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

[6ply]

What are these? I'm tempted to throw them but thought I should check first. They were mixed in with some other bits I bought.

 

[bigegg]

What are these? I'm tempted to throw them but thought I should check first. They were mixed in with some other bits I bought.

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Are they made of rubber?
They look a bit like push in feet for instrument/"project" boxes?

If so, and they're no use to you, I'll take em off your hands?

<edit> they could also be filler bungs to fill a counterbored hole whilst something is being painted?

 

[Rannsachair]

Follow up, from:

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[minimutly]

Finally got round to ordering the bearings and seals for the reduction gearbox to go on my metal cutting bandsaw project - £50 for three bearings and seals, Simply bearings. Trouble was I'd written it all down way before Christmas, but life got in the way and I lost the bit of paper I wrote the details on...
From memory they were less than £40 then...Pics when they arrive!

 

[6ply]

Are they made of rubber?
They look a bit like push in feet for instrument/"project" boxes?

If so, and they're no use to you, I'll take em off your hands?

<edit> they could also be filler bungs to fill a counterbored hole whilst something is being painted?

They are hard, not rubber.

The way things are going I might save them for dental implants.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

They are hard, not rubber.

Magnetic? Ceramic?

 

[Brad93]

Finally got round to ordering the bearings and seals for the reduction gearbox to go on my metal cutting bandsaw project - £50 for three bearings and seals, Simply bearings. Trouble was I'd written it all down way before Christmas, but life got in the way and I lost the bit of paper I wrote the details on...
From memory they were less than £40 then...Pics when they arrive!

Try bearings r us

 

[Robotstar5]

Today I acquired a new kitchen

As usual I'm photo-documenting the process so will put a thread to show the progress

 

[6ply]

Magnetic? Ceramic?

Not magnetic. Possibly ceramic.

 

[6ply]

This week I wanted a dovetail cutter to complete a job. Nothing like over ordering

 

[6ply]

Magnetic? Ceramic?

Found some similar items. I don't know if the code means anything.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Me neither

 

[Maker]

Found some similar items. I don't know if the code means anything.

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They look like vibratory tumbler media, at least in terms of colour/finish, but I've never seen it in the first shape you found, and there's no reason to have such a small quantity of them, you need a bucket full to be useful.

 

[fizzy]

The dividing head got a bit of TLC today, in the form of wire brushes and wire wool dipped in paraffin. I was really pleased with how easily the various fasteners came out. It'll probably benefit from a bit more detail work at some point, but it'll do for now. Given that I won't be able to use it until I've got a MUCH bigger milling machine, I just wanted to get it a bit more presentable and oiled to protect it in the meantime.

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Some before-and-after shots:

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Does anyone else on here have one of these dividing heads? If so, I'd be really interested in some details/dimensions/photos of the sector arms and whatever method is used to hold the (screwed-on) chuck in place against milling forces (i.e. to stop it unscrewing).

Jammy jammy git!
£30

 

[8ob]

Today I acquired a nest of 5mm rivnuts courtesy of our @hotponyshoes

Bob

 

[DAPPH]

5700mm x 25.4mm x 2.6mm CDS
£78.81 + shipping & VAT! (metals 4 U)
Still less expensive than buying locally, which I can't get my head around

Goodness knows how you professionals charging a customer deal with prices like these? Do you pass on the increases / overheads?

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Metals 4 U will have many 24/7 customers so only need bulk varied sizes as top up stocks to replenish , I suspect your local guy only sells in working hours & will only buy in a few at a time rather than hold a large varied stock , plus Scotland is expensive because of sparse population & long distance haulage away from a couple of cities & rhe rail network .

 

[DAPPH]

Today I acquired a new kitchen

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As usual I'm photo-documenting the process so will put a thread to show the progress

Do you ever take our the old Formica covered thick ply tops . Where you could cut four 9 inch wide x 30 inch long strips off it ?

I left my 50 yr ( ?) old Black & Decker workmate out with a flimsy cover over it overnight . The night it blew a hooley & absolutly peed it down in stair rods . The covering got blown away & the rain has killed the work top , it's now swollen beyond use and needs replacing.

I replaced the top with HDF 25 mm about 34 years ago it's lasted well .

 

[Ed1]

Metals 4 U will have many 24/7 customers so only need bulk varied sizes as top up stocks to replenish , I suspect your local guy only sells in working hours & will only buy in a few at a time rather than hold a large varied stock , plus Scotland is expensive because of sparse population & long distance haulage away from a couple of cities & rhe rail network .

Maybe, although the local supplier (Govan, Glasgow) is pretty big and he keeps loads of stock. At least, it looks a lot to me but maybe not in the grand scheme of things

 

[Ed1]

This was one of the many items getting thrown away at my College today "cos we've been told to as it's nearly April (the next financial year) and we have to budget" Sorry?

Plus, "the blade is all rusty" (No, it's really not. It's next to brand new)

Frustrating, this is taxpayer's money we're talking about

Multiply this by X No. of tech colleges across the country...

 

[DanZac]

A kitchen and hall full of carpet.

Has anyone got any top tips for fitting carpet (other than getting someone else to do it) because I can't get in the oven or the cupboard with the plates in until its all fitted, and I'm pretty peckish already.

Maybe I should have thought about this a bit more.