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I remember reading tuning for speed in college! Phil Irving was it not?
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Ask and ye shall receive if you're lucky .. I'll add more info as I get a better feel for it
First impressions - cordless die grinder 18V Katsu (Fakita / Makita compatiible)
A couple of people have asked for info about my latest acquisition so here goes ... I had a need to removed some metal from a deeply recessed casting (bottom edge of a cylinder in a diesel engine, working from below with the crankshaft still in situ.) Needs were something long and thin, first...
www.mig-welding.co.uk
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Where's that from then?
Ali express, I did wonder if it would be genuine or a knock off, checked with fluke and it’s a legit model for the asian market (doesn’t mean this one isn’t a fake). It’s very well built and comes with very legit looking packaging, all seems and feels very fluke like, I’d be very surprised if it isn’t genuine.
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Where from?At £15 each new it would be rude not to
I find they are better size/less unwieldy than a 5ah in a drill/impact
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I don't like those multimeters they are kinda basic.
I have multiple multimeters and they are all very flexible at least they are all capable to do basic stuff.
Off course they have their specific measurements which makes them unique
So I have a Fluke 17b clone (running on duracell batteries since 2014) from AliExpress it was 20 euros or something .
It replaced my 5 euro useless piece of junk.
Then I've bought a Fluke 115 which is enough accurate for most people needs.
That's a proper multimeter.
It lacks temperature probe interface but I've later bought a Fluke 62 Max.
A Fluke 336 AC DC clamp meter , which for regular maintenance is fine enough , but it's practically a clamp meter only , it's fine for high currents but not so much on the lower end as it doesn't have a lot of accuracy .
In fact this is a Basic instrument and why I'm saying I don't like basic instruments even if Fluke (the day after buying it, I've lost the opportunity to get a 376FC for the same amount of money )
Then I've needed an insulation tester used Fluke still out of my budget and cheaper ones gets expensive very quickly so I ended up buying a Megger 1552.
Which I've bought just for the insulation testing capabilities.
But it does RCD and ground loop too (do I need them NO )
And that's enough
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So I've bought a set of probes and lead from Amazon .
Alligator clips , regular probes and piercing probes.
Planning to use them on my Megger 1552 , cause I need to check the windings on a bench grinder I've bought last month.
Then we have an adapter for parkside batteries.
A 12mm 2 pin aeronautic connect
A 5A step down converter .
Those are for converting my Esab ecoair papr
A thermos bottle, because I have to drink a lot and next week I'll be back to work
Alligator clips , regular probes and piercing probes.
Planning to use them on my Megger 1552 , cause I need to check the windings on a bench grinder I've bought last month.
Then we have an adapter for parkside batteries.
A 12mm 2 pin aeronautic connect
A 5A step down converter .
Those are for converting my Esab ecoair papr
A thermos bottle, because I have to drink a lot and next week I'll be back to work
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A month or so ago I've got this trolley bag , I've already posted a reply but I've got sick and never uploaded the pictures so here we are.
Decent size and enough good quality.
I wasn't intended to buy it but I wasn't aware it was included with the following items which were what I was going to acquire
Those are all 400A ground clamps, the middle one is kinda
But top and bottom are quite good they are all sacit and price range is 20ish for the top one ,30ish the brass one and 10 to 15 euro the middle one .
This electrode holder, which I kinda like, I'm used to this specific style but it looks fine TBH, it has a very strong spring and it can hold a 5mm electrode .
It says just 250A , but it seems to be able to keep up with higher currents too .
If it was crocodile open head I'd liked to use it on my gouger set up (still work in progress) .
This also is around 30 euros , very good quality .
Male and female dinse 50-70 connectors also these are sacit brand let's say 10 euros each one
I think I can use them to split my lead (gouger project) so I can use the electrode holder up above and disconnect it to connect the arcair torch.
Eliminating the need to have an open head electrode holder to clamp on the torch terminal.
I think might be cleaner and surely safer we will see .
This is another electrode holder included with the lot , it was missing the handle.
The left one was on my CEA or on my engine driven welder, I'm keeping it for spares and I've already transferred the handle on the new one (red ) we are talking about.
New it's again around 35 euro over here .
Trafimet ergoplus 15 didn't measured it but is about 3 metres long, let's assume 80 euro
I'm not sure if sell it or not.
