Today I acquired...........

[Hood]

....then finally after 'rolling around on the floor in oil' jobs they go in the bin

You are missing a trick, they should then become waterproof trousers.

 

[Bullet2012]

You are missing a trick, they should then become waterproof trousers.

Then, as it is usually the knees that wear the most, cut them down into shorts, please note, do not cut too short if you are male as the Daisy Dukes look is not good on a man.

 

[OJCar]

Then, as it is usually the knees that wear the most, cut them down into shorts, please note, do not cut too short if you are male as the Daisy Dukes look is not good on a man.

 

[DAPPH]

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Quick comparison, they all measure near dead on. Jaws are not perfect but close enough. One is a bit short, has a max of 150.34mm when it hits the stop.
Feel, a little scratchy, not half as smooth as my mitutoyos but same as the old pair.

I took my last two gauges apart and used fine wet & dry to rub all edges smooth , then washed the metal parts off in petrol , dried them and lubed them with silicone oil , wiped it almost off and reassembled them they are now nice & smooth , a far cry from the scratchy crap they were when purchased.

 

[Kram]

Never seen the allure of buying cheap tat. They never work properly for very long and quite frankly,I wouldnt trust them. Would land up checking whatever I measure with a decent quality one anyway,so what is the point?

Verynears is all they need to be. Anything important will be checked with a mic, I wouldnt rely on the Mitutoyo verynears either. Not had any of them fail, they do play up with condensation, wd40 sorts it out.

Do you know how to carry out a proper inspection on them?

Have you got a gauge ball or gauge pin?

Go on then, tell us how to do a proper inspection.
I have 50, 75 and 100 gauge blocks and a set of lengths that came with the micrometers.

 

[DAPPH]

View attachment 334837
Quick comparison, they all measure near dead on. Jaws are not perfect but close enough. One is a bit short, has a max of 150.34mm when it hits the stop.
Feel, a little scratchy, not half as smooth as my mitutoyos but same as the old pair.

Seeing the protective cases for them .... I did a simply battery holder modification that holds two spare batteries. I never saw the need for an expensive device as I've a reasonable set of imperial & metric G frame micrometers . The expensive ones get knackered just as well as a cheap one if you drop one , having frost bite injuries in my finger tips & being a diabetic means It's cheaper to have the lesser set.
I usually tie a loop of cord on a G frame mic so it can hang off my neck if I get all butter fingered & drop it when using them .
Pictures of the modification :-

 

[DAPPH]

Verynears is all they need to be. Anything important will be checked with a mic, I wouldnt rely on the Mitutoyo verynears either. Not had any of them fail, they do play up with condensation, wd40 sorts it out.


Go on then, tell us how to do a proper inspection.
I have 50, 75 and 100 gauge blocks and a set of lengths that came with the micrometers.

Use a known dia precision ball bearing to check the accuracy ? Make another battery box/ holder in the case for it?

 

[Pete.]

Bearings make great checking tools for calipers. The ID OD and thickness are all ground to very close tolerances even on the cheapo ones.

 

[Brad93]

Verynears is all they need to be. Anything important will be checked with a mic, I wouldnt rely on the Mitutoyo verynears either. Not had any of them fail, they do play up with condensation, wd40 sorts it out.


Go on then, tell us how to do a proper inspection.
I have 50, 75 and 100 gauge blocks and a set of lengths that came with the micrometers.

Really you need a gauge pin.

But you use the pin at top, middle and tip of the calliper and see if there is a difference in reading, that tells you the parallelism of the jaws and if the slide is worn.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Today a very heaaaaaavy package arrived.


Tension plates (or Clamping blocks, or what do you call them?), quite large, quite heavy, quite indestructible ... well ....

Quite clever: The steps of the bases run at a slight angle, those of the head pieces correspondingly with a counter-angle, in order to compensate for the jumps between the individual steps by sliding them and to always be able to precisely clamp down over the entire height range of all pieces of each set.

Quality and origin are also worthy to note.

Yay, it's Friday



Carsten

EDIT found it:
"DIN 6326, Stepped setting up blocks, adjustable,
standard by Deutsches Institut für Normung E.V. (German National Standard), 10/01/2002"

 

[Blobber]

Not today but yesterday, another years ticket for the Discovery of doom, looks like im doing ball joints when the weather warms up!

 

[slim_boy_fat]

^^ A pass is a pass and always a relief.

 

[Moose McAlpine]

9 stacking bale arm crates, chucked out on the grass behind some flats.

None broken, a thorough jet wash and they're ready for use! Handy, as i needed more anyway.

 

[paulmitchell1984]

Was asked to help clear my aunts house as she's gone into a care home, so came away with Basil part of the Henry group by the looks of it, but havnt found much info yet..
And an old sack cart, its of no use to me, but planed to clean it up and either use as a display piece somehow or sell it on to help with her funds. (Open to ideas and best ways to keep it original but clean it up)

 

[roblane65]

Yesterday I acquired a new mig

I put some wire in it and had a little play this teatime , I'm quite impressed
I may post a bit more in the mig forum .

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

a good basis for making a homemade torch burner "compressed air + propane"

 

[Farside]

Was asked to help clear my aunts house as she's gone into a care home, so came away with Basil part of the Henry group by the looks of it, but havnt found much info yet..
And an old sack cart, its of no use to me, but planed to clean it up and either use as a display piece somehow or sell it on to help with her funds. (Open to ideas and best ways to keep it original but clean it up)

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Stick a light bulb on it and stick it on Etsy. It will go down a storm in some loft apartment.

 

[badabec]

Stick a light bulb on it and stick it on Etsy. It will go down a storm in some loft apartment.

Or lay it flat, place a piece of toughened glass on rubber buffers across the ladder and hey presto, an industrial chic coffee table.

Or two light bulbs...

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

Yesterday I acquired a new mig

I've got a Kemppi too...it's very hard to explain to people who haven't got one just how good these machines are!

My mate was over helping me and he was astonished how easy they are to setup and use. I needed to plug weld a wing support onto the car. Took out Kemppi...switched on...dialled in 1.5mm (turn thickness knob), gas on..and did 2 quick plug welds....packed away welder...took all of 5 minutes.

Genuinely the only complaint I have...it needs a buzzer to remind me that I haven't turned on the gas!...most of my failed welds are because the gas has been left off!

 

[roblane65]

I've only had a quick play with it and you are spot on the ease of set is super duper not being anywhere near a pro welder I used to spend so much time fiddling knobs to get the sizzle , the few iv'e done seem good straight off the auto settings , not to say you can't tweek them though .The only thing leetting is down so far is ME and I'm about to run out of gas !