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Thread: Learning CAD with Alibre Atom3D
08/02/2023 23:52:32

Well I spent January doing a personal project and by the end of that I decided to have a punt at doing a loco just like the big boys do

So I put my big boy pants on and chose LBSCs BAT from the start of WW2

Of course I'm chuffed but this is to show anyone watching what you can do after 5 weeks with Alibre, the big motivation is you can actually see it move

I hadn't a clue about Locos when I started 10 days ago, but now I actually have a tiny clue about what's actually going on with these things

I would also totally recommend to anyone doing a big or new project that you do it in CAD first, the amount of stuff it throws up before you cut metal is life saving, I would take at least 3 to 5 years to do this project... or 20 to 30 days in CAD

 

 
edit: There's a bit of artistic license on the valve gear etc, like any wee boy I just wanted to see it running

Edited By Ady1 on 08/02/2023 23:57:16

Thread: Purpose of the Type 2032 button cell found in a desktop PC?
08/02/2023 16:02:38

Very important that you renew it or things can get very weird

Then reset your clock in bios to the right time if you can

A lot of software uses date stuff and it gets even weirder on the internet, a lot of sites won't even let you display a page

Edited By Ady1 on 08/02/2023 16:03:46

Thread: Only if l knew
08/02/2023 00:16:11

probbly a Myford ML4

Lathes.co.uk will help you

Thread: DIY milling machine
07/02/2023 23:30:32

with a home made setup for milling steel you really need weight/mass of 100KG plus to absorb the cutting forces

and in milling world, 100KG is a lightweight

dscf3207.jpg

Edited By Ady1 on 07/02/2023 23:32:03

Thread: National lottery card change
07/02/2023 23:25:21

I read somewhere if you buy a ticket on Monday you've more chance of dying before Saturday than winning

If you buy on Thurs/Fri the odds swing in your favour

Thread: Hello from Romania
07/02/2023 23:21:49

Welcome

Thread: Aluminium Boiler
07/02/2023 23:20:10
Posted by Paul Kemp on 07/02/2023 19:22:41:

What a lovely thing to have. Make a new compliant boiler and you can charge your iPhone with it!

Paul.

laugh

A fabulous bit of history for collectors

Thread: UK Electricity Prices
07/02/2023 09:29:33

Privatisation of utilities is always a disaster, it was never done to help people, it was done to gouge people

Britain was energy independent until recently when they stopped coal burning and the oil wells started running dry

Non energy independent countries always suffer in the global system and most end up as "poor"

Knowing the system is out to diddle people means I don't bother looking closely at it anymore but my last good look showed EDF raising French prices by 3% at the command of the French government while in the UK EDF hiked prices by 10%, and that was one single year

You'll will note that our wonderful free press don't talk about these things, they only babble on about "climate change". The people who run and own the media also have vast investments in our dodgy utilities

Edited By Ady1 on 07/02/2023 09:44:03

Thread: Grinding a step drill
06/02/2023 18:53:20

I got a set of them at lidl for about a fiver so they should be about a tenner on the net

Thread: Repairing a Soldering Iron
06/02/2023 14:49:16

I'm not exactly Mr Safety around here and I'd say bin it

Or at least get a new one and just keep the old one for stroking and admiring but not plugging in

Thread: Domestic EICR - is this a bit OTT ?
04/02/2023 23:20:11

Learned today that the 2005 school my niece teaches at has a single toilet for the 30 teaching staff

Yup. It's all about standards

Thread: Fancy a job looking after Steam Engines?
04/02/2023 10:51:31

My first question would be why did the old team walk out the door

Thread: Domestic EICR - is this a bit OTT ?
03/02/2023 23:06:54

These things do turn up useful stuff from time to time, but the main reason for these regulations is to gouge wealth out of the private sector and spread it into the wider economy

Pretty much every government council and public sector building in the country would fail the standards they impose on the little people and it would cost them billions to rectify

Look at the state of parliament which is one building, it's been a fire trap for decades

Thread: workshop - building material question
03/02/2023 19:40:11

I had the same issue, plus a wonky floor

I put up my good shelving and braced it over the top with 4x6 wood, so zero screws/bolts needed

Got an extra storage area up top as a bonus too!

shelving.jpg

Thread: Juneero
02/02/2023 00:31:27

https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=184387&p=1

The big problem with the Juneero was it was so weedy that it needed it's own special soft metal construction kits, you couldn't simply use ordinary mild plate steel

Thread: Batteries
01/02/2023 16:33:36

1. get a battery tester

2. If an item conks out with 2 duracell batteries then test them, often only one is a dud

Nowadays I mix my batteries, one duracell and the rest rechargeable,

This setup isn't so long lived but most of the time it's a rechargeable which needs changed and so only costs pennies after the purchase (Lidl gear mainly)

The best basic stuff is duracell rechargeables + fast charger but they aint cheep

For very low batteries which struggle to recharge I use a hiking portable solar recharger box to get a bit of power into them, these use a very low trickle charge, just stick it on a window sill for a day or two and If the battery still won't charge up after that then in my house its a dud

I recall something concerning freezers/fridges... but a long time ago now

Edited By Ady1 on 01/02/2023 16:38:57

Thread: An impressive find : That tiny radioactive capsule
01/02/2023 14:16:00

The size of a pea but emitting a huge bonfire of energy by the side of the road

They put something like that into the 1977 Voyager craft which are still going ok

Thread: What is the purpose of this switch?
31/01/2023 23:24:33

**LINK**

Thread: New Workshop
31/01/2023 23:20:46

Nice and airy and comfy with an awesome fitting bench, a fabulous upgrade

I've got a garage but winter is tough on the hands and feet

Thread: 1/10th scale model of my 1930 Austin 7
30/01/2023 18:55:04

cute

chitty bang-bangs love child

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