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Duh forgot it is all the subscribers who pay for it...…………. to watch the channel
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Oh and the pun (they mentioned available for further restoration people) so probably covered their costs..... that's tv for you
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1 minute ago, upahill said:
Getting that sort of stuff done commercially is always going to be expensive. A maker could probably have just modeled the old brackets and printed them for pence.
3D scanning seems excessive for the job
that's tv for you probably cost them nought (nothing) publicity
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Sorry gone a little of topic I do apologise Gina Sorry ...
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22 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:
Does that say more about French Health and Safety Regs or the standard of the wiring?
I remember seeing (mains) Christams lights outside a Spanish Town Hall. They were string between trees and lamposts just using naked 'choc-block' connectors that were taking the full weight of the strings of bulbs!
some 3d printing on wheeler dealers this evening for a couple of backets for a sun roof for an old capri cost a fortune they 3d scanned the old brackets (broken) cost I think 190 dollars ouch..... mike brewer thought it was ok as no longer manufactured....
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2 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:
My stepson gave me a pair with five interchangeable jaws for Christmas, each crimping several sizes. ?
expensive for what they are I made my son buy a set (said I had paid for enough in your life)? plus the connectors after an um and arh he caved in
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1 minute ago, Stub Mandrel said:
Does that say more about French Health and Safety Regs or the standard of the wiring?
I remember seeing (mains) Christams lights outside a Spanish Town Hall. They were string between trees and lamposts just using naked 'choc-block' connectors that were taking the full weight of the strings of bulbs!
"health and safety", If the brits over here have twin and earth unshielded earth old lay flat white /grey sheath and have a fire the insurance company won't pay out also if you have uk sockets and no eu marking again nada.My son is a qualified electrician and plus over here that is what he got his teeth into before moving onto HVAC and robotics. As per local rules yes I see a food truck in our local village doing frites(chips) burgers and can't be bothered to uncoil the extension lead that's probably pulling a heafty load fire risk there ….. and yes on chrimbo lights and festoons choc blocks/ wago's everyday.... you take the chance
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1 minute ago, Gina said:
I am well experienced and qualified in handling mains voltage equipment as well as higher voltages and power. I am very careful and aware of safety. The bed heater is controlled by a Solid State Relay rated at several times the current and controlled by the printer control board (Duet WiFi). All the PSU mains connections and the SSR are covered by protective covers and the printer normally never plugged in without these covers in place. This doesn't mean that care isn't still need though - a screwdriver dropped onto a circuit board could easily short out a high current supply and cause a fire. Except for specific testing or faultfinding the controller board and all other electrical connections are covered. All wiring interconnections are insulated with heat-shrink sleeving. Also, all metal parts are specifically earthed to the mains earth so any leakage should trip the ELB (or whatever you want to call it) and no metal parts can become live.
I have every respect to you good on you(visons of back to the future come to mind at 88mph) I think
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over here if the electricity board do some work they have to wear a hard hat plus gloves rated to 1000v a/c and glasses
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1 hour ago, Gina said:
There can be some serious currents and chance of fire in 3D printers. For instance my Giant printer uses a 1200W bed heater (400mm x 400mm) at mains voltage - that's 5A and plenty to be a problem if not handled really well. Many 3D printers use low voltage bed heaters at much higher currents. The hotend heater is also capable of causing a fire. I don't wish to frighten people from using 3D printers but IMO safety is paramount. There are safety arrangements in the firmware of most 3D printers where the power is turned off if the heaters don't operate as expected but...
Nowadays everyone should have a working smoke detector and also CO (carbon monoxide) detector, regularly tested, to warn the occupants if anything goes wrong. And yes, the appropriate fire extinguisher is a good idea.
crikey gina a 240v 5 amp hotbet at 1200 watts you could boil water with that never mind that could kill you...…… be careful hope you have ample protection can't quite remember what the fuse protection is now in the uk earth leakage (same stuff for your garden equipment) if it gets wet...… co2 fire extinguisher oh and a piece of wood.
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6 hours ago, Gina said:
Not postman but DHL courier. 8Kg reel of filament for my Giant printer.
what on earth are you planning on building with that amount of filament......
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Never thought of that... tilt. in hind sight you buy product A then find does not suit it's purpose then buy product B it is a never ending circle why do not the manufacturers take this into account... Price i suppose. Oh well it was said if you went the AP route deep pockets... and many frustrated nights I have this all to come. I will be following your quest with great interest
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Me to I have a 150pds and mpcc ditched the std adapter for one of these from https://www.firstlightoptics.com/adapters/flo-compression-ring-adapter-for-skywatcher-newtonians-m54.html yet to try with mpcc but works fine for visual holds ep's firmly I have clicklock on my c5 rock solid stuff..
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or maybe this might help
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astroboot.co.uk have one for sale £7-90 plus shipping. you will have to check that it comes with the rubber o ring a must
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Here is a picture of the finder
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13 minutes ago, souls33k3r said:
Cheers @fozzybear, how are you mounting your converted guidescope? Is it on the same bracket that it came with or some other method? If you've got an image to share of it being mounted, that would be awesome. Just looking for some ideas.
at the moment I am playing around with it using the std finder bracket albeit I have changed the base to a baader one with twin thumbscrews
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I've converted my celestron 9x50 finder model number #51611 and bought the adapter from Bern at modern astronomy
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3 minutes ago, Alien 13 said:
Note quite I am a very happy Win 10 user and have NEVER had an issue plus it can play Fallout 4 and work with Photoshop and control my DSLR fully over wifi...
Alan
Alan your are such a spoil sport come on join the fun...…… only joking
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All is quiet tonight so everyone is running linux on their machines happily, No on another note Julian have you purchased one of the firefly boards or are you looking as an alternative to a rock64?
regards
Andy
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Just now, stash_old said:
Sorry its a clear night here so I am off to set up my main obsys now - clear skies where ever you are Ladies and Gents - are we allowed to say that these days LOL
No as it cloudy here and raining a demain (tomorrow it is )
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3 minutes ago, stash_old said:
And using the platesolver (online on this occasion) in Indi
Lots of things you can do all with a single window - this is all running on a RPI3 B (not B+) and I am using VNCviewer from a Windows Vista Laptop (over 10yrs old)
can you not use the webserver link to bring this up as I see you are using VNC to remote into the Pi.
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3 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:
Astronomy_Linux
Download failed at 1.1GB or 43.4GB...
Restarted (resumed actually Firefox is good at recovering borked downloads)
3hrs 30 minutes left (yes my broadband is about 2.8 MB/s)
best bet is start again as your download will be corrupt maybe use a download manager
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right time I got my coat .Sorry Gina lets get back on your topic