Member postings for Jesse Hancock 1

As above for pulling the one off the shaft.I Drifted mine back in. 1Lb hammer and piece of 1" mild steel bar. I have done this on cars and bikes etc no problems. Make sure the lands (bearing recesses) are clean. Move the drift as though tightening a head down and tap, do have patience.

Yes there were one or two in the machine shop at the place where I started work (earning my £3.0.0 per week). They also had numerous multi headed drills, four per head set out to drill stator end castings all at once. I think the drills were all the same diameter but don't hold me to it. You could see the spindles all turning together.

I used to look at the operators faces, Woodbines or similar hanging on lips and all looking totally bored with what they were doing. It was a bit like looking at cows chewing the cud. The racket in there was terrific from the boring machines screeching, the clang of castings, the whirring of the motors driving the machines and the general hubbub background noises.

Edited By Jesse Hancock 1 on 04/03/2015 15:42:55

OuBallie Sorry mate I understood the dripping to be soaking wet from a swim but that was forgetting that some of us like dripping on bread. Yes the sometimes being the operative word on walking here. I have a bad chest so I don't walk far any-more.

Johns pad really reminds me so much of many one man band engineering shops back in the 80's and 90's.

Neil How did you arrive at 60% efficiency? Frictional norms found in similar Locos? Just interested.

A friend living close by had junked a desktop lamp in her recycle bin. I asked if I could have it and she said sure.

I took it home thinking I'll attach it to the back of my cross work table but as it had been outside I took it apart to dry it out. The light turned out to be from a twelve volt halogen car bulb and the lamp had a 13amp plug attached!

(W)omen.

Edited By Jesse Hancock 1 on 02/03/2015 20:51:58

Geoff :so where did you go Antwerp or Dublin?

Neil: you will join too it only takes time. Discombobulated indeed.

Hi OuBallie, I may have got the idea from a wood working friend of mine. He has a three bed house with just the kitchen,bathroom and one bedroom habitable the rest is given over to wood working.

You can imagine the dusting in there and that's using bags and extraction

I have the lower floor flat with a dear old guy above so I don't start doing anything till 9am and finish at the latest 6pm.

Anecdote: When I first started work he also worked but yards away in the same factory. Travelled 11,000 miles back here from Oz and bumped into an old school friend 10 years later on tour round Blightey. Funny how small the world is.

It can be a problem as that old add-age takes hold. Problem is you can't subtract age.

When the trouble and strife took wing and I adjusted to not having to pander to female wishes I moved the whole shabang or is that shebang (not in dictionary) into the front room, I mean everything. Now when I get tired or ache I just spin round and lie down, watch a bit of tele or have a cup of tea.

No more shed break-ins either

When suitably refreshed I'm back at it without delay unless I want to do something else of course... Well it works for me.

Edited By Jesse Hancock 1 on 02/03/2015 14:05:09

Neil, I sympathise with you on the point of spelling, grammar and so on. In deed I have just edited the above and now I see a couple of errors. I think I already said you do a sterling job mate. Chin up the suns out, well down here it is.

Any way what does it matter as long as people understand what you are saying.

Edited By Jesse Hancock 1 on 02/03/2015 12:49:02

Frank, Wiki's, I believe are produced by the public free of charge, so if I'm wrong for gods sake tell me. They are also free to use, that is no charge. You can donate money to the cause if you like and I'm sure the wiki people running the site will thank you.

In the mean time wikis are open for addition and editing if you know better or more on the subject . When I say open you have to apply to wikipedia for permission to alter or edit the said wiki, that's a given other wise it would be complete carnage.

I just been over to reassure my bad memory on wikipedia and I notice we have professionals offering to write them for you at a price of course. It really makes my blood boil. Rather than do that see a local librarian or some such who will proof read it for you.

Edited By Jesse Hancock 1 on 02/03/2015 12:26:12

For the record or not it's not going to change the power output, that is the power is still the same it's just people messing (as they seemingly love to do) with the way things are written down. Calling it foot pounds denotes your method of measurement and leave it at that.

Not that I don't find it annoying when people keep meddling for no apparent reason.

It seems to me that there are people out there who have to justify their existence and that's all it is.

No wonder school kids haven't got a clue anymore.

