Paul Busby

whats it worth?

He's asking for £120, but given its a local listing, I should be able to lowball.

not sure mate theres one in gumtree for £70 ive seen only one shell though etc try and get it for £90/100 matey

I think im just going to pass... as much as I love a bargain, I probably have enough on my hands.... but if anyone is interested then let me know and I can help handle the sale.

It looks like that's what they've done.... not quite the same mark up as loo roll like 😆

I've just tested my video camera with an HDMI screen and I reckon this could work quite well after fiddling with the settings. Already got a little tripod, kind of annoyed I didn't think of this earlier!

Jobs a good'un, disaster averted.

Assuming the capture card arrives in time!

Who knows right now...

Maybe look at a molex mini fit jr crimp, I think they are the same however you'll be able to look at a drawing to confirm. Tooling price, anything molex will be £200+ for the hand tools, your only bet is a cheap Chinese one. 

Yeah those are very similar.

I found a great explanation here:

http://tech.mattmillman.com/info/crimpconnectors/

But there must be something in-between a £20 Chinese thing that will need to be replaced after 20 crimps, and a £200-500 Molex one?

I followed some of the threads from that website but I haven't so far managed to figure out exactly what I'm looking for... was hoping some of you guys who do super custom wiring in your crawlers might have already been there, done that.

I work for a company who does this, trust me I know how much the companies charge for the tools. If they say it as comparable with XXX molex would take legal action against them. Hobbyking sell one, it might be worth a shot. 

You can get additional axis heads that bolt onto the bed of the machine, this will give you some 5axis features however you'll still have a spindle that will only move in the z axis so not true 5 axis. 

Not at all mate, there's some decent sub £1000 basic CNC machines out there. If your good at CAD the programming parts shouldn't be too hard. Just give yourself a extra couple of hundred quid to buy tooling, I think Autodesk fusion offers a program writing add on. 

We use alphacam where i work, which integrates well with the machines own software suite. Seems pretty powerful

Or make it a mouth with snarling teeth?

Maybe I'll do something like that when i have an XXXTREEEMMMEEE product range 😃

Possibly I was just trying to do too much detail, how's this:

I like it. 

watts is just outcome of amps x voltage so TP power specifies it as what motor is capable of in terms of power but besides their weird marking which doesn't mean much their calculation is also confusing 

I would like one too black/gold would suit my truck so well that's the main reason I want one lol. But also because they are rated so highly. But I have no idea which one I should order for a MT 4-6s I was thinking the 1800kv. 

It has a hw 2200kv right now but I'm hoping the TP would be a considerable step up from that but I dont know then the price comes into play and i carry on umming and arring. 

@RCbutcher - I'm not super familiar with that truck, but I would have thought somewhere around 1800 would good if you get a longer can and a slightly bigger pinion. You can make it kind of like driving 4s in terms of actually being able to get the power down, but more efficient and with a big more torque when needed.

😑

Ask the local post offices too. I once had a hpi kit from Germany say the same I asked the main post office but wasnt there. Then tracked it down to the back of town back street post office 30min walk using Google maps lol  but got it. 

I got it all now mate, it was as A.J said, customs charges

More lambs to the slaughter 😂😂

this is one of the perks of spending the holidays alone, and also not getting any gifts... you dont get any family members giving you holiday illnesses as a stocking filler !! 

Good luck to you mate. Last year I was absolutely ruined. Kids dropped first cooked it into some kinda super weapon then unleashed it on me. I couldn't eat for a week almost which made me worse I think it was the worst I've ever been hardly ever got ill until my kids cooked them up from nursery first. 

@RCbutcher Yeah I rarely got ill before these little monsters came into my life!

Chassis probably a bit too big for this machine, but the other things perhaps yeah.

If you have ideas or requests, I'm more than happy to have a think about it.

Motor mounts with easily removable motors for easier pinion changes could be a reasonably easy thing to make, ...like what Arrma have done for the V4 motor mount on their 6S cars.  

