Member postings for Harry Wilkes

Still a problem for me so on this occasion I have ordered elsewhere.

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My icy goes back to the early 70's I work in a steel works and drew one of the 2 short straws and got to work Christmas night most of the steel productions had been 'damped down' with the exception of the blast furnace, we got a call saying the stock yard crane which kept the furnace supplied with coke had no power it was now around 1 am it was snowing and the temperature was well below freezing and ice had formed one the live rails which were inverted angle iron and on the insulators causing a dazzlingly display of pyrotenics when the circuit breaker was closed ! having cleaned and dried the insulators down the entire length of the track we then found the ice was not allowing the power collectors on the crane to contact the live rails so in our wisdom we painted the underside of the rails with anti freeze we now had power only to find the crane couldn't get any traction due to the amount of ice that had built up on the track allowing the wheels to slip out again came the anti freeze and away we went but needless to say we remain on this job all night 100 ft up in freezing snow keeping this one crane in service it was a long cold night until 8.00 next morning never been so happy to see the next shift arrive !!!

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Great photos thanks for sharing !

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John your photos of the pump shaft takes me back I spent 27 years in the metal finishing trade so sights like that were not uncommon, nice work !

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Thanks Vince

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Happy new spanner

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Very nice work well done !

Interesting post but at the end of the day 'injectors' = pain in the butt

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Happy New Year to one and all may it be a good one for everyone

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I updated to win 10 as soon it became available and in the main I found it OK but did have one or two issue's with some software not being compatible despite it being stated that it was ! Shortly after I purchased a new laptop with win 10 already installed and I couldn't believe the difference between win 10 and win 10 upgrade and I am now more than happy with win 10 I did backup my files before the win 10 update but found it wasn't required, however I would always recommend this should be done.

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Compliments of the season to one and all

Cheers H

I worked in the thread locking industry for a number of years and as it's already been said there are different one's for different applications but if you ever stuck nail varnish can be pressed into service.

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Nice work going to be a very nice engine when finished please keep the photos coming !!!

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Nice work !

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This previous discussion may help link

Short video on fitting DRO to myford kink

I was thinking of getting one from Chronos but they were out of stock so as a stop gap purchased one on ebay nwith MT2 and draw bar found it suited my needs so will not be getting the screw on one.

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