Early Risers.

[polybear]

42 minutes ago, Erichill16 said:

To us that are not of an engineering background, is that the same as being ‘Araldited’?

 

It's a clever solder for joining Aluminium using a blowlamp.

 

11 minutes ago, Erichill16 said:

Hovis really upset us with her behaviour whilst out so think it’s time to get some professional help.

 

 

Not exhibiting Great Western tendencies I hope? 

(Seriously though - Bear hopes that Doggie is ok).

[Winslow Boy]

8 minutes ago, polybear said:

 

At current exchange rates:

One Deltic = £170GBP

A Noisy Deltic = £260 GBP

Lesser Deltics may have different exchange rates.......either more or less.....

 

 

Bear can do that........

 

Bear here.......

A trip into Beamland was avoided - I discovered a suitably long M6 Roofing Bolt that'll be ideal; I have a Toolmakers Clamp with a Screw that's Fu'barred and the Bolt will make a good starter for ten to make up a suitable replacement.  Tick

Then it was remove the mechanism off the KKKK (that's Kitchen Kitty Kat Klock) followed by a good search of the 'bay to identify a suitable replacement battery powered pendulum mechanism; the actual clock mechanism is a separate item and works ok so that'll be re-used.  In the end I did order one, but from the Big River instead cos' they can deliver a bit quicker - meanwhile Kitty is headless and the whole lot is laying in bits in the muddlin' toom.

 

Tomorrow sees the Plasterer coming to, er, plaster the boxed-in pipework in the hallway.  Hopefully.

 

Bear gone.

 

 

 

Just be aware Bear that some of us are not so 'robust' of constitution as yourself, s

 

so please give us plenty of warning prior to posting of any photographic evidence of your doings at the college toolshop.

 

Signed a concerned well wisher.

[Winslow Boy]

42 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

Why would I get excited about frying air???

 

Some people are easily pleased

[PupCam]

1 hour ago, Erichill16 said:

To us that are not of an engineering background, is that the same as being ‘Araldited’?

 

No Alutite is not an epoxy adhesive it is like an "Aluminium solder" - it is most definitely  not solder but for our purposes can be considered to be like a solder for aluminium.     It comes in the form of a thick wire (about 1/8" diameter) and is bought by the metre.   It's not cheap at ~£50/m but if used correctly is very economical so not actually expensive on a per joint basis. 

 

The way I use it is to "tin" (to use the soldering analogy again) both surfaces and then sweat them together.      It uses no flux but the tinning process is critical because aluminium oxidizes immediately it is exposed to air.

 

So, you clean the surface to be tinned with Emery or Wet & Dry paper immediately before use.   Then using a blow torch (it's not a soldering iron type of job) you melt a small amount of Alutite onto the surface of the aluminium and using a very sharp pointer (I use an old Rat-Tail needle file) you scrape the aluminium through the pool of molten Alutite.  Because the air is excluded by the Alutite it then sticks extremely well to the newly exposed fresh ali.   You keep scrubbing away with the  pointer until the Alutite covers the entire area of interest.   Then repeat with the mating surface followed by clamping the two together and re-heating to sweat the two together.  A very strong bond is the result if the joint covers a reasonable area.

 

I have learnt through bitter experience 😂 that because it is normally harder than the aluminium it's difficult to clean up any "extra" that's kicking about  so best to only get it where you absolutely need it (which helps with the economy!). There used to be a chap who supplied it who went to various model, motorcycle and car shows and also the ME exhibition although I haven't seen him for years.    I bought my last lot from Permagrit tools, if you've not discovered Permagrit tools you've missed out particularly for woodworking they are fantastic - usual disclaimers just a satisfied customer.   Alutite is not on their website but you can phone them up to order it.

 

https://www.permagrit.com/

 

This is a little dummy speedo gearbox I built for the Beeza.    First photo is the two main bits that have been "tinned".

 

 

Second photo shows them sweated together.  The joint is as-is with no cleaning up.  It really does pay to go sparingly!

