What did you do Today 2018

Will be going for a walk (cricket club fundraiser) this afternoon and from the top of the hill we will count the working ones and idle ones. Apparently too much electricity around in this wind !

Sam, I'm like your wife. Always have something on from getting up to bedtime, but at work I can totally 'zone out' the chatter in the open plan office. Silence is unnerving.

But, I bet if I asked you what the DJ had said 50 seconds earlier you possibly could not remember. Likewise if I asked you what the last but one record was you would not know. In other words you were not listening to it. You were ( possibly, I do not know about you in particular) just hearing a warbling sound in your ears. Sometimes a song that you might like triggers ones hearing senses for a minute or two but then one switches off. In many cases it is just useless rubbish. So it begs the question WHY????

When I did work in an open plan office I dd zone into some chatter because in a "team" one needed to know what was going on around one. Apart from that a bit of banter added to the atmosphere. But that was more relevant to one's interest at the particular moment.

Edited By Sam Longley 1 on 14/10/2018 11:44:06

Why - I guess it is company as I'm alone but unlike a wife whose utterances require attention and an answer the radio makes no demands so is stress free and can be ignored without danger. The banal comments of the DJ and adverts can be annoying but make me feel connected to the world. I rarely put on a record/cd just to listen to the music itself.

More pipe unions for airpumps - I think for the Polish tank engine or the US S160 locos. Somebody's busted the worm drive on the divvy head for the Bridgeport clone, so I had to cut the hexes using the location pin only, but it worked OK. They're threaded 3/8" BSPP.

Yesterday went with friend of mine to assist him with delivery of a Myford Super7 he had sold to a buyer in Sheffield.

Lovely wet day to load onto and tie down on trailer, lovely wet drive up the A38 and M1, nice and wet to unload on a sloping wet road then get up a rough concrete path into garage.

All went well, didn't drop it, no injuries and buyer very happy. Engine cranes, pallet trucks and chain hoists all came into their own.

Now got Midland Show to look forward to on Thursday

Colin

Making the second of a pair of Polly-V pulleys to replace the worn ones in the Beaver milling machine. 'Twould be far more effecient to start with castings, but the foundry isn't finished and I had a large lump of ally. In order to avoid more burns all over my arms and head, I've been using improvised chip guards. The photo is posed, due to the need to use a hand to drive the phone/camera, but the setup works very well. Catches 95-98% of the chips into the chip tray, rather than on me or the floor. I'm now on my third black plastic bin bag of chips .

We has pulleys! .

The original A section V belt ones, with back gear, give 80 to 3,000 rpm in eight steps. The new 5 groove J section Poly-V ones should give 90 to 4,300 in ten steps. I'd originally calculated that a 5 groove belt would be the right size, but I chickened out and went one size larger. The new ones are the same height and maximum diameter as the old ones, so they should fit easily.

The original pulleys are severely worn, apart from having broken sides. The new ones should make belt changing much less of a hassle because the grooves and belt are so shallow.

Now I can start making a replacement hollow splined shaft for the spindle drive.

Edited By Mark Rand on 17/10/2018 16:16:08

What have I been doing today? Jobs around the house for "HER THAT MUST BE OBEYED" As I have managed to get transport to Midland Exhibition on Friday? Earn the Brownie points whilst you can

Me too; puts me in mind of an old adage... 'Doesn't matter how many attaboys you get, it only takes one 'oh sh1t' to wipe them all out...

George.

During a tidy up session I found the jars of brass turnings I had saved over a number of years...and I have quite a lot of brass bits & bobs & offcuts ... was hoping to melt them down and cast something but it seems to me quite a dangerous and involved process... do the scrappers take brass turnings...?

It's not difficult actually, a propane torch is adequate and you can use an old stainless steel pan or even the 'cup' off the top of an old flask as long as you don't expect it to last forever.

Melting temperature is good red heat, some insulation is helpful but you don't need a full furnace.

make sure your mould is dry.

I've had fun results using 3D printed 'lost PLA', this is about an inch high.

Neil

Thanks Neil...

You are making me think now...!

..Bob..

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Yes, but you will be doing well if you get £3 a Kilo.

Probably best to use them as a bed for blueing steel.

Edit: or, of course, follow Neil's guidance.

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 18/10/2018 15:46:08

Finished refurbing the garden seat; SWMBO was of the opinion ' take it to the recycling centre & we'll get a new one' … … no way methinks, so I set to a couple of days ago & after taking the accessories off went at it with my 4" grinder & flap wheel, got all the old stain & dried out varnish off the slats revealing nice solid teak slats, followed up with a rubdown & new coat of teak stain.

Today a wire brushed the CI end frames to get rid of some mould & loose flakes of original paint plus giving it a key.I had bought some Rustoleum metal paint from Boyes ( usual disclaimer ) that was a match for the original paint, boy that stuff goes off quick, similar to Hammerite, & gave it a severe coating, I resprayed the slat supports with black satin finish auto spray & once dry reassembled it all back together, fitted all new screws & bolts, voila ! now who says we need to get another new one … Am I due some brownie points ?... yep! … will I get them … I doubt it …



George.

What you may well get is "that's very nice dear, but I really would like the one we saw at the garden centre".

Really nice result George. If Robbo is right and the domestic authority insists on replacing it with a new one, give me a call and I'll be round smartish to collect it.

Jim

Yesterday, actually...

Deary me! That sounds almost like a protest from the offended--by-everything Snowflake Generation!

I'm not bullying anyone and there's no-one forcing you to click on the twitter message and go to that den of horror and iniquity if you don't want to.

If you are really worried, just turn off third party cookies and you won't see the tweets.

We have over 2,000 followers on twitter, although we have nearly 25,000 forum members they are not all on the forum regularly so using both helps me reach a significant number of readers and potential readers.

Embedding a tweet helps me get short messages and comments across quickly on both platforms, especially when there's a decent sized image.

Neil.

Today I thought I'd finally get around to reading the recent copies of MEW Digital that I didn't have the time to browse previously. However it seems that my opportunity to view the content ended with the subscription about a month ago. In other words, the last 3 or so issues came and went unseen.

I may be wrong in which case I'd love to hear so. Otherwise it seems the subscription doesn't "give" you the content, it only allows you temporary visibility. In the case of the final issue, presumably you have about a month to read it. From what I recall, downloading a PDF copy is a tedious PITA but again, I may be wrong.

Have I got the right end of the stick? Can I still access the editions that came out when I was subscribed?

Murray