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Thread: Silver Soldering Inverness or Elgin way
29/05/2017 20:36:51
Posted by Neil Wyatt on 28/05/2017 19:27:43:

I was wondering what the difference is between the 'Inverness' and 'Elgin' techniques?

Is this like the 'West Lothian' question?

Neil

Nivvir min, Inverness technique is in the Gaelic and Elgin technique is in Doric spik.

Edited By George Clarihew on 29/05/2017 20:37:12

Thread: Did we go to the moon in 1969
27/05/2017 21:36:13

....So did we go or was it faked for the cold war ? yes, or no, depending on what one believes.

But James Brolin and Elliott Gould in Capricorn One have the answer.

Thread: An adhesive question
27/05/2017 21:17:40

Any idea what originally attached the aluminium to the plywood? and use the same stuff as the original manufacturer used.

Like yourself I am thinking adhesive with the properties you require is quite exotic.

Rubber based contact adhesive would do for all but petrol resist

Cyanoacrylates do for most but moisture.

Arardite types would do for most but heat and vibration, so you seem to be asking a lot from an adhesive.

So unless you know a good welder - looks like you could be stuck.

Sorry

Thread: My models and our workshop
24/05/2017 20:47:07

Them photos inside the shed makes it hard to tell which is real machinery or model.

Thread: Is Knurling a health hazard?
20/05/2017 23:07:25
Posted by Neil Wyatt on 20/05/2017 15:29:33:

Perhaps I should rename this thread 'Uxbridge English Dictionary'.

Indecent - the sweaty smell of an unsigned band at the end of a performance.

Don't encourage me... there are worse.

Neil

Best one I heard direct from the originators of The Uxbridge

Countryside - - - - killing Piers Morgan

17/05/2017 22:23:15
Edited

On Radio 4 today, research shows eating fermented food diversifies your gut flora more than probiotic yoghurt, with significant health benefits.

Neil

Did they the suggest that distilling of fermented barley may spoil the health benefits ?

Thread: My models and our workshop
17/05/2017 22:14:55

Very impressive work and there was me thinking they all worked wink

Wish i could do that

Thread: Is Knurling a health hazard?
16/05/2017 19:25:20

I work in a skool full of horrible dirty smelly unhygenic pupils and I think it must be one of the most germ ridden places on earth and yet I manage not to contract anything nasty (so far).

I reckon like others here we are being disinfected into no resistance to infections.

As my granny always said " yeil eet a ton o dirt afore ye dee"

Thread: Men's Sheds on Beeb site
11/05/2017 22:03:15

Mens Sheds are for those who want to get out of the house, meet other folks and do something interesting, share experience, skills, knowledge and learn from others, I know cos I went to meetings to set up one locally.

Didn't fancy it much with the bunch doing the meetings and fortunately or unfortunately I got another job and will have to wait till retirement sets in to see if it is better now it is up and running.

Thread: The diesel controversy
03/05/2017 23:14:57

What if the electric car had 120 years of development?

The electric car has had 110 years of development.

Quote "" For city work, where smooth and quiet running are of more importance than actual economy of working, the electric vehicle is exceptionally suitable; but its universal adoption is limited by the great weight of the storage cells, and by the necessity of recharging after from 30 to 40 miles of running over average roads in fair condition. If a more compact system of storing electrical energy could be devised, the objections to the electric car for general purposes would disappear; but at the present time none of the many promises has been fulfilled, and there are no indications that the difficulty will soon be solved.""

Description of power supply of an 8 B.H.P. Electromobile of the London Electromobile Company :- ""the battery consists of forty-five cells, weighing, apart from the case, about 10 cwt. and has a capacity of 135 ampere hours, equivalent to a continous discharge of, say, 27 amperes for five hours. This current, at a pressure of 90 volts, is sufficient to drive the carriage illustrated in fig. 498 for 40 miles under average conditions.""

It goes on to describe regenerative braking and finishes with :- ""Certain manufacturers are now combining the petrol engine and the electric-motor systems with a view to dispensing with the use of accumulators and change-speed gears while retaining the desirable features of both the systems. Current for the motor is generated by a dynamo driven from the engine, but the combined arrangement has so far only been applied to commercial vehicles of the heavier classes, and its general adoption is as yet a question of future development""

Copied from Modern Power Generators published by the Gresham Publishing Company MCM VIII

 

So what progress has there been in the intervening years?

