Member postings for Guy Lamb

It's very much open to debate, do we recreate a building/locomotive/ship &co to replace the lost artifact or repair what is left of the original ? If we rebuild totally all you get is a facsimile, however good. If we repair, to which particular point in time do we choose, as a building like N D changed very much over its 850 years. BTW I believe the spire was a 19c construction contemporary with Baron Haussmanns rebuilding of Paris.

Guy

Interesting thread. I too have a lot of tools so marked and was lead to believe the 'broad arrow' was used due to the fact that it was easily reproduced with three strokes of a hammer and chisel.

Guy

In my part of the world (South Lakes) a back alley is 'Ginnel' or 'Lonnin (g)'.

Guy

Working on the Clyde in the last century I was often asked " furry boots ?", it took some time to translate this into " from where about do you come ?"

Guy

Quiet agree. I live in an isolated part of the NW of England and if the opportunity arises to buy things locally I do, finding it cheaper to pay a premium on the item and save fuel/miles and travel/subsistence costs, not to mention time.

Guy

One thing I've noticed happening to me as the years advance is my hands are turning increasingly like my Dads.

Guy

This little chap is obviously just doing what a lot of us have done in our younger days - building himself up a tool kit and consumables from our place of work.

It was often said that when the Shipyard hooter blew in Barrow-in-Furness all the purloined and 'liberated' tools in sheds and garages around the town would vibrate and turn to face the place from whence they came. .........Allegedly.

Guy

A common and cheep way of getting a wind mill to charge batteries on board boats especially is to fit a 'Dynohub' bicycle hub generator (common on Raleigh bikes) with blades. The only tricky bit is the bridge rectifier to change the output to D.C.

Guy

Hello Roy, I'm new to this forum also but I've found a very helpful and knowledgeable bunch only too willing to offer sound practical advice on a whole host of engineering topics. Best of luck with your workshop construction.

Guy

All the foregoing must have been tried 'cos the tin opener wasn't invented till 48 years after the tin plated can!

Guy

In the 90's I worked for a firm who were offering a 'Stake Holder' pension plan which I signed up to. This pension company now sends me annul statement that reads like a comedy sketch script. Fees now swallow about 13% per year and in 10 years time, when I'm 65 I will owe the about £200 a year to administer my non existent pot in theory. And, apparently, as a mark of good will they are prepared to wave this fee. You can't say fairer than that can you?

Like a lot of people my best old age plan is keep on going 'til you drop down dead in harness between the shafts.

Guy

In 1943 the UK still had the the V1 and V2 onslaught to cope with. The Pulse Engined V1 could be countered with AA gunnery to some degree but the V2 rocket was beyond any effective counter action. Over 1,000 V2 struck the south east of England killing many thousands of civilians. An attempt was made to report the fall of these rockets in the press as being south of the capital in order to convince the Germans to erroneously increase the range and thereby strike north of the capital in less populated areas. All in all, '43 '44 and '45 still held much to worry about.

Guy

Please forgive me if I've posted this in the wrong section, though it is in question form but, could someone suggest where I could look for a printable chart of screw cutting gear ratios for my Myford ML7 ? My machine didn't have a table on the inside of the guard as is usual practice. Trawls on'tinterweb have been fruitless

Guy

Thanks Elmo and John for your thoughts, for the money the machine seems a good buy.

Guy

Does anyone have experience of these 3-in-1 metal working machines offered by Machine Mart and Warco et al and looking like they plop off the same S.Asian production line. Whilst coming in various widths and comprising slip rolls, box/pan folder and guillotine with a capability of up to 1mm (in non ferrous). Usually, I stay clear of multi purpose (probably master of non) tools but I scratch model 7mm locos and need a small guillotine to cut down on piercing saw use but I do need a square and clean cut with no turn down on .020/.028 nickle silver. Any thoughts please.

Guy

Hello David, I think you might be mistaking the action of swaging (common in blacksmithing ) with wire drawing, without wishing to sound pedantic they are very different metal working processes.

Swaging is carried out to make a section of material (most commonly) round, half round or even corrugated using either top and bottom swage tools or a swage block (a handy tool consisting of a heavy floor mounted block with many half round grooves as well as half hexagons and half squares V section grooves. Swages are essentially half section hollow die blocks that can be struck with manual force/power hammer/hydraulic press to form a required section

Guy

Thanks Gentlemen, I shall have a try with a polystyrene pattern and report back. Mike's success with dry sand is also food for thought.

Guy

Can I ask has anyone had experience (good or bad) of producing non-ferrous castings from styrene patterns using green sand? I haven't tried it my self but I was wondering if the styrene patterns could produce gas enough to disrupt a green sand mould.

Guy

I realise I'm going over old ground with this request, but could anyone recommend a good quick change tool post/tool holder system for my ML7. Looking through the ME archive I've found reference to 'A & R Precision' QCTH who, on the face of it have gone into liquidation.

There seems to be quite a few to choose from internet wise, including some of which that don't have a very favourable write-up (in the archive).