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I suppose I ought to bring this topic to a close by a simple piece of additional information which I should have included in my original post

1 I use my laptop at least one every week ofcten every day.

2 My efforts on Linux are about the beginning of every mont. I learnt as a very early computer adopter that the technology is constantly evolving.

3. Although commentators have given me food for thought nobody has addressed my original question in one single response.

I don't think I asked for any suggestions of alternative OSs.

But nevertheless Many thanks to all.

Jerry

Theeis an aspect I have never seen addressed on the forum. I have run PC-DOS, MS-DOS and every flavour of Windows up to W7 quite satisfactorily.

However I am doubtful of W10, which I have on my everyday laptop and it's a pain and nowhere as useful as W7. I installed W10 following the free offer some years ago as it seemed like a good idea at the time.

But I have never seen anybody say that Linux will run MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Project or most important MS-Outlook on it. Anybody who thinks that there is any alternative to these Microsoft products is not running these to their full potential. My Word files are typically 1.5GB in size taking advantage of all the file splitting and combining functions which I would be reluctant to lose.

Additionally I need to run Photoshop and InDesign as well as Inventor and NotaBene.

All on the same machine with 6-core processor, 4 hard discs and NAS (Synology Drive).

Should anyone be able to assure me that Linux, of any origin, will run all these with at least the MS programs loaded at the same time I'll give it a go.

I'm holding my breath.

Jerry

You might find you will get more information from the MadModder site. There are people on there who are solving these problems (almost) every day. **LINK**

Many members are experts at recovery old, and not so old, equipment back to use.

We should all remember that the railway companies, especially the Big Four, were far in advance of anything known outside their industry. However they were very coy about sharing their knowledge. It is on the record that the military were amazed at the competence of the railway workshops when searching for engineering contractors when preparing (?) for WWII..

This attitude was prevalent across europe, forum members will recall that Churchward had to buy locos he wanted to test from France and Germany. See the history of his interest in compounding.

Incidentally there are published photographs of the use of Leitz equipment to align the drive mechanism in Colletts time when the normal workshop practice elsewhere relied on the use of mark one eyeball and string.

Located on the Bath Road (A4) in Brisol City was the Bristol Commercial Vehicles site where they built chassis and installed engines for many of the country's Omnibus companies. Many of these were driven to Eastern Coachworks (in Lowestoft?) to have the body built.

**LINK**

They were driven from Bristol by drivers equipped much as Martin has described above. Some days several of these units would make their way out of the city.

Simple rule in our family, insisted upon by my grandfather: those who offended were barred from the family workshop for life. (he died in 1941) . Since most of the family worked/work in engineering this was/is a serious matter.

'Never discuss religion, politics or money"

But note the safety warning - Dangereux – Respecter les précautions d’emploi. Dangereux = Dangerous, the highest danger classsification under REACH.

When proper functional coatings were available calcium plumbate was the 'go to' product.

Please note 'plumbate' indicates llead containing thus classified as Toxic.

Regards

Jerry

I would point out thet the document linked to is an SDS - Safety Data Sheet, as required under EU Regulation. MSDS stands for Material Safety Data Sheet, the similar document used in the US and other countries such as Japan.

An MSDS does not necessarily comply with EU Regulation and does not contain much of the specified data to fulfil the SDS Regulation. In the US it is common to hide from the user the detail of a formulation behind a State issued number, the contents of which are only disclosed when an accident or other defined cause permits the authorities to reveal the name of the relevant substance.

Thus the MSDS can avoid the disclosure of ingredeints, and for the user this provides no protection uder the prior informed consent whichforms an element of EU chemical regulatioon.

For those of an inquisitive nature I suggest reading the relevant EU Regulations can be enlightening. See for a start **LINK**

Neil, How do you know 3 in 1 contains castor oil?

I am sure most members of this forum will know of the failure of the Ebor Flyer on 14th April. Unless I am missing something I am surprised there has been no comment on here.

May I ask posters to not glory in the failure of this the first steam loco built from scratch since the end of BR steam.

That rather depends on what you mean by 'Dry Salts.

Assuming you mean GLR kennions I can only find Dry Acid Pickling Crystals.

