Nick Jones Posted October 24, 2018 Posted October 24, 2018 1 hour ago, GT6Steve said: As for converting to a single phase motor that is generally unfeasable as the same HP will have a considerably larger frame than the equivalent three phase motor. I don't think this is such a problem with IEC framed motors as NEMA ones Steve, though a fair point. Starting torque can also be an issue and you need to choose the correct type of single phase motor - Cap start/Cap run usually give the most start torque. I'd not seen the static converter stuff before - very educational! There's usually a motor or two in the skip at work..... Nick
GT6Steve Posted October 24, 2018 Posted October 24, 2018 Good points Nick, thank you. I have virtually Zero experience with IEC motors.
JohnD Posted October 26, 2018 Author Posted October 26, 2018 Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! More engineering porn! Cosworth - yes, that Cosworth - is selling off a lot of stuff. Like a Lot of Indycar springs, currently 8 PENCE each! https://www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/auction-catalogues/handi/catalogue-id-home-a10517/lot-45607022-6c03-4eac-9561-a97e00bf8bc0 They LOOK as if they'll fit! JOhn
JohnD Posted October 29, 2018 Author Posted October 29, 2018 Slightly more realisticly, this online auction includes dozens of 2-post lifts, as well as other garage tools: https://www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/auction-catalogues/peter-davies-and-sons-ltd/catalogue-id-peter-1-10028?utm_source=bs-bespoke-auc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=peter-davies-and-sons-ltd&utm_content=peter-1-10028&utm_term=2018%2f10%2f29&archivesearch=False&page=2 John
rogerguzzi Posted November 14, 2018 Posted November 14, 2018 Hello All Not so much a tool but to put them in! Halfrauds sent an email last night about Black Friday deals so I thought it will not hurt to look?(Drink again!) So next thing I know I have bought one of these!(I already have one and its bigger brother!) but still have tools all over the place(I could start a tool shop!) But at £22.50 a bargain ? the runners are a bit rubbish but what do you expect at this price? Roger
Hamish Posted November 14, 2018 Posted November 14, 2018 (edited) 47 minutes ago, rogerguzzi said: Hello All Not so much a tool but to put them in! Halfrauds sent an email last night about Black Friday deals so I thought it will not hurt to look?(Drink again!) So next thing I know I have bought one of these!(I already have one and its bigger brother!) but still have tools all over the place(I could start a tool shop!) But at £22.50 a bargain ? the runners are a bit rubbish but what do you expect at this price? Roger Where is my email !!!!!? but thanks for the heads up it’ll do to put tools in to go racing and £18.50 with TC too Edited November 14, 2018 by Hamish Pic
Nick Jones Posted November 14, 2018 Posted November 14, 2018 That is very cheap........ Couple of years back we managed to stack a couple of deals and get trade card discount on top and got two pretty decent cabinets (one is trolley really though not used as such) for about £ 150. Halfords pro tools are really pretty decent for the money. Nick
JohnD Posted December 3, 2018 Author Posted December 3, 2018 This auction is more businesses selling up, I think, of several sorts from light engineering to roofing and building to catering. https://www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/auction-catalogues/robson-kay/catalogue-id-ro10196?utm_source=bs-bespoke-auc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=robson-kay&utm_content=ro10196&utm_term=2018%2f12%2f03&archivesearch=False&page=1 The borescopes (Item 218 +/-) look interesting, but they are to many other watchers! John
TR5tar Posted December 4, 2018 Posted December 4, 2018 (edited) I didn't have much interest in tools at all until I bought the TR. Since then I've become a bit obsessed, buying tools that I'll probably never use, but feel that I "need" just in case. I've been on the verge of buying a MIG welder for a few months now, not that I need it for a particular job at the moment. It must be that old boy scout Be Prepared mentality. I'm probably missing the obvious John, but following your link to the auction, I cannot find where items need to be collected from. Do you know? Darren Edited December 4, 2018 by TR5tar
JohnD Posted December 4, 2018 Author Posted December 4, 2018 Click on "Auction details" near top of page. This one is in Baguley, Manchester. J.
