5.5 kg "too heavy to get out when needed" is very limiting: a no1 Record, at about 12 lb and with 3" jaws, is that weight and I'd expect most of the other old-school brands to be fairly similar. A size 0 (2 1.2" jaws) or 00 (2 1/4" jaws) will obviously be lighter and can be attached to a board...
Just out of curiosity, can the excruciatingly expensive RHP idjt25 be replaced with a much cheaper and readily-available 3205 bearing? Dimensions of the 3205 are 52mm OD, 25mm ID, 20.6mm thick. Idjt 25 seems to be 52 od, 25 I'd, 21mm thick. Both are double-row, angular contact.
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Any good? It's way thinner wire than you seem to want (are you cooking whole beasts?), but as per NDIY above, sticking a support grid underneath would deal with that.
Most of the fixed-output LEDs I've come across are DC and have constant output. Most of the dimming circuits on torches and some mains-powered lights seem to use PWM, and will have a tendency to show strobe effects with rotating machinery at certain frequencies.
Fluorescent lights produce a...
Realistically, it probably doesn't matter much which you go for in the application: unless you are cracking off recalcitrant nuts, you're unlikely to subject the ratchet mechanism to enough torque to risk breakage.
I'm pretty sure I've had both RS pro and Bahco non-reversible 30mm ratchet...
None of the Butane ones I've come across have really impressed me for heat-shrink, though they've tended to be much better for soldering. I had an RS one with a catalytic jobbie to give hot air for many years, possibly a rebranded Portasol, and it only occasionally caused significant profanity...
I "think" that technically, the Neutral (star point of the 3-phase LV) is bonded to Earth at the final step-down transformer. Though it's true that lots of other points in the distribution system are also bonded to Earth/ground, it's my understanding that the one at the transformer is the one...
If you really need accuracy and precision for your application (for welding, it's not needed), you are probably better off with something else: perhaps Thermal Mass Flow? Whatever alternative seems appropriate, it'll cost a lot more than a rotameter.
A few years ago in my day job, I was getting...
That's a lot of sticky-up thread, so I don't imagine there's enough hole depth to drive them down.
Whenever installing wedge anchors, if at all possible, it's a good idea to drill to a depth that'll let you drive the anchor down flush with, or below, the concrete surface if/when they are no...
I tend to find my BS filter kicks in pretty hard when I see "carbide" used on its own: Iron Carbide is what makes Iron into Steel, so pretty much every chuck I've ever encountered has "carbide" jaws.
Until a few years ago, both Screwfix and Toolstation sold an unbranded 1/2" x 20 13mm...
Bobupndown has it summed up pretty well.
Personally, I'd tickle it with a file to get it back to something reasonably close to hexagonal, heat it enough to kill any anaerobic sealant in it (aka Loctite) then use a hex socket and breaker bar, or if you have one, an impact wrench. I have a few...
DC on every one I've ever checked. O-10VDC (or 2-10V) is a pretty common industrial control signal and using 10VDC allows the VFD manufacturer to cover both 0/2-10V and potentiometer inputs without adding any extra components. Adding a 5k Ohm resistor (sometimes already incorporated into the...
Once it's cutting, a D-bit won't wander. As said above, it bears on the inside of the hole and keeps going straight. The most basic design of gun drill. I think the trick will be getting it central to start cutting, but you've got that covered with the bushes. It's been a while since I've used a...
The genuine Solberg ones are probably the best, but spendy. Back when we were taking measurements and trying to get the noise level below 85 dB(A) in the containers when the compressor was running, we felt they were worth it, along with the Paulstradyn mounts. The Solberg copies off Amazon/eBay...
The compressor looks a lot like an aiedirect hw16. 3HP, 150l.
We use quite a few 3HP, 150l piston compressors at work and the HW16s are our favourite. Slow-running, relatively quiet, very reliable and long-lasting. We find them rather boring, which is probably the highest praise a plant...
The bimetal Saxton blades have tended to do just as well as the better-known brands for me.
The Milwaukee Torch Carbide blades are a real eye-opener if you've got heavy steel cutting to do. I had a site job last month that needed 4 cuts through 100 x 25mm steel in-situ with an 18V recip saw...