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Thread: Tool i/d and Mitutoyo vernier advice please.
23/08/2018 17:08:53

I have acquired a job lot of assorted tooling, tat and mysterious objects and I'm hoping for some i/d assistance please. First of all, what is this? Marked Moore and Wright and I'm sure I've seen one before somewhere ...p8230005.jpgSecondly, I also got a variety of vernier gauges among which is this Mitotoyo but I can't work out if this is something special or if a piece is missing to allow o/d measurement. There doesn't seem to be a way of zeroing for i/d either.p8230001.jpg

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Thanks as ever for any help.

Thread: Let's hear it for British manufacturing!
06/08/2018 20:20:44

I eventually remembered seeing this; finally found Top Gear's tribute to the British automotive industry. **LINK**

Bet a lot of components originated in foreign climes, but then Britain seems to have made nearly a million more engines than cars. Those nice BMW people have an engine plant up the road from me.

06/08/2018 20:13:29
Posted by V8Eng on 06/08/2018 18:58:12:

Hayter mowers are (I think) still made in Hertfordshire, I owned one for about 20+ years and treated it harshly until around 2012 when the frame broke against a tree stump.

Total repairs over the time if I remember correctly was replacing one small pulley and a belt, best of British for sure.

I bought a small Hayter maybe 15 years ago. US B&S engine, mower was labelled "Made in Italy". Always very reliable, now rotting in my son's shed. Kids!

06/08/2018 13:15:59
Posted by Hopper on 06/08/2018 12:40:54:
Posted by Mick Dobson on 06/08/2018 12:24:17:

Triumph motorcycles from Hinckley.

Made in Thailand these days. But nothing wrong with that, or the resulting quality which is way better than Coventry or Meriden produced in the golden days of yore.

And from what I hear from the few brave enough to own them, the new UK-made Nortons are not the most problem-free of machines.

I'll stick with my American/Chinese-made Harleys.

It's increasingly difficult to say which country any vehicle is "made" in. 100% sourced? Assembled? Designed? Badged? Here's an interesting comment from Triumph **LINK**

Far easier to pick a component and say where it was manufactured. I'm sure the same argument goes for much of the rest of industry. Where are Boeing and Airbus aircraft manufactured? My mate's little engineering company in the West Midlands (you'll never have heard of them) makes some of the bits.

Edited By Phil Stevenson on 06/08/2018 13:27:52

Thread: Ring Light for mill/drill
04/08/2018 09:35:54

Not precisely what was asked for but could be interesting nevertheless; mains powered. Look at the several variants. **LINK**

Stupid cheap and even cheaper if you take the slow boat from China option.

Thread: Starter/Stock pack of metal bar.
24/06/2018 13:43:38

Mallard Metal Packs http://www.mallardmetals.co.uk/

He sells single material packs - see his catalogue - but Rob (think that's his name) made me up a mixed bundle when I started. Different materials, profiles, etc.

He was very helpful, plenty of advice.

Thread: Groz metal Bender
18/06/2018 12:40:52

It was that bird Juliet who said it to young Romeo.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet;

But I've also found ...


"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."

..word...? ...name...? Seems this was never printed in Shakespeare's lifetime but was made up afterwards.

I wish I hadn't started looking now.

Thread: A Necessary Extravagance
04/05/2018 20:14:52
Posted by Samsaranda on 04/05/2018 19:51:57:

I was under the impression that some of the subscribers just enjoyed social topics as well as pure engineering.

Dave W

You're right, we do.

Thread: English dialect
17/04/2018 10:15:34
Posted by Muzzer on 17/04/2018 09:51:43:

I lived in N Ireland for 5 years during the early 70s. It really wasn't in any way cool to be English there, despite being a "proddy" in a non-catholic school. If you thought Unionists would be welcoming to Brits you'd be wrong - a sort of resentment born of insecurity and dependence on the union with the UK saw to that.

In the circumstances I obviously tempered (suppressed) my English accent and of course the Belfast accent is very strong and infectious. Sure enough, when we returned to Yorkshire in the mid eighties I was reunited with some of my former (primary) school mates who were perplexed by my new accent. Not surprisingly it didn't last for long and I was soon able to revert to normal operation.

There probably aren't many people from the mainland who can speak French and German with a thick Belfast accent but I am one of them! I am a bit of a mimic, with mixed results but that's one accent that comes pretty easily to me now.

Murray

Interesting. I lived just outside Belfast until I was 18 in1972 when I left to go to Liverpool Uni to study French. All our lectures, tutorials etc were in French so we had to adjust pretty quickly to speaking French as second nature. My professor contended that as an Ulsterman, I found making the correct vowel sound in French easier than many English as my native vowels were "purer" and I had an enhanced ability to adjust sounds. Think "Ay-o, hellay-o" diphthong type thing as opposed to the Belfast equivalent of short closed vowels - an exaggeration I know but true to a point. And of course there are many more than one Belfast accent ....

Edited By Phil Stevenson on 17/04/2018 10:16:44

Thread: What did you do Today 2018
03/04/2018 11:00:49

And of course Delboy and Rodney found the long lost Harrison Lesser Watch which eventually made them millionaires.

