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Post by simplyloco on Apr 2, 2020 17:26:36 GMT
As I'm not going out much I just ordered a new PC to replace my broken HP Envy! A Dell Inspiron 15.6" i7 with all the bells and whistles. It's a great life if you can hang on to it long enough... John
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Post by JonL on Apr 2, 2020 20:51:04 GMT
I've come out of self isolation today so I went straight into a 12 hour shift at work followed by having my son (15yo) over for the evening, the first time I've seen him in a fortnight. I'm tired but happy.
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Post by keith1500 on Apr 2, 2020 21:07:55 GMT
Well done you. Thank goodness you are ok. Stay safe. My next call of duty is Monday. Today was a rest day and tomorrow is a day working at home so at least two days of not having to play Russian roulette on the tube. Today I found an old booklet. Workshop by GL5Keith1500, on Flickr Workshop by GL5Keith1500, on Flickr Note the bit about holding it not too long. Workshop by GL5Keith1500, on Flickr
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Post by dscott on Apr 3, 2020 0:22:02 GMT
Woke up this morning aching all over and body refusing to do anything! I am sure that digging the Panama Canal was not this difficult?
After Breakfast and a dose of Youtube a dry day of walking with buckets up and down the Garden beckoned. Imagine a week of rain and a half empty skip being taken away! Very stony subsoil masses of Flint and of course a superb layer of CLAY. Yes out large Village is famous for its Clay. Tilehurst. The steps section began at last with these having to climb 3 feet to be level with the lawn. Gone are the Railway sleepers which became slippery after rain. The weeds in the rough ballast and the steepness.
Looking forward to more room and more productivity in the Workshop.
David and Lily.
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Post by ettingtonliam on Apr 3, 2020 1:13:09 GMT
Tilehurst? When I worked at AWRE in the 1980s I remember exploring a disused brickworks in Tilehurst. The yard was full of abandoned machinery, crawler cranes, bulldozers etc.
Richard
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Post by uuu on Apr 3, 2020 12:29:57 GMT
Today is a riveting day. Since the Pumphouse is not operating normally, I can't get there to use the lovely fly press, and not having a rivet squeezer either, I've been whacking them and the snaps with a hammer.
I'm getting better with practice. Only one has gone completely wrong so far - it went sideways and refused to behave, so I chiselled the head off, and drilled it out. I suspect the drill enlarged the hole a little - I should have allowed for this in setting the replacement rivet, but didn't, so the head is a bit undersized.
Wilf
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Post by delaplume on Apr 3, 2020 18:48:51 GMT
Tilehurst? When I worked at AWRE in the 1980s I remember exploring a disused brickworks in Tilehurst. The yard was full of abandoned machinery, crawler cranes, bulldozers etc. Richard Hi Richard------- as a kid I used to live near those brickworks which were housed on top of the hill accessed through Honey End Lane and at the Newbury end of Prospect Park...........The clay was carried in buckets via an overhead cableway that crossed over Norcot Road at about the same place that my Father's parents first house was situated.... If you remember the Michael Caine film "Get Carter" at the very end there is a similar type of cableway dropping coal slurry ( I think) out to sea.... collections.readingmuseum.org.uk/index.asp?page=record&mwsquery=%7Btotopic%7D=%7BBrick%20and%20Tile%20makers%7D&filename=REDMG&hitsStart=3
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Post by steamer5 on Apr 4, 2020 3:26:19 GMT
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Post by ettingtonliam on Apr 4, 2020 5:41:39 GMT
Hi Alan
Thanks for the information about the brickworks! Yes I not only remember the cableway in Get Carter, but I've seen it in action, about 1980, just before the pit closed. It was at Blackhall Colliery, near Horden on the Durham coast, and was just as bleak as the film would suggest. I believe all traces have gone now, and the beach is far cleaner than it was then.
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Post by delaplume on Apr 4, 2020 10:03:37 GMT
Found this little bargain on 't bay !!..........Pollard 200 Autotapper.....10BA up to 2BA....nice !!........The R8 / 2MT adapter is from my vert. miller
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Post by delaplume on Apr 4, 2020 13:38:48 GMT
Hi Alan Thanks for the information about the brickworks! Yes I not only remember the cableway in Get Carter, but I've seen it in action, about 1980, just before the pit closed. It was at Blackhall Colliery, near Horden on the Durham coast, and was just as bleak as the film would suggest. I believe all traces have gone now, and the beach is far cleaner than it was then. I think we started the Coast - to - Coast moped run from Blackhall Colliery....on a pair of Puch Maxi N's all the way to Whitehaven, and then back again to collect the car and trailer......We developed a "French" Bottom.............a sorebum ( Sorbonne ).. Run by the NACC ( National Auto-Cycle & Cyclemotor Club ).... we did it for 3 years in a row...great fun.....
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Post by David on Apr 5, 2020 9:39:03 GMT
I put the missing nuts and bolts into the B class brake cylinder and had another go at painting it.
I've been flat out at work doing about 12 hours days most of this week and also reacquainting myself with Arduino development for a uni project. We're trying to create a remote control and automated bore pump control system. It's pretty interesting so far. The "Arduino" we're using has a much more complex and powerful processor than the original 8-bit AVRs I'm used to from a few year ago but after a few days I'm making some progress on the bit-wrangling required to get the timers and counters going. I've been a C programmer for 30 years but there's been lots of progress since I last used it in anger so I've learned a few things that turned up in the language after I stopped using it much and also learning about a few IoT protocols.
My team has always worked from home so we haven't noticed any difference with the work-from-home rules. I just wish everyone else would get off the internet - when you have to work using a remote desktop to a machine in the US you need all the bits you get.
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Post by goldstar31 on Apr 5, 2020 10:12:39 GMT
I got an eMail in reply this AM from Eddie Ashton, brother of Don to say that Don has been in hospital for a couple of months.
I'm sure that I will not be alone in sending Best Wishes to Don
Meantime, my best wishes to you all at this difficult time
Norman Atkinson
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Post by springcrocus on Apr 5, 2020 10:36:37 GMT
Talking about members, I notice Julian hasn't logged in for a couple of weeks which is quite unlike him. Does anyone know if he's OK?
Regards, Steve
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Post by millman on Apr 5, 2020 19:50:07 GMT
Thanks for the heads up Norman, +1 for best wishes to Don in these rather strange times, and to all forum members please keep yourself and your loved ones safe while the world is fighting this virus.
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Post by JonL on Apr 5, 2020 20:32:27 GMT
Today my son has been teaching me how to airbrush. This is I, painting a BrandBright ore wagon (SM32). He was painting a model MIG 17F. We later tried some weathering techniques; I'm very impressed with the skills he has learned, I think I know how my locomotives will be painted!
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Post by andyhigham on Apr 5, 2020 21:08:57 GMT
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Post by Cro on Apr 6, 2020 6:28:43 GMT
Andy, Next time you see the above loco, take a close look at the makers plates in front of the smokebox, they are lovely Adam
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Post by springcrocus on Apr 6, 2020 7:04:51 GMT
Just been out to thank the dustmen for still working, part of the "forgotten army" of people who still have important functions to fulfill. I have nothing but contempt for those idiots who have been giving public service workers verbal abuse.
Regards, Steve
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Post by andyhigham on Apr 6, 2020 7:42:13 GMT
What boils my blood in our situation is people, including senior public figures and politicians, saying all work apart from "key workers" should be banned. The Idea of the lockdown is to keep people apart from each other, not to shut the country down. Every "key" job will have hundreds of different trades supporting them directly and indirectly
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