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I got 3 bessey clamps used. Like that but with ratcheting levers. 12" off eBay. I thought I'd bid on one £30. Imagine how pleased I was when 3 turned up! I never really read the description and the pic only showed one.
I can honestly say, best clamps I've ever used.
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Yes, they seem good but even better when they were £7.80 each deliveredThank God for that ! , btw would you rate them at decent at little over tenner eachwell if they're in stock
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I searched a while back for the blanking caps and couldn't find them for love nor money, where did you get them from?Finally got round to making some TIG tubes out of 40mm solvent weld waste pipe
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I ended up making them from a 40mm plug plus a coupler. Must be cheaper options around, but I gave up looking
https://www.bes.co.uk/polypipe-40-mm-white-socket-plug-solvent-11915/
https://www.bes.co.uk/40-mm-white-straight-coupling-solvent-11843/
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Recently I bought some 50mm spring spacer blocks for the Jeep. They were intended to be a stop gap solution until i get the new suspension bits stuck together
Turns out you only get 35mm increase in lift as you can't use the original spring isolators which are 15mm thick
Had some UHMWPE bar so turned up some additional spacers to get some space between the new bigger tyres and wheel arches
Didn't have to do the same for the rear, turns out the std front springs are slightly stiffer than the rear and lift about 3.5", after cutting 1 turn off the coils the rear now sits level with the front
Turns out you only get 35mm increase in lift as you can't use the original spring isolators which are 15mm thick
Had some UHMWPE bar so turned up some additional spacers to get some space between the new bigger tyres and wheel arches
Didn't have to do the same for the rear, turns out the std front springs are slightly stiffer than the rear and lift about 3.5", after cutting 1 turn off the coils the rear now sits level with the front
Explain their use please?Finally got round to making some TIG tubes out of 40mm solvent weld waste pipe
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Storing TIG welding wire perhaps?
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I use the same approach for storing TIG rods on my TIG welding cart/trolley. It works great. I added O-rings to seal the tubes. I keep the six types of rod on the cart that I use most frequently.Finally got round to making some TIG tubes out of 40mm solvent weld waste pipe
Lol, ok.Spot on
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Made a stepper motor spacer last night from some of that 7050 alloy from @hotponyshoes 
Bit of a shame that I had to turn 20mm of thickness into swarf though
Bit of a shame that I had to turn 20mm of thickness into swarf though
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i was speaking to a machinist/owner of local precision engineering company and he reckons he has had two prototrak mills and neither of them were particularly good. Loose as a nags ass or something along those lines.Made a stepper motor spacer last night from some of that 7050 alloy from @hotponyshoes
Bit of a shame that I had to turn 20mm of thickness into swarf though
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yours seems to be getting a good finish. maybe he just had friday afternoon models.
he went out and bought a Hurco in the end. for one offs he reckons it's just as quick.
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Ah ok
I know a few people who love prototraks... like you say he probably got friday machines.
This machine is pretty nice considering its age. Circular pockets and frames come out as round as you can measure them. I worried about the wear and backlash in the belt drives and the ballscrews, but can't be much wrong with them if they can make stuff perfectly round.
Once I get my 4th axis sorted, the lathe might see even less work than it currently does
The circular pocket and boss on the spacer were both a tap-on fit to the motor and housing
I'm starting to get a bit faster at programming it to do what i want now.
The head is a thou or so out of tram so it drags ever so slightly when facing left to right, not bothered to adjust it yet.
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that's good to hear. i did consider looking into one as nothing i make is repetitive always one offs, question is of age/price though.Ah ok
I know a few people who love prototraks... like you say he probably got friday machines.
This machine is pretty nice considering its age. Circular pockets and frames come out as round as you can measure them. I worried about the wear and backlash in the belt drives and the ballscrews, but can't be much wrong with them if they can make stuff perfectly round.
Once I get my 4th axis sorted, the lathe might see even less work than it currently does
The circular pocket and boss on the spacer were both a tap-on fit to the motor and housing
I'm starting to get a bit faster at programming it to do what i want now.
The head is a thou or so out of tram so it drags ever so slightly when facing left to right, not bothered to adjust it yet.
there's a lot up to about 5k that look trashed then nothing until 15k which is quite expensive for a mill. £15k would buy you a nice borer
