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Olderisbetter
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I reckon someone has been having a serious corona virus tidy up and found all their old unused stamps
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I went for a run to shops. It was too bloody hot. As well as shopping I needed a drink so bottle of water and one westerns vintage 8% cider, which was chilled, but almost undrinkable. Small bottle of whisky which I had half and two spitfires. I have a 5km run home plus some lathe work to do later. Should have took the bike, too hot to run.
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Got a T2 adapter and ring thing to connect my camera to my spotting scope!
That Gomu 20-60x60 is the only scope I can fit it to as the others either don't have threads on the scope to screw it on to or the eyepiece dia is too large for this to slip over
No threads on this one
This one is too large, Threads are around 46mm insrtead of 42mm
Oh, We acquired a sparrow in the conservatory for a short while, Cat was in there too, There were a few feathers on the floor but we got it out without the cat getting it properly!!
John
That Gomu 20-60x60 is the only scope I can fit it to as the others either don't have threads on the scope to screw it on to or the eyepiece dia is too large for this to slip over
No threads on this one
This one is too large, Threads are around 46mm insrtead of 42mm
Oh, We acquired a sparrow in the conservatory for a short while, Cat was in there too, There were a few feathers on the floor but we got it out without the cat getting it properly!!
John
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Some air tools and a 110v Hilti, the Bosch air sds is a rare find for me.
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I had a couple of those the other day, didn't notice the ABV till I had finished and was decidedly wobbly.
No less drinkable than any other cider, must have been the first thing I've drank all year too, I only had them because I was given them.
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Its just a coincidence that the nurses accommodation block backs onto your garden.Got a T2 adapter and ring thing to connect my camera to my spotting scope!
That Gomu 20-60x60 is the only scope I can fit it to as the others either don't have threads on the scope to screw it on to or the eyepiece dia is too large for this to slip over
No threads on this one
This one is too large, Threads are around 46mm insrtead of 42mm
Oh, We acquired a sparrow in the conservatory for a short while, Cat was in there too, There were a few feathers on the floor but we got it out without the cat getting it properly!!
John
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Try a stepping ring it is only 2mm each side so I doubt it will vignette.
Royal Mail stamps are valid forever I seem to recall - I'm still using ones that I bought 20/30 years ago that simply say "1st" on them . . .
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Two very long (140 mm) M6 cap screws:
To replace the (Phillips
) screw that adjusts the height of my router when it is in the table, visible lying on the table in this photo:
I couldn't find fully threaded cap screws that were long enough. Rather than making one myself and broaching the socket, I decided to buy some partial thread ones and will hopefully manage to extend the thread along the rest of the screw (probably just using a split die, maybe after skimming the OD on the lathe if required).
To replace the (Phillips
) screw that adjusts the height of my router when it is in the table, visible lying on the table in this photo:I couldn't find fully threaded cap screws that were long enough. Rather than making one myself and broaching the socket, I decided to buy some partial thread ones and will hopefully manage to extend the thread along the rest of the screw (probably just using a split die, maybe after skimming the OD on the lathe if required).
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What about threaded bar and weld a nut on one end? Easier than replicating the thread all the way on those?
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No room for a nut (let along for the socket that goes round the nut). I'd wondered about cutting the head off a cap screw and welding it onto some threaded bar, but getting it sufficiently concentric felt like a pain in the proverbial posterior compared to running a die down (not to mention wasteful of Argon from filling my extra-long gas lines up for such a small weld). I'd also wondered about buying a fully-threaded hex-head set screw, turning the head down to 10 mm round and broaching a hex socket in it, but the hex heads on set screws are quite thin (4 mm vs 6 mm) compared to a SHCS and I want the hex socket to be fairly deep and robust as it'll be driven in and out a lot of times in its life.
I've extended threads (with a die) before on shorter (50 mm ish) cap screws and it's worked very well, so hopefully it'll be okay here too.
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I had this discussion with someone about scalpels - or possibly dental mirrors?
the pump will be £2 -£3 [1] in bulk (from china?)
The cost of getting it back to the correct place for sterilising, then sterilising it, then checking it, replacing the battery, repackaging, makes it cheaper to dispose and use new.
[1] probably 5 or 6 quid if made strong enough to be reused.
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Was it me? We were talking about scalpels, forceps and tweezers in a kit for ingrown toenails. Half the kit wasn’t used and was binned.
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Found at the scrap yard in a house clearance weigh in. Mitutoyo digital micrometer. Needed a battery. Price was zero. Handy for my dodgy eyes, well it would be if I made anything that small
