What did you do today (2015)

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

thanks for the thread link, I've just posted the result in last post, still didnt work

Never mind wasnt that interesting.

Martin P

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Martin as you are using photobucket you need to copy the direct link from there and then in your post click the "landscape" image icon, paste the Potobucket URL in the top box of teh window that comes up then tab down and make sure the width is less than 650.

 

J

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[Les Jones 1Participant @lesjones1]

Hi Martin,
Is this the one you wanted to post ?

Les.

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Jason,

that is what I did, the url I used was the main picture and posted it into the required box.

Les, Jason posted the correct picture.

Martin P

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Martin,

Here's tonight's homework:

Posting images

Neil

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Still couldnt down load from Photobucket but managed from my album.

Bittern on her final main line run, before her boiler ticket runs out, on her way to Lincoln.

Neil, lesson half worked

 

Martin P

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[Raymond Sanderson 2Participant @raymondsanderson2]

Spent New Years Day afternoon sitting back reading the last 4 issues I have of MEW now awaiting the most recent to arrive in the mail possibly this week. Glad I can read it online before it gets here still prefer sitting back with a cuppa and relaxing.

[Ian WelfordParticipant @ianwelford58739]

Well started with a blow out- Rose Berry Topping ( end of Cleveland way ) in a mild gale. Grit was being blown off the (wet) ground into your face as you went up the steep bit still sons/dogs/wife enjoyed it and hot coffee mid way was refreshing.

Making a large ( 13"-cos that's how long the bit was) rest for the wood lathe to indulge in a spot of metal spinning. Hand tool made , hardened ( I hope!) and polished. Got to round over the edges of this rest on the mill, but car in way currently, so job for the weekend.

Must get new MEW tomorrow!

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Think I went a bit OTT stoking the fire earlier today ?

Just been out to check up and lock up and now behaving itself and running at a comfortable 22 degrees.

Note to self : Don't be so heavy handed with the shovel

[richard 2Participant @richard2]

Happy New Year everyone.

After caring for a friend with M.S. I did an hours practice on the organ

the in to the workshop and cut the ports for a Perseus I am attempting to build.

Unfortunately I discovered that ETW assumed that everyone was a turner/fitter

and he was more interested in telling people how a steam engine worked.

As an ex-driver of years on the footplate, that I did not need but I did need

telling how to machine some of the components.

And I cannot understand modern drawings.

Come back, Curly!

Regards to everyone.

Richard.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

> Neil, lesson half worked

Photo bucket uses flash (or something similar) so the normal copy image location doesn't work, instead it generates some HTML which contains much redundant information. You need to paste this and strip out everything except the URL between the <IMG> and </IMG> tags (including the tags).

I think this is a problem with photobucket being oriented to providing tags for embedding in simple HTML documents rather than an issue with this site.

Neil

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

I rescently started with Photobucket so I could transfer photos to a Pro Boards site, first it took ages to sort out PB, and get the photos on that, now I'v spent days trying to get the photos transferred to the web site.

Ian S C

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

Posted by Ian S C on 02/01/2015 12:23:38:

I rescently started with Photobucket so I could transfer photos to a Pro Boards site, first it took ages to sort out PB, and get the photos on that, now I'v spent days trying to get the photos transferred to the web site.

Ian S C

Try Dropbox instead.

Russell.

[OuBallieParticipant @ouballie]

Well JS should do well in a desert environment then

Just finished roasting three lots of coffee beans when the fan I use at the kitchen door, to exhaust roasting smoke, starting making a funny noise, so switched it off and it promptly went bang, with smoke escaping.

CB tripped, so a short circuit in the thing, but it's 20 odd years old so shouldn't complain, I will nevertheless.

On Tuesday made covers to fit either side of the vices on the milling machine and shaper tables, out of rubber sheet, as I got rather fed up at cleaning out the T-slots.

Now to make it easy to get the vices squared up, I will mill keyways in the bottom of the vices to fit steel stock in to fit into the T-slots. Should be quicker compared with the fiddle of using a DTI.

Oh, I was somewhat disappointed with the Vertex vices I have, as I had to open out the slots in the swivel bases to get the zero line on the vice to line up with the 0° & 90° on the Base.