 

 

 

Edited By George Clarihew on 03/05/2017 23:16:19

Thread: Coal...
29/04/2017 22:18:26
Posted by duncan webster on 29/04/2017 17:59:11:

If we're going for alternative ideas what about nano-hydro? Say my house is 25 ft * 25 ft, annual rainfall in my neck of the woods is 34", that's 1775 cu.ft of water, which weighs 49.4 tons. Height to gutters is 17ft or so, so the energy released by rain falling off the roof is 1,882,920 lbs ft per year. Sounds a lot, but it's only 0.71 kw.hr. Probably more than can be harvested from moonshine, let's stick to drinking it.

On a more serious note, the heat pump chaps could try intercepting the hot water going down the drain and somehow diverting it to their cold source

All it needs is to make rain a practical stored energy source.

Keep the 49.4 tons in a tank on a platform at the 17 feet attach the platform geared to a lowering device braked by the load and you have a pretty powerful reserve of energy for when its not sunny or windy

28/04/2017 22:09:00

To throw a strange one in to the PV solar generation question.

Why is there no  research into lunar panels to cover the times the sun dont shine

 

Edited By George Clarihew on 28/04/2017 22:10:15

Thread: P-Power hacksaw
16/04/2017 20:31:29
Posted by Chris Baetens on 16/04/2017 20:06:50:

Murray,

I can't post a picture yet because I'm busy desinging/drawing it. In a few days maybe I'll post some drawings.
When I say really hot, I mean I can hold my hand on it for just a few seconds.

Chris

Thats nae proper hot.  cheeky

Edited By George Clarihew on 16/04/2017 20:32:10

Thread: Musing About Oils
08/04/2017 09:34:53

oops

Edited By George Clarihew on 08/04/2017 09:35:24

08/04/2017 09:34:36

Sperm Oil anyone ????

Thread: Another Mystery Tool
25/03/2017 21:53:21
Posted by Neil Wyatt on 25/03/2017 20:52:22:
Posted by Robbo on 25/03/2017 19:32:50:
Posted by Mike Poole on 23/03/2017 14:27:58:
Posted by Robbo on 22/03/2017 19:03:56:

Plus 1 for Journeyman. I've just put a modern version into one of my new shoes. Do we all have one foot longer than t'other?

No, I've got one foot shorter than the othersmiley

Mike

I knew someone would say that, but it took longer than I expected. Thanks Mike.

Both my feet are too short. How I balance 6' 2" on size 8 feet is one of nature's mysteries.

Neil

Your feet are much much bigger than the tyre contact area of my bike but I can balance on it fine so you must be doing something rightsmiley

25/03/2017 21:49:57
Posted by larry Phelan on 25/03/2017 20:08:29:

What about FOOLPROOF ? Is there such a thing? Judging by some of the morons I,ve come across,I doubt it !

JUST A THOUGHT !!

One only has to give something FOOLPROOF to an idiot to see there is no such thing as foolproof

Thread: What Did You Do Today (2017)
24/03/2017 20:50:00
Posted by Mike on 22/03/2017 10:14:06:

Has anyone visited the Glasgow Riverside (formerly Transport) museum lately? They have some very fine cars and bikes, but they have mounted most of them on shelves on the walls, so you can't see them in detail. Looks terribly arty-farty from a distance, but useless to anyone really interested in the exhibits. Next time I'm in the city I'll be giving the place a miss...

We did four weeks ago, totally agree, the way it is does not make me want to recommend it to anyone, good items wasted by the display methods.

Mike - have you been to the Moray Motor Museum, last time I was in there it was fascinating or even better the Knockando Wool Mill.

Visit Moray, got lots more to see and do, good eating and drinking to be had.

Thread: A bumper week!
12/03/2017 21:04:01

Nowadays the mail is sorted at millions of packets per hour, jetted up to our end of the country, re-sorted locally to go out on final delivery by a bloke on a bike and its not any quicker.

Thread: Titanium Earplugs are better than those made from Aluminium. Really?
25/02/2017 22:20:58

I have individually moulded plugs with a microphone and sound tube, very effective when switched off and over ear muff defenders on, everybody mimes at me and I don't hear them smiley

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