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Member postings for William Howcroft

Here is a list of all the postings William Howcroft has made in our forums. Click on a thread name to jump to the thread.

Thread: MEW Workshop Tales Artie Moore and Titanic
18/06/2023 08:03:28

https://mc0mnx.webs.com/

Thread: Antique Locks
18/06/2023 07:21:23

https://www.antique-locks.com/

https://www.locksmiths.co.uk/public/about-us/heritage-room/

Thread: What did you do today? 2023
19/04/2023 15:23:09

http://staticcontents.investis.com/html/r/rolls-royce/virtual-tour-osmaston-road/index.html

Thread: Podcasts
19/04/2023 12:55:42

I have taken to listening to podcasts occasionally as well as talk radio and audiobooks.
Can anyone recommend any that have a technical content or relate to our model hobby?

Thread: Linen drafting film
18/04/2023 22:28:13

I just overlapped the last of the tracer ladies, who had fine draughting skills and some of whom became draffies.

Ammonia printers! It must be hard to find somewhere to print the old continuous sheets, never mind A0 or double elephant. By the time I retired the customers all wanted prints at A3 so they could use their office printers.

Thread: Model Engineer gets Titanic SOS
18/04/2023 20:51:24

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artie_Moore

Thread: ChatGPT incoming
18/04/2023 13:38:22

Music too: Although the internet may find it fascinating, the use of AI to create popular music is not pleasing for artists and rights-holding companies. Furthermore, the potential risk to their business seems to be increasing as AI-generated renditions of songs by Rihanna and Eminem have been released without authorization in the past few weeks.

Thread: Jerry Cans - fuel transport of WW2
16/04/2023 22:39:24

I learnt a lot about these pressed & welded containers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwUkbGHFAhs

Thread: Coventry Die Head
30/03/2023 17:22:03

http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/pubs.aspx
under Alfred Herbert

Thread: American equivalents (steel)
15/12/2020 11:44:58

https://tubingchina.com/1144-Stressproof-equivalent-steel.htm

Thread: Impressive Workshop in Germany
14/04/2019 11:58:33

https://youtu.be/In6VqiHL7rM?t=1318

Edited By JasonB on 14/04/2019 12:21:23

Edited By JasonB on 14/04/2019 12:22:09

Thread: Relieving tool for gear cutters
07/08/2012 23:54:18

A noisy version working on youtube!

**LINK**

Kind regards

Bill

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