A bit below the racehorse, I found this. So it's a corrosion-resistant copper-based alloy - I suspect the next issue would be finding a supplier.

Rob

Edit - must type faster!

Links to https://dl.asminternational.org/alloy-digest/article-abstract/5/5/Cu-38/438/TOBIN-BRONZE-452Corrosion-Resistant-Copper-Base?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Edited By Grindstone Cowboy on 02/11/2022 19:11:44

More of the usual, but seems to have been more prevalent over the last week or two are calls allegedly originating in Coventry and Cardiff, purporting to be from your mobile phone provider. Mostly I ignored them, but thought I'd see what is was about on the last call. I didn't get any further into the process than them offering a 40% discount on my bill and then asking how much I was paying at the moment - they said this was to confirm my identity???

Rob

Just to resurrect my thread, I have found another source of what looks like just the stuff - Boots Self-Adhesive Thick Padding (Provides relief for Corns, Calluses and Bunions). Less than a fiver for a piece about 220mm by 100mm and 7mm thick, the self adhesive layer is fairly easily split off.

Rob

Just noticed that "Driving the Train" instructional film is being repeated on TPTV at 7:05 pm this Wednesday, 26th October, in case you missed it.

Rob

Hello Jack

Advice on posting photos can be found here.

Rob

Links to https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=103028&p=1

Only guessing, but could it mean something like those plastic pointers you see on lorry wheels?

Rob

Well, to be fair, every website you visit has to know your IP address, and some of that other info could quite conceivably be used to prevent (or at least detect) someone trying to, for instance, programmatically collect hundreds of free meals a day.

I do quite like the apple pies.

Rob (playing devil's advocate)

I understand the Brown Bess musket was made a larger calibre than the contemporary French service musket so we could use their ammunition, but they couldn't use ours.

Rob

Well, I read an explanation of it in a Reader's Digest "How Do They Do That?" type book many years ago, and it involved various metal tubes and rods (but luckily for the chickens AFTER their input has ended).

Firstly, the whites are cooked in a tube with a central rod, forming an egg white cylinder, then the rod is extracted and raw yolk inserted and cooked. So you have, effectively, a very long egg which can be cooked into the pie.

Full marks to M&S (no pun intended) for not going fully industrial.

Why don't chocolate chips in chocolate chip cookies melt when they are being baked?

Rob

And how do they do those pork pies with an egg in the middle and in every slice the egg is the same size?

(I know the answer, but it might spark discussion )

Rob

I believe most modern baking trays do come with a non-stick PTFE coating.

Rob

I was once told by an old-time car mechanic that it was common to clean propshaft bolts and then wet them before assembly, so the resultant rust stopped them coming loose. That would have been in the pre-Loctite (and possibly pre-Nyloc nut) days, I guess.

Sounds feasible and practical, if not best engineering practice?

Rob

Just got back, I quite enjoyed the show, as did the friend I dragged along. Not too many bargains on the second-hand side of things, and I suffered from a permanent senior moment, knowing that I needed some Delrin, but no idea of what I needed it for...

All round, quite enjoyable.

Jay - I think I may have been stood behind you during your negotiation!

Rob

Just got back from the show. Sorry to hear about your car problems, Noel, hope you can get it sorted without too much trouble or expense.

The drill bits will be saved for next time

Rob

£13.99 but still good value

Rob

Good evening Martyn, welcome to our happy band!

Rob

Just to be pedantic, Space Invaders was bog-standard raster-scan. Atari Star Wars, Missile Command and Asteroids were examples of vector-scan games.

(Misspent youth working in amusement arcades...)

Rob

Edited for spelling

Edited By Grindstone Cowboy on 08/10/2022 17:18:37

Mine, a generic Chinese type, is pretty noisy whether parts are in a basket or not. And yes, ear defenders are called for if you are close to it. The bubbles are very small, and not produced in large quantities, so I'd say yours is working the same as mine, and mine does what it's supposed to.

Rob

By amazing coincidence, I was looking at these last night. Try Amazon and search for

Proops Set x 4 Steel Twist Drill & Machine Tap Gauges, Fractional, Metric, Number, Letter. (M9123) Free UK Postage

Rob (didn't mean to shout, it's the cut and paste...)

If you have the external weather sensor fitted to your boiler and set up properly - and I recommend that you should - then a Nest or Hive would be a bit of overkill in my opinion. You just need a simple timed thermostat. Personally, I'm not keen on wireless ones, but if you have a look here, you'll find a selction. I'd go with the Drayton or Siemens myself, but not sure what features you are looking for.

Links to https://www.heatingcontrolsonline.co.uk/wireless-programmable-thermostats.html?limit=100

No connection other than as a satisfied customer

Rob