 

 

And a quick sandblast in the neighbours cabinet turns it into a "Casting" just like an original Smiths job.   So far no motorcycling Rivet Counters have spotted the subterfuge!  🤣

 

 

Hopefully that is of interest.

 

Alan

Edited January 27, 2023 by PupCam

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. The eczema has calmed down quite a bit but the sciatica is still there. I laid stretched out on the bed for an hour and a half, that eased it a little, hopefully a good nights rest will ease it further. Now to catch up with the rest of RMweb. 

[TheQ]

Evening Awl,

Bunny, happy , not...

 

 Sadly my precision is not up to Puppers standards,

Object carrying parallel bits of metal was turned round. Two sections each around 4ft long. prior to turn every thing aligned horizontally, though there was a small vertical displacement of the lesser unit. Front down a couple of mm. Back up a couple of mm.

During turning round , fixed the vertical displacement.

Now one set of parallel bits of metal are correct horizontally on the front of the sections  the other set at the back of the sections is 5mm ish out...!!!

 

What was missed out was  the considerable amount of time spent on the floor. Getting the major unit level with pieces of ply. Unfortunately the area of building it's on has a large drain cover beneath the carpet..

 

Frosty outside the MRC when we left..

 

Goodnight Awl.

 

 

[monkeysarefun]

On 26/01/2023 at 09:34, figworthy said:

 

From time to time, our local butcher does a rather scrumptious pork and marmite sausage.

 

Adrian

 

 

 

 

Just came back from the shops where I saw these for you.

 

 

 

[figworthy]

14 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

 

 

 

 

Just came back from the shops where I saw these for you.

 

 

 

 

If things are quite when I pop in tomorrow, I might mention them.  With a foot note that should such abominations appear, my custom may go elsewhere.

 

Adrian

[The Lurker]

Never had a pork and marmite sausage although I can imagine they would be rather good. At the moment I am partial to chilli marmite with peanut butter on toast for breakfast.

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Once again, Sheila decided to join me on my visit to the Trafford Centre, but we didn’t spend anywhere near as much as we spent last week! It was fairly quiet, although there was a lot of young folk walking about staring into their phones instead of where they’re going! 

 

The afternoon was spent on the sofa reading and surfing t’internet, no purchases were made!

 

This evening, to mark international holocaust day, we watched the film called ‘Denial’ about the libel case Lipstadt v Irving, which was definitely well worth watching, I can highly recommend it. 

Edited January 28, 2023 by BSW01

[BSW01]

Goodnight all 

[pH]

2 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

Why would I get excited about frying air???

Well, it is very non-fattening.

[monkeysarefun]

1 hour ago, pH said:

Well, it is very non-fattening.

Probably even  breatharians  would like a change from uncooked air occasionally..

https://www.gq.com/story/breatharians-the-people-who-think-air-is-food

 

Edited January 28, 2023 by monkeysarefun

[pH]

Can you see a syringe here?

Eugenia Place, Vancouver.

 

Edited January 28, 2023 by pH

[Barry O]

@monkeysarefun.. vegimite with anything else will taste like the anything else.  Compared to proper marmite vegimite is fairly bland.. about right for the Ozzie palate.

 

Baz

[Barry O]

What you really need are ham, strong cheddar and  marmite toasties.. food of the gods! And layer the marmite on thick..  not just a scraping!

 

Baz

[BR traction instructor]

6 hours ago, The Lurker said:

Never had a pork and marmite sausage although I can imagine they would be rather good. At the moment I am partial to chilli marmite with peanut butter on toast for breakfast.

 

When it comes to sausages 😋…I collect a dozen pork & mustard ones and a dozen tomato & pork from Harrisons butchers in Wigton, a large pack of The Peppery one sausages from Sainsbugs, divide/mix them up into portions (enough for two of us) for freezing and use the portions once or twice a week. A wonderful combination of flavours 😋

 

BeRTIe

[BR traction instructor]

9 hours ago, BSW01 said:

Good evening everyone 

 

Once again, Sheila decided to join me on my visit to the Trafford Centre, but we didn’t spend anywhere near as much as we spent last week! It was fairly quiet, although there was a lot of young folk walking about staring into their phones instead of where they’re going! 

