Midland
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Post by Midland on Jul 26, 2021 20:20:23 GMT
What have I done today? Wife got a bit tichy about Covid and all, cough etc so I arranged a test for her. Thought might as well see what the fuss is about and called the number for the local testing tent down the road. Twenty minutes on the phone, press 1 for this press 3 for that and eventally got an appointment. Took it for ten minutes to go. 'That is cutting it a bit fine Sir?'. I can almost see the damn thing from here mate!!! So she was ushered in through three layers of secuity with me in tow. "I have your wife's appointment, may I see her phone?" Yes here is mine!!! That got them. So anyway I joined her in this tent with twelve/ fourteen booths. How many staff do you have on today? Only fourteen this afternoon! For two of us!!!!! 8am to 8pm!! Anyway shoved things down our throats and noses, disgusting and put them in envelops all written in Chinese. God bless the Chinese, give us a virus and then make us use their testers, that is capitalism, and apparently they make quite good locos, so say some!!! So, she will come back clear, I will be a rats nest of infections and have to go in my workshop for ten days with meals delivered through the hatch, what fun!!! David
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JonL
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Post by JonL on Jul 27, 2021 4:27:41 GMT
Wet anthracite will explode on contact with a hot fire and go straight to the tube stack. Check the contents of the tubes is the anthracite burnt or unburnt? If unburnt don't be to hard on yourself. It looks like it's completely unburned, coal gravel. Thanks
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Post by smallbrother on Jul 27, 2021 8:16:27 GMT
Wet anthracite will explode on contact with a hot fire and go straight to the tube stack. Check the contents of the tubes is the anthracite burnt or unburnt? If unburnt don't be to hard on yourself. It looks like it's completely unburned, coal gravel. Thanks Wet anthracite in the middle of July on a boiling hot day? Pete.
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JonL
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Post by JonL on Jul 27, 2021 10:04:21 GMT
It looks like it's completely unburned, coal gravel. Thanks Wet anthracite in the middle of July on a boiling hot day? Pete. It certainly looks like coal grit, I don't recall putting small stuff on but it's certainly possible
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Post by norfolkandgood on Jul 27, 2021 16:44:07 GMT
What have I done today? Wife got a bit tichy about Covid and all, cough etc so I arranged a test for her. Thought might as well see what the fuss is about and called the number for the local testing tent down the road. Twenty minutes on the phone, press 1 for this press 3 for that and eventally got an appointment. Took it for ten minutes to go. 'That is cutting it a bit fine Sir?'. I can almost see the damn thing from here mate!!! So she was ushered in through three layers of secuity with me in tow. "I have your wife's appointment, may I see her phone?" Yes here is mine!!! That got them. So anyway I joined her in this tent with twelve/ fourteen booths. How many staff do you have on today? Only fourteen this afternoon! For two of us!!!!! 8am to 8pm!! Anyway shoved things down our throats and noses, disgusting and put them in envelops all written in Chinese. God bless the Chinese, give us a virus and then make us use their testers, that is capitalism, and apparently they make quite good locos, so say some!!! So, she will come back clear, I will be a rats nest of infections and have to go in my workshop for ten days with meals delivered through the hatch, what fun!!! David Best of luck to yous, hope it's not Covid. I have a sure fire method for not getting 'pinged' I don't have a smart phone! And it's 100% effective. Having a very suspicious nature and also being deeply sceptical of all officialdom and pseudo officialdom, I strongly suspect that a few people are making an awful lot of money by providing labour, consumables and consultancy work on the back of this pandemic. Guy
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Post by uuu on Jul 27, 2021 17:17:01 GMT
...I strongly suspect that a few people are making an awful lot of money by providing labour, consumables and consultancy work on the back of this pandemic. Guy Yes - but since it's your money they're spending, you won't get value for money if you opt out of all the resulting games. You've got to join in to get payback. Wilf
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Post by darrene on Jul 27, 2021 18:49:19 GMT
With the temperatures dropping a bit I've spent the last couple of days de-sleepering about 75m of dual gauge track in preparation for re-sleepering it. The old construction was wooden sleepers and steel screws. I think my drill has earnt its keep over the last 48h I've also been measuring gradients for my proposed ground layout route. It never ceases to amaze me how land which looks 'pretty flat' is actually more akin to the north face of the Eiger when measured. Perhaps I'm just rubbish at judging 'pretty flat'! Here are a sample of the readings I took Taken at 10m intervals 1 - Fall of 1:33 2 - Rise of 1:166 3 - Fall of 1:23 4 - Fall of 1:27 5 - Fall of 1:18 6 - Fall of 1:34 7 - Fall of 1:23 1-3 are along the top of the garden before moving down it. I'm using aluminium rail which will lose me some traction, so although the locos are 4-6-2s and 4-6-0s pulling only me and a couple of children I should still only be entertaining slopes less than 1:60 or so, at a guess? Darren
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Post by Midland on Jul 27, 2021 20:58:26 GMT
Darren Try rack and pinion, works great on the hills!! D
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Post by keith1500 on Jul 27, 2021 21:41:58 GMT
A bit of progress with the instrument. I have cut out the faceplate and found a way of making the rear indicator plate slide up and down freely. The face plate is attached to the paxolin base using countersunk 6BA screws. The screws being tapped into paxolin. Signal instrument by GL5Keith1500, on Flickr I used brass as the guides fixed in place using 6BA screws. The screws will be hidden by the spacer frame that sits between the faceplate and the glass. I felt there should be a shim or similar to prevent the indicator plate from rubbing and becoming scratched. In the end I used 20 thou plasticard which along with the brass ensures the indicator plate moves very freely. Signal instrument by GL5Keith1500, on Flickr
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Post by dscott on Jul 28, 2021 0:08:41 GMT
The morning was spent getting the stiff motion going on the Hunslet. This is the trouble when she has been a sort of display model, After a while better movement is detected. Then linking in a rod to the left hand cylinder and doing the same.
