Member postings for Rik Shaw

And very thoughtful of you to Martin !

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"I am sick of reading about your health issues"

Then why do you?

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"hides till you get rundown, then it comes back up hence the reason it hurts so much."

I got run down once and yes it hurt a lot

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I have sharpened many cylindrical mower blades mainly on night shift and in the quiet hours but I did 'em all between centres on a variety of universal grinders. Foremen, supervisors and managers being my best "customers" I always turned down the odd ten bob or so as it ensured a look the other way when I wanted a "homer" doing!

I've never tried sharpening them on a lathe though (not a lot of point if a grinder was available). Bottom blades I did on something like a Cincinnatti T&C grinder using a universal tilting vice and a white cup wheel.

I have to admit though, I never heard of them described as "reel" until I read this thread.

Rik

Edited By Rik Shaw on 16/07/2018 17:41:14

There is no doubt, gout is a pain! I have had it on and of for 25 years but it has become less severe in recent years maybe because I have changed my diet from wine to whiskey.

Wife has more severe bouts than I. One of our trips away recently could have been curtailed when she copped for a badun'. What saved the day was our invalid buggy which we normally take turns on otherwise we would have cancelled.

Colchicine was prescribed but side effects made her feel very poorly for weeks after.

Someone recommended a daily drink of diluted Montmorency cherry syrup which we have both tried but the jury is still out as they say.

Rik

I find plumbers pipe grips even better than the mole version when used as nut crackers. A pair have lived in our knife and fork drawer for many Christmas's.

Rik

"Other fire creators can be magnifying mirrors and bullseye glass windows."

Not forgetting crystal balls.

Some years ago I called into a hippy type shop in Bedford High Street for our joss (hides the curry smells right?). I told the proprietor that I had smelt smoke as I came in the door and it was definitely NOT joss.

On investigating we found that a 3” diameter crystal ball in the window display was focusing the sun’s rays and doing its best to ignite the ethnic drapes.

She was quite pleased that I had stopped her shop from burning down but looked at me a bit darkly when I told her that if the thing had been working fit for purpose she would have had prior warning.

Rik

PS. Her shop is still there and she will verify the above.

This stuck out like a sore thumb on the charity shop book shelves earlier.......

........but as they say (don't they?), you can never judge a book by its spine.

Have to admit I have never heard of war correspondents being known as WARCOS. Never mind though, it looks like it has the making of a good read.

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I would love a set of clamps like this albeit a bit smaller. The question is, can I afford the time it would take to make them while working at my normally relaxed "speed"?

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I would love a surface grinder but I have run out of space to fit one in. Having used them in the past I know what I am missing.

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As we left our holiday let earlier I took this pic of the last can of food left in our supplies box.

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I was chatting to a bloke at the boot yesterday and he told me he had used baked bean cans for his loco, he was quite serious!

At the age of 71 I am still able to find pleasure in a field. The first one always struck me as a bit of a space age new kid - the lovely Ariel Arrow. (Hope I have got that right!)

The second is a much older but equally as beautiful Humber tricycle:

and a front view of madams seat:

Unusual (to me) a model of a live steaming Suffolk Dredging Tractor:

and finally, a demonstration of what an Irish border crossing would look like after a hard Brexit:

Edited By Rik Shaw on 01/07/2018 22:19:08

Andrew - I mus b an older git than u. W0ts texting then?

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PS Go with John Rudds advice. He is mustard on this stuff (Thanks again John)

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Dave - It happened to me. Have you been following WARCO's advice re: stopping/starting? The speed control should be backed of to zero before starting and again before stopping. (See page 9 in Ops Manual) Failure to follow this procedure can fry the board . A new board is V expensive. Around £120 last time I cooked mine.

BTW, be sure to fit a 3 amp fuse in the mains plug as this will blow first if you have a stack-up and save stripping the teeth in the gearbox.

Rik

+1 for Tuff Saws mail order. Always very helpful. Bi-metal type is always my choice.

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I use this:

**LINK**

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Hello Joe

I have made the rest:

https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/albums/member_album.asp?a=40026

From memory I milled the pin void first then drilled 5mm from both sides using a vice stop to locate the block. I cheated by using some good quality threaded rod instead of screw cutting. When I offered the rod up to the job it almost went through both holes without binding but not quite - just a gnats you understand! I cured the binding by gradually running a 13/64” hand reamer through a little at a time until the rod passed through freely.

It goes without saying that for best results the block should be squared up as accurately as possible.

Rik

Edited By Rik Shaw on 23/06/2018 07:49:44

Edited By Rik Shaw on 23/06/2018 07:52:58

Good point Dave and as you observe, light pollution is a problem, but back then and in such an isolated location with zero local lighting the sparkling magnificence was still pretty impressive with a milky way to die for!

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