Stub Mandrel

I place it above lead guitar 😉

Eurovidion has bcome a sort of huge celebration of csmp culture. It's not really about music at all. Personally I think the U K should enter Duga Doo as I'm 90% sure it would win.

Rhythm guitar is just bass without the riffs and syncopation 😉

I would guess so, almost entirely UK acts!

Katie Zit. IYKYK

Suits a certain kind of voice.

If anyone needs to make one for themselves: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7298327/files

I was looking at the AD-80. But that's only 20kW for 30ms. But 14kW RMS is still around 60Amps. That's more than the beefiest electric shower. I'd only use that hard-wired in place. And not with a domestic supply. And the specs for the big one are downright scary!

Good Lord! It fits and works perfectly. I haven't greased it, and once the Nylon one is made (Nylon 66 is self-lubricating in this sort of application) I'll swap it over.

I'm convinced a replacement is likely to fail again. I've realised the main role of the bush is to stop the inner shaft rotating by engaging with two slots in the outer shaft. My parts were a good fit, but lacked the outer engagement pins so reprinting them. I've tracked down my PTFE grease which is great for this sort of thing. An alternative would be a metal key 25mm long, 8.5 x 5mm section, with rounded ends, popped through the hole in the inner shaft. Perhaps with a plastic sleeve around it.

Here we go. I'll do a trial in PLA, and later print it in Nylon (because the small amount of nylon filament I have is a few years old and needs drying first). Design is (hopefully) printable without support for a decent surface finish.

I've found the issue and though easy to diagnose, it's not a simple repair. To disassemble hold the hefty ring st the bottom of the main shaft in a vice and unscrew: Now loosen the grub screw in the upper two-axis clamp and twist it off. It took a fair bit of twisting and pulling to extract the inner shaft. The culprit is this small insert that guides the inner shaft. It has a tiny cross-section above the slots and should be held in place by inner lugs inside two rectangular slots (one visible). Obviously it failed at the weak points and was causing the jam as the two parts caught on each other. A replacement would require removal of the end plug, but this would probably damage the plug and/or shaft (plug fixed by dimples made in the shaft). Proper replacement would therefore require a new inner shaft. My alternatives are: Moan at Hercules (who still haven't redponded) for a new inner shaft. Fit the larger remnant of the guide ring. It still has its locating lugs, but looks damaged and likely to fail. Leave it off and rely on the end plug to keep the inner shaft aligned (may work but could end up with the plug failing). Make a new guide, split so it can be fitted around the shaft. Lots of ways to do this, might try two 3D printed parts, with teflon grease so they don't 'pick up'.

I think if he had said "you can't buy me that, I will fail the Basschat Gear Abstinence Challenge" and she bought it anyway, it would be ok. Of course, this would make him a liar and she would leave him, after smashing the bass over his head.

20kW would demand an 80 amp+ supply at 240V requiring conductors the size of my little finger... You ain't going to run that off a 13A socket or a standard ring main.

Yes it can make it expand temporarily... but I just needed to free it up.

This isn't the same sort of stickiness. It's a mechanical jamming, not the pladtic degrading - as far as I can tell.

Barry Morris posted some excellent pics of Sunday's gig on Facebook 😎

Neeps... you're a lot more relaxed than previous adjudicators! 🤣

BL carefully working out how many groats he can afford to pay the band?

Some people are like that. I have a 'dual gauge' a bourdon gauge that can measure both pressure and vacuum. Very sensitive and out of Bourdon's own workshop. So rare I haven't been able to find any documentation or other examples. But it has both ink and embossed stamps that check out. My ex-wife bought it at a bootsale for me for £5 along with a bunch of other more modern bits. I got tracked down by a collector and asked to name my price. I won't sell it, I've actually found it useful on occasion and it looks nice.

Only 3 or 4 years old. Not used every gig. Still not right - it keeps jamming then coming free. It feels like something slips free and limits it to 2" of easy travel. I've worked out how to disassemble it so will take a look tomorrow. The clamp is fine it's the guide for the inner shaft. If broken I can perhaps 3D print a replacement or if something is moving maybe it can be glued or pinned in place.

Great fun to groove along to.

I've had the 'prongs' disengage but have been able to sort them. On Sunday, packing up, my Hercules MS533B microphone stand was stiff. Managed to close it but it locked solid. Felt like something was wedged in the shaft as the clutch felt normal. Got it moving with lots of WD40 into the bottom of the shaft, followed by lots of twisting. Will have to see how permanent this is. The problem appears to be with (what appears to be) a white metal guide block at the bottom of the inner telescoping shaft. Perhaps it 'picked' up on the steel? Is their a hiddrn sleeve that came adrift or jammed? Wary of complete disassembly... but how long will it keep working? Annoying as it's streets ahead of other types for utility.

That’s what happens when the 2,000W PMP kicks in 🤣

Fractured Persona. Went to pub after. Fluked a win at pool against guitarist. Thrashed by drummer. Bit more detail - we shared out harmonies for the acapella ending of what we plan as a setpiece encore. Six voices, sounded incredible will be phenomenal if we can hit the spot live.