I don't have an use for it right now but I'm kinda tempted to buy a bigger mig than the one I have, but I'm probably going mb25 size for it, I don't know yet.
Trafimet ergotig, size 9 air-cooled, amperage control on the torch, 4 metres long.
Don't know how much it would cost brand new .
Again I don't have a machine to use it.
I'm not sure if keep it because I'd like to get an AC DC Tig but not in the next future.
All this stuff was 80 euros and 15km trip on a Saturday morning
Decent size and enough good quality.
I wasn't intended to buy it but I wasn't aware it was included with the following items which were what I was going to acquire
Those are all 400A ground clamps, the middle one is kinda
But top and bottom are quite good they are all sacit and price range is 20ish for the top one ,30ish the brass one and 10 to 15 euro the middle one .
This electrode holder, which I kinda like, I'm used to this specific style but it looks fine TBH, it has a very strong spring and it can hold a 5mm electrode .
It says just 250A , but it seems to be able to keep up with higher currents too .
If it was crocodile open head I'd liked to use it on my gouger set up (still work in progress) .
This also is around 30 euros , very good quality .
Male and female dinse 50-70 connectors also these are sacit brand let's say 10 euros each one
I think I can use them to split my lead (gouger project) so I can use the electrode holder up above and disconnect it to connect the arcair torch.
Eliminating the need to have an open head electrode holder to clamp on the torch terminal.
I think might be cleaner and surely safer we will see .
This is another electrode holder included with the lot , it was missing the handle.
The left one was on my CEA or on my engine driven welder, I'm keeping it for spares and I've already transferred the handle on the new one (red ) we are talking about.
New it's again around 35 euro over here .
Trafimet ergoplus 15 didn't measured it but is about 3 metres long, let's assume 80 euro
I'm not sure if sell it or not.
I don't have an use for it right now but I'm kinda tempted to buy a bigger mig than the one I have, but I'm probably going mb25 size for it, I don't know yet.
Trafimet ergotig, size 9 air-cooled, amperage control on the torch, 4 metres long.
Don't know how much it would cost brand new .
Again I don't have a machine to use it.
I'm not sure if keep it because I'd like to get an AC DC Tig but not in the next future.
All this stuff was 80 euros and 15km trip on a Saturday morning
Yeah it’s a basic one and very small so perfect to chuck in the tool bag and cheap enough not to worry about damaging it or losing it.
I also have a megger 1552, a great tester and still does everything I need it to.
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Today I acquired.
Another Bisley 15 draw unit..like new for massive sum of zero.
Another Bisley 15 draw unit..like new for massive sum of zero.
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I still have a Megger 1552, IMHO one of the most bulletproof testers ever made! Mine still passes calibration and was bought new in 2008.
I use a 1741+ daily and this has not missed a trick so far and has just had its 4th calibration.
I have the Megger calibration box too, for testing testers
this is nearly 10 years old and too passed its calibration.
I use a 1741+ daily and this has not missed a trick so far and has just had its 4th calibration.
I have the Megger calibration box too, for testing testers
this is nearly 10 years old and too passed its calibration.
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Fluke installation testers on the other hand have the tendency to fail showing an error code and no way to fix them (even fluke )I still have a Megger 1552, IMHO one of the most bulletproof testers ever made! Mine still passes calibration and was bought new in 2008.
I use a 1741+ daily and this has not missed a trick so far and has just had its 4th calibration.
I have the Megger calibration box too, for testing testers
Happened many times to have the opportunity to get one ,I knew about this common problem and didn't even bid a single penny on them
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Many years ago I bought a Fluke multifunction tester, I could never get on with it, always giving me inconsistent readings.
I sold it soon after I bought it and got my first 1552. A calibration place blew it up and ended up replacing it with the one I still currently have.
Don't get me wrong, Fluke do make some excellent test equipment, I'm just not a fan of their MFT's.
I sold it soon after I bought it and got my first 1552. A calibration place blew it up and ended up replacing it with the one I still currently have.
Don't get me wrong, Fluke do make some excellent test equipment, I'm just not a fan of their MFT's.
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Today I acquired a couple of SS tanks
A fuel tank with a quirky filler cap
and a cooling tank
To replace the car type radiator with electric fan bolted to the end of my Stuart marine lighting plant.
A fuel tank with a quirky filler cap
and a cooling tank
To replace the car type radiator with electric fan bolted to the end of my Stuart marine lighting plant.
Any link for this?