Lower profile shock towers or ones with a lot more mounting holes for increased amount of suspension tuneability & shock options. 

Just a coupe of ideas there for you ~ nothing necessarily model specific but knowing how popular Arrma is that maybe a good brand to start with. 
Also Tamiya.
I'm in a few Tamiya groups on FB and they'll spend silly money on them as who doesn't like a good "Hop Up" part. 😁 With most Tamiya's being plastic/ABS etc then anything that could be redone or re-engineered in aluminium or carbon fibre would sell I'm sure. 

Motor mounts are not easy mate, that's a pretty advanced part!

I'm only getting a 3 axis machine as well so it would take significant level of jigging.

Otherwise, All the other idea's im down for... may hve to invest in some tamiyas

I don't think there's actual binning involved. At the very least, i'd be very surprised. 

I personally think it's luck of the draw. You can get lucky, but chances are that you're not, in which case you buy a second one - and then you're at the price of one reasonably priced decent one. At least that's my thought behind my purchases - i've bought twice too often, and over time that results in really not that great a saving by going as cheap as possible. 

I just checked, a WP-SC8 on ebay can be had for £45 as well. Brand new. And i haven't even checked faceballs marketplace for used stuff (that'd be my first stop). But, again: each to his own, i don't "judge" - i just don't share the view that the cheapest part is the best part. Even if you want to save money.

I think between all the budget/unbranded stuff it definitely is luck of the draw because of the lack of QC.

That's just fact, if only 1 out of 10 gets actually tested, then potentially 9 out of 10 could be bad.

If 9 out of 10 are tested, then only 1 can be bad.

Note for future reference, RCmart is generally one of the best places for electrics.

Hobbywing stuff is also quite often on free shipping too.

Provided you don't mind waiting an extra few days, orders from there are usually here withina  week, 10 days at the very most.

My experiences with RC Mart so far have been stellar to be fair!

I've taken many things apart, but not a Dremel yet, sorry. I watched AvE take all kinds of stuff apart and puzzle it back together, as most hobbyist tools go. 

But that's my point. It either goes to the landfill directly or you take it apart. I don't see why a simple tool like a rotary wouldn't go back together, though. 

Looking at the diagram, they sell interior  parts, so it's supposed to be fixable. You just need to figure out which parts are rounded off, shouldn't be hard. 

Half blind using a Dremel not a good combination, by the sounds of it a broken Dremel was the least of your worriers 

I love AVE, but he does give you a false sense of confidence with these things... well me anyway. I tried to fix my cheap electric driver and all the bearings fell out, I put them in the best I could but it makes a funny noise now.

Took the Dremel apart and it wasnt too bad. Just gotta make sure you take the correct side off first (the one with the various bits of safety and certification info on) and then keep an eye on the brush holders, as they're a bit silly and ping out. Total cost of repair = basically £0.00

The cause of the issue was as I expected, the chuck button was worn, so I'm pretty sure that what I think happened, is what happened. It didn't actually wear it down completely though, the return spring had actually worked its way ito the plastic preventing the full action of the button.

I just added a 5x8 shim under the spring, and that shouldn't ever happen again.

Bearings were all fine, only slight discolour on the windings. The brushes and the stator are looking a tiny bit suspect... but they're ok.

It's not running as good as it used to, but it runs.

Naaa, lol, I love a good build thread, especially when it’s for model I’ve not really seen before 

Bit late for that now haha

you are going to have to take it apart put it back in all the bags, tape the bags back up and start again or AJ will ban you 

The whole purpose of me doing this is to make sure when I progress passed 1 piece bumpers into more complex and potentionally more durable parts, I can be sure that things actually fit the models.

I don't exactly know if what I'm doing is the most efficient approach, but I am taking it seriously.

Can you tell what I'm working on?

Looks like the front of a chassis kickup, i like that

It certainly is, guess the brand

Clue number 2

Our local water plant definitely has it's fair share of my bodyclips  

Hilarious, amazing what stuff people try

I agree with you the months period should only count to businesses mayb it does or mayb it's made up lol. 

