Thread: A "make Lemonade" moment (I bought a lemon)

Richard, normally I find DHL pretty good. If their tracking information is saying that it may be worth contacting the local DHL office to give it a hurry up. If it's the seller saying that it has been posted it may be worth while asking him for a tracking number. 33 days does not sound right to me.

I've tried the taster in the collet chuck and had it in the mill using the adaptor. I haven't used it to indicate anything in anger yet. We new owners of Haimers may have to ask the established owners to start up a "things you can do with a 3D taster". I got an instruction sheet with mine but it only covered aligning the probe axis with the machine spindle.

Michael

I have the tracking number... No update since the 4th July, It never made the update that says it has left the german parcel processing centre and ready for shipment to Australia..

I did some research and the tracking should go from saying

"The international shipment has been processed in the export parcel center"

Then the next tracking event should be

"IPZ-Ffm, Germany"

Mine never reached the IPZ event..

I contacted DHL post asking if it had left Germany and they replied with they will do nothing until the middle of August, then if no show they will launch an investigation.


But things to do with a 3D taster... I was thinking my main use will be not just setting up but measurement of things...

Say a narrow groove... With the taster move the spindle over one edge... Zero the DRO, move to the other edge... Instant measurement of the groove width.. Other measurements also easily attained using the three dimensions the device will give you..

Hi .RC. Similar story, I got a DHL package from Germany last week, it was shipped on the 8th and arrived on the 30th. I thought that 3 weeks plus seemed slow for what's supposed to be a premium courier service. The tracking number provided by the seller never worked whenever I tried it.

Back to the thread topic, congratulations Michael, nice recovery from a lemon, to something that's going to be a valuable addition to the workshop!

Regards
Ray

Originally Posted by RayG

Hi .RC. Similar story, I got a DHL package from Germany last week, it was shipped on the 8th and arrived on the 30th. I thought that 3 weeks plus seemed slow for what's supposed to be a premium courier service. The tracking number provided by the seller never worked whenever I tried it.

Ray, 3 weeks is reasonable (pretty good actually) for when I order items from Germany. It is my understanding that DHL is essentially the same as our Aussie Post parcel service. It is owned by Deutsche Post and handles their international parcels.

Funnily enough, when I order from Germany the sellers usually pester quite a bit on the "has it arrived". I tell them not to worry and that I will let them know when it arrives. I think it must be a lot faster locally..

The thing DHL are excellent on is price (only in Germany however). A 30kg+ cylinder head shipped from Germany to my door for 85 Euros. Now Aussie Post could not deliver in Australia for that!

An on topic note; This thread is one of the best in a long time. I need to tweak my Haimer Taster. It at times jumps on the dial when zeroing. Instead of smoothly going from .01 to 0.02 it will not move as my DRO is incrementing then skip from 0.01 to 0.05 (as an example). I am not sure if my DRO is dicky or my Haimer!

Mine arrived today.... will post picture in the tool thread...

This is RC's post about his adjustment discovery. A search down the track will show its presence in the Tool Gloat thread. Searching through 67 pages can be frustrating.

Secondly you can adjust the dial zero position by the 4 screws that hold the bezel in... I found those tiny set screws on mine were loose, that is why the needle position was not sticking straight up... Tightening them moves the needle all over the place so you tighten them to get them into what position you want...

Thanks again Richard.

Interestingly mine is also out by 0.02mm...

If I move the probe till it is just touching the work... Then zero the DRO, move the probe until the dial says it has moved 2mm the DRO always says is has only moved 1.98mm.

It does not really matter as I just move the dial over 2 graduations then I know it is spot on...