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Post by the_viffer on Dec 8, 2005 21:03:29 GMT
By popular demand another poll for your delectation and delight
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Post by spurley on Dec 8, 2005 21:10:29 GMT
I remember using a shaper during my apprenticeship at the ITC in Crawley, it was great. You could dance to Egyptian Reggae to the machine's ryhtymn when it was cutting! Ooops showing my age there then, this was in 1977 not during the Egyptian Empire though. The best bit was you could scuffle your feet through the swarf on the floor like a genuine sand dance!!! (The tablets are working a lot better these days!)
Anyway, I thought we were going to have a poll on whether we had a poll? What happened to democracy?
Cheers
Brian
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Post by spurley on Dec 8, 2005 21:12:00 GMT
rhythm* sorry folks that was all the talk of my tablets!!!
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Post by gwrfan on Dec 8, 2005 21:16:01 GMT
Well, Mr Viffer,
It was a very close thing between No 2 and No 5, but I think having waited many years for one, my vertical miller won by a short head.
Well done on yet another superb poll topic ;D
GW from Lanson, Cornwall
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Post by the_viffer on Dec 8, 2005 21:18:03 GMT
Anyway, I thought we were going to have a poll on whether we had a poll? What happened to democracy?
Cheers
Brian
If you want that poll you run it. Terry may go ape(r) but hey is that a pro or a con?
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Post by gwrfan on Dec 8, 2005 22:08:12 GMT
Bah! No one reminded me I had to press the big red button to vote, haha.
They reduce the power supply in Cornwall after 9 pm, so I may not have noticed it in the gloom ;D
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Post by gwrfan on Dec 8, 2005 22:37:58 GMT
You could dance to Egyptian Reggae to the machine's ryhtymn when it was cutting! Brian Was that before Bananarama ("Walk Like An Egyptian")? LOL ;D |
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Post by chameleonrob on Dec 8, 2005 23:11:37 GMT
I might vote for"PC so I can listen to the_viffer and gwrfan bicker" as long as you both enjoy it!
rob
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Post by catgate on Dec 8, 2005 23:18:53 GMT
Seasoned Member......is this a statement of status or a statement of a "medical" condition.
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Post by gwrfan on Dec 8, 2005 23:49:51 GMT
Seasoned Member......is this a statement of status or a statement of a "medical" condition. There are one or two very cheeky Junior members in this Forum. You should respect your elders, even those who think the GWR was the best thing since, or even before, sliced bread.  |
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Post by 3405jimmy on Dec 9, 2005 8:46:03 GMT
My vote, the mill, I don’t know if it’s where I am in my current project but I use the mill far more than the lathe.
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Post by andrewtoplis on Dec 9, 2005 10:09:50 GMT
I could tell you what my girlfriend's favourite machine tool is...  |
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Post by ron on Dec 9, 2005 10:39:14 GMT
Why does it have to be [after lathe], 'fridge with beer' comes way before it.  Ron |
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Post by jgb7573 on Dec 9, 2005 11:01:09 GMT
Went for the mill after all, but I think the drilling machine gets more use at the moment.
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Post by JohnP on Dec 9, 2005 18:45:01 GMT
Seasoned Member......is this a statement of status or a statement of a "medical" condition.
I thought it was lightly salted with a hint of garlic...
JohnP
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Post by lancelot on Dec 9, 2005 19:59:46 GMT
I'm not too sure if there is such a mechanical device, but I could sometimes do with a piece of equiptment that recognises when I am just about to make an ...ORRIBLE ORLICKS... I think that it may be called a BRAIN...
No really given the choice. the money, and lots more space it would be a Grinder, mainly for the quality of finish.
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Post by Phil Sutton on Dec 9, 2005 21:00:26 GMT
The only thing that comes close to Green Locos with copper caps,is Gorse green locos!
Phil
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Post by steammadman on Dec 9, 2005 23:06:11 GMT
Yes gentlemen, but remember, the L N E R got there faster ! ! ! ! !
and of coarse we had a lot farther to go,that's why we invented the
water troughs, then,of coarse we had those beautiful BLUE STREAKS
THAT WENT OVER 126 mph, that's more than a lot of these atmosphere
poluting things do today, and they did'nt break down as often.
Well guys that's my 10 pennorth, shall we have a ballot on the pros
and cons of the steam age now?, who's the the first to vote? .
Now you know where my nickname comes from! ! !
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Post by steammadman on Dec 9, 2005 23:11:14 GMT
sorry guys i forgot what i voted for,
1 a fridge full of beer, and a bottle of whisky
2a young dolly bird
cos ive got all the rest of the items on the ballot
The Steammadman
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Post by alanstepney on Dec 10, 2005 2:28:43 GMT
Yes gentlemen, but remember, the L N E R got there faster ! ! ! ! ! and of coarse we had a lot farther to go,that's why we invented the water troughs, I thought that water troughs were invented by Ramsbottom, of the LNWR, in the 1860's.. |
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