WJ? definitely a machine/tooling reseller although I'd guess he has a hobby shop as well
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Hey Guys!!! I dare you to find a better auction than this….. Starts Tomorrow.
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WJ? definitely a machine/tooling reseller although I'd guess he has a hobby shop as well
@Tom Kitta I absolutely agree with you re: family/auctioneer bidding up items at the Wildrose sale today..... I bought a few things, but most of the usual suspects went for waaaaaay too much money, even for Alberta.
gerritv
Gerrit
I'll be there at 0845 with my wife. This won't be the first machine that she helps move, hopefully the last though 
Derek will also be there to assist, he has moved one of these before.
I'll be totally focused on the task at hand so if I seem distant, please don't take offense. I have a fixed time frame before I must be at Hamilton Airport for my 1 hour flight. I really really can't afford to miss that.
Gerrit
Derek will also be there to assist, he has moved one of these before.I'll be totally focused on the task at hand so if I seem distant, please don't take offense. I have a fixed time frame before I must be at Hamilton Airport for my 1 hour flight. I really really can't afford to miss that.
Gerrit
Redneck_Sophistication
Super User
You are correct. I thought that was today’s numbers. For some reason I thought it was fri/sat pick up not sat/sun.
*********** the pick up is SATURDAY AND MONDAY NOT SUNDAY ***********
I’ll probably be there around 9 I’m normally up early.
I’ll be the big guy with a beard if you need a hand lol
Canadium
Ian
I'll be the big guy with a grey beard and moustache, glasses, black toque, and a grey Honda Civic. LOL
TOBARApprentice
Super User
See everyone in the morning then! Tom, did you email me your invoice?
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Redneck_Sophistication
Super User
It was quite the basement! Far smaller then I thought! So full. Would ha e lived to have seen him at work!
I’ll be making a:
“what the heck is this?” Post to figure out what I got in my box of goodies, besides a TON of reamers!
I’ll be making a:
“what the heck is this?” Post to figure out what I got in my box of goodies, besides a TON of reamers!
Redneck_Sophistication
Super User
You’re most welcome.
I was chuckling all day after I said I would have bid more on the mill if I known it was so small, and your wife looked at me with daggers “NO don’t”. Ha ha were always getting in trouble for our hobbies
TOBARApprentice
Super User
I’m generally pretty happy with the haul. The engraver is “well used” but nothing needs to be replaced and we’re I to do so my shop has the capability. I would say I am disappointed with the Interapid as I think it needs to be repaired..... live and learn! Next will be onto the power supplies, check and test. That’ll be fun given that I have almost no idea what I’m doing; but it’s just electricity, what’s the worst that can happen, lol? Nice to meet some of the guys.... I think a shop beer is in order soon though..... Craig, Dave, Gerrit, George and Mike.... your are all on notice, anyone else is welcome! We can all bellyache over how Wayne got all the good stuff!
TOBARApprentice
Super User
He was in it..... I saw it too.
gerritv
Gerrit
And I was looking down on everyone
Incredibly noisy, esp. during takeoff, 108db or so apparently. And it is only half weight so I can't imagine the noise level with a full bomb load. Even during the rest of the flight you could not hear yourself yell at someone. Lots of shaking as they ran the engines up to get them up to temperature before takeoff. Very stable in flight, no bouncing around at all.
No creaks, no squeaking, this plane is better built than the B17 I was in a few years ago.
But very cramped inside, even when they were used to bring home POW's in WWII they could only get 29 people in the plane.
My parents told me many times about hearing/watching Lancasters going over Amsterdam during the war, and esp. the food drops at the end of the Hunger Winter in 1945.
Well worth the cost IMHO, to experience what young men committed to day after day for us.
Gerrit
Incredibly noisy, esp. during takeoff, 108db or so apparently. And it is only half weight so I can't imagine the noise level with a full bomb load. Even during the rest of the flight you could not hear yourself yell at someone. Lots of shaking as they ran the engines up to get them up to temperature before takeoff. Very stable in flight, no bouncing around at all.
No creaks, no squeaking, this plane is better built than the B17 I was in a few years ago.
But very cramped inside, even when they were used to bring home POW's in WWII they could only get 29 people in the plane.
My parents told me many times about hearing/watching Lancasters going over Amsterdam during the war, and esp. the food drops at the end of the Hunger Winter in 1945.
Well worth the cost IMHO, to experience what young men committed to day after day for us.
Gerrit
Canadium
Ian
I'm all for meeting over a beer although Covid is still a lingering problem. I also am pleased with my haul and was pleasantly surprised that my pick up went very smoothly. I got the lot of cheaper dial gauges and some of them are definitely sticky so I might make my first foray into DIY dial gauge repairs. I figure I have little to lose since they were so cheap. I also got a Mitutoyo dial caliper that is so jammed with crud it doesn't work any more. I'm hoping if I take it apart and give it a good clean it will be like new again. More projects to keep me busy!!!
Dabbler
ersatz engineer
gerritv
Gerrit
I would brush the gear rack etc. with paint thinner, and blow it off a few times, each time moving the head to a different spot. I was given a jammed up Etalon dial caliper, that is how I got it sorted out. Lubed with sewing machine oil (aka fine mineral oil).
The less you take apart, the lower the risk of losing parts.
Gerrit
At 13:49 she says says 'these are measuring relative travel, not absolute length'... ??
Within the accuracy of the the gear train (or the electronic equivalent in a digital indicator), isn't that the intended purpose where the plunger displacement represents length? Maybe its the word 'absolute' that's throwing me. I've seen dial 'test' indicators referred to as 'relative' comparators as in pre-zero on a gage block, compare to the part & you are looking for +/- deviation to zero. But its back to a similar issue where a mechanical clock mechanism is supposedly telling you how far off zero you are, no?
Within the accuracy of the the gear train (or the electronic equivalent in a digital indicator), isn't that the intended purpose where the plunger displacement represents length? Maybe its the word 'absolute' that's throwing me. I've seen dial 'test' indicators referred to as 'relative' comparators as in pre-zero on a gage block, compare to the part & you are looking for +/- deviation to zero. But its back to a similar issue where a mechanical clock mechanism is supposedly telling you how far off zero you are, no?