A toatlly unsatisfactory description. No indication of what acid or concentration. It may contain substances not complying with REACH. Who can tell?

Ian SC

I have many years experience producing, testing and troubleshooting etch primers from all sorts of manufacturers in the UK. Formerly I worked for the company which introduced etch primers to the aircraft industry pre-WWII and have never found your formulation suggestions to be commercially available for use in any manufacturing or maintenance role in Europe or the Americas.

Jerry

I use Entex Springs - **LINK**

There is sping calculator on the site and tables which give information on spring rate, wire gauge, lenght etc. I was given alecture by a mate many years ago who workd for spring manufacturer. H explained the principles, but they were beyond me and I have forgotten most of it.

Entex have never failed me and they will supply small numbers of springs.Prices are not prohibitive. No connection except as a happy customer.

Jerry

Thank You George ( Four Stroke Fred),

Sorry I have been so slow in responding to your post of the 12th, I had to search back through several pages of previous posts to reach it. It seems the ME forum has been very busy during the past 8 days !

Your offer is very welcome as yours seems to be the only example I can find of anyone building a successful in-line diesel engine. I am not sure that I made it clear in my earlier posts that I am building a replica of a Ruston-Bucyrus shovel, at the moment the R-B machine is not at all certain as it will in the end depend on the availability of detailed informattion. However since the last steam machine was sold in the 1930's every one has been available with Diesel power.

A I am sure you know Rustons supplied Ruston engines until the partnership with Bucyrus ended but my understanding is that Ruston and Lister engines were similar in many ways.

As you have been successful in getting your engine to work I am certain you could provide me with assistance in many areas, especially fuel injection.

I will send you a PM

Best regards

Jerry

Anyone who doubts the ability of Fusion 360 to produce really good quality, buildable models should look at the recent work of 'Crueby' on the MEM (Medel Engine Maker) Website where he has two comprehensive build threads.

'Lombard Hauler Engine' completed **LINK**

and his current work in progress 'Chris' Marion Steam Shovel' **LINK**

If you look at the easrly stages the two projects you will see the quality of the drawings he has made and from which works.

My understanding is that he learned Fusion 360 from scratch to build the Lombard, which you can see steaming and running in the last of his posts on that topic.

Perhaps this conversation reminds me why paper and board are measured by weight. Some of us remember the old imperial paper sizes, still used in countries where metric is not the norm.

As Paul says about 80 gsm is the conventional office paper. (Bond has nothing to do with measurement.) In the trade it is convenient to have a metal template 100mm x 100 mm and to cut out a piece from the paper that size and to wiegh it. Simple movement of the decimal point in the result gives the 'weight' of the paper in grammes per square metre.

Treatment of the fibre used in the papermaking process and the use of various coatings and additives can dramatically affect the thickness of any sheet of paper.

Jerry

Statistics also tell you that most people die in bed.

Jerry

I think you will find other abbreviations in use for Corrosion innhibitors, liquids, impregnated papers etc. etc..

VCI = Vapo(u)r Corrosion Inhibitor

VpCI - Vapo(ur) Corrosion Inhibitor

and as Tim has noted - VPI.

Do not expect a moisture remover to provide inhibition properties. Many of these do leave a fine film on the metal surface which can contribute to the dimensions of anything which is so treated leading to poor fits on close tolerance items.

Follow this link to one of the leading manufacturers for fuller information **LINK**

Jerry

(we all know of the chemistry student sent to the lab stores for a benzene ring) Acronyms and short forms of names can lead to disaster in this line of business.

Hi Roger,

Thanks for your notes. I have been following your 2 threads on MEM about you investigativr work. I'm afraid I am rather late to this particular party.

On MEM I have a 'new' thread which is rather scanty at the moment as I am just at the design stage of my 19-RB project. As to size that's not yet determined; it can only be as big as the model which it is to power will allow and the size of that depends on how much room it will take up in the workshop.

You will see that on this site the thread has been diverted into a debate about definitions of the term 'Diesel' which whilst being interesting has no value to me in trying to build a miniature version of a Ruston & Hornsby machine. My understanding is that R-H machines were 'solid injection' which they described as 'airless injection'.

Jerry