Thread: Larger Chuck for ML7 Tailstock
02/03/2018 10:51:41
Posted by JohnF on 28/02/2018 11:13:28:

Have a look at the keyless chucks offered by RDG I bought a16mm one and find it excellent value, all my others are Albrecht or genuine British Jacobs. They do various sizes up to 3/4”

No connection to RDG other than a satisfied customer.

Thanks for the heads up on this. I checked it out as I want one. The one I want is 0.6 - 8 with a 2MT arbour. £29.50 from RDG. On Ebay, Myford has what I guess is the same thing for £24.50 incl postage and you get it in a Myford box!

Thread: Steam locomotive more technologically advanced than modern airliners for its time?
15/02/2018 06:29:21

Wasn't / isn't each form developed as highly as technology and accountancy allowed in its day to be as efficient and reliable as possible. Steam reached the end of its road when diesel and electric was deemed a better option and we have to assume the jet engine will be superceded at some point too.

Thread: What did you do Today 2018
05/02/2018 16:44:40
Posted by Martin Kyte on 05/02/2018 15:10:04:

So why can't we have a decimal week? We could get a whole 3 extra days.

regards Martin

Johnnie Frenchman tried that during the Revolution - also a decimal clock I think. Doesn't seem to have caught on; only 3 weeks in a month.

Thread: Mystery Screws
30/01/2018 10:33:53
Posted by peak4 on 29/01/2018 23:02:09:
Posted by J Hancock on 29/01/2018 17:53:02:

How about if they were a form of pressure relief valve in the oil filter housing.

The 'ball' would be held against a seat with a spring set in the recess.

If the ball was lifted from its seat the excess oil would be discharged through the three gaps back to the sump.

Well, that was my original thought, but no idea off .what bike.


I think it might have been Vale Onslow we visited all those years ago.

Cheers Bill

Sorry to digress, but what was left of Vale Onslow burnt down this week and is to be finally demolished.**LINK**

Thread: B C wooden lampholder adaptor
27/01/2018 10:31:53

As a woodturner for many years, might I suggest it's not boxwood, Castello, British or European. Native boxwood is a butter colour as is the French stuff (think your old wooden chess set), although box is much favoured as easy to take a thread. If you can get your hands on a wee bit, put it on your lathe and cut a thread; many woodturners will hand chase their threads. I couldn't make a serious stab as to what it is without a touchy-feely but my guess would still be lignum vitae (which has come to cover many timbers, not just the original and now highly protected Caribbean stuff). There are dozens of exotics that look similar to this and would be ideal for fine machining. I do love seeing the many and varied applications wood has been put to - thanks for posting.

Thread: Chronos silver steel, water or oil quench?
11/11/2017 10:23:28

I visited a working forge some years ago and the blacksmith told me he kept a bucket of horse pee for quenching just about everything that needed quenching.

Thread: In praise of angle grinders
04/10/2017 09:44:37

Interestingly, Screwfix have a face mask which is cheaper than the Ebay model quoted, has a specified impact rating and you can touch and feel before you buy. Or even take it back if it doesn't behave. I've had a few clouts in the chops saved by a mask like this in my woodturning ventures, but never threatened by lumps of metal. **LINK**

Thread: Why do we never have great documentaries in the Uk that go into detail
30/09/2017 15:24:26

BBC made several programmes in the Handmade series - no music, no voiceover, part of their "Slow TV" movement. The ones I still have on my digi-corder are on chair making, knife making and glass. Not available on i-Player but on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ice3crrwtqo&list=PLks5KymylUJgm-LhvWwHp9ahePg_2xKG8

Thread: Ideas for Beginners' Articles
30/09/2017 10:42:10

Might I suggest an article on simple milling on a starter or mini lathe? I'm a real beginner (I have been beginning for a while now) and have built a couple of little engines but struggle with everything to do with milling. TBH I'm very unlikely to acquire a milI in the foreseeable future. I got some help from this forum on vertical slides and home-made solutions (Neil, I think you described a device you made?) As ever, there is a lot of info out there when you search and ask but a single article setting out some basics on kit and technique would be useful. Also maybe a couple of little starter projects to build confidence?

Thread: A bit of humour
29/09/2017 08:35:39

A man is alone in an airport lounge. A beautiful woman walks in and sits down at the table next to him. He decides, because she's wearing a uniform, she's probably an off-duty stewardess.
So he decides to have a go at picking her up by identifying the airline she flies for, thereby impressing her greatly.
He leans across to her and says the British Airways motto :
'To Fly. To Serve'.
The woman looks at him blankly. He sits back and thinks up another line.
He leans forward again and delivers the Air France motto:
'Winning the hearts of the world'.
Again she just stares at him with a slightly puzzled look on her face.
Undetered, he tries again, this time saying the Malaysian Airlines motto:
'Going beyond expectations'.
The woman looks at him sternly and says:
'What the f*** do you want?'
'Ah ha!' he says
'Ryanair'.

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