Go and photo the new house being built on our road, now with its main roof complete ready for the rainy season. Done a series of them since it was just a garden!!!
Threaded the main 1/2 inch copper pipe 1/2 by 26 TPI which was the usual fun. Both ends. Then cleaned up the four rods.
David and Lily.
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Post by darrene on Jul 28, 2021 12:59:56 GMT
Darren Try rack and pinion, works great on the hills!! D A 3 1/2” gauge funicular. Hmm…
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Post by rrmrd66 on Jul 29, 2021 11:35:47 GMT
Hi everybody In fact what I did last Saturday. Stunning scenery, non stop sun and immaculate organisation. The attached (2 parts) sums it all up much better than I can. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sBvabuXdoYCheers Malcolm
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Post by dscott on Jul 29, 2021 23:29:22 GMT
I enjoyed that. He says returning after another hour of You Tube. My mouse went for the Hunslet page and I am just back. Yes this morning I was on a tidy up mission which included some cutting up of lumps of metal with The Lidl Cut off saw.
Then in the afternoon a visit to that store as the toilet paper was running low in the Workshop. Then gather some petrol and home passing Berkshire Metals. Scott had enjoyed his Holiday in Wales and managed to get up Snowdon and all sorts of other stuff. OH yes I got some more metal.
David and Lily.
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Post by John Baguley on Jul 30, 2021 11:07:18 GMT
The DRO kit for the ML7 arrived today from MachineDRO. There were more bits than I was expecting!
Most of the bits seem to be brackets for mounting the Z axis scale and it's reader.
The paper bag has the magnetic strip and mounting brackets for the X axis:
I'm hoping that I can fit it without having to drag the lathe away from the wall.
I've also now got all the parts for the Electronic Leadscrew Project and have made a start on that. I've assembled the Display and Boost Board kits from James and eventually got the software loaded onto the TI Launchpad board. All that is now working.
Twiddling the encoder shows the RPM display is working as well.
I've now got to decide how to fit the encoder and the servo motor to the lathe and find a box to put the electronics in.
Fun times ahead!
John
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Post by norfolkandgood on Jul 30, 2021 11:29:49 GMT
After fitting one to my mill recently I'm very tempted to go down the DRO route for my Myford now. Did you go for the 'No Drill' or 'Drill and Tap' option John? Guy
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Post by John Baguley on Jul 30, 2021 12:32:13 GMT
I went for the option with the embedded cross slide scale. This involves milling a 10mm wide by 1.8mm slot on the underneath of the cross slide and drilling and tapping two 6mm holes in the end of the cross slide to mount an extension block for the magnetic scale. So far as I know everything else just bolts on using existing holes on the lathe.
I went for the embedded scale as it leaves the rear of the saddle clear and there's nothing to interfere with the travel of the tailstock. Some people may not be happy with having to modify the cross slide so the older 'no drill' kit may suit them better.
John
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Post by dhamblin on Jul 30, 2021 18:11:50 GMT
I went for the embedded scale as well for maximum flexibility. Bit of a gamble with no milling capability, but my friends at Track Workshop helped out and it's been doing sterling service since this whole COVID thing kicked off.
Regards,
Dan
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Post by andyhigham on Jul 30, 2021 19:55:31 GMT
The Newell DRO scale on my Harrison uses a bit of "out of the box" thinking. The scale protrudes backwards from the cross slide so it is out of the way and less suceptible to damage
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Post by keith1500 on Jul 30, 2021 20:48:08 GMT
I picked up the solenoid from the club the other evening. It just fits! It doesn’t leave much room for the linkage. So it’s going to be a challenge to get this to work. The rough thought process is mapped out. Signal instrument by GL5Keith1500, on Flickr Some components work out well, some don’t and will be remade but nevertheless they can be used to prove or disprove the concept. Signal instrument by GL5Keith1500, on Flickr
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Post by dscott on Jul 30, 2021 22:40:15 GMT
And we both make it into the new Model engineer with having Cold Feet in our workshop under the Reading Club.
I spent the morning having a massive sort out. The trouble is you get into a project and the piles of stuff pile up and you are then beaten into trying to find something. Far too many weekends away and having fun has not helped!!! Lunch was when the rain stopped and back to more organizing. A wonderful tip with drawers full of bits is to leave the ones checked slightly open... The next time you look through close as you finish and so on. Lily came and dusted down the far bench and floor.
Then I made a shopping list. The Rainforrest of a garden has gone beyond all the equipment intended for it.
David and Lily.
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