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Hi Dibbers,

I've bought a couple of things through Grays. The last item was some steel mesh about 50mm thick and 1m x 6m. Cost me $51 including GST and Gray's cut. Got to site and discovered that...

Hi Dean,

See the following blog post for a good explanation..

http://blog.cnccookbook.com/2010/09/28/getting-the-best-performance-from-er-collet-chucks/


My take is that they will provide a...

I've used Sparky direct a couple of times and fond the service good and prices reasonable.

Cheers

The Beryl Bloke

Hi R.C.

First up belated congratulations on your grinder.

I'd go the 32mpa, it's what the engineer specified for my slab. I know it's a little more expensive, a drop in the ocean in the overall...

Greetings bollie7,

A long time ago, street light covers were made from perspex which was susceptible to vandalism from thrown rocks. Lexan or polycarbonate was found to be susceptable to bullets...

Hi variant22,

I was under the impression that while asbestos products have been removed from the market for quite some time, the requirement to remove asbestos products only related to items with...

Hey RC,

That's just down the road from me. Sadly, I am under quite strict instructions from SWMBO to finish the shed rather than buy tools. I pointed out to her that not everyone is lucky enough...

Hi Dean,

An excellent picture of the black art of electrical connections! Out of curiosity do you recall if there was any obvious heat damage around the tunnel connectors or wiring in the back of...

Hi Bob,

Nice job on the sunscreen.

LCD displays can also degrade from heat to the point where they go black and can't be read. I have observed this in the first generation of electronic...

Hi,



I have three of the smaller Albrechts that I bought off Ebay US. The chucks sometimes sell to people whose pockets are a lot deeper than mine. Sure the smaller ones are cheaper on postage...

Hi Matt,

Several of the strips inside the switch look to be the same. If the strip can be removed, then I'd look to buy a crook one from a wrecker take out one leaf from the crook switch from say...

As much as I like this timber, it is pretty nasty to work. I sanded a slab outdoors, with no DC and had a slight nose bleed as a result. I still have some slabs of it, although I won't work it until...

Hi pippin88,

You might already be aware that SHS is not exactly straight as it comes from the supplier. That applies to pretty much all structural steel as the specs it is made to (and the use to...

I have considered exactly this several times now. Makes my head hurt every time. :~

For those not familiar with the FP2LB there is a tilting, swivelling, rotating table (i.e. 3 axis of motion) and...

Hi Joe,

I have some experience replacing damaged light poles. First up most of them are less than 12m tall. Taller ones exist but I have not worked on them and suspect they are mostly hinged in...

Hi Dean,

At the risk of this thread going even more off track...

This is not quite correct. There is no neutral with high voltage distribution systems, only phases and in the case of SWER an...

How disappointing!

I was wondering if you had got mamaries from playing with your Talyvel. If you have to chase cranky cows for 14 hours to get mamaries then I'm just going to have to pass....

I think there might be a mis spelling here... if you swapped an "e" for an "a" I agree completely with these sentiments.

On the other hand if you have left out an "m", or something, then I may...

Hi Ken,

Just wondering if you had a chance to check the run out on the HLV for comparison?

Does the HLV have the ability to cut threads at up to 1000 rpm? I understand the HLV-H has that...

Hi Ken,

Welcome to the world of the 5c Collet and Hardinge taper nose tooling! Was there any tooling with the machine?

I saw the photo in the other thread. I am thinking that this might be the...

Hi Michael G,

I'm not going to say that I am competent to talk about heat induced distortion.

So...

Have you considered getting the hardening done by someone else and using a different...

Hi Everyone,

Not exactly metalwork related except that metal conducts electricity pretty well....


A little while back I was involved in investigating an electric shock at a school. This is...

With respect, you and I probably don't know what has been on RC's plate since you PM'd him. Sometimes life gets in the road of us being perfect. None the less I can understand why you are upset over...

Ok, so the name I use reflects one of my other hobbies. I collect crystals. I have an aquamarine, which is one of several varieties of beryl, in the collection and it just came to mind to use it when...

Hi yachtie,

Anodising is the bastard child of a perfectly natural event usually called corrosion.

Aluminium is a pretty reactive metal and will readily corrode in contact with moisture to form...

