RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 27, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2022 My new portable oscillating sander arrived this morning. It also has a set of clamps to mount it to the bench, so if I was minded, I could easily make a larger 'base' out of some thin ply were it deemed necessary. I've set it up and it works well, and I can see it being a very useful tool especially if you want to file your finger nails. 9 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2022 19 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: I've set it up and it works well, and I can see it being a very useful tool especially if you want to file your finger nails. Obviously that now takes less time than it used to so why do you need to speed the process up. Jamie 4 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2022 Some years ago I had a car with a dodgy handbrake. I had backed it down our steep drive to unload something, probably part of Green Ayre. Trying to do a hill start only got the towball nearer to the garage door. I ended up having to heel and toe i to get it off the drive. Jamie 2 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted July 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2022 16 hours ago, New Haven Neil said: Google Ford 'Powershitft' problems....ooerr. Many VW's had this box too. Some of the early Ecoboost engines were quite problematic too. Which is a shame as for internal combustion engines the idea of a small capacity highly blown engine is excellent. We had a Golf 1.4TSI, I think it was 150PS, superb engine. 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2022 11 hours ago, newbryford said: That only works if you live in Burnley.... Or Norfolk. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 27, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2022 11 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: Some years ago I had a car with a dodgy handbrake. I had backed it down our steep drive to unload something, probably part of Green Ayre. Trying to do a hill start only got the towball nearer to the garage door. I ended up having to heel and toe i to get it off the drive. Jamie On steep driveways you can always chock the back wheels with a baulk of timber. And then just drive away. Not recommended on a public highway as other road users object to running over the baulk at about 30 mph (or higher). In the military, you would just get a couple of Pioneers to hold the vehicle for you. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 All this talk of heel and toe makes it sound like a thread on Line Dancing 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 4 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: My new portable oscillating sander arrived this morning. It also has a set of clamps to mount it to the bench, so if I was minded, I could easily make a larger 'base' out of some thin ply were it deemed necessary. I've set it up and it works well, and I can see it being a very useful tool especially if you want to file your finger nails. I hope you got a 10% discount. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted July 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2022 4 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: My new portable oscillating sander arrived this morning. It also has a set of clamps to mount it to the bench, so if I was minded, I could easily make a larger 'base' out of some thin ply were it deemed necessary. I've set it up and it works well, and I can see it being a very useful tool especially if you want to file your finger nails. Oh Don't. There was a time when I worked in a huge furniture factory. Guess who had a first aid course. One of the blokes, Bert (everybody was called Bert even the two girls) flipped an oak part while edge sanding it and it took all the skin off of all his knuckles. Looked much worse than it was. Then his deaf mate came along to see what had happened, took one look at all the blood and passed out banging his head on the way down. Nightmare! Be careful with your new toy Hippo. Regards Shaun. 8 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2022 4 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: On steep driveways you can always chock the back wheels with a baulk of timber. And then just drive away. Not recommended on a public highway as other road users object to running over the baulk at about 30 mph (or higher). In the military, you would just get a couple of Pioneers to hold the vehicle for you. I could of course have found a local hippo to stand between the car and the door. Jamie 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 27, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2022 35 minutes ago, Sasquatch said: Oh Don't. There was a time when I worked in a huge furniture factory. Guess who had a first aid course. One of the blokes, Bert (everybody was called Bert even the two girls) flipped an oak part while edge sanding it and it took all the skin off of all his knuckles. Looked much worse than it was. Then his deaf mate came along to see what had happened, took one look at all the blood and passed out banging his head on the way down. Nightmare! Be careful with your new toy Hippo. Regards Shaun. Thanks Shaun, it joins the fleet of power tools I already have some of whom have given me a little nibble over the years. I had the stitches out of Stumpy this afternoon, and the dressings on both him and Lucky have been much reduced. I'm back in a week for another inspection as the medics are still really concerned about infection even though everything appears clean and healing well. The consultant has told me I will need some physio to the pair of them as their enforced immobility has made them quite stiff. 