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I am an hour away from a print of a computer fan shroud for the dehumidifier for my camper. Boy, is it slow though! Still, what it is doing is quite clever and I can sit here and do other things whilst it is working away printing. Makes some nice futuristic noises too!

Got my Ultimaker 2 yesterday. So far it has made a few 'lego' blocks and a robot. These were the default models loaded in the SD card. There were several delivery delays and I think they were a bit overwhelmed with demand for these but I wasn't in a particular hurry so it didn't matter too much. As a goodwill gesture they included a couple of extra reels of PLA filament It is beautifully made and looks fantastic when it powers up and all its LEDs illuminate the build platform. I am amazed at the fine print resolution in PLA and in ABS.

I've got a couple of spare IBC containers

If you are thinking of buying new, Wickes emailed round 4" 8x4 cellotex for £36 a sheet down from £48. No idea how this compares. When we did our big workshop we managed to buy a whole load of used kingspan/cellotex sheets for sensible money from a firm specialising in s/h insulation. Two pallets worth. We weren't worried about dents and broken corners as we had a fair area to cover

I ordered an Ultimaker2 this morning, you're welcome to come and play with it Simon if you want when it arrives

Sorry to drag you away to the phone this afternoon Si, thanks for the information though

Which one do you have? the Ultimaker or Ultimaker 2?

Which version of the Ultimaker have you got Si? How do you programme? Can it take solidworks models?

Does that rather nice looking Rothenberger torch have a hose attachment to a bottle or just screw in bottles?

If you're not in too much of a hurry contact your local Snap On dealer and see what he has taken in as a trade in. Often some bargains to be had if you aren't too fussy. I got a gigantic yellow MAC tools roll cab and top box for less than a Snap ON top box on it's own because it was MAC and presumably yellow. Draw sliding seems a little bit better than the Snap On ones I replaced

Steel or ally? Si R suggested this to me a while ago about something else, get it laser cut from steel as a series of laminations and glue it together with MIG or TIG

This is worth a look at for ideas, bit spendy if you buy one http://www.azalai.co.uk/ If you rechassis longer I would think you need to IVA your creation (?)

Only ever made tanks in aluminium for race cars but 4mm in steel sounds hugely thick and will be enormously heavy. Can you not use a 90 tank under the drivers seat? I have this under the seat in my 110 as I have LPG in the back. The 90 tank was actually not very expensive to buy

very good!

What is the mode of operation of the Merc idle air valve? Is it PWM? It must have one/something already.

A happy ending at last Now give Simon at X Eng a ring and get some security on it!

The spiralox ring will fit in the groove and control end float. They seem much better at resisting end thrust than circlips. Pigs to get in and out on piston gudgeon pins

Sounds like most people practising welding

I had one from Terry and four or five years on it is still going strong

I really wish I could have got the spark eroder on the truck when I came to pick the grinder up from your place Grinder is giving excellent service btw, thanks!

I have BLOS carbs on two vehicles now, my 110 with a 3.5 EFi V8 and on my Gaz-66 truck which is a Russian ZMZ 4.2 V8. The 110 is on Megasquirt with switch maps and the Gaz on the original Russian distributor. On the 110 I can barely discern any difference in performance between petrol and LPG. There is a slight loss of oomph on the Gaz as it is running the same ignition settings but it is a minuscule difference

On that basis, can *all* religions be asked to refrain from touting for new business until all of their claims be substantiated? I'd like to see the ASA grow balls big enough to try that :)

Just to stir the conversation a little teeny bit, many manufacturers were quite happy to build cars for donkeys years from crappy steel with loads of cavities acting as mud traps so that they would rust at the merest sniff of road salt weren't they? Not mentioning any names here (Land Rover), if they were that worried about the customer experience they could have predicted very early on that galvanising chassis and bodies would extend the life of the vehicles considerably but that isn't a good business model is it? Anyway, what are these little things we're discussing?

The last one we sent back for refurb didn't seem to be as gutsy after they'd refurbished it, despite a new gearbox.

Time to start marking every part on your vehicle with your Reg number