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duncan webster08/09/2022 18:40:16
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I finished making the second 2 return cranks for my loco. The loco only needs 2. The eagle eyed will notice that the ones on the left are longer. Why? 13/16" is not 0.6875". Stupid imperial units. Wouldn't have happened in metric.

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Nigel Graham 208/09/2022 18:45:51
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No - in metric, the mistakes are by factors of 10!

Bob Unitt 109/09/2022 17:06:47
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Plan for the day - finish the main bearing stands for my 'Tina'. Actual activity of the day - bottle 42 pints of home-brew lager (it was ready earlier than I expected). The best-laid plans of mice and men...

colin hawes09/09/2022 18:05:09
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Made a 50 tooth aluminium change wheel for my Drummond lathe. Colin

Dave Wootton10/09/2022 16:23:53
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More like what I've been doing for the last eight days, almost finished Hemingway bending rolls, almost finished as the gears were missing from the kit and are on five week back order, a shame as I bought the kit to save time as I wanted to use them now! Never mind it all went together well and even ungeared it works well.img_0194.jpg

Nicholas Farr10/09/2022 23:48:46
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Hi, after taking delivery of a Warco 4-1/2" universal bandsaw at their current 30% discount price early yesterday afternoon and getting it into my garage, unpacking and checking all the parts were there and undamaged, reading through the user manual, I set about building the stand and fixing it to the saw. Today I completed the task of setting it up and giving it a try. Firstly, I had it in the vertical position with the table fixed in position, marked two lines from the end of a scrap piece of aluminium channel to a hole and cut a slot the width of the hole, which worked a treat.

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I then put it in the horizontal mode and cut a short length off the same end, which also work a treat.

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OK it's not in the same league as industrial bandsaws that I've used in my working years, but I believe it will serve well for my work in my garage.

Regards Nick.

Clock polisher11/09/2022 13:56:36
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Just needed something to steady me over the last few days.

Finally got round to starting on an old clock movement I got from Ebay for a few pounds. It arrived in a box in pieces. I think the rope had broken and the owner had started the job then stopped when the clock fell apart, as birdcage movements are prone to do.

All cleaned and re-assembled. New rope acquired. Just need to remind myself how to splice it now.

Always better when the hands are busy.

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David

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Bazyle11/09/2022 16:04:41
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After re-lowering the church tower flag to half mast at 1pm after the proclamation of the new king I had a good look around to the horizon which is some ten miles to the north but could not see a single other flag. I might borrow my neighbour's birding binoculars and have another scan tomorrow.

duncan webster11/09/2022 17:44:33
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I trust it is the Cross of St. George (assuming you're in England). One of our local CofE churches flies the Union Flag, which according to this is all wrong, and to add insult to injury, they leave it up at night, without a spotlight, which is very bad form.

john fletcher 111/09/2022 18:23:45
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I've have a saw like yours Nick, mine says it's an Alpine and was supplied by Graham Engineeering long since disappeared, had it for about 25/30 years, really useful tool. There was an article either on ME or MEW on making a larger table, which when you a have suitable blade you can with the aid of an assistant rip down wood. I made an attachment using a piece of 12mm X 90 X 170 (approximately) steel with a series of drilled and tapped hole, the holes have the same thread as my mill clamping kit. I can clamp small pieces of steel and cut very thin pieces. Another useful attachment is a similar piece of steel with two angle cut pieces again with hole as before, welded to the plate, so that I can cut short round bits. I found when cutting round bar it tries to revolve, but not with the jig. I also made a blade repair jig so that when a blade breaks I can silver solder it together again. Non of the above are my original ideas, picked upon the way. .John

roy entwistle11/09/2022 20:37:21
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Our local infants school has the union Flag at half mast but upside down

Swarf, Mostly!11/09/2022 20:53:06
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Posted by roy entwistle on 11/09/2022 20:37:21:

Our local infants school has the union Flag at half mast but upside down

Might that be because their flag (and the halliard ) have the wrong hardware? I seem to remember there should be a toggle and an eye but I can't remember which is top and which is bottom.

Best regards,

Swarf, Mostly!

Michael Gilligan11/09/2022 21:47:55
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Posted by roy entwistle on 11/09/2022 20:37:21:

Our local infants school has the union Flag at half mast but upside down

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Is that intended as a Distress Signal, or “lese Majeste” I wonder

MichaelG.

Bazyle12/09/2022 00:47:31
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The toggle is at the top. It could come loose if one is used at the bottom as it is not always under tension in the wind.

The normal 'everyday' flag is indeed the cross of St George (whom we all know wasn't even English) but at times of national significance is replaced by the Union Flag or a special one. So since the Jubilee we have flown the jubilee modified version but replaced it with the normal Union Flag (at half mast) after receiving the news of the Queen's death. Raised it to full mast for the proclamation of the new king for 24 hours then halfway down again but will revert to the cross at 8am on the day after the funeral. The Union Flag will be up again for the coronation. Eco considerations now preclude all night illumination and HSE factors (and age of churchwardens) save us from running it up and down too often.
It gets complicated as the CofE can make recommendations but the PCC is actually in charge locally and vicars are only in control of the religious side of things.

Sam Longley 112/09/2022 08:01:00
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Posted by Bazyle on 12/09/2022 00:47:31:

The toggle is at the top. It could come loose if one is used at the bottom as it is not always under tension in the wind.

