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

[indy4x]

Not so much acquired as it cost me a wedge but I now own a garage, it's about 5mins from home, large double with some land as well.

No power so gonna use solar leasure batteries and LED lights plus I have a generator lined up for things that draw loads of current

Will post some photos next few days, 1st job is to clear all of the brambles, they are over 8' high and buried underneath is an old Renault Clio

Best Christmas pressie for a few years

 

[Cuthy246]

A lot of organisation and space in the office/storeroom.

New gpu arrives and fitted along with a few more SSD for game installs.
Bit of sim racing later. Got a new one to test out

What gpu did you go for? Now I'm up and running again I spent an hour or two playing counter strike. Turns out 5 years not gaming takes its toll, poor show all round.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

What gpu did you go for? Now I'm up and running again I spent an hour or two playing counter strike. Turns out 5 years not gaming takes its toll, poor show all round.

Picked up a cheap gt1030 (gddr5)need to update the psu to a decent modular with a better output.

Got a large back catalogue to play so not fussed about the latest and greatest.
Struggling to learn a new racing sim atm. Allessio corsa.

 

[Geoffm]

A Mill.


I don't think I can run the motor off a VFD. The photo isn't very good but it states 400v. It doesn't seem to be dual voltage so I think I will have to swap that out. I think I would like to get a dual voltage 3phase motor and play around with a VFD rather that get a single phase motor. I wont have to upset the rest of the control wiring that way.

Can anyone confirm whether the motor is no use

You can get 230v in, 400v out VFDs. I have one on my Chipmaster and RF30 drill mill. The drill mill one I put on a year ago or so, and is finest Chinese from Aliexpress. I will see if I can find the details if you want.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A good friend of mine has got herself a new partner.

I met him again.
Looks like I have acquired a new Norbert.

Oh Bother.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bpkOHVoX8I

Tried to wire a new Fish tank heater in today.
Did not succeed.
Tripped a breaker, they called me.

Got 10 cans of beer as well.

Fixed the fault, wired the heater and did not laugh until her and I was making a coffee.

 

[DAPPH]

A good friend of mine has got herself a new partner.

I met him again.
Looks like I have acquired a new Norbert.

Oh Bother.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bpkOHVoX8I

Tried to wire a new Fish tank heater in today.
Did not succeed.
Tripped a breaker, they called me.

Got 10 cans of beer as well.

Fixed the fault, wired the heater and did not laugh until her and I was making a coffee.

Be careful about making women laugh if your wife is not present .

 

[arther dailey]

dont you mean if her husbnds present......

 

[Wedg1e]

You can get 230v in, 400v out VFDs. I have one on my Chipmaster and RF30 drill mill. The drill mill one I put on a year ago or so, and is finest Chinese from Aliexpress. I will see if I can find the details if you want.

Agreed, I use a 240 in, 415 out 3HP Teco to run my lathe and mill. Expensive but so is fannying about with motor swaps.

 

[Hood]

Today Santa arrived dressed as a DPD driver with two 27" monitors.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

A new sim

Picked it up a few days ago but haven't really had a chance to do more than dial in the wheel and sus the settings out.

Grabbed a few hours today and starting to hook it up.
Been a good few years since I did anything other than mess about with the kids on it.

Give me a few weeks and I shouldn't be too bad

Spur me on to designing a pedal box shifter and handbrake over the year ahead.

Maybe save a direct drive wheel for 2021.

 

[dobbslc]

We went to Battlesbridge antique emporium today, it's a load of individual shops selling lots of different stuff. I obviously went straight for the tools and found a pair of Knipex rachet cutters, seized and a bit rusty but worth a punt at £2!

 

[cheb]

Indirectly, a punctured tyre. It's on my wife's car, well it's off now, ans was caused by a fragment of mussel shell. I've now to ask a favour of the local garage to try and get it repaired. I can do it myself but I use their kit and they're closed until the new year.

 

[Pete.]

Indirectly, a punctured tyre. It's on my wife's car, well it's off now, ans was caused by a fragment of mussel shell. I've now to ask a favour of the local garage to try and get it repaired. I can do it myself but I use their kit and they're closed until the new year.

Bad luck. Not like you can just dash to Kwik Fit!

I suppose that getting stuff that other people take for granted as easily accessible can require quite a lot of forward-planning up where you live?

 

[Tom O]

You can screw in a wood screw to seal a leak I’ve done it before. The last time I had a flat was on my ford f100 I lowered and dragged out the spare but no way in h*ll would it let me get the rim to release, I had to pump up the tire till the low tire light went out before getting home. The next day I took it in and they beat on the rubber part of the tire before it released.

 

[mtt.tr]

We went to Battlesbridge antique emporium today, it's a load of individual shops selling lots of different stuff. I obviously went straight for the tools and found a pair of Knipex rachet cutters, seized and a bit rusty but worth a punt at £2!
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Thats my neck of the woods. Dated a lass in battlesbridge was a nutter soon stop seeing her

 

[stuvy]

Thats my neck of the woods. Dated a lass in battlesbridge was a nutter soon stop seeing her

That’s because she’s female mate

 

[Richiew]

Agreed, I use a 240 in, 415 out 3HP Teco to run my lathe and mill. Expensive but so is fannying about with motor swaps.

Wedgie,

Your and other peoples replies were definitely food for thought.
I spent a good while today looking for 220v to 380v vfds this afternoon and really struggled. Loads of really badly advertised Chinese junk that the seller had no idea about. "Single phrase" anyone? Some didn't appear to be earthed. Others, possibly subject to import taxes and long delivery times. I still wasn't confident about what was being sold and if they died on me it was money down the drain. I looked at British retailers such as Inverterdrive and they didn't seem to stock anything that would would run 400v from 220v single phase.

I suspect I'm in a funny segment in the market as I need 380v/415v at a low power rating (.55kw or effectively .75kw). After a bit of a search I think I might be best getting a cheapish vfd and swapping the motor at a later date. At least this way I can be sure the VFD and motor will work.

 

[Tupers]

A pack of 10 scratch resistant lenses for my Speedglas.

 

[Hopefuldave]

You can get 230v in, 400v out VFDs. I have one on my Chipmaster and RF30 drill mill. The drill mill one I put on a year ago or so, and is finest Chinese from Aliexpress. I will see if I can find the details if you want.

You can hack a 415 in too, quite a simple mod, I did on an old ABB to power my lathe (very non-standard motor)

Date H. (the other one)

 

[cheb]

Bad luck. Not like you can just dash to Kwik Fit!

I suppose that getting stuff that other people take for granted as easily accessible can require quite a lot of forward-planning up where you live?

There's bit's of life that require more planning, but there's a lot that don't. If it's important I've probably get a plan or a spare.

This is the first time in decades I've had a fast puncture, the rest have all been slow ones. Mildly annoying timing though.