Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread

[EC8010]

I will admit that I haven't been in the habit of jumping on the Bantam's brake. Perhaps I should get into the habit, especially as there isn't room to fit a handle to the Bantam. But until I spot a 127 tooth gear at a sensible price, the Bantam is limited to Imperial threads. The Hobbymat has enough change wheels to do almost any thread, but doesn't have a brake or a clutch.

[tggzzz]

Tin came from Sainsbury's.

Nice, and so are the plots

Until I read the text, I wondered why you posted a weird LLM generated image

[tautech]

I will admit that I haven't been in the habit of jumping on the Bantam's brake. Perhaps I should get into the habit, especially as there isn't room to fit a handle to the Bantam. But until I spot a 127 tooth gear at a sensible price, the Bantam is limited to Imperial threads. The Hobbymat has enough change wheels to do almost any thread, but doesn't have a brake or a clutch.

Pretty lucky with this Harrison 12 and a quite rare option it has allowing metric or imperial threading with just a changeover lever.
Even without additional changewheels there's only a few threads I can't do, a couple of the BSPT threads that are normally tapered which would be difficult to do on a lathe anyways.

Thread Cutting Chart.JPG

[EC8010]

My calendar says we're approaching the time of UK radio rallies. But it seems the first is the Newbury one on 5th July. Are there any others within about 60 miles of Newbury before then that I haven't spotted? After all, there might be a something or another there that I dearly need...

[tggzzz]

My calendar says we're approaching the time of UK radio rallies. But it seems the first is the Newbury one on 5th July. Are there any others within about 60 miles of Newbury before then that I haven't spotted? After all, there might be a something or another there that I dearly need...

I've put my response in a separate "Events" thread, viewtopic.php?t=456

[Zenith]

Barry on 9th May. Is it within 60 miles? It's a micro rally, much smaller than W-s-M and definitely not worth a long trip. I may not bother.

Dunstable Downs on 17th May is one of the biggest rallies of the year, sometimes better than Newbury, and there's a visit to TNMoC which can be fitted in after. It's worth the trip.

Mendips on 14th June. It's a minor rally but I've usually managed to come away with a treasure or two.

Newbury on 5th July, and then some major or conveniently near rallies after that.

There are at least three rally lists on the web. It's worth looking at them all rather than just the RSGB list, because they can miss important details or even don't mention some events at all.

[EC8010]

I shall look out for Dunstable Downs and Mendips; you are correct about the RSGB list.

[tggzzz]

I shall look out for Dunstable Downs and Mendips; you are correct about the RSGB list.

Dunstable Downs == Luton; Stockwood Park to be exact.

I'm not sure I would suggest anyone came a long way just to go to the Mendip rally. OTOH, the Stanton Drew stone circles[1] are nearby; bring some sandwiches and have a packed lunch sitting on the stones. (I enjoyed doing that on Stonehenge, but nowadays it is a national disgrace)

[1] https://www.geograph.org.uk/mapper/comb ... 78/-2.5759