grendel

Mine is only tidy because it hasnt had time to get full of junk and untidy yet.

some of the strange things I have seen - the neighbour hoovering his back garden (all concrete). A different neighbour watering his lawn - during a torrential downpour. Scantily clad young ladies out in the cold - you should see the queues outside the night clubs mid winter - we are after all a university city.

I have spent all day working in the workshop, racking has gone up for storage bins, and I have picked up some sash clamps at the bootfair, one of these had rusted so the threaded section would not turn, so this was sorted, heated it up and eventually got it turning. I managed to clear one table off, so thats now gone, and the table saw sits in its space, this leaves the whole central area clear. I fixed the vice to the bench to assist the freeing of the clamp, however I didnt like where I put it so its been unbolted and moved, I will leave it unbolted for a bit to see if this is where it works. the last job out there today was making a couple of bench hooks to save the bench when I am sawing, one standard left and right hand, and the other right hand and mitres, 2 boot fair saws were sharpened, one I am not sure about because the tooth geometry looks more like a japanese saw, with only 30 degrees between the front and back of the tooth.

Oak top on, this went on as odd boards of tongue and groove, then I had a rethink and decided not to use laminate for the sacrificial layer this time, and went with my original plan of 1/2" ply. a nice trim at the back edge to stop bits going down the edge of the ply top, and its nearly done, just got to sort the shelves and under top storage.

Well shopping all done and 1 clamp bought (when I saw the price I decided I could manage with 1) and gluing, screwing and clamping took place, the frame is now up.

So this morning an early start in the workshop, everything has been tidied out of the way, and the dry fit has been knocked down (noting the order it all came to bits) the bad fitting joints have been cleaned up, itsall ready to be fitted back together with glue and screws, first though I have some chores to do, and I need to pick up at least one pair of longer clamps to clamp the frames together before screwing it together. so when I go shopping I will need to pop into a diy shop for those.

well it is a lot quieter, a few more mods need to be done, as the motor is drawing over 2A (it should be less than 1A ideally, this shows that something is still binding, but it is running smoothly compared to before, more investigations - more work, and a bench to build tomorrow.

I once held the door open for my Managing Director - he said thanks, and I shot back with - thats OK i would hold the door open for Anybody.

I have always liked the art of insult as practiced by the vikings, to whom it was an art form to insult somebody, the more inventive the better. A friend of mine would greet you with the comment ( and I will have to star some words here) May your ear holes turn to a**eholes and s**t all down the side of your head. this greeting would be flung at a shout from halfway down the high street as soon as he saw you, causing many a head to turn. i am sure we could come up with some new descriptive terms for some of these scamps such as we are describing, without resorting to swearwords or overtly derogatory terms, especially for those of a certain temperament that dangle their worms in the waters of life.

I had the one that had HO scale cars (a vw and a porsche) that also connected up to the model railway - and the carriage to take the cars. not got it any more though (well I dont think I have - it mat be in the loft.)

we had a double glazed window broken at home - just the outer pane, later we found a golf ball in the back garden, we have a small bit of green behind the house, so goodness only knows.

It does happen occasionally, but only usually when you use cat litter to soak up the oil and water like Timbo.

more bearings arrived in the post, including 2 complete bearing blocks, so a quick spacer printed, and ready for a trial, and a successful one too I think.

Boats in circulation in the North =? Boats in circulation in the South =? warnings per boat figures? I think it just shows there are less boats on the south. statistics can be made to say anything you want them to.

it must use water wings.

Hmm, I am sure some of those sizes would be useful, I will have a think and a measure and let you know.

Ooh Charlie, what do you have with a 4mm id (and do you have any with a id for a 20g (0.161") shaft (approx 4.1mm)

this evening I came home to an empty packet - well it looked empty, felt empty apart from a sheet of paper - yes it was a pair of miniature ball bearings, I will keep these ones for another use, I have some more arriving - a bit bigger that will be easier to work with. the big problem is that to make the support I need the tools in the workshop - catch 22, I need to finish it. this weekend is also the weekend of the southern model show, so only 1 day to finish the bench, add an astronomy meeting into the mix, oh boy, a busy weekend ahead.

well my kitchen is long and thin, you couldnt swing a cat in there- ----- oh sorry! Bats..................... Well you couldnt swing a bat in their either, cricket, tennis table tennis or hockey, Oh no, swing any of those in there and its smashed crockery and glass all over

Robin I wonder if we can get that as an emoticon. It would probably be the most used one on the forum.

I think the rangers might pull you over for excessive wash though.

perhaps they will just sail it down whether the bridge opens of not, maybe the rail bridge needs a nudge to help it open. Its funny I did wonder how they would get this vessel out when they announced that they were going to stop the bridge swinging, perhaps moving this vessel out first was one of the pre-conditions of that.

Ah at least I qualify there - both a cycle proficiency badge (one of the metal ones you put on your handlebars that when you have an accident gives you a nice cut on your forehead, and no less than 2 blue peter badges (yes I have appeared on the show twice - only the white plastic ones though). Just out of curiosity, how did the other independent organisations start? to my thoughts, probably in much the same way as this organisation has? by some hard effort on the parts of the volunteers, and just being available. They may well (in time) prove themselves to be competent and a complement to the existing services, and in the event of a widespread emergency (flooding etc) become an important asset, so I dont think we should necessarily decry their efforts at this early stage. (all the same to donate to them rather than to the current emergency response teams would seem a bit premature).

mine too

well the wood plate has been glued in place, the brass is marked up, just need to find a thicker block to support the bearing.