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  1. grendel
    over at my parents today, my dad said they were thinking of putting coat hooks in their new conservatory, inspired, I now know what to make them for christmas. 2 hooks turned.
  2. grendel
    well the speed controllers for my lathe arrived, tested, then a 3d box was designed and printed, the speed controller and on off switch added. this was fixed to the lathe baseboard (then moved after I figured the handle for manual threading would not clear it).
  3. grendel
    today, whilst also getting a few other jobs done - it was flying chips time, testing out the wood lathe I got the other weekend. some scrap timber resulted in a couple of test pieces.
  4. grendel
    so between other stuff today, a couple more side supports each side have been installed.
  5. grendel
    here are all the pictures I took that weekend. and the videos
  6. grendel
    I think the best bet would be to repost them here.
  7. grendel
    just had a thought, if its one of the topics that Jonzo started, when he deleted his account all the topics he started disappeared with all his posts, that may be why we cant find it.
  8. grendel
    still trying to find the original sign up thread, not sure where it was saved.
  9. grendel
    Tims topic my holiday story Pollys tale Bobs tale they seem to be scattered around a bit.
  10. grendel
    I will have a look
  11. grendel
    thats nearer easter.
  12. grendel
    Take Care of yourself MM, come back soon and regularly, as I for one will miss your cheeky comments.
  13. grendel
    I suppose books can be used - to hone ones intellect.
  14. grendel
    thats because we already know just how nuts unsual you are.
  15. grendel
    I thought Waterstones did books?
  16. grendel
    oil stone for chisels for me too, I really must find my bench grinder though, as I only have a little one with a 2" stone available at the moment, a decent bench grinder is good for straightening up a chisel found at a boot fair where the edge has been mangled.
  17. grendel
    at one old house we lived in, we used to get the invasion of the winged ants one day a year in the bathroom, they emerged from the bathroom and all the outside drains around the property and took flight, just one day a year - after the first occurrence when we admittedly panicked a bit, we got used to it and just left the bathroom door closed and the windows open (it was a ground floor bathroom)
  18. grendel
    well there you go, my idea was not original, you can already get such a heating system - https://www.bewarmer.co.uk/rugbuddy-under-rug-heating/ I might even have to get one for my workshop to go under the cork section of flooring by the bench
  19. grendel
    I was cogitating on this as I was soaking in the bath just now (shock Horror - no - not having a bath! I hear you cry), the title was 'free heat' so cheap or free options can be entertained I think. I was also thinking, and wondering, my mind wandered along many tracks - all options - I thought - now I wonder if you can buy carpeting that has some kind of heating element built in (I know you can get heat pads for animals, and electric blankets) now suppose you can get this carpet in 12V heater elements, this would effectively run off the batteries, but - while the engine is running, the electricity is free. this while not underfloor heating would at least be underfoot heating. another alternative - used for heating work stations in large cold factories, infra red heaters, they heat the person - not the air, a couple of these strategically placed would keep the crew warm - once again powered by the engine electrics. I would imagine that the engine room itself will be quite warm while they are running - will this heat transfer up through the deck to the interior cockpit?
  20. grendel
    Besides, Knowing Robin, I wouldnt put anything past him, he will work out what he wants to do, how he wants to do it, and it will be done his way, regardless of whether that is the conventional way or not, Robin is another of lifes out of the box thinkers, I am sure if there is a better way of doing something - Robin will be the one that finds it.
  21. grendel
    at some point in its creation any device must of necessity have gone through a cobbling together, the initial designs thought through by the designers were made and cobbled from parts, until they worked, then the parts were specially manufactured and refined (and priced accordingly - then labeled 'marine' and doubled in price). true advancement in any field is done by those who cobble different things together and try them out, just to see if they work, pull them to bits again and try again until they are perfect. then they market them. my greatest respect goes to all those cobblers together in this world - after all someone cobbled together the first computers, and look where we are today.
  22. grendel
    I think the guy must have upset someone as this evening there was a police car sitting at the end of the lane it happened on. anyway, tonight I added another pair of side deck supports. having done overkill on these on model #1, these are thinner and spaced further apart than model #1.
  23. grendel
    the way I see it, I am sure I could knock up a matrix and fan unit out of car parts, for next to nothing, but then again it would probably not be as cosmetic as a bought unit, so its all down to whether you can afford the aesthetics, or whether you want to do things on the cheap (or just want the challenge). for some who dont consider themselves handy the only route is to spend the money. for these people I feel sorry, as I am sure if they tried they could achieve all sorts if they just put their mind to it and had a go. Me I tackle things head on and give it a go - just look at the model of Broad Ambition, an ambitious project for the first (and second) proper radio controlled ship I have ever made. if you are prepared to screw up a few times learning, there is nothing you cant achieve. for heat you could probably even just pipe the hot water through a standard bathroom radiator or heated towel rail, or just lay a hose under the flooring to get underfloor heating, lots of ways to achieve the same result. a length of copper pipe and some U connectors soldered up would also make a simple radiator. place the same copper pipe in a glass topped box with the pipe and box inside painted black, and leave it in the sun - pump water through and you get free hot (warm) water
  24. grendel
    bung on another thousand ..
  25. grendel
    mine gets used as a miniature belt sander on the model
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