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Nov 20, 2016 19:08:39 GMT
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i have to say, i looked into that celotex type board insulation between the roof joists in my garage. went into wickes, took one look at the price, walked straight back out, put another jumper on the price you paid for that lot is up there with war crimes ! I don't know. It's a weird thing. Something that Samta22 mentioned again today. Karma. When I originally got in contact with Dennis via Rian,and I asked what he wanted for the pump,he said nothing,just pass it on. It wasn't something I fully understood at the time. Couple of weeks later and I see a new guy at work using the washing machine at lunchtime to do "personal" laundry. Got speaking to him. Fallen on hard times. Had been retrenched. Car had packed in. Spent the last of his savings to get another as he had just got the job where I work. Final straw was his washing machine had vandalised itself to death. Then I got it. I Had a new washing machine at home that I had bought and used for less than a month before moving into a place with everything built in. Eagle eyed might have spotted said washing machine in the garage photos. Took it in and gave it to Dave the next day. Washing machine didn't mean anything in my life, but so much to him,because he needed it. Don't know, but it's like what goes around comes around. Needed affordable insulation. Found. Needed/wanted radio for garage. Found. Gave a bicycle to someone else, a vacuum cleaner to someone else. It just seems to work, and it's nice to know that things pretty insignificant to me, do make a difference to others. Sometimes we just need to take a step back,an appreciate what we have. I don't have a lot, but I have a lot more than many. |
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Nov 20, 2016 19:13:41 GMT
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bit more of that and wouldnt the world be a great place?
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Nov 20, 2016 19:36:01 GMT
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Thanks for the little 1600 watt vacuum cleaner for my blasting cabilet. Fortumately nothing a spare pipe and some ductape cannot fix.
Yes JohnnyBravo
Karma is awesome.
Paying it forward always work.
Especially when people realise that a paperclip and a pick axe carry the same value in that context.
If you need a paperclip to pick the lock on handcuffs or a pick axe to dig an escape trench, they are not interchangeable but both deliver the same outcome for the recipient - Freedom.
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Rebel
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There's a film about paying it forward, in fact it might well be called "paying it forward" found it by accident on TV one afternoon, can't remember when. Watched it again a while ago now. It demonstrates exactly the whole idea of paying it forward.
Worth watching if you get the chance
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bstardchild
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There's a film about paying it forward, in fact it might well be called "paying it forward" found it by accident on TV one afternoon, can't remember when. Watched it again a while ago now. It demonstrates exactly the whole idea of paying it forward. Worth watching if you get the chance Saw that years ago - some very good social points to the movie. I firmly believe that it's a good way to live. |
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logicaluk
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Ive always believed in "what goes arround comes arround". Its true and it dose most of the time.
Dan
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melle
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Nov 21, 2016 10:29:40 GMT
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www.saabv4.com'70 Saab 96 V4 "The Devil's Own V4" '77 Saab 95 V4 van conversion project '88 Saab 900i 8V
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samta22
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Nov 21, 2016 11:32:29 GMT
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Great to meet up yesterday Johnny - very enjoyable indeed - just where did those 2 hours go?!. For those of you who have seen the film Hot Fuzz, yesterday afternoon would definitely feature in part of 'my perfect sunday', sitting in a pub drinking beer talking cars and other fascinating tales with a cracking guy. In truth I could have stayed all afternoon but alas jobs beckoned at home, although I never did make it to try the new wings on the A35 (see my thread for that)... still there's always next weekend. I'm a firm believer in 'carma' as I call it in the car world (see what I did there  ) and definitely what goes around comes around in one form of another. You never quite know when you'll get a bit of a payout, but in the meantime passing on and helping others never creates a bad feeling in my experience. Till next time JB. |
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Another couple of steps in the right direction. With my reciprocating hammer/pullmax build I have had a bit of a result. Originally to be powered by a treadmill motor I had. Then Optimusprime,of this here parish,gifted me a slightly better treadmill motor than I had, also 1,75 hp,but looked like the horses involved were a little fitter than the one I had. Fast forward to last week,and someone else contacted me about using one to power a mini lathe. Turns out his controller wasn't man enough to drive his motor. Also a tread mill motor, but much heavier duty. Off a treadmill you would normally find in a gym. So, seeing my controller will handle it, a deal was done. Two for the price of one. I swopped him my two motors for his  So, now with 3hp. A lot bigger/ sturdier. You can never have enough horsepowers..... And in other news I eventually managed to get one of these,after looking for nearly two years.  It's a boring tool to go into the cnc milling machine. Normally go for around £900 new. They do show up occasionally secondhand at around the £4-500 mark. Perseverance paid off. A garage clearance with all items listed on the bay of flea saw it coming my way for £65. Result. Needed to bore out an intermediate plate on my three rotor build to fit the stationary gear needed for the middle rotor to rotate on. Modified gear and plate will land up looking like this   |
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"It's a boring tool to go into the cnc milling machine."Where else would you learn so much? 20 minutes on YouTube shows me how it works as well. Every day really is a school day!