Well so far, I haven't heard anything else. I suspect he probably contacted ebay and they told him to stop being a bell end.

Yup, XT90 in my entire fleet. That said: the DBXL-E came with these new IC5 connectors, they are so lovely to disconnect due to nice "grippy" parts. My only gripe with XT90, sometimes you need a crowbar to take them apart. 

Deans are the absolute worst connector. Not a fan of them at all.

XT90's on my whole fleet..😉 except my new Typhon it's still running IC5/EC5 mix..🤔

I'm not sure i'd want to be keeping one in the house personally, the racket they make is pretty unbearable!

Sorry to butt in but I've also been looking at this kinda stuff.

I had a cheapy £50 one years ago that came with an airbrush and some paints, I thought it would be good for painting Airfix and RC bodies, turned out to be crap, wrong kind of paint and airbrush really, but didn't bother researching.

Instead of starting a new status/thread, is anyone using a budget friendly set up that works for RC bodies etc... ?

I don't mind a minute or two of spraying then letting the air compressor kick in, if it means saving some space and it being a bit cheaper.

And also what paint people are using?

@Oh How Original  anything tamiya, or anything acrylic from greenstuffworld for paints

Yeah he has it running at the end and it just seems like a total waste of time, but it looks so cool.

It’s probably lost power 😂

And didn't make any cool whoosh noises. 😑

30hr's that's just crazy..!! wtf are you printing 🤔

This mama-jama

I modified the design and got it down to 22 hours for the next one 😄

My Typhon 6s was sitting outside the front door for six hours, in the open. Got delivered at 8ish, didn't get any notification, didn't ring/knock (i was awake and refreshing the DPD page every 30 seconds because i'm childishly excited), found the RC then in front of the door when we wanted to leave for shopping at 2ish. 

It's not just Parcelforce that sucks in this.

I didn't even get a card. I don't even think they loaded it onto a van, I think they just decided to not send it out yesterday and clicked the button on the system to say that it was by my request.

Thing is, I don't mind if they don't get it sorted and shipped on time due to a backlog, if they just admit this is the situation. When the tracking says, "customer requested xyz" is when my back gets up.

I presume this is to try and avoid refunds on the postage cost due to not meeting the delivery target, so I might talk to RPRC and find out if I can fight them to get my £3.99 back out of pure spite for the lie 😂

The package is on the map today though, so perhaps they will actually deliver it.

Paul...no...they NEVER tryed to deliver. The scan shows you requesting later delivery..... 'addressee requested later delivery'

Contact the supplier, and give them the story and turn the screws. Tell them this:

What has happened is the depot have not put it on the van. Probably had a driver go sick ( it's Easter...with a couple of short weeks, and holiday is in demand. Folks dont get the time off...go sick) then, rather than show the failure....they have scanned it to make it look like you requested it, so the depot figures look better. Probably did it to hundreds of items. The item never moved, and you never requested a delivery...in fact...you took the day off to wait in JUST for this item as it was due.

If a delivery was 'attempted' you would see that.

How do I know this? Simple....I worked for Parcelforce for 27 years. Took redundancy this March. There isn't a trick I don't know 😉

good luck paul sometimes when you hold out you get better buying

And save on that stamp duty.

Congrats Paul !!!

Well done and congrats @Paul Busby . Great way to start 2021. 

Just need to resist the urge to buy an LMT until I have actually got an offer

Ohhh, I know they do spit flames, people just said they don't because it was Kev... I'm not his biggest fan but the video doesn't lie.

It does beg the question, just how much testing went into these ESCs before bringing them to market.

agree with Nitroholic and dan  seen it happen on a HPI 6s esc my mates savage flipped in wood lands and started smoking he tried taking the shell off to remove the plugs and flame on !! luckily he had a harden shell at the time or could of been alot worst

@Redback - The modes available are Sensored only, Smart Sensor, and Brushed. Smart sensor will detect if you have a sensor or not, and that's the one Kev was using when his went up. Not sure about this guy, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and presume that he's using smart sensor.