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Don't know where me late Dad obtained the 'Paramo No1' vice from, but it's been a loose (Not bench mounted) item I've used for clamping bits, small press and adjustable spanner for the last seventy years.

Was led to believe he brought it back from Canada after being stationed there in 45 but it is clearly (cast in) 'Made in England'

Regards Ian.

Edited By Circlip on 03/10/2023 10:56:57

Another term widely bandied about by our brethren across the pond to try to re-write (rite) the English dictionary. All the Custom builders use the term as the holy grail for normally Aluminium machined components.

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EN58???

Whats the suffix?

modern classifications are 304 316 and 321

303/304 General use,

316 Hygenic use,

321 heat applications

All 3 also come with an 'L' suffix which denotes low carbon.

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Late mate of mine decided to build a 'Simplex'. Already started a Black Five but gave that away when he moved house from southern England to Cebu - Philippines.

Think you have problems sourcing materials? He completed it but then had a problem obtaining COAL. Coals to Newcastle became coals to Cebu.

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And some relate to Bovine Excreta.

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Steve, to be classed as a 'model engineer', the following BASIC rules MUST be obeyed.

1. Nothing other than a Miffod lathe is acceptable.

2. QCTPs are obligatory.

3. Carbide cutting tools are essential.

So yes, your disposable (or non) income needs to be frittered on non essential goodies to be accepted into Home Workshop elite.

All that glisters is not Gold and many of the Hew Tub videos need to be observed with a pot of SAXA (or other brands) close to hand.

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A perfectly good question Andrew and not controversial, just different opinions. OK, given a zero run out on O/Ds and bores of all collet parameters - perfection -now what? Can you ensure whatever dia. material, fits the bore, exactly? A few thou plus or minus change the run out rules so to introduce a further point of dispute, the only true type of collet is the 'Rubberflex' version, grips all diameters to the range of the collet.

Originally intended for mass production of components in industry as were QCTPs and Carbides with everything, the perception of 'essentials' seems to be dictated by the depth of ones pockets containing disposable income.

Len Sparey started a minor revolution.

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Luddites unite.

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Beats me how LBSC and all ever managed to produce their creations without all the NASA and RR standards we expect of todays tooling to enjoy our hobby.

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SAGA, what a. Rang to tell them that the property insurance they were trying to renew wasn't acceptable and yes, 15mins of music, when answered and the other end told, double last years price was a joke for exactly the same cover and we'd had this argument last year. "Hang on,I'll transfer you" Phone went down after another 15mins.

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BK3

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My weekly size '10' Pineapple from the big M varies. Don't know where the 10 originates, Diameter, Length or Weight. On odd occasions, an '8' gets mixed in, yummy.

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Original Burgess bandsaw doesn't have a capacitor, haven't seen a centrifugal switch either.

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Ford E93A in a fibreglass shell. Think someone had used the Alfa two seat sports as the 'Male mould'. AKS. 1938 Ford 10 pop chassis and rod brakes. Shell was good enough to fool at least one genuine Alfa driver as he used to wave regularly.

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I remember plugging iron into light socket was a non event. Iron was connected to mains gas.

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As a retired wrinkly, when the doorbell rings and the caller, be it RM or courier with a parcel, my question is, "No 2 or 4?" (Mine is 3). We all know I'm a safe pair of hands, deliverers AND recipients.

Very infrequently, great celebrations when "No, it's for YOU."

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Yes Tim but on an English site the correct ENGLISH spullin is preferable.

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If the A/C is of WWII manufacture, chances are, the SKEFCO bearings were flown over from Scandinavia in the bomb bay of a Mossie on the bearing run.

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Geeee, wish someone had told me my house was/should have been demolished one hundred years before I bought it fifty years ago.

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Not only aerated concrete. Seem to remember the stone work around St. Pauls dome having to be replaced due to the 'Girdle' rusting and splitting the stones.

In all the concrete brutelism imposed on Bradford in the sixties, can only think of a couple still standing. One is Wardley House, an office development that due to nobody wanting to se was eventually given away and became 'The National Museum of Film and Television' also an IMAX screen. T'other, 'The Richard Dunn Sports Centre', this WAS due to be demolished but some brave (????) soul has managed to get a grade two slapped on it. Derelict site which costs £150K a year in 'Security'

Oh what a brave new world we created.

Regards Ian.