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Nov 24, 2016 10:03:11 GMT
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"It's a boring tool to go into the cnc milling machine."Where else would you learn so much? 20 minutes on YouTube shows me how it works as well. Every day really is a school day! Well George, seeing everyday is a school day, have some homework.... Do some research on groove milling via circular interpolation... That's going to happen after the boring bit..... |
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Nov 24, 2016 10:07:57 GMT
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Sir, please Sir, can I do it in the morning? Only I'm just getting outside a number of icy cold Tigers and am about to cook cheese, onion and pepper stuffed, bacon wrapped, chicken breast for the girls.
They'll be angry if they're not fed. Please Sir, I'll do it, promise.
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Nov 24, 2016 11:10:25 GMT
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Beer before homework...
A man after my own heart !
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ndg
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Nov 24, 2016 11:31:20 GMT
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As someone who has a manual mill with a few bits and bobs, but minimal experience. Is there a reason your boring head is better than one with bars? It look much stiffer, but is it impossible to get the type below to work accurately?  I like the look of the D'Andrea heads for machining grooves, except for the price, but having a CNC makes it unnecessary!  |
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Nov 24, 2016 12:00:28 GMT
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They offer a much greater rigidity. The tool doesn't wander about, and because it's more rigid, it doesn't start chattering as quickly as a loose bar, so you can run it at a much higher speed and get a much better surface finish
With the intermediate plate on the rotary that I need to bore out for the extra stationary gear to fit into, both sides of the plate are nitrided. This hard layer, is only about 0,15mm thick, but it's more than thick enough to give you headaches when you try bore through it, as it pushes the boring tool away as you go through. You land up with barrel shaped holes. So, the stiffer the better....
I have a conventional boring head as well. There is nothing wrong with them. You can get good results with them. Just try to always use the thickest, shortest boring bar you can for the job. Great for grooving ,facing and chamfering. Boring
deep holes with a solid carbide boring bar also works ok, but this, for my application is the ultimate.
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ndg
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Nov 24, 2016 12:13:31 GMT
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Ahh, makes sense if hardened! I once got mt Grandad to bore out a clutch spigot on my MG for me. It was surface hardened in the same way, his approach was to take a massive depth of cut to get under the hardened layer and just root it out! Finish of the first cut was epically bad, cleaned up okay on the next pass though |
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Nov 24, 2016 13:24:01 GMT
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I can't say or add anything to this thread which hasn't already ben mentioned so.....bookmarked!
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Nov 24, 2016 20:00:49 GMT
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All is clear now...  Thanks!  |
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bstardchild
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Nov 24, 2016 21:22:40 GMT
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Reminds me of a manager I used to work for - we nicknamed him the "gimlet"
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Reminds me of a manager I used to work for - we nicknamed him the "gimlet" After the drink or after the tool? Think i know the answer to that...... |
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) and definitely what goes around comes around in one form of another. You never quite know when you'll get a bit of a payout, but in the meantime passing on and helping others never creates a bad feeling in my experience.
