The_Yellow_Ardvark
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That may be, but they were free.
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That may be, but they were free.
Dr.Al
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Some parallel jaw pliers. I've been meaning to get some of these for ages.
The two on the left have sprung arms. One has straight jaws, the other has jaws that taper to a point. The one on the right without the spring has serrated teeth and a little v-groove scored in it. I didn't realise when I ordered it that it lacked a spring, but c'est la vie.
The two on the left have sprung arms. One has straight jaws, the other has jaws that taper to a point. The one on the right without the spring has serrated teeth and a little v-groove scored in it. I didn't realise when I ordered it that it lacked a spring, but c'est la vie.
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I need a new hammer Mr Vark
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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No, you need to find the ones you lost in your playpen.
Then when you have not, you need a old hammer.
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Today I saved these from the dump.
it was the Parvelux motor I was focused on with the speed controller on the side,
father said to do some research on it before I break it up, turns out to be a Thorne Universal Heavy Duty Electric Tangential Extractor, in short a honey extractor. I pluged it in and it works perfect. I have a dilemma given the cost of these to buy new, whether to break or just clean it up and see what it makes, I dont know if there is much call for them.
The other thing I picked up was this little Clarkes table saw.
I haven't plugged it in yet as the switch had a bit of water in, the motor maybe of some use 4000rpm, typical as I have just bought a motor for the cutter grinder.
it was the Parvelux motor I was focused on with the speed controller on the side,
father said to do some research on it before I break it up, turns out to be a Thorne Universal Heavy Duty Electric Tangential Extractor, in short a honey extractor. I pluged it in and it works perfect. I have a dilemma given the cost of these to buy new, whether to break or just clean it up and see what it makes, I dont know if there is much call for them.
The other thing I picked up was this little Clarkes table saw.
I haven't plugged it in yet as the switch had a bit of water in, the motor maybe of some use 4000rpm, typical as I have just bought a motor for the cutter grinder.
Parm
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I’m not looking, I need a new hammer, said while stamping feet
Farside
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Given the number of urban beekeepers nowadays I'd think there would be a ready market for that. Don't know what price though.
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Do you have a link to the suppliers please?, I've been looking for some, but so far all I've found are smaller ones designed for the jewelry trade
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I know my brother in law hummed and hahed over buying one, and he has a fair number of beehives, so I doubt they're cheap - probably more than another Parvalux.
Dave H. (the other one)
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Core yes Dave Im buzzin
just come off the Thorne website new today Price: £927.50 without the stand,
gonna have to stick it on the auction site, like you say bit more than another Parvalux. I think I will have a look inside the speed controller, just to see how they are wired and see if I could get something like it for my cutter grinder.
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I've been thinking about getting a small bench top blasting cabinet for cleaning up bike parts and today found one in the skip at college along with a wheeled cabinet it sits on
Needs a bit of work like new gauntlets and a seal for the top, but for free I can't complain. Strangely it came out the art department not engineering.
Needs a bit of work like new gauntlets and a seal for the top, but for free I can't complain. Strangely it came out the art department not engineering.
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Have a look at Maun Industries https://www.maunindustries.com/parallel-action-flat-nose-plier/
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I bought them from a seller called "tools n tools". They market them as jewellery tools but do lots of different sizes.
https://www.toolsntoolsuk.co.uk/product-category/jewelry-tools/parallel-action-pliers/
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I've been thinking about getting a small bench top blasting cabinet for cleaning up bike parts and today found one in the skip at college along with a wheeled cabinet it sits on
Needs a bit of work like new gauntlets and a seal for the top, but for free I can't complain. Strangely it came out the art department not engineering.View attachment 210622
Bit of a result...
Dave H. (the other one)
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Core yes Dave Im buzzin
I've saved a motor for mine, DC max 5000 rpm 700w 200v volt as fitted to the Chinese mini mills, and I have a KBIC controller that needs diagnosis and repair and a tacho to watch over it. I'll add a PC fan to cool it at low revs so it doesn't let its magic smoke out!
Dave H. (the other one)
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A KB KBIC240 DC controller (mains to motor) is good, but not that cheap, there are also Chinese copies (the real KB are mostly surface-mount, the Chinese old-school leaded components - so easer to fix if/when they go wrong), they'll give you presets for max current limit, min / max speed, acceleration and IR compensation (stabilises speed), needs a single external potentiometer for setting speed and a "HP resistor" that plugs into the board to match the motor (e,g, a 2HP for that motor). There are also "cheap" all-in-one motor controllers on EvilBay...
Alternative is a fairy chunky bridge rectifier (e.g. 10A, 400v) fed from a thyristor/PWM controller capable of 6 amps or more, doesn't get the clever features you'd get with the KB or clone, though and there's the risk you could over-volt it.
Something like this would do it pretty well if you can wait a while:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AC180V-2...946910&hash=item1a20615cf1:g:rnoAAOSwWnpdQ9Ri
Dave H. (the other one)
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