Member postings for Oompa Lumpa

Stan is absolutely on the money with his advice. Red oxide primer is for road bridges.

(though £10 a gallon for gunwash..... I buy it in 25 litre - 5gal - containers for about that. I use LOTS)

graham.

Ahh, posh depth stops. This is masking tape from the pound shops.

Boring bar is cute, works too but need to make a couple of holders for it. unless someone is selling Iscar holders cheap? (because generally they are not!)

graham.

Back in the UK and back out again for two days at the end of the week. lovely.....

graham.

(getting a nice tan though)

Edited By Oompa Lumpa on 18/06/2014 10:02:38

Come on, we've all done it. I really need to sort out this tailstock. It is wrong in so many ways, analogue depth stop:

From the stone age to the Space Age, well the latest and greatest. Internally damped Iscar Carbide "supermetal" boring bar 6mm in diameter. Cutting an internal O ring groove:

graham.

Edited By Oompa Lumpa on 17/06/2014 22:18:04

I also have an Afghan. She is like the wind and the only thing I have ever seen outrun a squirrel - he was on the ground pinching the bird food. He won't be doing that again. We also have three cats, but harmony reigns.

Need to do something about the Bl**dy tailstock on my lathe. I did notice the newer models are fitted with a quick release lever. Need to copy it.

graham.

Nick, parafin is £10 for four litres in my local Market Hall. But I wouldn't use WD40 for anything even if it was free. I do use GT85 quite liberally though and it is cheaper than both Paraffin and WD40. £3 a tin at Halfrauds at the moment.

graham.

Following on from Clive's Bees postings.

Next to my workshop is a large Lilac bush/tree. The weather today has been lovely so I have had both office and workshop doors open and my daft Spaniel has been in the garden. The lilac tree has had a load of Bees zooming around it. However, my daft***e Spaniel has decided that maybe Bees are edible (?).

All afternoon I have been hearing a "Schlomp" "Schlomp" as he has been trying to catch one in his mouth. He will only do it once I would think. But it is unlikely as he is no match for them (he can't fly though there are days he thinks he is a Helicopter!).

graham.

Had a very frustrating day chasing down leaks in high pressure air systems, without success

Tomorrow, as they say, is another day. During which I will most likely do something totally different

graham.

Had to be done Bob, had to be done!

graham.

The Hooters you are on about, they're not the same ones I am thinking of are they......... <sigh>

graham.

And before anyone else says it, yes, it is a bit of a bugger when you miss!

graham.

You can buy direct Bill from Lothar Walther. A good many people think Lothar Walther are somehow connected to the Walther firearms company in Germany which is not true at all and in fact Lothar Walther have a massive facility in Georgia.

A barrel blank in .308 caliber is only 226 dollars on your side of the world. Bloody things are expensive over here - about the same, 226 - but pounds sterling. These are blanks though, they need fitting and that can be quite time consuming = expensive.

I wouldn't waste my time with a shot out barrel. If I told you how much ammunition was it would make you wince. Even handloading, a .308 round is still only 100 shots on a Saturday once a month/six weeks before it becomes un-affordable. Some of the not even really exotic stuff is £2 a shot If i couldn't put it down to "testing" it would be a non starter.

graham.

My late father almost bought a Windmill. That would have been fun!

Anyway, I rarely pay more than £2 for a new cutter as I find them at my local second hand tool shop still boxed up for that, just can't be fussy on sizes so I I buy what is there and the odd special size for a job as and when I need them. Thing is, I now seem to have quite a lot!

graham.

Started sorting through 89 (eighty nine) rifles. Arse of a job and filthy too. About halfway through by teatime, means I get to continue tomorrow

graham.

(found a decent Lothar Walther bull barrel though. I could start something with that, been looking for one in the caliber for a while, just didn't want to part with the £150+ ! )

Edited By Oompa Lumpa on 07/06/2014 21:27:03

One of these may be worth looking at HERE

graham

Have a "gander"! I have news for you - I have it's first job here - Fifty off. Think I am joking? I have the material too!

graham.

(drop me a line, I will be straight 'round).

I just quite simply DO NOT understand these people. Absolutely 100% they are definitely people of a mindset I will NEVER understand, nor have I any wish to meet any of them.

graham.

However, if you cut yourself, you would prolly be pretty miffed. But who to blame? That is the real question.

graham.

I think the contents are changing, it's attitudes that are proving stubborn

What is engineering anyway? In my humble opinion, a good deal of "engineering" is problem solving. And that can be electrical, electronic or mechanical. In the case of some home workshops it can even encompass Civil.

graham.

The whole issue of Models versus "Real World" seems to polarise opinion.

Well, my take is that it takes all sorts to make up our world and each has it's place. Some things interest me not in the slightest and other facets of engineering grab 100% of my attention. But I just can't be having the "it's this or nothing" brigade.

Personally, I will be going CNC soon. Something I hope to be reading more of in the Mag.

graham.