2016 POTD Thread Archive

[Franko]

A friend of mine when I was very little (as apposed to older and a bit short ) blew up his BMX tire at the petrol station , it was sooooo loud.
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Stuart

It is encouraging to know I'm not the only person to do that. And, yes, it was very loud.

 

[cascao]

Happened with me too. And my face was very close to the tire.

 

[kvt]

2volts what metal did you use for your spanner/ I need to make one for mine but nor sure what to make it from. The one for the ring is almost like the steel that is used to make regular tools with .

 

[Dan_S]

I finished up the CBN wheel flanged bushing, and now it's on to the tool rests.

 

[Techie1961]

I made a replacement knob for my Colchester Dominion lathe. It has been missing for a long time and I decided to show it some respect. A little question for anyone that knows Colchester lathes. Does the dark green look like an original colour?

 

[mattthemuppet2]

almost finished my my multicolour LED microscope light, now just have to figure out why the LEDs are all on when they shouldn't be!

 

[churchjw]

Can you post more about the microscope?

 

[mattthemuppet2]

for sure - it's just a basic VWR stereo dissecting microscope


that I'll be sticking one of the adapters and green bandpass filter to, from these guys:
http://www.nightsea.com/products/stereomicroscope-fluorescence-adapter/

there are a lot more details and some pics I've taken with a confocal (laser excitation instead of LED) of my worms
http://www.hobby-machinist.com/thre...or-fluorescence-microscope.41853/#post-361279

 

[2volts]

2volts what metal did you use for your spanner/ I need to make one for mine but nor sure what to make it from. The one for the ring is almost like the steel that is used to make regular tools with .

its just mild steel flat bar 65 x 6mm

pete

 

[rick9345]

resisters or a variable resister to change volts for each color.