What Did You Do Today (2016)

Just spent an hour or so making an aerial for the wifes new radio, two arms at 49Cm locked into a Con Block and then screwed to a piece of wood for mounting vertically outside as high as I can get for line of sight. Need to buy some flat twin 300 ohm cable now. I hope it works as we are only about 5 or 6 Km from the broadcast station at the top of Blue Bell hill. I sprayed it all over with Acrylic lacquer.

Clive

The Cable or Blue Bell Hill?

Just finished putting a Thruxton Velocette cylinder head to my Velocette. Fired it up and it sounds nice.

Bob

Looks very nice. Is it just the way the photo has been taken or is the carb inlet barrel very close to the the oil tank filler cap?

Martin

Hi Ega: Not my design, I'm afraid. I did think about it, but don't have welding kit. You can see it at https://www.kmxkarts.co.uk/Recumbent-Trikes/KMX-Sport/KMX-Tornado-F8-Adults-Sports-Trike.aspx. They come in flat packs, and are quite easy to put together (instructions rather better than most flat pack furniture). Got it because a stroke has impaired my balance, so I can't ride a bike.

Bob,

Ahh ... That takes me back to my SchoolDays [circa 1965 I think].

Almost every afternoon I could be found drooling over the [very avant garde] Blue and Silver one in Copes' showroom in Birmingham. ... then home to my D1 Bantam

MichaelG.

Bob, lovely bike there !. Brings back memories, I bought a new blue one from Premier Motorcycles in Birmingham in 1965. Wish I still had it.

Hi Martin,

the carb inlet is very close to the oil tank cap. I think that all of the Thruxtons were the same. The GP carb fitted to earlier models was just the same.

I think I would rather have the Truxton Velocette. except to the fact I would almost certainly fall off....

Spent the day at our ME Club track where two fellow members and myself planted 320 saplings to form a hedgerow.

The saplings were a mixture of Hawthorn , Hazel , Field Maple , Spindleberry and Crabapple , each being staked and protected with tubing.

It was tiring but satisfying .

Thanks Bob, I was wondering where I could get ALL that cable!

Clive

It's more of what happened last week when going to an appointment at the Doctors on Saturday for a leg infection.

I just managed to get there after nearly collapsing I certainly jumped the queue and ambulanced to hospital.

Signs of a heart attack when doing an angiograthy they found a severe calcified lesion in an artery and could not put a stent in so had to be sent to Hull Castle Hill Hospital.

It was a form of drilling the calcification and fitting a stent then the following day my Sister took me back home.

Was told I had Angina I have the utmost praise for the care I was given and have sent a favourable report to the C.Q.C. a change from the moaners who should go to private Hospitals we are not at a hotel when ill but there for treatment.

I met patients who had life changing illness going back and forth to Hospital after my admittance we had many laughs with staff and fellow inmates.

We all made the best of our circumstances and they had no self pity one of the patients does work to get genuine homeless back into society a very nice person I was nearly homeless many years ago so feel very strongly for what he tries to do.

I now have angina the privilege to have met some great people both as patients and hospital staff with some lasting happy memories of them all.

Last couple of weekends.

I have been to a shed clean out and scored a SHER workshop not complete but it has the saw table and no broken castings.

This weekend a Mens Shed garage sale scored a Stanley 220 block plane minus blade and knob blade bought sunday at a tool sale knob will make that. Gents saw, some files a 6" rule, wooden bi-fold rule. Bargin of the day was nail gun for oldest son $20 brand new. 2 mitre saws being turfed at end of day

Sunday at a major Sydney too sale scored some nice books and a dial indicator $5

Oh and a set of brass scales for LOML

Edited By Raymond Sanderson 2 on 29/02/2016 04:20:06

Here is a warning that most of you know about but having seen it's effect while in Hospital it was frightening.

A patient that was on my ward and in the same trade as me car body repairs with using two pack paint it had penetrated his skin the hair follicles was a path as well.

The result his immune system was ruined he came in with pneumonia while I was there but he is a regular patient now.

My thought as well!

Neil

Hi Paul,

Glad to have you back in one piece.

Neil

Will limit the diameter I can do, but Michael's appears skewed to have more clearance at the back?

Neil

OK, the flat 300 ohm cable, 10 mtrs to reach the fixing point on the wall and back into the kitchen. Blue Bell hill transmitter is line of sight but obscured by trees that affect the signal when wet. Lots of trees here on the top of the North Downs in Kent.

At one time I worked on ariels for particular frequencies and had a GDO to check that they worked at the frequencies specified. Mostly line of sight jobbies encased in resin. Made a big patch board for a certain organisation for listening to clandestines.

Clive

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Thanks for the thought, Jason

I was only really expecting it to be of use for externals, or for internals on 'big' [yet to be defined] tubes.

Small [again undefined] holes, I tend to chamfer with a countersink cutter.

Frankly; I expect to damage this insert before I exhaust its usefulness

... and I doubt if I will find, or afford, a replacement

MichaelG.

I recently watched a TV programme about laying the 1700 mile gas pipe from Norway to the UK. They welded sections as they went and they used a machine that rotated around the pipe to make a chamfer for welding. It used a tool like that as it did the outside and then the inside chamfers. The pipes were approx 1.5 mtrs dia.

Clive