35 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: I could of course have found a local hippo to stand between the car and the door. Jamie Asked nicely you would have got a bump start, or at least air (ish) assist. Hippos are not just pretty faces you know! 3 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted July 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2022 Hello, I've not visited this thread before - I guess I'm missing something, so I've added it to my followed threads. Why I've not visited is due to sheer laziness on my part I see some old friends here - great to renew your acquaintance - and of course, many current friends from ERs - hello to you too. Stewart 18 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 27, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2022 2 hours ago, bbishop said: I hope you got a 10% discount. 40% on the sander and a guaranteed 15% off with any table saw blades. 4 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 50 minutes ago, 45156 said: Hello, I've not visited this thread before - I guess I'm missing something, so I've added it to my followed threads. Why I've not visited is due to sheer laziness on my part I see some old friends here - great to renew your acquaintance - and of course, many current friends from ERs - hello to you too. Stewart Welcome to another madhouse 3 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted July 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2022 It appears I was being stalked h in Devon It seems the heffalumps have been recruited too Anxy 6 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted July 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2022 We've got the Highland Cow one of those, a very nice footstool (and you can hide stuff inside it). 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, Northmoor said: (and you can hide stuff inside it). Some cruder members might ask "which end" but I refuse to descend to their level. 1 1 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 27, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2022 37 minutes ago, Northmoor said: We've got the Highland Cow one of those, a very nice footstool (and you can hide stuff inside it). Don't tell PB that as he'll think I hide my stash there and convert me into a glove puppet! 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post New Haven Neil Posted July 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2022 Fun day on the MER today, summer transport gala. The oldies (1893 cars) were both out plus other cross-bench opens as it was.....sunny! Dave may spot what is unusual in this shot? 33 is the newest power car, 1906. Rather older than the newer of the steam locos! 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted July 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Northmoor said: (and you can hide stuff inside it). Like cake. Never to be seen again Andy 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted July 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2022 12 hours ago, bbishop said: Many decades ago, I had a Terry McCann Capri. Get the engine speed right and change gear without the clutch. I had a 2.8i Capri for a while and also used to do that trick. I once had a bet with a colleague that I could drive from Lincoln to Coningsby without using the clutch and won £20 - and that was a fair bit in those days. Dave 5 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted July 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2022 57 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said: Dave may spot what is unusual in this shot? Two trailers? Dave 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said: I had a 2.8i Capri for a while and also used to do that trick. I once had a bet with a colleague that I could drive from Lincoln to Coningsby without using the clutch and won £20 - and that was a fair bit in those days. Dave But was it white? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 59 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said: I had a 2.8i Capri for a while and also used to do that trick. I once had a bet with a colleague that I could drive from Lincoln to Coningsby without using the clutch and won £20 - and that was a fair bit in those days. Dave Anyone who owned an earlier VW Beetle had to learn how to do clutchless-changes PDQ. They were forever breaking their clutch cables 😀 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted July 28, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 28, 2022 3 hours ago, Dave Hunt said: I had a 2.8i Capri for a while and also used to do that trick. I once had a bet with a colleague that I could drive from Lincoln to Coningsby without using the clutch and won £20 - and that was a fair bit in those days. Dave Changing gear without the clutch was always a party trick with the learners. You could even set off without using the clutch by gently pulling the gear lever towards first, which would start to move the car. I didn't do it very often as it wasn't good for the car. In the 80s, my brother had a Ford D300 (a small truck) for transporting his stockcar around and the clutch master cylinder failed whilst we were at Leicester. Between us - him driving/accelerator, me on the gear lever and telling him how to press the gas pedal , with careful anticipation of the traffic, we got it back to East Lancashire by only stopping twice. Once at the services on the M6 for a PNB, and then having to stop at the motorway exit junction at Jn31. It had a very low ratio first gear and made it relatively easy to move off without a clutch. Engine off, in gear 1 and start the engine...... Stopping, brake, then pull it into neutral, brake to stop, engine off and back into 1st gear, ready for the restart. Most (all?) modern vehicles do not allow the engine to be started unless it's in neutral and/or the clutch is disengaged, which takes away the option to bypass a malfunctioning clutch. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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