Today I acquired...........

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

I have found the old ones of mine.

The one I was looking for tonight ended up being in another thread but struggled to find stuff I know I've posted here

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Not the psu. The rotary encoder. Given the cost of these new I wouldnt have expected them to be plastic but they are. The crack allowed the encoder to spin on the motor shaft stopping it calibrating and zero hid input.
Some careful supergluing and its alive. $38 for a brass replacment from thailand. Proven to work so not the end of the world. No way I could machine it myself. View attachment 127584

http://cmlaserservice.com/page_g25_g27_optical_encoder_wheel.html

Nearly 2 years since this arrived.

Got the urge to game again and as the plastic disk for the encoder was still in place though I should really change it.
These vibrate a lot in use due to ffb and the encoder is on the bottom of the motor

New gpu arrives tomorrow and il be introducing the eldest to borderlands

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

How are you searching? I've never had a problem finding my old posts, you've got to use Google though, not the inbuilt forum search.

If you type into Google 'Site:mig-welding.co.uk "elusivemite", "[some text from the post]"' it will only return pages on this site featuring both your name and the quoted text.

Aye. Didn't get that far.

Normally start search from the thread I'm wanting to search. Choose this thread only my Nick and drawers know I posted up those in here but no results returned.
Wait one and il test again

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Aye. Didn't get that far.

Normally start search from the thread I'm wanting to search. Choose this thread only my Nick and drawers know I posted up those in here but no results returned.
Wait one and il test again

And it's working tonight
Was getting frustrated trying to find posts last week. Gave up in the end.
Maybe forum was glitching.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Taster in Costco today. Left with a bottle and it's leaking too.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Friday I was given this small bundle.

 

[DAPPH]

Finally, after the fiasco that was the pos that we were suckered into buying 2 years ago, we've acquired a working, professionally installed, and damned good looking multi-fuel burning stove .

Hunter Herald 5, the same as we had in the farm cottage near Spurn Point, it's brought a partial end to the stove woes, and after a few gentle burns, a full head of steam is imminent and steel will be smelted . Will be collecting a couple of dumpy bags of seasoned hardwood logs tomorrow, but in the meantime I'm recreating some of the scenes from "Whisky Galore!", as a prelude to finishing work on Monday, when I shall spend all day in the yard wearing my Minion onesie .

Slainte!! .

Pictures needed , we don't believe the onesie thing one iota.

 

[DAPPH]

Bought a Clarke Bandsaw on eBay for not a lot of money and was due to collect it today. I got a message from the seller saying they plugged it in and couldn’t get it to work so I could still have it for free if I wanted. So went round today to collect it and was greeted by an old lady who after talking to her for a bit figured out that she was selling up because her husband had died. I couldn’t walk away without giving her something so gave her a little bit of cash I had on me.

Upon getting it home, I noticed the belt guard switch wasn’t secure so that’s my first guess but I haven’t had chance to plug it in yet to confirm my suspicion.
Came with the flimsy stand too but took it off to get it in the car.

I also bought an erbauer auto-retract 1/4” air hose reel from Screwfix as it was the same price the similar offerings available on eBay. Upon getting it home, I saw those hose and thought it looked a bit thick for 1/4”, checke it and the labels on it and it’s a 3/8” hose reel.

That band saw is quite reasonable .. there is a whole thread about tweaking it up & fitting a better damper.

I was given mine , had to rewire everything as it had been taped & wired direct to the motor . Had to put some new guide bearings on it. Used Hypoid axle oil for the gear box & found it still leaked out a tad so put 1/4 amount hypoid oil & a big filling dollop of lithium grease in it instead .. no more leaks . Machine Mart does have the blades @ app £9 IIRC ( for three blades in a pack ) they last a long time if you give a few squirts of WD 40 & an odd squirt of cutting oil on the cut when cutting . I give the blade a final WD40 spray whilst it's running to clean the blade off before fully cleaning it & putting it to bed for a few weeks outside under a tarp.

I added an extended drop down square bottomed " U " shaped handle just clear of the floor to the opposite end of the wheels, to make it easier to move around and made up an axle on some 50 mm angle iron so I could put some inch wide by 6 " dia solid Delrin wheels on it .

 

[4String.]

Pictures needed , we don't believe the onesie thing one iota.