I dislike intensely the crackle finish on the Handles! Who on earth thought that that was a good idea? Got that off my chest ​

Geoff – A Happy and Prosperous New Year to all

[Bob Brown 1Participant @bobbrown1]

Thought I would clean out the suds tank on my AUD, needed to move it forward to get behind the machine so levered it up on to a pair of appliance rollers. It was already 4" off the ground so it was relatively easy to get it up onto the rollers and to ensure it ran smoothly placed the rollers on two strips of alloy.

Messy job or what years of cr*? in there sucked most of it out with an old wet/dry vacuum but will need to get in there with a scraper to get the rest that is stuck to the bottom, reminds me of cleaning bilges. Not too much swarf so the bolt on the tray drain hole is doing it's job, I just wedge it up about 1/16" when using suds pump.

The question will be do I run it on neat cutting oil or suds …………..

Bob

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[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

My bench vice has crackle finish which seems the worst idea for dirt entrapment but somehow it all wipes off. I do like the crackle appearance but can't think of anythig I would risk finishing like that.

My local Lidl has display cases at the moment – glass shelves in glass fronted cabinet about 4 inch deep. 2 sizes about 18in and 24 in tall. But not all branches have the same stock.
Oriental chap in front of me bought 10 bottles of vinegar and some veg so either he owns a chip shop or is drinking veg soup while derusting an old machine.

[mark mcParticipant @markmc72333]

Today I burned out my nice maktia grinder while building a engine crane I've been working on, bugger. And no I wasn't giving it what for just light cutting. Still at least with them I can get a new armature for it for 12 quid.

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

Have you checked if the brushes have simply worn out? Are you certain the armature is u/s?

[Kevin BennettParticipant @kevinbennett25223]

The first day in the workshop for 10 days did some cleaning up and put things away then I found the 2 BRASS flip top oil cups that I got at the show.

I had to modify the thread and to my surprise when I started turning them they was aluminium plated with brass they looked like brass and sold as brass.

They was marked up as brass and cost more than the mild steel ones so you just cannot trust anyone so check what you buy

Kevin

[pgk pgkParticipant @pgkpgk17461]

I'm still playing and seeing what these new toys can do. The last couple of sessions I had a go at grinding a turning tool and using it, same with facing and yesterday was parting. Today I reground the first tool which honestly worked but didn't look too nice and made a much better looking effort. I honed it up, did my first centre drill and live centre and then hogged a bit more off the cold rolled test piece. This time it happily took 3mm of the radius with short curly chips and threw them all over my newly swept floor. I'm not sure how far one can push these things but that looked quite efficient if one needs to chop something down fast.

[ChrisHParticipant @chrish]

Bob – cleaning bilges, what sort of a boat did you sail on to be detailed off to clean bilges? We just waited until the ship was rolling nicely then poured a load of oil dispersant type swag down the bilge and with a bit of water sloshing about the ship soon did the job for us. Quick pump out, hose down, pump out again, job done, well not pristine, but what bilge ever was? Avoid all jobs below the bottom plates if at all possible was our motto!

Chris

[Bob Brown 1Participant @bobbrown1]

Chris,

I did not mean cleaning bilges with a mop and bucket, more retrieving bits of wood and other stuff that got dropped below the bottom plates, mind you it was always a good one to get first trip cadets with by offering them a tooth brush! All sorts of tools end up down there from shifters to torches and even the odd mat (used to clean prop shaft).

A Captain is known to have dropped a torch into the intake of the gas turbine when it was being cleaned and wrecked the engine, rule was no tools etc take into the plenum chamber.

If you want a really dirty job try cleaning the scavenge space on a big marine diesel.

Bob

[mark mcParticipant @markmc72333]

Posted by Muzzer on 02/01/2015 18:44:12:

Have you checked if the brushes have simply worn out? Are you certain the armature is u/s?

Its not that old, done maybe 2 hours work in its time. Brushes are like new. I opened it up and can see the burn on it, just not my day.

[Gordon WParticipant @gordonw]

Re angle grinder- mine went in a similar manner, the brush connections were just spiral springs pushed on to a terminal and had burnt out. Worth a check.

[Clive HartlandParticipant @clivehartland94829]

The large radiator in the lounge stopped heating up, examination of the Thermostatic valve head looked as if the wax stat had failed. Bought a new valve complete from Quick Fix and replaced the head only and now works OK.

The valve plunger operated by the wax stat worked Ok so logic says it was the head.

Clive

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