Member postings for Michael Gilligan

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An admirable reply, Dave … but please let me be the first to bring Politics into this discussion

… I am sure I have seen the Liberal Democrats using similar techniques to manipulate the way that viewers perceive presented data.

MichaelG.

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Edit: ___ ferinstance:

https://www.onlondon.co.uk/fixed-that-for-you-dodgy-liberal-democrat-election-graphs-2017/

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 10/08/2023 20:42:23

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As a disinterested and uninterested observer … I would guess it’s something to do with Model Engineering vs playing with trains.

MichaelG.

You have exactly the same information as I do

… it’s of no great interest to me.

MichaelG.

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Please see my edit, Bernard

MichaelG.

Bernard … I feel sure you are wrong.

I paid very little for this ‘pre-loved’ example, but it looks right to me.

… By mentioning it, I was simply trying to indicate that what Samsaranda noticed has been going-on for years.

MichaelG.

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Edit: __ for Bernard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterford_Crystal#:~:text=Due%20to%20rising%20competition%20Waterford,were%20employed%20by%20the%20company.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 10/08/2023 14:39:31

recently bought [for reasons not relevant here] a long-discontinued Waterford clock … being a glass block with a small Quartz movement inserted.

Inspecting the components, I found:

• Glass block : Made in Slovenia
• Clock movement : Made in Japan
• Clock case: Made in Indonesia

I wonder what they did in Waterford

MichaelG.

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I suspect that Dave just meant ‘fabricated’ to mean ‘made by machining’ … but only he can confirm or refute that.

It is, however quite possible to fabricate Vee pulleys by using two truncated cones … either fixed together or keyed, with an adjustment mechanism.

MichaelG.

I agree with Jason

Generalising outrageously from just a single comparison:

The textured green belts coming out of China seem to be a very good approximation of the expensive Swiss ones

… except in price !

MichaelG.

This may be of interest to some

I receive an eMail ‘newsletter’ from Chester Cathedral … the latest of which included this:

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This summer, discover a brand-new 64ft long model railway created by Pete Waterman OBE and the Railnuts here at Chester Cathedral.

This year, the bespoke model railway features Milton Keynes railway station – a modern image model layout with some very special never before seen features and trains, and as before, Making Tracks offers you the opportunity to drive the trains on the railway layout using dedicated control tablets.

For 2023, the Railnuts teamed up with Tom Connell - a transport illustrator - to produce a picture for the event and there's an exhibition of his work beside the model railway.

Making Tracks 3 is open from 10am to 5pm Monday - Friday and 10am-4pm on Saturdays. Tickets are £3 per person, using the Cathedral’s summer entry charge, with free entry for children aged 5 and under.

Pre-book your entry ticket here.

Making Tracks 3 facts

• The layout is a model of Milton Keynes station as it is today with seven platforms including all the surrounding building with their iconic mirrored sides
• The layout took six months to build by a team of 15 people
• There are four main loops with an eight track storage yard
• The layout has 811 feet / 247 metres of track
• The layout has around 30 trains being operated including the Caledonian Sleeper with 16 coaches – this is the longest passenger train currently operating in the UK between London and Scotland
• All buildings, bridges and walls have been built from scratch including two large multi-storey car parks
• 200 scale cars have been 3D printed
• The layout has 25 working signals, 120 catenary masts and 40 hand-made trees
• 80 square feet of teddy bear fur has been used on the model (no teddies were harmed!)
• The longest train running is 22.5feet / 7metres long!

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MichaelG.

This is not a criticism, Dave … far from it !

But something is nagging me: By [ quite understandably] scaling your pressure graph from 970, are you perhaps exaggerating its significance ?

… what would it look like if you scaled it from zero ?

MichaelG.

Nothing new here: **LINK**

https://www.statisticshowto.com/calculus-definitions/damped-sine-wave/

Just standard statistical stuff, nicely presented.

MichaelG.

This is the PDF version of the interesting article by Andrew Webster, on lathes.co.uk [whose link appears to be broken]
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http://www.bedroom-workshop.com/shaper-perfectoliterature/1.760861AdeptLathesbreaklink.pdf

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 09/08/2023 19:47:04

You have presumably found this page already, but I thought it worth linking for general info.

**LINK**

https://www.scunthorpesme.com/the-great-bear/story/

MichaelG.

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I recommended the Napoleon’Hat [sorry, I forgot to mention striking version preferred over chimes] simply because it has a ‘Goldilocks’ sort of size, and is available dead-or-alive at realistic prices. Most are mass-produced items and there is much to be learned by simply dismantling and rebuilding one.

This was, I thought, exactly the point at which Paul wished to enter the fray.

It’s what I did, on the introductory ‘evening classes’ at Stevenage College several decades ago.

Opinions obviously vary … That’s fine.

MichaelG.

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You have me utterly bewildered, Rob

If you were thinking of ‘Artificial Insemination’ why on Earth did you mention Aluminium ?

I tried very hard to answer your written question … but answering the unstated one in your mind is beyond this Human Intelligence.

MichaelG.

A report in the Guardian informs us that she has started a class-action lawsuit on the public’s behalf … against the Water Companies.

MichaelG.

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I was just about to observe that the subject line looked clear enough to me … when I noticed the subtly different font in Alan’s post and yours !!

MichaelG.

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Edited By Michael Gilligan on 09/08/2023 09:05:58

Thread makes more sense now that the opening post is visible

Welcome back … and good luck with the project, David

MichaelG.

… should be very informative.

MichaelG.