Stuff you have made today

[daleyd]

What's the orange thing top left? With all the buttons?

Label printer

 

[brightspark]

Label printer

ohh brother

 

[redlig]

just never had the time to sort out and organise.

It took two weeks, binned loads of stuff, but mainly making use of lost space. And binning stuff.

I spent two weeks at the beginning of all the covid lark clearing up and resetting my workshop.I looks better but now I cannot find a B****y thing . I've told wifey to shoot me if she ever gets the impression I 'm clearing up again.

 

[Barking Mat]

I spent two weeks at the beginning of all the covid lark clearing up and resetting my workshop.I looks better but now I cannot find a B****y thing . I've told wifey to shoot me if she ever gets the impression I 'm clearing up again.

Tell me about it.

My colleague rearranged the stock shelves. Same problem.

 

[mtt.tr]

What's the orange thing top left? With all the buttons?

Label printer

Yes label printer, typically all my reels are used up. normally use printable heat shrink tubing for the 6 wires

 

[Hood]

Heatshrink tubing is brilliant when doing wiring, used it on my last CNC retrofit, bloody expensive mind you

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[Barking Mat]

Yes label printer, typically all my reels are used up. normally use printable heat shrink tubing for the 6 wires

Lovely way of doing cabling. Motorsports company next door put me on to that one, for looms. Looks super professional.

 

[mtt.tr]

Heatshrink tubing is brilliant when doing wiring, used it on my last CNC retrofit, bloody expensive mind you

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this time im trying amazon special stuff,
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08JYX1VG8/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?smid=AP5WUDNXFKLBC&psc=1

 

[Hood]

this time im trying amazon special stuff,
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08JYX1VG8/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?smid=AP5WUDNXFKLBC&psc=1

I just used compatible as well. It was eBay I got them from, can't remember how much but think it may have been a bit more expensive than these you linked to.

 

[Barking Mat]

Heatshrink tubing is brilliant when doing wiring, used it on my last CNC retrofit, bloody expensive mind you

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Cheaper option is to just print out the little ribbon sticker then encapsulate it in clear heat shrink. Looks very professional too.

 

[m_c]

I've got one of those label printers as well. Handy thing to have, but the wastage annoys me, unless you can manage to do a big batch of printing at once.

 

[redlig]

.....a fingerless glove
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60 years ago I watched a pillar drill operator have his nice clean cotton glove caught in the swarf while drilling with a 1 1/2 inch drill . It went thro the back of the glove and dragged his hand into the drill. Result one crippled hand. I've never worn gloves with M/C's since except tiggin and migging.

 

[redlig]

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One more box sorted.

So, I made bread, by hand.
I always recon that kneading bread by hand was the best way to get your hands REALLY clean. And who notices grey bread?
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But the Lego was dirty, so I washed it on a hot wash.

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[Hood]

Cheaper option is to just print out the little ribbon sticker then encapsulate it in clear heat shrink. Looks very professional too.

On bigger wires that is the case but that wire in the pic I posted is under 1mm diameter.

I've got one of those label printers as well. Handy thing to have, but the wastage annoys me, unless you can manage to do a big batch of printing at once.

Yes that is one thing that annoys me as well, always puts out a wee bit before the label so, like you, I try and type a long string of labels so that only one bit is wasted.

 

[mtt.tr]

as an aside to all of this, its absolutely critical to not mix up the winding's polarity, i know this seems odd for ac

you have U1 V1 W1 then U2 V2 W2

its really important to not confuse the 1s with the 2s otherwise one winding will be trying to rotate in a separate direction this will make the motor a bit smokey

 

[mtt.tr]

On bigger wires that is the case but that wire in the pic I posted is under 1mm diameter.


Yes that is one thing that annoys me as well, always puts out a wee bit before the label so, like you, I try and type a long string of labels so that only one bit is wasted.

i will normally try to print a long label then cut it down, sadly the waste is unavoidable due to how it feeds the ribbon

 

[Kram]

Started on the cordless diamond grinder body

Rather than flip it in the 4 jaw I turned a 32mm OD and will use the collet chuck if it indicates ok. 28mm bore so its a bit thin, I will make up a sliding fit plug to strengthen.
Would have 1 thou interferance on the bearing *if* it was to size, but its measuring 27.98mm and I expected an exacy 28mm close enough.

 

[Barking Mat]

Started on the cordless diamond grinder body

Rather than flip it in the 4 jaw I turned a 32mm OD and will use the collet chuck if it indicates ok. 28mm bore so its a bit thin, I will make up a sliding fit plug to strengthen.
Would have 1 thou interferance on the bearing *if* it was to size, but its measuring 27.98mm and I expected an exacy 28mm close enough.

What's 0.02 mm between friends?

 

[Agroshield]

...as an aside to all of this, it's absolutely critical to not mix up the winding's polarity...

If you coerce it into some kind of English, this tells you how to solve the problem if you think they may be mixed up. It's worth bookmarking or saving:

http://www.seekic.com/circuit_diagr...winding_reverse_connection_check_circuit.html

 

[mtt.tr]

If you coerce it into some kind of English, this tells you how to solve the problem if you think they may be mixed up. It's worth bookmarking or saving:

http://www.seekic.com/circuit_diagr...winding_reverse_connection_check_circuit.html

this is the method i would use, i knew someone would have written it up somewhere

https://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/threads/3-phase-induction-motor-winding-polarity.89510/