Tips from a pro.....

[Mikegh]

I'm not sure why you would intentionally drill a hole smaller than what you would need, but you would then use the bit you used as the pilot, and rather than having just a few mm as a lead you have as much as you want. Works on the larger and smaller arbors.

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Thanks for the link , gonna pick one up, seen so many tools and gadgets since I registered her, I need to speak to the wife

Reason for drilling the smaller holes as I said was there's so many sizes and I didnt always know so drilled for the smallest standard GU10

Not involved in that type work these days

 

[Mikegh]

When stripping down a motor gear box assembly (or for any assembly with multiple parts and casings) take a dot punch, lightly dot each item with its corresponding part, (taking care to not damage any engineered surfaces) especially if there are multiple possible positions but the original position is crucial on re-assembly.

I post this because one of my less experienced team members has just stripped a gearbox assembly down to replace some worn parts. He did have the common sense to mark the parts but used a "permanent" marker pen, only to wash the marks off at the de-greasing station.

Good post

Shooting from the hip but how much if any of that can you do with a camera phone

Prob not much

I got into the habit of taking out the phone and taking loads of pictures when strioping stuff down and reassembling

 

[Intoelectrics]

Good post

Shooting from the hip but how much if any of that can you do with a camera phone

Prob not much

I got into the habit of taking out the phone and taking loads of pictures when strioping stuff down and reassembling

Yeah, sure with modern technology we can take snap shots that can be very useful. However, in certain circumstances you are looking for 100% reliability, digital pictures can be accidently erased.