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14 March 2013 at 08:29 #39658
Paul T
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Recently there has been an alarming increase in the number of things that I know absolutely nothing about.
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14 March 2013 at 08:29 #7989
Paul T
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14 March 2013 at 08:33 #39659
Bob Abell 2
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Same here, Paul,…………But not only recently!

Bob
14 March 2013 at 09:01 #39660
Dave Milbourn
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Matched in number only by those about which I care little or nothing.
What started this off, Paul?
DM
14 March 2013 at 09:13 #39661
Bob Abell 2
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The latest blockbuster to amaze me is……3D printing!

Surely 3D printing entails 3D machining?………eh?

Bob
14 March 2013 at 09:15 #39662
Paul T
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Dave

I'm in a ruminative mood today.
14 March 2013 at 11:12 #39663
ashley needham
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I find I cant remember the things I know nothing about.

3d printing apparently needs to machining and is megga precise. It can print for instance, a ping pong ball , WITH A SEPERATE PEA INSIDE. all in one go. The price of "home" 3d printers is tumbling and I believe it may be possible to purchase one for less that 4 figures now.

No more grumbling about being unable to get odd size fittings eh? just cad them up and print!

Ashley. currently attempting to wire up a power dist board and twin esc board from a well known supplier…feeling that the most difficult bit will be cutting out all the holes for wire entry/exit and cooling fins in the little box.
14 March 2013 at 12:45 #39664
Dave Milbourn
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Ashley. currently attempting to wire up a power dist board and twin esc board from a well known supplier…feeling that the most difficult bit will be cutting out all the holes for wire entry/exit and cooling fins in the little box.

There's a photographic sequence on the last page here. The PDB isn't boxed.
DM
**LINK**
14 March 2013 at 14:08 #39665
ashley needham
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Dave. Thanks for that. Noted.

i did think of using masking tape, or I might just have hacked it about a bit with the dremel.

I have fastened the power distribution board to a small plwood square via 5mm spacers to protect the soldering.

Ashley
14 March 2013 at 14:13 #39666
Dave Milbourn
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Dremels are too fast for ABS – they can melt the stuff very easily. Hand tools are best. Your method of mounting the P92 is exactly what was planned when it was designed.
Any further ruminations, PT?
DM
15 March 2013 at 06:36 #39671
Paul T
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Todays Thought

'I try very hard to take one day at a time but I find that several days keep attacking me all at once'
15 March 2013 at 08:55 #39676
Dave Milbourn
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'I try very hard to take one day at a time but I find that several days keep attacking me all at once'

I have the same problem with grandchildren and great grandchildren. We are to "entertain" the whole clutch (9) plus their various toys/"transport systems"/changing and feeding apparatus/parents this weekend. The drive will look like a used car lot while the house will resemble an explotion in Mothercare or Early Learning Centre. There will be only one topic of conversation (babies), to which I will be able to add precisely nothing.
Looks like me and Jack Daniels are going to enjoy watching the rugby on the laptop in the workshop. As Rod Stewart once said, think of me and try not to laugh.
Illegitimi non carborundum…………
15 March 2013 at 11:46 #39678
David Wooley
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There is no such thing as an accurate model only degrees of representation.

Dave Wooley
15 March 2013 at 15:37 #39684
ashley needham
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Dave W.

I like that statement. I will use that when anybody nit picks.

Ashley
16 March 2013 at 16:41 #39700
Dave Milbourn
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Posted by Dave Milbourn on 15/03/2013 08:55:39:

We are to "entertain" the whole clutch (9) plus their various toys/"transport systems"/changing and feeding apparatus/parents this weekend. The drive will look like a used car lot while the house will resemble an explotion in Mothercare or Early Learning Centre. There will be only one topic of conversation (babies), to which I will be able to add precisely nothing.

How can I have been so right??? It's a NIGHTMARE!!!!!!!!

Someone please HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
16 March 2013 at 18:19 #39703
Paul T
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A dreadful thing has just happened……I've lost my will to suffer
16 March 2013 at 18:54 #39704
Paul T
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Statistics show that 6 out of 7 dwarfs aren't happy
16 March 2013 at 19:28 #39706
ashley needham
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Paul, I have just seen that you are a youngster!!! (but only by a bit) (`58)

Dave. I have forgotten now what we used to do without children about. We used to do…something… at christmas.. and I remember the first christmas when my brothers first child was…10 months…. old I think, ..and christmas day seemed to revolve around "it" and then "them"and then we added to the "its". What folly eh?? BUT NOT REALLY.

Paul. Old joke

A white horse goes into a bar, and the barman says "Cor mate, we have a drink named after you!!". "what." says the horse…. "Eric???"

Sorry. I just told that one this afternoon at a concert with the South London Concert band, at a nice village hall in Brockham, Surrey. Travelled down on my 1957 Ariel Red Hunter.. got soaked, however no trouble starting afterwards!!

Ashley,
17 March 2013 at 01:44 #39711
Colin Bishop
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Lock yourself in the new workshop Dave, an excellent opportunity to finish my project! Plead deadlines.

Colin
17 March 2013 at 08:34 #39713
Paul T
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Now that I have given up all hope I am feeling much better

Dave

Very nice room with plenty of sockets and level benches but with all of those lights and heaters it can't be classified as a workshop……no draughts, no dust, no heaps of half completed projects….and worst of all no kettle.

Will it always be this tidy?

What is in the other half of the structure?

Paul

ps get rid of the clock, you are retired and don't need it any more.

Edited By Paul T on 17/03/2013 08:39:24
17 March 2013 at 09:13 #39718
Dave Milbourn
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Paul
Who needs a kettle? I have a Liz!
I can't work amidst mess. There's no point in having 10M of worktops if you're then going to restrict your workspace to one square foot;
The other half of the structure is a double garage to which the new shop is an extension;
The clock is just a habit really, but it is useful when you're waiting for glue or paint to dry (or relatives to clear off…..);
I challenge anyone to see dust at this resolution (It's there alright); and
I only ever make one model at a time.

Colin
Look closer at the piccies.
18 March 2013 at 07:54 #39750
Paul T
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@pault84577
Believing in good things doesn't make them true, but it gives you a happier life in the meantime.
21 March 2013 at 14:03 #39809
Paul T
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@pault84577
Outlook on modern life

I can't provide solutions but I can certainly relate to the problems.
23 March 2013 at 11:06 #39869
Dave Milbourn
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"Thirty days hath September, April, June and November"

All the other months are January – judging by the !!*&$!% weather…………..
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