O ye of little faith....

 

[4String.]

Hurrah and huzzah, a tidy workshop, complete with lairy matting on the floor.




And I also acquired a big hug and lots of brownie points from my OH, for dedicating my request to her live on air after being contacted by Johnnie Walker on Radio 2 this afternoon .

 

[kcchan]

That band saw is quite reasonable .. there is a whole thread about tweaking it up & fitting a better damper.

I was given mine , had to rewire everything as it had been taped & wired direct to the motor . Had to put some new guide bearings on it. Used Hypoid axle oil for the gear box & found it still leaked out a tad so put 1/4 amount hypoid oil & a big filling dollop of lithium grease in it instead .. no more leaks . Machine Mart does have the blades @ app £9 IIRC ( for three blades in a pack ) they last a long time if you give a few squirts of WD 40 & an odd squirt of cutting oil on the cut when cutting . I give the blade a final WD40 spray whilst it's running to clean the blade off before fully cleaning it & putting it to bed for a few weeks outside under a tarp.

I added an extended drop down square bottomed " U " shaped handle just clear of the floor to the opposite end of the wheels, to make it easier to move around and made up an axle on some 50 mm angle iron so I could put some inch wide by 6 " dia solid Delrin wheels on it .

Got a lot of mods lined up. I might get round to some of them over the Christmas break. I want to make a new stand for it, add the damper and also put a little coolant system on it.

 

[4String.]

Got a lot of mods lined up.

Sorry .

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

A lot of organisation and space in the office/storeroom.

New gpu arrives and fitted along with a few more SSD for game installs.
Bit of sim racing later. Got a new one to test out

 

[slim_boy_fat]

And I also acquired a big hug and lots of brownie points from my OH, for dedicating my request to her live on air after being contacted by Johnnie Walker on Radio 2 this afternoon

You smooth talking devil, you...

 

[Dieselman 63]

A shonky restoration job on this rather nice NZ made Carver clamp. Paint was rubbish, Rustoleum painters touch. It’ll soon chip off anyway!

 

[kcchan]

Bought a Clarke Bandsaw on eBay for not a lot of money and was due to collect it today. I got a message from the seller saying they plugged it in and couldn’t get it to work so I could still have it for free if I wanted. So went round today to collect it and was greeted by an old lady who after talking to her for a bit figured out that she was selling up because her husband had died. I couldn’t walk away without giving her something so gave her a little bit of cash I had on me.

Upon getting it home, I noticed the belt guard switch wasn’t secure so that’s my first guess but I haven’t had chance to plug it in yet to confirm my suspicion.
Came with the flimsy stand too but took it off to get it in the car.

I also bought an erbauer auto-retract 1/4” air hose reel from Screwfix as it was the same price the similar offerings available on eBay. Upon getting it home, I saw those hose and thought it looked a bit thick for 1/4”, checke it and the labels on it and it’s a 3/8” hose reel.

It wasn't quite the simple fix I was hoping it was. I depressed the belt guard switch and pressed the on button and nothing. Lifted the switch up and noticed one of the spade connectors loose. Pushed it on properly and tested it again and it bingo! Happy days!

Going to design a stand for it over the break and hopefully order some steel. I want to integrate a drip tray for the coolant too.

 

[steviec_lj]

It wasn't quite the simple fix I was hoping it was. I depressed the belt guard switch and pressed the on button and nothing. Lifted the switch up and noticed one of the spade connectors loose. Pushed it on properly and tested it again and it bingo! Happy days!

Going to design a stand for it over the break and hopefully order some steel. I want to integrate a drip tray for the coolant too.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Free on a local site was a comfy leather corner settee for my man cave.

 

[Pete.]

That's nice. Leather furniture seems to have fallen a bit out of fashion, we almost had to give ours away. It was in really nice nick and the woman who came and got it was nearly in tears, she was helping to re-home her daughter after an abusive relationship.

 

[Cobbler]

I took 2 leather swivel chairs to a charity that sets up places for the homeless, they weren’t top quality or anything, but in reasonable condition. The charity refused them, saying we couldn’t set someone up with those! Not nice enough. If I was homeless, I’d be grateful for whatever I could get hold of to set me up. The local animal charity had them for their shop though & were gone in a few days.