The normal 'everyday' flag is indeed the cross of St George (whom we all know wasn't even English) but at times of national significance is replaced by the Union Flag or a special one. So since the Jubilee we have flown the jubilee modified version but replaced it with the normal Union Flag (at half mast) after receiving the news of the Queen's death. Raised it to full mast for the proclamation of the new king for 24 hours then halfway down again but will revert to the cross at 8am on the day after the funeral. The Union Flag will be up again for the coronation. Eco considerations now preclude all night illumination and HSE factors (and age of churchwardens) save us from running it up and down too often.
It gets complicated as the CofE can make recommendations but the PCC is actually in charge locally and vicars are only in control of the religious side of things.

But did you do it correctly? I always understood that it should be "1/3 way down". Even though described as "half mast" Not that I intend to google it.

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duncan webster12/09/2022 10:38:05
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Posted by Bazyle on 12/09/2022 00:47:31:

The toggle is at the top. It could come loose if one is used at the bottom as it is not always under tension in the wind.

The normal 'everyday' flag is indeed the cross of St George (whom we all know wasn't even English) but at times of national significance is replaced by the Union Flag or a special one. So since the Jubilee we have flown the jubilee modified version but replaced it with the normal Union Flag (at half mast) after receiving the news of the Queen's death. Raised it to full mast for the proclamation of the new king for 24 hours then halfway down again but will revert to the cross at 8am on the day after the funeral. The Union Flag will be up again for the coronation. Eco considerations now preclude all night illumination and HSE factors (and age of churchwardens) save us from running it up and down too often.
It gets complicated as the CofE can make recommendations but the PCC is actually in charge locally and vicars are only in control of the religious side of things.

Sounds like a good project to me, a remote control or even automatic flag raising engine

Mark Rand12/09/2022 16:52:20
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Yesterday and today I've been trying to fettle a Record Vice I got. It was absolutely covered in grease and grot in the bits which aren't normally visible and merely filthy on the visible bits.

The jaws need replacing because they've suffered the usual sawing, filing and grinding abuse that one sees in an industrial environment (and because I feel that a fitter's vice needs smooth jaws, not serrated ones).

The 5/16" BSW screws on the fixed jaw were almost loose and came out with a few taps with a 12ox hammer and punch to get them past the tight spots. The Screws on the moving jaw have managed to bent one bit on my hammer/impact driver and shatter a larger one...

There is no sign of movement with the screws and there doesn't seem to be any major damage and no signs of welding. On the guess that they've come loose before (they tend to, being quite a coarse thread, with compressive and side forces often applied), I think that someone may have put them back in with Loctite 603 or similar.

After cleaning the castings with degreaser and giving them a going over with a pressure washer in the garden, the moving body is in the kitchen oven clawing its way up to 220°C.

The domestic manager and the dog are currently visiting Mother in Law's. laugh

john carruthers12/09/2022 18:33:06
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Today my grandson and I spent a pleasant hour in the shed.
"Is a drill like a lathe grandad?"
Well, yes and no.
" how is it different then?"
"Well, a lathe turns the work against a fixed tool....sometimes...except when it doesn't...watch..."
"hmmm"
Then he went out to play in the mud and watch the hens...
(but you could see the wheels turning)

Beginnings are important times.

Michael Moore13/09/2022 13:33:34
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Learnt what a centrifugal governor does. It's one of those terms that takes more than one attempt to both understand and pronounce for the first time.

Nigel Graham 213/09/2022 19:21:46
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Went to a right proper second-hand (and mainly-marine memorabilia) book-shop for a Christmas present, came away with two (one for relations, one for a friend)...

..... plus a third, F.J Camm's Screw-Thread Manual (Geo.Newnes Ltd, 2nd ed., 1944)

That's for me!

A treasure-trove of information on threads and thread-cutting tools and equipment, proportions, etc.

So now I have no excuse not to cut Lowenherz threads, making bolts of correct form, or to set up a 1/4"-lead lathe for a metric screw without using the 127T wheel I have for it anyway!.

It also gives worm-thread details, potentially useful for making a new worm for a small horizontal mill in part-restoration though buying a new, stock worm+wheel may be preferable..

This shop, Books Afloat, in Weymouth's Park Street, is a wonderful place with a major line in marine matters; but I don't know if the two rather forlorn 3-1/2" gauge steam locomotives are for sale. One at least has been steamed, in years past, and I think frequently.. No doubt someone who has mis-read the white-&-orange book would say their boilers could not be used in service but if they pass the proper test, they can. (Thorough examination un-clad - the locos would need a major service, re-paint, etc., anyway - , meticulous test as if "new", non-commercial, boiler.) Would be great to see them doing what they built for, again!

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Otherwise...

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Nowt much useful.

Re-stacked some timber from a narrow outside passage I can start turning into covered storage for garden stuff like compost and sand; even maybe a laundry-drying area.

Was going to go to the club to continue replacing wooden with plastic, sleepers on the dual-gauge road from main line to turntable. Since the next stage entails screwing some sleepers to the concrete yard I demurred. Extension-leads, mains power-drills and even little battery ones don't like the rain.

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Another attempt at learning Solid Edge.... from its most basic tutorial. Hopeless. Gave up.

This won't help me finish my steam-wagon - all having to be designed from scratch - as I'd rather dreamt CAD might, some ten years ago.

Now, how did that house-filling drawing-board fit together?

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