 

The afternoon was spent on the sofa reading and surfing t’internet, no purchases were made!

 

This e, to mark international holocaust day, we watched the film called ‘Denial’ about the libel case Lipstadt v Irving, which was definitely well worth watching, I can highly recommend it. 

 

I watched an excellent ‘How it began’ holocaust documentary recently about a team seeking to discover and explain as many holocaust victims as possible, they were working in Latvia & Lithuania at the time. The sheer lengths that they went to to explain what happened to the individuals/families made compelling viewing. The thing that shocked me most was the alleged level of complicity of neighbours/fellow countrymen in the vile acts that were part of the ethnic cleansing.

 

Programmes like this have to be shown…lest we forget!!

 

BeRTIe

Edited January 28, 2023 by BR traction instructor

[jjb1970]

I've grown fond of cheese frankfurters, it seems to be an American thing which has been adopted in much of Asia, frankfurter sausages with bits of cheese inside. And arabiki sausages are excellent, arabiki is essentially a Japanese frankfurter but the meat is coarser (but nothing like as coarse as British sausage), they're often smokier too. Well worth trying.

[jjb1970]

12 minutes ago, BR traction instructor said:

 

I watched an excellent holocaust documentary recently about a team seeking to discover and explain as many holocaust victims as possible, they were working in Latvia & Lithuania at the time. The sheer lengths that they went to to explain what happened to the individuals/families made compelling viewing. The thing that shocked me most was the alleged level of complicity of neighbours/fellow countrymen in the vile acts that were part of the ethnic cleansing.

 

Programmes like this have to be shown…lest we forget.

 

BeRTIe

 

For anyone interested in that dreadful period (and I think everyone should have an awareness of what happened) I'd recommend Raul Hilberg's seminal work 'The Destruction of the European Jews'. It's a heavyweight tome in three volumes, but very readable, and is all the more powerful in my view for maintaining a dispassionate style. 

[jjb1970]

8 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

So the next time you drop that  tiny etched part onto the carpet under your chair somewhere, just think of these guys!

 

 

Is that a source for industrial radiography? If so those things are lethal, they can give a lethal dose and they look very innocuous, most people would assume they were just a bit of metal that had fallen off something. I used to be a radiological protection supervisor and senior authorized person for radiography in electricity generation to control on-site radiography and my nightmare (and the nightmare of most RPS) is a detached source getting lost.

 

When we did our radiography training and refreshers with the health protection agency they always had gruesome stories with photographs of people who'd found sources and picked them up, not nice.

[jamie92208]

Good moaning from a place that is still 160 km from an Ikea, thank goodness.  Anyway a good afternoon was spent watching trains with Andy.  This morning it will soon be time to talk to young Emily.  That will keep smiles on our faces.  Then a roundvof thecusual tasks.  Logs to barrow and chickens to muck out.  I might well talke some shuttering off some concrete. If I'm really lucky  another comic may appear in the post.

 

Ttfn.

 

Jamie

[BR traction instructor]

Re the Australian lost radioactive source…why hasn’t someone driven the route with a geigercounter in order to locate/recover said item…if it is that potent? I’d be keeping one eye on an attempt to supply such lethal stuff for nefarious purposes, if it can’t be found.

 

BeRTIe

Edited January 28, 2023 by BR traction instructor

[jjb1970]

9 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

Good moaning from a place that is still 160 km from an Ikea, thank goodness. 

 

I moved 6800 miles and am still near Ikea🤪

 

Initially I thought I'd discovered a hole in the space - time continuum as I walked through a door, on one side was Singapore and on the other was Milton Keynes, it was both exciting and frightening. Clearly the possibilities to revolutionize long distance travelling were quite mind boggling, but could this rip in the fabric of the universe foretell the end of everything? I still dispute the suggestion that maybe Ikea stores all look the same wherever they are in the world, a suspiciously simple explanation clearly designed to stop people asking questions.