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Sam Stones05/10/2010 02:24:27
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It's sad to see these skills disappearing, but a pleasure to be an observer of modern technology.
 
Sam
Nicholas Farr05/10/2010 08:17:33
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Hi, I think some of the skills that are disappearing are due to this throw away trend. In a previous employment I used to repair a wide range of stuff from a tap washer to heavy  static plant. Spare units like gear reducers and pumps and the like used to be refurbished in the workshop during times when plant maintenance was at a minimum. Over the years the smaller stuff used to get slung, because the spare parts would cost more than a new unit. When I say smaller stuff I mean about the size of an average car engine and downwards. With some of the units that were repaired, you would have to get a repair kit, which would included spare parts that were not needed, so you would get a collection of spare parts that were slung because they were no use for anything else. What a waste.
Regards Nick
NJH05/10/2010 10:16:36
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 Hi again Sam
 
Do I take it that you are having a problem sourcing clock oil? If so it is readily available in this country from Meadows & Passmore  at:  http://www.m-p.co.uk/  and the specific item at:- http://www.medmaw.com/cgi-bin/medmaw/medmaw.cgi
 
Pretty much anything you might need for clockmaking is available and they do say that they post regularly  to all you guys down there standing on your heads!  
(Although the postal charges might be a bit of a killer)
 
All the best
 
Norman
 

DMB05/10/2010 10:49:48
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Hi John S,
I went to Brighton Uni - as a Security Officer!  Something I did as a fill-in to retirement after being made redundant from a much better job.
John.
Stub Mandrel10/10/2010 21:34:23
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My Grandads - one was a submariner/radio/sonar operator who ended up teaching radar at Cranfield, the other was a coppersmith in the RAF. Grampie's postings meant Dad never got a real education, though he was in the Royal Engineers!He ended up taking on my Grandfather's business - selling and renting out electrical goods, doing all the repairs himself.
 
Mum was bright -after passing the 11-plus she was made to leave school, while her brother stayed on to the secondary modern!
 
But with parents both of whom encouraged (tolerated) experimentation I always wanted to go into engineering - my ambition was to work at the RAE working out why planes crashed (perhaps this was around the time of Kegworth?).
 
Then I had a brilliant biology teacher (yes there are good teachers - I've had several, as well as the worst...) and ended up becoming an ecologist!
 
So I'm a Chartered Environmentalist now, for my sins - I don't get the salaries they give chartered engineers! And I'm finally giving myself the chance to bash metal.
 
 
Neil
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