 6mm drill is concentric with the pilot hole, it’s running true,  and it’s only the tip a that’s badly ground … then I posit that it will simply act as a boring tool, and therefore should cut to size.

Other opinions may be available

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 24/08/2023 15:26:03

The little scriber arrived today, and seems fine

It’s smaller than I remember my old one being, but it is ‘as described’

The pocket clip does seem disproportionately large, but can be easily removed.

MichaelG.