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Featured in Model Engineers’ Workshop Magazine (No. 288, page 22), one of our M-DRO Digital Readout customers has written an article on how he has worked on a project to set correct rotation speed according to size of cutter and material being machined.

Andrew Carruthers said “the image shows the finished display clip mounted on the Digital Readout (DRO). I also wanted the end result to be aesthetically pleasing and in-keeping with the DRO I am installing but at the same time, be easily differentiated, so I chose the blue display to contrast with the red DRO display. This modification is inexpensive and a quick project to build and delivers valuable information to the operator. Only basic soldering skills and a few readily available parts from either your spares bin or online are required, the display case can be made from offcuts, or if available, 3D printed which is the route I took.”

To read the full article on how Andrew created his project and what was involved with a step-by-step guide, please click here. Discover our full range of DRO Kits here, alternatively, contact our Technical Product Specialist on 01992 455921.

(Credit: Andrew Carruthers, Model Engineers’ Workshop Magazine)

comparison ultrasonic plug

Have you ever considered purchasing one of our industrial grade extra-large Ultrasonic Cleaners, but the 3-phase power source is proving an issue?

We have a solution – we now have availability on single-phase extra-large Ultrasonic Cleaners, which will still heat the circuits just like a 3-phase power source would do. If this is of interest, we have capacities of 57 Litres, 90 Litres and 99 Litres in single-phase options.

These new single-phase XL Ultrasonic Tanks use a 16A 3-pin plug which can be wired into most single-phase domestic and light commercial premises where 3-phase wiring isn’t present, resulting in identical performance and operation to the 3-phase variants. As well as matching performance, this can also be a more cost-effective and straight-forward option, compared to running new circuits even when 3-phase is present.

For more information on our XL Ultrasonic Cleaning range, please contact our Technical Product Specialist on 01992 455925 or visit our website by clicking here.

We caught up with our Operations Manager, Jo Shepherd, and asked some questions about herself. This is what we asked, along with Jo’s answers:

• How long have you been working at the Allendale Group?

5 years

• When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A Teacher

• What’s one hobby you’d love to get into?
Papercraft

• What’s your most used emoji?
Christmas tree (or really smiley face)

• What’s your favourite sport to watch and which team?
Not really into sports

• What’s your favourite movie?
Labyrinth

• Do you have a hidden talent?What is it?
I make the best peanut butter cupcakes

• What’s your biggest pet peeve?
Being late!

• What’s your guilty pleasure?
Watching Real Housewives of Beverley Hills

• Who’s your favourite comedian?
Jack Whitehall

• If you could be any animal in the world, what animal would you be and why?
Wolf – they are strong, beautiful and maybe then I wouldn’t be cold all the time

• What’s the first concert you ever went to?
Spice girls

• What country would you like to visit for the first time?
Iceland

• What is one food/cuisine you can’t give up?
Bread

• If you could have dinner with someone famous (dead or alive), who would it be?
Graham Norton

• What would be the title of your autobiography?
The girl who loved Christmas

• Stuck on a desert island, what 1 item do you choose?
My Kindle

• What’s the best advice you were ever given?
Never go to bed angry

electrical terminals

A customer of ours purchased some replacement brushes for a Bosch Jigsaw online, however, when they arrived from China, the push on spade terminals was heavily rusted. Instead of receiving a refund, he decided to put our Ultrasonic Cleaner paired with our Oxidation Cleaning Fluid to the test and tried to remove the rust himself.

Being only 3mm wide and 8mm long, the usual abrasive tools wire brushes and emery paper were impractical to use, so our customer placed them inside a beaker in our 3 litre Ultrasonic Cleaner. He also added 10% of Oxidation Remover Solution inside the beaker with distilled water inside the Ultrasonic Tank then started the cleaning process at 50 Degrees Celsius.

The rust and oxidisation were starting to shift after a few minutes with the fluid becoming cloudy, after 30 minutes it was completely gone and the shiny silver colour base metal was exposed where the rusting had been. This was a time-saving solution to the problem which got into the intricate shape of the connectors, allowing our customer to use the brushes for their intended application.

For more information about our Ultrasonic Cleaners and Cleaning Fluids, please visit our website here or contact our Technical Product Specialist on 01992 455925.

Electrical Terminals

Featured in December’s Model Engineers’ Workshop Magazine (No. 288, page 13), one of our customers has written an article on how he has created a Micrometer Roller Box for ‘running down’ long thing workpieces, with the help of our 25mm (1") Digital Depth Gauge.

As mentioned in the article, a Roller Box is used on a capstan or turret lathe, which brings the next tool into operation as the turret is racked to and from. Our Digital Depth Gauge features a small diameter round pin which makes it easy to measure the depth of smaller spaces, perfect for the application Howard Lewis was using it for. It was used to ensure the slot depth in the tool bits was correct.

For more information about our 25mm (1") Digital Depth Gauge featured, please click on the link or contact our Technical Product Specialist on 01992 455921.

(Credit: Howard Lewis, Model Engineers’ Workshop Magazine)