Hi Oldneweng,



Generally, I doubt that they do much for a home workshop. Sometimes, maybe. When we put the roof on the shed the roofer had a very difficult time getting the roofing screws...

Hi,

One of the things I have noticed on this forum is that there are some very professional metal workers, some not professional metalworkers and some in the later category with intentions to make...

Hi simonl,

Three phase earth leakage works the same as single phase. It just looks for current balance in the circuit, if it is not balanced the circuit breaker assumes the imbalance is current...

Hi simonl,

Starting with an upgrade to your meter box is a good idea. From reading your thread it seems like the reticulation in the street is underground and your meter box is not far from the...

Hi justonething,

There is a little difference with 240 volt wiring to inverters. If the inverter system is capable of exporting back to the grid it will cause a voltage rise on the entire grid....

Hi Grahame,

I have inspected well over a hundred of Element Energy's solar systems. They do a pretty reasonable job. You should not have any problems with them. Although local, I had a different...

Hi Grahame,

Steel sheds wont cause you any more problems than than any other sort of structure be it brick, timber, mud brick, straw bale or compressed earth.

The majority of failures come from...

Thanks for posting this.

I am aware that high voltage and tyres don't mix. I have attended an incident where a sugar cane harvester made contact with 66,000 volt wires. One of the tractor tyres...

Aircraft parts are supposedly of the highest quality, they are supposed to be made from high grade material and go through a few rounds of non destructive testing, all certified and signed off by...

I'll be interested to see what the baby DSG lathe sells for!

I reckon Grays will do pretty well when Ford, Holden etc start selling off equipment.

Cheers

The Beryl Bloke

So R.C. I take it you did not put up the $406.00 USD to take possession???

If it weren't for the shipping that would probably be a bargain!

Cheers

The Beryl Bloke

This one is going cheap...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WOW-JC-BUSCH-CO-MODEL-6508-PRECISION-72-STRAIGHT-EDGE-/231207500562?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35d50a7b12

Shame about the postage :o
...

Can anyone tell me if the boring head is a UP3 or UP4??

The Deckel looks like it is off to a flying start!

Cheers

The Beryl Bloke

Essentially the answer is that your distribution company sized the transformer to what the first customer requested or may have upgraded it if a later customer paid for the work. Pretty much as I...

Hi Kentower,

You need to be aware that 480 volts is 2 x 240 volts which are 180 degrees out of phase. The two phases are not 120 degrees apart as per three phase systems. This arrangement is often...

Hi DSEL74,

I have a 1500kG crane beam down the centre of the shed. The engineer who designed it told me it had a WLL of 1500KG with a 1.5 safety factor and so would lift 2000 KG if required. I...

Hi Woodturner101,

Here is an article on cutting Aluminium alloys with CNC routers. While you may not have a CNC machine some of the points maybe helpful to you.

...

Hi Peter,

"after read all the above mentioned option. i think this should be a good answer :B.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-HP-DIGIT...item58ace66523

what you reckon ?"

That would be one of...

Hi Garry,

I have sent a Mitutoyo to Qualos in Melbourne for repair. It was an easy fix for them and the price was pretty good. Note they don't calibrate after repair.

You should be able to get...

Hello,

Ok so you have a 415 volt three phase motor. It is not able to be have the windings reconfigured to run on 240 volt 3 phase. You only have a single phase supply to run it from...

1)...

Hi Stu,

Not sure I made myself clear, perhaps it's my understanding of how digital meters work...

If your meter scales from 0 to 25 amps and has a 16 bit range then I thought each bit was...

Hi Stu,

If this is a digital meter then I'd put as many turns on the primary as required to get the reading towards the top of the ammeter's range. That way, after taking your multiplier into...

Hi Stu,

You can loop the primary through the coil as many times as you like. Naturally two loops doubles your reading in the secondary.

It may not be obvious to everyone that you only loop the...

Hi measure2cut1

Very nicely planned and executed!

Cheers

The Beryl Bloke

My Deckel FP2LB was packed and transported by Machinery Relocations. They built a custom pallet for it and the spare head, table and tooling cabinet. That cost a few dollars but it cut down a lot on...