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Post by David on Feb 18, 2019 21:14:30 GMT
I made a manifold so I can hook up the air nozzle/mister I bought along with an air gun. I still need to find some strong magnets (stored in the roof in my electronics boxes) so I can just stick it on where I like.
I had an off-cut of 25mm bass from making the reversing screw nut that was a good length. Tapped both ends 1/4 BSP and put a 1/8 BSP hole between them - all pretty simple. I did not make any provision for mounting it but this means I can move it between the CNC and manual milling machines.
I also cut a 2nd angle for the can on the B class to replace the faceted one I'd done first. Now I need to do the ones for the rear which are much longer.
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Post by Oily Rag on Feb 18, 2019 21:25:05 GMT
Not much ME, full weekends at Gympie as I am on high rotation to get my driving skills up to speed with 240 tons over a twisty and up and down road and some decent 2km stetches of 1 in 50. I reckon I have firing the branch in reasonable care. I might be on my first evening service this Friday. Then spare weekends is catching up with home stuff and jobs such as polishing up the washout plug surrounds for #967's new boiler. However I am contemplating cooking up my little garden steamer boiler soon.
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Post by JonL on Feb 19, 2019 19:42:54 GMT
Just spent some time using a air powered steel cutting disc to rough cut out some steel I plan to use for my guide bars. In doing so I noticed the water collector on my airline got a bit of water in it (it empties itself after every run) So I figured now was as good a time as any to open the drain on the main tank. Waited until it only had a few PSI left then opened up the drain. Nothing. Used a small old drill bit to have a bit of a poke, then around half a pint of stinking water blasted out of the bottom of the tank.... thank god its a stainless receiver... I suspect when I've been draining it in the past its been letting a little out then reblocking itself so I thought it was empty... I learned a lesson tonight...
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Post by delaplume on Feb 20, 2019 5:09:40 GMT
As part of fitting a "smoke" unit to my 0-4-0 diesel shunter I needed to have an access panel cut into the top of the engine compartment......So it was back to basics using a combination of steel rule, masking tape & pen, chain drilling 1/8" holes, hand filing and de-burring.... Nothing complicated as such but a certain degree of accuracy and squareness needed none the less..........The reason for doing this is that the smoker is in the cab and its' flexible delivery pipe eventually is joined to the chimney....However there is a conflict of interest as you might say as when the body is removed from the rolling chassis the chimney moves with it whilst the smoker remains behind on the chassis.....Thus a point of dis-connect / re-connect is required somewhere along the pipe which is easy to access and doesn't involve dangling things in mid-air whilst trying to get a grip as it were !!........ Yes, yes I know}-- If I'm cavorting with the "Dark side" then I've already lost my grip in the first place !!--LoL !! One of the two heavy duty traction batteries sits within the engine compartment and its' top is just 1" below that of the roof......So by routing the flexi-pipe over the battery we have a nice convenient place to have the connector... Eventually a much larger panel will sit over the hole and be about 1/4" higher...There are quite a few industrial shunters with this feature which allows an improved route of cooling air to flow.....
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Post by Midland on Feb 20, 2019 14:47:01 GMT
Had a thought!! Oh god not again, take him away. This forum is becoming a social confessional, no longer do we discuss how to drill square holes but more about our emotion distress when they come out round. So, I am minded to start a new thread, what I listened to today. Something like "Captain Beaky and his band". Any views?? D
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Post by JonL on Feb 20, 2019 17:03:27 GMT
So, I am minded to start a new thread, what I listened to today. Something like "Captain Beaky and his band". Any views?? I don't see why not, those that want to read it can, those who don't want to can skip it.
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Post by timb on Feb 20, 2019 18:06:56 GMT
Just spent three hours of my life that I will not get back cancelling an Xbox Live subscription with Microsoft. To say they are supposed to be an IT company their web site is shocking and their support service is not much better. Round and round and round again. A total of 9 phone calls to the support line. Clicking on the cancel button took me through a questionaire about why I wanted to cancel then back to the Effin Cancel button!!!
That will teach me to treat the kids, next time I mention Xbox and subscription in the same sentence please apply 2 x 4 to back of head!!