AB|W Posted December 4, 2018 Posted December 4, 2018 ...and who could not make use of one of these? https://www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/auction-catalogues/wca/catalogue-id-witham1-10000/lot-f1530dfe-3107-4c68-b889-a9a600f65456 Alan
JohnD Posted February 9, 2019 Author Posted February 9, 2019 More tool porn, I'm afraid, but who (unless he already has too many) could resist a 600mm (23") outside micrometer, and a Vernier caliper for up to 60 inches! And a set square, by Moore & Wright that is 42" long! Absolutely loads of more mundane iterms in these auctions: https://www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/search-filter?bbc=true&mastercategorycode=MET&page=1&pageSize=240 EG Box of 11 dial gauge indicators. Starting price £50, so less than £5 each, unless they get bid up. Anyone want some? John
rogerguzzi Posted February 9, 2019 Posted February 9, 2019 Hello All The Elliot turret mill looks nice! Get behind me Satan! Roger
thebrookster Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 Not as fancy as what you guys keep sharing, but there are some advantages to being based on the USWC, cheap tools are definitely one of them! (In comparison to UK prices that is). It is nice to be able to pick and choose from a variety of imperial tools! Cheers, Phil
JohnD Posted February 15, 2019 Author Posted February 15, 2019 Very nice, Phil! I'll eschew the scatological possibilities if "USWC" ands assume that's "West Coast"? John
JohnD Posted April 15, 2019 Author Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) My nerdish keeps popping up and I look at tool auctions, fancy a nice Colchester lathe for only £200 and then realise that it weighs over a tonne! https://www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/auction-catalogues/gilbert-baitson/catalogue-id-ibgi10473/lot-403330f1-0301-420c-b15e-aa1f011062a4?utm_source=bs_trigger&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=browsedlots&utm_content=ibgi10473&utm_term=2019/04/15 Down, boy! Down! Bad boy! JOhn Edited April 15, 2019 by JohnD
Janner Posted April 21, 2019 Posted April 21, 2019 On 2/3/2018 at 3:28 PM, JohnD said: I wasn't entirely truthful in my OP, as I do have a few micrometers, and just today, thanks to eBay, I have made up the set, from 1 to six inches in one inch steps. Oh, joy! The nerdy pleasure of the complete set is not diminished by the certainty that I shall never use any of them bigger than the three inch in anger, and in complete honesty even those rarely. But to know that it is possible for me to measure something to one thousanth of an inch, be it anything from up to six inches wide, is immense! I am envious John, I like a mic, but have just 2 Of course, when you DO need it, the mic will be there. I try to explain to my family that having decent tools, even those that appear never to be needed, is important. The day will come when they (the family), will be thankful I have the very tool I need, to do the job they want done. Those days have, in the past arrived and the point carefully made.
Janner Posted April 21, 2019 Posted April 21, 2019 On 2/9/2019 at 10:10 AM, JohnD said: More tool porn, I'm afraid, but who (unless he already has too many) could resist a 600mm (23") outside micrometer, and a Vernier caliper for up to 60 inches! And a set square, by Moore & Wright that is 42" long! Absolutely loads of more mundane iterms in these auctions: https://www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/search-filter?bbc=true&mastercategorycode=MET&page=1&pageSize=240 EG Box of 11 dial gauge indicators. Starting price £50, so less than £5 each, unless they get bid up. Anyone want some? John It may cause an argument, but, I'm going to say it anyway . . . . . I have to object about your use of the word mundane! John
JohnD Posted April 21, 2019 Author Posted April 21, 2019 You may say that...... But every home should have a dial guage indicator, every home in the world. Hows that for "mundane"? AKA "Worldly"? J.
Nick Jones Posted April 21, 2019 Posted April 21, 2019 You can’t have too many tools...... and however many you have, there will always be another needed for a particular job. I have a friend who is a professional motorcycle mechanic (Guzzi-whisperer). Although one of those people who can can fix nearly anything with an army knife and usefully shaped rock, he much prefers to do things right. His tool fetish is such that one wall of his workshop is fully occupied by the biggest set of tool “wa rdrobes” I’ve ever seen. Now contemplating retiring to his garage workshop, the prospect of downsizing his tool collection is bringing him out in a cold sweat......
Janner Posted April 21, 2019 Posted April 21, 2019 13 hours ago, JohnD said: You may say that...... But every home should have a dial guage indicator, every home in the world. Hows that for "mundane"? AKA "Worldly"? J. This home has one, complete with its Eclipse E901 magnetic base Sound advice I would say John
JohnD Posted April 22, 2019 Author Posted April 22, 2019 But there is a limit. On another non-Triumph website, a beginner asked for advice on undoing rusted suspension bolts. An early responder recommended (to a beginner!) an induction heater, saying that the device he linked to was "really cheap!". Mmmmm! I'll have a look, I thought, but even my tool nerd baulked at £300, for a really rarely used tool. I'd still like one - such a neat idea! John
Nick Jones Posted April 22, 2019 Posted April 22, 2019 Induction heater......?! Not the right use of such technology....... and an induction heater can do a lot of damage in inexperienced hands.
Nick Jones Posted April 22, 2019 Posted April 22, 2019 Oh, now I see, I’ve only come across bearing heaters...... Only going to be able to access the bolt head.
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