For the record the most common spelling or typing error I see is hte or similar for the. I've always struggled with spelling but never was it called dyslexia, however I think I am mildly dyslexic. I keep a dictionary close by in case of the dreaded squiggle. Plus I try and read things through before posting. It's still not 100% though.

As soon as you said spring steel my ears pricked up knowing some of it's properties.

Another similar steel is that used for strapping heavy pallet loads.

However where there's a wheel there's a weigh as the Scots say and well done for sharing.

Edited By Jesse Hancock 1 on 01/03/2015 14:26:39

I suspect the modelling side of John's activities are on the cat walk since his pad looks like a one man business welding, fabricating and turning.

He hasn't enough room for a wasps nest hows he going to get a honey comb in there?

Edited By Jesse Hancock 1 on 01/03/2015 15:03:29

No but if you were to start again I'm fairly sure you'd get a good few takers.

I have Model Engineer and Electrician bound volumes which date back to 1905 however I find a lot of it deja vu in terms of steam practice. A bit muddled on internal combustion and very primitive if not primeval on electrical projects. I'll bet two bob it was very exciting though.

The editorial speak sounds distinctly middle class which I guess is about right considering the cost of a lathe back then compared with disposable income.

Edited By Jesse Hancock 1 on 01/03/2015 13:07:18

That's a good point Ian and on similar lines to some of my thinking. Apparently the Japanese have moved a lot of production to China as it's cheaper there. The point being that here in Blighty in the sixties we referred to Japanese products as Jap Crap. Not any more though.

After the war the allies had to put both the Japanese and the German economies back on their feet otherwise they would have been an enormous burden on the West. There's nothing like starving to death to sharpen the mind as they say. The Japanese turned the technology they had learned from the Western countries back on those countries. Indeed the four fast battle ships they had at the start of the WW 2 were made here in Britain! Had Hitler waited until his advisers said that they were ready for war, I for one don't think we would have stood a chance.

Imho German engineering has always put ours to shame with all their technologies years ahead of ours. They led in most sciences as well, except in radar perhaps. The difference seems to me to be the education system but I'm far from sure on this not having been to school in Germany. However an old boss of mine once said 90% B/S and 10% chromium plating and you have something which people will buy. Looking at handbags etc I can see the logic in that.

You might think Britain is the land of eccentrics or mad scientists like Barnes Wallis. What seems to prevail is public school education and the old school tie syndrome after all what little boy hasn't skimmed stones over a pond. It's having the backing to pursue an idea that matters, we don't take risks here. (We being investors)

Open your eyes Neil. People have to take on home work to meet their bills. Watch Question Time sometime and you'll see what I mean.

I wont bother giving you my full resume but suffice it to say one of the jobs I had back a-ways there were 30 people in the office when I started and one when I left. We were still trying to cover all the work that was there from Preston to Plymouth. Needless to say they folded shortly after. So yes the figures may reflect what Cameron wants you to believe but it ain't roses you are smelling mate.

Perhaps I should have made it clear I was talking industry not filling envelopes and cold call phoning jobs. The skills you are reading about are plumbers, electricians, hair dressers and HGV drivers most likely. Most of the rest of the jobs have migrated to China and India. You get a certificate now for window cleaning. The stuff left here is small time like the guy who needed a brainstorming session to solve his storage problem.

Just take a look at the car industry or what's left of it. Count the British assembled cars on the road but remember they only assemble them here now most of the rest is imported.

JasonB, very good point mate, hadn't thought of that. doh!

Emgee, Nice selection of kit. I'm getting there.

Thanks guys for your comments and tips.

Jesse

Windy would you say there are worth the price and less fuss than a blunt nosed vernier? If not I can't see the justification.

John please excuse me for not putting pictures on here. I don't own a camera or phone which is equipped to transfer to my laptop, or at least I haven't found a lead as yet.

Links I have tried but so far no success.

Jesse

My question is to anyone who has experience with these Tee shaped verniers and would they justify the cost?

Jesse.

Lord only knows how you cope at the moment and in variably if you cut them down some pie can will want a load of ten foot or three meter lengths. Had the same problem at a place where I worked but with plate! What ten foot overhangs!!

I suppose a wasp nest of square hollow section will be a trifle expensive? Off cuts in the lower boxes so as not to drop stuff on your head and hopefully you will be able to get to both ends (access permitting).