Fsldfhnaonfwenfioneiw"£$$!
Tim
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Post by JonL on Feb 20, 2019 19:15:43 GMT
I buy the 12 month codes on a popular auction site, it tends to be a bit cheaper and they can't rebill you...
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Post by David on Feb 20, 2019 21:34:09 GMT
Annual subscriptions to gaming services and 'free-to-play' but incessantly marketed games... yet another bane of parent's lives.
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Post by simplyloco on Feb 23, 2019 0:04:10 GMT
We just got back from the Mayflower Theatre. It was showing Mathew Bourne's production of Swan Lake: the one with a mostly male cast. I didn't want to go, but it was a Christmas present so what the hell... I have to say it was a fantastic show! The male dancers achieved a dynamic passionate presence that I did not think was possible, especially in the last scene, the Dying Swan. Mind you, The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies took on a new meaning... Recommended. John
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Post by smallbrother on Feb 25, 2019 13:14:21 GMT
Lying in the sun today!
Just stopped for some refreshments as I am lying under the Holmside fitting a connecting rod to bring the brakes on the front wheels into operation.
I have no idea what happened to the original rod. You would think it would have come loose at one end and been dragging along or digging into the ground.
Anyway, hopefully ready for a run on Saturday.
Pete.
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Post by Midland on Feb 25, 2019 19:05:35 GMT
Drilled my first metric hole today 1.8. Turned out too small so made it bigger with a proper drill! Useful experience however, may put it on my CV depending which way Brexit goes, got to keep in with the foreigners eh?? D
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Post by RGR 60130 on Feb 25, 2019 19:50:03 GMT
Steady on there David. You'll be speaking of those micron things next, sort of talking in tongues for Engineers. I still don't know how many you get in a bucket.
Reg
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Post by simplyloco on Feb 25, 2019 20:37:04 GMT
Steady on there David. You'll be speaking of those micron things next, sort of talking in tongues for Engineers. I still don't know how many you get in a bucket. Reg David is just on the turn, if you forgive the pun. If I push him any harder he'll turn off and revert to Imperialism! John
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Post by Midland on Feb 25, 2019 22:51:28 GMT
Don't worry chaps, watched a film on the manufacture of Oerlikon guns for the war and the American had to employ many engineers to translate from the foreign dimensions to English. This is an old problem! We must continue to persevere! Thanks for your encouragement. D
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Post by delaplume on Feb 26, 2019 0:17:51 GMT
Don't worry chaps, watched a film on the manufacture of Oerlikon guns for the war and the American had to employ many engineers to translate from the foreign dimensions to English. This is an old problem! We must continue to persevere! Thanks for your encouragement. D Makes you wonder how Concord(e) ever got built ??
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Post by barlowworks on Feb 26, 2019 8:04:15 GMT
No problem, built by two metric countries. It all falls apart when you try to work out how fast it's going or how far it has gone. 😏
Mike
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Post by 92220 on Feb 26, 2019 9:00:53 GMT
.....and how much it stretched in flight! The French ones stretched many millimeters and the English ones stretched a few inches......and 'never the twain shall meet'.
Bob.
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Post by dhamblin on Feb 26, 2019 9:02:59 GMT
I thought the US was officially a metric country but prefers to work in imperial?
Regards,
Dan
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Post by Roger on Feb 26, 2019 11:46:43 GMT
I thought the US was officially a metric country but prefers to work in imperial? Regards, Dan I found an old US book some years ago about servo drives, and I distinctly remember it saying that the Metric system was supposed to be adopted in the 70's. Mind you, we're still using Miles on the roads, and there's still a lot of Steel Stock that seems to be sold in a mix of old and new. It's not uncommon for me to be offered 1 metre or an imperial cross section! Ultimately, the US will have to fully change over because they export all over the world and are required to use Metric fasteners by many of their customers. There's only one thing worse than an Imperial system, and that's running it alongside the Metric one! What a waste of time. Out of interest, I wonder what US Scientists use? I'd be surprised if it wasn't Metric units, it makes life so much easier.
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