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Normally these movements have a built in governor, which I can't see on your one, so maybe your one has built-in drag to cope with fast winding. If so, you'll need a way to limit the speed otherwise you'll possibly force the mechanism and likely break it. Anyway, really neat project, should be...

Good to see not much damage from what could have been a disaster Rod! I can't remember if I saved these from here or cnczone, but this blokes idea I reckon is just about perfect! I'll be something similar but adjusting the bottom as I'll need to re-fit the brake so it's fully functional and not...

I've always thought the puny cabinets they sit on are a royal PITA, especially when a lot of them don't have a brake. Mine has a brake but I've decided to build a solid bench with many drawers to sit mine on, and also incorporate the brake. I often look at mine and think not only is the useless...

One thing I quite often get with ebay when using a pc online, you come across an auction your interested in, so you click on "sellers other items" to see what else they have, and ebay comes up saying they have no items for sale! So you hit the "back" button and your in their auction again! Also...

Are there free plans available for the steam hammer given the age? It would be a great project for bar stock instead of castings. cheers, Ian

Ha! I've actually been after an electric kiln without luck, so maybe I better search instead for "Model Four Stroke Petrol Engines" to see if any good kilns come up!

Dave, the stated 30A is just the maximum rating, but they are limited by whatever supply you use, so if you use the 30A board with a 1A (or whatever) power supply for a 0.5A motor, you'll only draw 0.5A (usually thereabouts allowing for efficiency, overhead, etc). cheers, Ian

The engines coming along beautifully, and the Optimum gear is really great isn't it Edi? They do a good job on them. cheers, Ian

Those ceramic burners from Stuarts seem a tad expensive for what they are?

I rarely ever use it but didn't realise until not long back that ebay owns gumtree!

You could setup your search parameters to also exclude known big items, "-bridgeport -meike -mazak" for example, to help narrow it down. cheers, Ian

As Jack620 mentioned, it's not the cost of shipping that's the problem, more the inflated revenue raising schemes masquerading as "shipping costs" that is the problem. I have no qualms if I want something big and heavy sent from US to OZ, and paying the appropriate $60-$70-$90 post-pak costs...

Can I just say here that while some of your posts while OT have been perhaps mildly amusing Andrew, this last one is really just over the top! Why are you destroying other peoples threads with not only completely irrelevant stuff, but also highly distasteful ones like your last post? I don't...

Maybe he figured the US was too small a market, you know, not many people that build engines! :rolleyes: At least you've got a way to get them now! cheers, Ian

Carba-tec (which I'm not overly enthused about), I tried to get it from Rockler or another supplier, and they referred me back to Carba-tec as the distributors. $200 was just an absolute rip-off, but between that and the Festool refill bags, I had no choice really. I just love the unit though...

I can attest to the "Dust Deputy", the opaque cyclonic unit in Tin's post. It is a lifesaver, although in OZ they are $200, they are fantastic! I use mine for the cnc machines, as well as the mill and lathe, and general vacuuming/cleaning up. Virtually nothing ends up going into the dust...

Beautiful work Ramon! I'm in awe of the amazing result and can understand why you'd be very pleased! cheers, Ian

Loving seeing this come along Baz, awesome job mate. Looking forward to more videos of the end results.Good idea with the proximity sensors, are you using a PLC/stateful style algorithm or simply go-no go for the Mach3 handling of the ATC? cheers, Ian

Hi Tim, I'm very interested in that, but note you only mentioned US while i'm in Australia, would one of the USPS flat rate boxes be suitable if your willing to sell internationally? cheers, Ian

Ha, you clearly haven't been married long enough to know that would be a suicide mission. There's no arguing logic with a wife I've found!