Thread: I am questioning my sanity....
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I've been waiting to break a tap ever since I made a spark eroder.
I did pop an 8mm ISO the other day, dropped it, but there was enough sticking out the hole to grip.
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30-12-2009 #12
it is a tad nippy, but not too bad... with the fan heater on medium its about 15degC in this weather (4degC outside) if I put it on full it only goes up another degree so I dont bother.
Anyway redid the part today with no hassles except had to make the tapped holes M4 due to lack of M3 tap and 2.5mm drill now...
Its not even a complex part - just a 50 x 36 x 20mm chunk of ally drilled through 10mm and bored to take an 8x22x7 skate bearing on one side and a recessed 16x5 thrust bearing on the other, a cover plate for the bearing and a few mounting holes...
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30-12-2009 #13
Was in the workshop today and started burning off Christmas rubbish in the stove, just above the stove is a thermometer and after it got up to 48 C I thought it prudent to back it off a couple of gears.
A nice 30 is very nice this weather, mind you when it's burnt down a bit it soon gets very cold with all the machines and metal in the shop.
I keep about 7 tonnes of steel on stock at any one time and that takes a large amount of heat to raise it 10 degrees.John S -
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31-12-2009 #14
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10-02-2010 #15
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11-02-2010 #16
Insulated boiler suits are the way forward, it takes hours rather than minutes for my feet to go numb if I am wearing one...
http://www.cjsafety.co.uk/product/50...-suit-377.html
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11-02-2010 #17
I used to have a set of them (in Zurich '87 - wonder where they went?), they're absolutely brilliant for working outside in sub-zero conditions :) They were bright orange, just like the camp x-ray suits :LOL:
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