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MattF
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You should get yourself a hand grinder and a pour over funnel (Which won't sit properly on your posh mugs) just in case there's another coffee based emergency in the future.
Or, possibly, a teaspoon & a jar of instant coffee?
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I had one of those funnels from Japan. Used it all over then it got smashed in my baggage one trip. Never found another as good.You should get yourself a hand grinder and a pour over funnel (Which won't sit properly on your posh mugs) just in case there's another coffee based emergency in the future.
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Why would I pay for a jar of instant when I've got a whole garden of perfectly good dirt?
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You should get yourself a hand grinder and a pour over funnel (Which won't sit properly on your posh mugs) just in case there's another coffee based emergency in the future.
I've invested in some Mellow Birds and chipped a few free mugs in case any of you call round.
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Was it a Hario? The coloured plastic ones last forever (Clear ones I'd imagine go brittle), I've probably made 3000 coffees with one over the last five or six years and it's still going strong.
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I've taken to Camp coffee with evaporated milk Going by the unkind comments from witnesses I'm pretty sure that makes me the opposite of a coffee snob.I can’t drink instant. I really can’t. It plays my ulcers up something chronic.
Doctor reckons it’s the chemical they put in to make it instant
So I’m a coffee snob with medical exemption, not by choice!!
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A bit more milling machine modification/ improvement.
Some lubrication for the knee and table.
The shut off tap leaks so ordered another ball valve. Maybe it needs a bit of pressure to seal as it's pneumatic.
The elbows in the castings are for 5mm tube and i have 6mm. I was going to machine some connectors but can't really be bothered, so ordered 6mm x 1/8 bsp elbows.
The coolant drain tube from the table went through a weld elbow that i bodged onto some fittings years ago.
The size difference left a bit of a constriction in it. This always traps bits, blocks it and floods the table.
Got a more suitable sized elbow that should smooth the flow and bodged the original end fittings on.
Some lubrication for the knee and table.
The shut off tap leaks so ordered another ball valve. Maybe it needs a bit of pressure to seal as it's pneumatic.
The elbows in the castings are for 5mm tube and i have 6mm. I was going to machine some connectors but can't really be bothered, so ordered 6mm x 1/8 bsp elbows.
The coolant drain tube from the table went through a weld elbow that i bodged onto some fittings years ago.
The size difference left a bit of a constriction in it. This always traps bits, blocks it and floods the table.
Got a more suitable sized elbow that should smooth the flow and bodged the original end fittings on.
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Never really done much wood as I avoid it as much as possible on the mill but plastics can give the same issues. The best results for me have been with high helix sharp cutters meant for alu and on some materials I have found a conventional direction finish pass is required. Whether that will translate over to MDF I have no idea.
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A little update on my pallet breaker from a few pages back.
My free pallet supply turned up trumps today. We were passing in the car so it would have been rude not to have look.
Eight and a half pallets of varying quality picked up.
I guess the welds and construction get a pass?
And yes, I do value my time but sometimes a bit of brainless labour is a good thing. I see this as modern day log splitting. We can't all live near a forest, or 8ob for that matter, but industrial estates are everywhere. A lot of this will be firewood or kindling, but I think I can use most of the thicker boards and runners for projects. It would have been nice if the nail gun hadn't been turned up to 11 on most of these pallets but never mind.
My free pallet supply turned up trumps today. We were passing in the car so it would have been rude not to have look.
Eight and a half pallets of varying quality picked up.
I guess the welds and construction get a pass?
And yes, I do value my time but sometimes a bit of brainless labour is a good thing. I see this as modern day log splitting. We can't all live near a forest, or 8ob for that matter, but industrial estates are everywhere. A lot of this will be firewood or kindling, but I think I can use most of the thicker boards and runners for projects. It would have been nice if the nail gun hadn't been turned up to 11 on most of these pallets but never mind.
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