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  1. RobWard

    Sourcing parts for small generator UK

    Clarke have a good spares division with online parts diagrams.
  2. RobWard

    Toronto place crash

  3. RobWard

    Solidworks 2024 minimising on opening files

    Thanks for that ctopher. I'll show that to our IT guys as it all looks a bit beyond my comfort zone! Regards, Rob "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go past." Douglas Adams
  4. RobWard

    Solidworks 2024 minimising on opening files

    We've installed SW2024 on three machines now and when we open a new file, SW minimises itself. Has anyone else experienced this or know how to prevent it? It's not too serious, but it is somewhat annoying. "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go past." Douglas Adams
  5. RobWard

    Unknown Item

    "I don't think a celestial machine would need Z adjustment. " For close-ups of the stars.....? "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go past." Douglas Adams
  6. RobWard

    Fusion 360 CAM VS MasterCAM

    We started out in CAM with BobCAM. For what we did it was fine. It gets sneered at online and we keep considering SolidCAM, but the workflow looks very different to that which we are used to. (I guess it's much the same as how people say the CAD package you learn first is the one you tend to...
  7. RobWard

    Engineering Office Layout.

    Engineers - surely some sort of adjustable system is what is required here? Imagine electronically raised and lowered partitions. And they don't have to be manually adjusted - think what could be achieved with a suite of sensors monitoring, noise, temperature (draughts), light, body odour...
  8. RobWard

    Open previous folder location

    Hi. We've just upgraded to 2024 and now when we go to open a file it goes back to look in a default folder in the Dassualt Systems folders. Previously it would open up in the last folder that we'd used which was a lot nicer. I can't find a setting or command to make it revert to looking in the...
  9. RobWard

    Another big recall

    Someone once suggested that the best way to improve car safety was to remove the steering wheel airbag and replace it with a metal spike... "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go past." Douglas Adams
  10. RobWard

    Alaska Airlines flight forced to make an emergency landing...

    I'm thankful the door missed the tail on the way out - I believe that's brought down aeroplanes in the past. "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go past." Douglas Adams
  11. RobWard

    Shut off surfaces - redundant surfaces being created

    I'm having a problem whereby, when I create shut off surfaces in the mold tools, Solidworks is creating a surface at both ends of every hole or slot so that there are double the number of surfaces required. I can delete the extra surfaces manually but it's a pain when there are a lot (imagine a...
  12. RobWard

    Improving pipe threads on LDPE injection molded component

    Sort of on-topic(ish): A elderly toolmaker friend of mine told me of when he was a specialist witness in a law suit... Over time, a very large multi-national company making vessels had worked with their toolmakers to tweak the threads on the lids, supplied by a third party, to get the best...
  13. RobWard

    Nepal air crash

    Ahh.. I thought feathering referred to all blade angle adjustments. I was thinking about a marine discussion somewhere on here where they would use variable pitch props (should I call them "screws"?) and they could get bogged down, so they'd lessen the pitch angle to accelerate the engine to...
  14. RobWard

    Nepal air crash

    Out of interest - how much feathering do the crew do? Do you normally just call for an amount of thrust and the engines sort out pitch and RPM, or is it something that you constantly adjust? "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go past." Douglas Adams
  15. RobWard

    What is the purpose of the serration on these lug nuts?

    Is the washer free to spin? "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go past." Douglas Adams
  16. RobWard

    Single phase plate fan running backwards

    ...like the magic smoke from an incorrectly wired motor... "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go past." Douglas Adams
  17. RobWard

    Single phase plate fan running backwards

    Well I can report that we have a success! Thank you all for your help - you have saved me an awful lot of work and I'm gladdened to see the fan running correctly now. Rob "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go past." Douglas Adams
  18. RobWard

    Single phase plate fan running backwards

    Many thanks for the replies. Firstly, apologies to all - I should have made clear that the terminal block is labelled and that the wiring is correct to the labelling, it's just that the terminal blocks are in a different order to the diagram. So, just for future reference, whilst a 3 phase...
  19. RobWard

    Single phase plate fan running backwards

    Thank you Gr8blu. Trying to work out just what I'm looking at - is it fig. 2-24, and I should be transposing the orange and blue leads? (I'm out of my comfort zone here - as a lowly sparky, 3 phase motors I can just about understand, but single phase motors are like witchcraft!) Rob "I love...
  20. RobWard

    Single phase plate fan running backwards

    Thanks for taking a look. There's not a great deal of information but hopefully this will help: "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go past." Douglas Adams

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