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Having slight issues posting the picture. I can see it but can others?

Yes - I had found Clarkcraft but not enough detail for a positive id.

Edited By Jim Young 2 on 02/10/2023 21:17:38

I know this isn’t ‘model engineering, but you are all so well read in many subjects I thought you might be able to add some information to my investigations!
I recently had the opportunity to recover this two seater from a woodshed, it was most likely destined for the skip or the bonfire. After several hours of research I think it may be to a design by Percy Blandford, I had never heard of him but he seems to have been quite a prolific writer on many subjects in his time.

It has remnants of it’s canvas cover, most likely sealed with lead paint. The frame is all very loose. I suspect originally all glued with Cascamite which has gone very brittle.

I had considered dismantling and making drawings, ….just because I could. Making one from drawings would cost very little. I did wonder if such a process would make an article for a woodworking magazine….but it may run into all sorts of copyright issues.

His books have been out of print for years, I have ordered a copy of his canoe book from my local library, but it may take months to arrive as it is in the ‘central book store’.

Any information very welcome!

Edited By Jim Young 2 on 02/10/2023 20:53:37

Edited By Jim Young 2 on 02/10/2023 20:55:17

Beware….sounds like Hogweed. Nasty stuff. Even allowing for BBC hype!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66005465

I think HGVs. have some system of multipoint auto lubrication. Could this be adapted?

Edited By Jim Young 2 on 17/04/2023 20:07:39

If you are using Outlook, a complete restart may recover them. It could be that the profile hasn’t completely loaded, from it’s ‘database’. Not the correct terms but it happens often on my work system. Worth a try!

Email the pictures to RHS Wisley……they may be willing to assist.

Experiment with a spoonful in a baked bean tin perhaps?

Just to register a huge thank you to the team at http://www.millerbeck.org.uk/ we visited on Sunday morning. Six trains running and seven locos. A brilliant welcome. They were great with our grand children. Lots of effort had gone into the day. Worth a visit if you are in the area when they are next running. We will be back as our holiday cottage is only 5 mins away !

A link to the latest in a series. Interesting processes.

https://youtu.be/p-8YPOU_GiU

A very unlikely solution, but I have known it work in the past - so worth a try!

Save a copy of the required file - anywhere you find accessible- then use the rename function and call it anything you like but make sure that you change the file extension to .txt

Then double click the file. SOMETIMES you get a set of readable information. A few seconds to do and easy to delete if it doesn’t work!

Indeed a saw set. But unlike the plier type, these take considerable skill to get an even set.

You need to be systematic. Remove all food sources. NO feeding the birds, poultry keeping etc! Tidy away all outdoor ‘cover’ , flower pots, boxes, foliage etc. work around filling all access points - however small. Obviously mortar works, builders gun foam is good BUT needs the inclusion of stainless steel wire wool or the little monsters will chew through it! Then install the closed bait boxes with the bait blocks in them. You can then monitor activity,

Don’t forget that they will go up a rough brick wall without a hesitation. Block around all service access points. Lastly you have to keep up the supply of a good quality of bait. You will reduce the ‘local’ rodent population but there will always be new ‘incomers’.

This might also be interesting.

A little harsh ! The photo has a caption,” Nuts and bolts - file image’. The article says,”A Lithuanian man has had more than a kilogram of nails, screws, nuts and knives removed from his stomach by doctors, local media report. “ so the picture is not completely irrelevant !

Edited By Jim Young 2 on 02/10/2021 16:56:34

Sewing shoes?

Phil, the apples are falling off the cooking apple tree!

your rust remover……is it just crushed apples ?

Thanks

jim

I’ve been interested in a steam launch build for some years, but you have to ask yourself….how long? Though if I had started it when I first became interested!!!

I discovered this picture - built on a British Seagull. Can anyone offer any thoughts.
https://steamautomobile.com:8443/ForuM/read.php?1,28941,28947
I hope this link goes to the correct picture as I couldn’t get the picture to load into the thread.

Jim

MickB1 are the details of bunny published anywhere or do you fancy telling us more….looks fun!

Phil, always a fun watch, how do we all collect so much ‘junk’ ?!

Your premises are a strange and interesting collection of rooms, are you able to give us the background? A bit more about how you gained your skills would be interesting.

Get away from the tidying and back to the bench soon !

Regards

Jim