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Bluechip:
Me  ?? Shaking me Yedd ??


You get what you want from where you want.

Pay no attention to hard-bitten and disillusioned old farts babbling about Rapid, Farnell, CPC etc. being a lot cheaper.

Despite the fact that we are RIGHT ... as ever ... :bang:

Anyway, I've had a splendid day. Cleaned all the crap out of the garage. And the greenhouse.

Now have a squeaky-clean bench, Myford, and WM16 ....

Wonder how long they've been there ?? Also wondering where to get a Fork-Lift to move the Wheelie Bin ??  :scratch:

Dave BC

Rob.Wilson:
hi Dave
 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :D


Rob

John Swift:
Hi Rob
             the first use for the lathe , once its going and I have a feel for it  ,
will be to make non standard parts for other projects and coil-formers for my own version of the denco radio coils
thats no longer made .
I may try to use 2mm plugs and sockets to imitate the old octal plugs and sockets

it looks like I will have to get my self  a camera to show what I'm upto

Hi Chris
             I have just looked at the raynerd web site
I wish I had seen the miller speed control repair link before
it would of saved me from some of the work in tracing my FC250J speed control
some component values are changed for 110v verse 240v operation
and in my case the op amps are powered via dropper resistors instead of the small transformer and voltage regulators
and i don't have the 3rd quad op amp to monitor  if the motor is overloaded
but a lot of the circuit is the same
 
my circuit is on mew & me forum web site

                                          thanks
                                                         

                                                         John Swift

MrFluffy:

--- Quote from: Bluechip on July 17, 2010, 02:01:57 PM ---
Pay no attention to hard-bitten and disillusioned old farts babbling about Rapid, Farnell, CPC etc. being a lot cheaper.

Despite the fact that we are RIGHT ... as ever ... :bang:

--- End quote ---
Horses for courses though isn't it? I just ordered some AllegroMicro hall sensors from digikey (farnell france had no stock till aug). With shipping from the states + import tax etc (digikey france ships from thief river just the same as the UK does, just the website itself is in the region), four allegro hall sensors ended up costing 30e. From Farnell's the same component order was 45!
Annoyingly close in spec sensors (they were missing the chopper stabilized feature I needed) were on ebay from hong kong, a tenner for 12 inc shipping...

If there had been a walk in shop that sold components, it would have made sense to visit to pick these up and thats where they're handy, run out of kynar wire, nip the shop for the quick win and no delivery charges etc. And can you imagine talking your 12 year old nephew through buying some resistors for a simple project from RS or Farnell's? "Well first you have to create an account..". That's why I'm pleased to see Maplins still doing that , keeps the entry door open for new blood :)

If your going to be buying a lot of something, definitely mail order is the answer. And surprisingly ebay at times too. If I need something discontinued that is the first place I look now.

raynerd:

--- Quote from: MrFluffy on July 18, 2010, 04:26:44 AM --- And surprisingly ebay at times too.


--- End quote ---

I find that very often, especially sellers in China. You have to wait a while but a fraction of the cost.

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