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    I learnt not to bid $2.25 on something I thought was a lot, only to find out it was "per meter" and I now have 60m of it. lol

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    I'll give you three a metre for a couple of metres. What is it?

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    Default I have learned that even the cheapest mill...

    ...becomes expensive once you start to tool it up. I recently lucked into a crazy cheap Deckel FP-2, the mill that I have been wanting since Pontius was a pilot. So,I buy this thing sight-unseen, in the midst of a Saturday morning altered reality fugue. When delivered, it is sporting the Deckel jig bore head instead of the vertical milling head. Well, I would have wanted the jiggy head anyway for its huge speed range and ISO40 taper, so I consider it a wash.

    I just bought the vertical head from a European dealer. Then I went to sit on my shop stool, but I sank to the floor. Wonder why?

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    Hi Greg,

    Compressed Air Nylon Tubing, 12mm OD

    I thought I had stuffed up every possible way on ebay long ago... but I managed to find a new one.

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    Yup, there's always a new trap for old players.

    12mm air tubing eh? Hmmmmm. Nope, don't reckon tonight, but you never know what the new auction week will bring

    I think (see above) that I may just have blown 2013's shed budget in one hit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Greg Q View Post
    So,I buy this thing sight-unseen,
    And yet for us it's still sight-unseen..... you know that BT is going to say!

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    Default And another thing...

    This week I spent three days of part-time shed work fabricating and populating an enclosure for a VFD on my drill press. It checked out fine when I bought it, I swear. Once it was safely wired up it sat inert, cheerfully indicating main transistor failure. No manual available for what turns out to be a beta version of a Lenze commodity drive. (The Beta version did not make it to prime time)

    The lesson? 1998 is too old for an ebay VFD, no matter how strident the seller's assurances of good things in small packages.

    Lesson 2: when buying on ebay, don't let your new toy get shelf time past the dispite deadline. In my case I missed it by only 28 months. So close.....

    Thankfully I have a Danfoss unit enroute, new in box, for cheap.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Greg Q View Post
    ...becomes expensive once you start to tool it up. I recently lucked into a crazy cheap Deckel FP-2, the mill that I have been wanting since Pontius was a pilot. So,I buy this thing sight-unseen, in the midst of a Saturday morning altered reality fugue. When delivered, it is sporting the Deckel jig bore head instead of the vertical milling head. Well, I would have wanted the jiggy head anyway for its huge speed range and ISO40 taper, so I consider it a wash.

    I just bought the vertical head from a European dealer. Then I went to sit on my shop stool, but I sank to the floor. Wonder why?

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    Nothing like blowing the budget in style... I don't think I need to see actual numbers....


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    Quote Originally Posted by Stustoys View Post
    And yet for us it's still sight-unseen..... you know that BT is going to say!

    Stuart
    Ah,but BT has already seen a teaser. Its not a bad mill; it just has a couple of bad traits that is has picked up along the way. I did have to remove 14 kgs of swarf, and about five litres of tramp oil. Underneath all of that corruption there is a pretty good mill.

    I have renewed my acquaintance with Franz Singer in Germany for the few obvious parts it needs already. In fact the package arrived yesterday, five days after the order.

    The FP2 does not need much, really. Cosmetics and electrics mostly. I want to get it running so that I can bootstrap the rest of the machine tool reconditioning in the shed. In fact I am painting parts of the FP-1 right now, at 00:35. Jet lag can be a wonderful thing!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stustoys View Post
    I learnt not to bid $2.25 on something I thought was a lot, only to find out it was "per meter" and I now have 60m of it. lol

    Stuart
    luv it...hahahaha


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    Quote Originally Posted by Greg Q View Post
    Its not a bad mill; it just has a couple of bad traits that is has picked up along the way.
    I dont believe you. I think you're making it all up
    Shame about your drive going fissstt. While the replacement fit easily in the same place?

    Quote Originally Posted by eskimo View Post
    luv it...hahahaha

    *bows* thank you.
    I think it would be against ebay policy, as he is selling it as a lot, not by the meter. Maybe I should email him saying "I'll take two meters thanks" hehe
    Its all Ewans fault anyway, if I wasnt looking for DC motors I wouldnt have come across it. With another seller I might have a cry and walk away but I have bought a few things off this guy in the pass and done pretty well out of it......... not his fault I cant read even if technically he shouldn't be doing it.

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    I would contact him and tell him about your mistake ans that you have bought other gear off him.

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    I'll have a word to him when I pick it up. If he didnt have another bid I'd likely ask him to froget about it but someone else bid $2, which doesnt seem to be over the top for what it is. I just need to find a use for it lol. Some of it I hope to use for vaccum line.

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    Default When a 10mm drill isn't 10mm

    That a 10mm drill bit does not necessarily drill a 10mm hole.

    It seems the bloody things have a requirement to be straight.

    Fortunately the resultant oversize hole (10.4mm) meant to receive a 10mm diameter rare earth magnet was able to be treated with fitter in a bottle (loctite)

    The magnets are to keep a set of aluminum soft vice jaws in place.

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    Well done (i think) on the FP2 Greg. As Stu eluded to, without pics it didn't happen......

    I learnt today that not only will an ultrasonic cleaner clean grime and oil off things (especially with a drop of detergent in the water), it will also take the paint right out of the engraving on mic heads ...time to redo the paint on my new Tesa mics....
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