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This topic has 20 replies, 11 voices, and was last updated 21 February 2017 at 20:23 by Neil Wyatt.

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16 February 2017 at 14:22 #284623
Vic
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Some folks use Lego figures to include in pictures to show the scale of an item. I chose a Welder. He looked a bit under equipped though so I just made him a Spanner! Lego do make a spanner for their "mechanics" but it's not as nice as the stainless steel one I just made. Scale size I reckon it must be about three inch Whitworth!
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16 February 2017 at 14:22 #34860
Vic
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16 February 2017 at 14:23 #284624
Neil Wyatt
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Ah! A model engineer!
16 February 2017 at 14:37 #284628
MW
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@mw27036
He's certainly geared up for the job.
16 February 2017 at 14:49 #284630
Geoff Theasby
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@geofftheasby
Yeah right!

Spanners I could hardly pick up, Kango hammers I definitely couldn't, Ahhh, track laying for KWVR and Welsh Highland, when I was young and fit… "How tight should I make this fishplate screw?" " 'Till you can't tighten it any more!"

Geoff
16 February 2017 at 15:46 #284640
Vic
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@vic
I lived in west London many years ago and was a kid when they refurbished Hammersmith Bridge. The spanners they used must have been around 8 inches AF!
16 February 2017 at 18:06 #284656
Stuart Bridger
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@stuartbridger82290
Nice job!

Not wanting to steal your thunder. This was an apprentice piece I made in 1980, during my bench fitting training. Not on the same scale as yours. Hacksaw and file only…
16 February 2017 at 18:39 #284661
Brian Oldford
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Posted by Geoff Theasby on 16/02/2017 14:49:25:

Yeah right!

Spanners I could hardly pick up, Kango hammers I definitely couldn't, Ahhh, track laying for KWVR and Welsh Highland, when I was young and fit… "How tight should I make this fishplate screw?" " 'Till you can't tighten it any more!"

Geoff

The phrase that was used on me in a similar situation was "F' tight and half a turn". . . . . . .I'm not sure the F stood for finger.
16 February 2017 at 22:09 #284687
vintagengineer
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@vintagengineer
Lego are the biggest tyre manufacturers in the world.
17 February 2017 at 10:40 #284739
Ian S C
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@iansc
Here's one of the staff running my only bought in motor.

Ian S C
19 February 2017 at 08:58 #284979
Anthony Knights
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@anthonyknights16741
A big 'ammer to go with the spanner.

Edited By Anthony Knights on 19/02/2017 08:58:47
19 February 2017 at 09:38 #284991
Ian S C
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@iansc
This should go with the hammer. There is actually two pair of "Footprints", the workshop gremlins borrowed the first pair, so I made another, then they brought back again—you can't win.

Ian S C

Edited By Ian S C on 19/02/2017 09:41:37
19 February 2017 at 12:53 #285004
vintagengineer
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Machined or forged?

Posted by Anthony Knights on 19/02/2017 08:58:02:

A big 'ammer to go with the spanner.

Edited By Anthony Knights on 19/02/2017 08:58:47
19 February 2017 at 15:52 #285018
Anthony Knights
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@anthonyknights16741
Not forged, it's a real one I machined.
19 February 2017 at 16:07 #285024
Neil Wyatt
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I might print one of these for fun… can anyone guess where a 3-in-lb torque wrench might be used?
20 February 2017 at 11:57 #285128
Ian S C
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@iansc
Ok here's a bench to work on, the vice is modeled on my 4" Record.

Ian S C
20 February 2017 at 15:02 #285146
Michael Gilligan
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Posted by Neil Wyatt on 19/02/2017 16:07:57:

I might print one of these for fun… can anyone guess where a 3-in-lb torque wrench might be used?

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… anywhere that we would normally use a torque screwdriver, but need to employ the little-fellow with small hands to reach the fasteners

MichaelG.
20 February 2017 at 18:45 #285169
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
It's the one they printed on the space station. An STL viewer reveals an internal spring and ratchet mechanism.

I wonder how well it works (can't print it as the Dremel went home today >sob&lt.

Neil
20 February 2017 at 19:52 #285181
Michael Gilligan
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O.K. Neil … you got me

MichaelG.

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For my penance: **LINK**

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/1115.html
21 February 2017 at 17:08 #285302
Howard Lewis
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The late Peter "Bushy" Robinson won the Duke of Edinborough Trophy, some years ago, with a display case of miniature wood working tools. The ratchet brace was about 30mm overall length, and the chuck, and its ratchet mechanism worked, to hold the miniature auger bits that were part of the rest of the exhibit.

He also made a small plane (barely 25mm long) with a curved foot. The sole plate was dovetailed into the side plates! If it needs saying, it was a functioning tool

Howard
21 February 2017 at 20:23 #285336
Neil Wyatt
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