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27 February 2015 at 14:00 #181487
Nick_G
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Just curious.

It's no secret that washers with nuts and bolts were not used on machinery during the Victorian era. But when did they start becoming widely used and in what circumstances.?

Nick
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27 February 2015 at 14:00 #23742
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27 February 2015 at 14:12 #181488
JasonB
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You will be counting rivits next Nick
27 February 2015 at 14:27 #181490
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Posted by JasonB on 27/02/2015 14:12:17:

You will be counting rivits next Nick

Errrrrrrrrrr, weeeell. …………..Actually.

I have a piece of very corroded steel plate with rivets in it I 'rescued' from an old site (Lion salt works) that I keep meaning to take home from work for a garden 'ornament'

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27 February 2015 at 14:36 #181492
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I suppose that weren't needed on low reving machines so maybe it was shortly after the birth of the infernal combustion engine?
27 February 2015 at 15:44 #181499
Nick_G
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Said mentioned 'garden ornament' (about 5'6" tall) No idea of it's original purpose.???

Nick
27 February 2015 at 15:48 #181501
Jesse Hancock 1
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Could it be the failed patch used on the Titanic?
27 February 2015 at 16:08 #181508
Nick_G
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Posted by Jesse Hancock 1 on 27/02/2015 15:48:58:

Could it be the failed patch used on the Titanic?

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I have also had a piece of that ship in my hand.

A number of years ago a French company lifted a section of the hull. Some of it was used to make a batch of watches.

A jeweler across the road had one for some reason to sell. He asked for me to take some basic photos of it for posting upon net sites.

It was the most 'orrible', gaudy and bad taste timepiece I have ever laid eyes upon.! – I suppose somebody paid a small fortune for the thing to give themselves some kind of strange bragging rights with their equally bad taste friends.

I found the whole concept of the idea quite rotten to the core TBH even if it had been well designed. Which I have already said it wasn't by a long, long way. I imagine they sold most of them in America.!

I will see if I can find a pic in the archive.

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27 February 2015 at 16:18 #181511
Michael Gilligan
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Nick,

This page [referenced by Wikipedia] gives some history of the Washer.

… probably ealier than you thought.

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 27/02/2015 16:19:46
27 February 2015 at 17:41 #181522
Neil Wyatt
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> Said mentioned 'garden ornament' (about 5'6" tall) No idea of it's original purpose.???

You could lie it on the ground to make a slow-worm basking/lurking place.

Neil
27 February 2015 at 18:33 #181529
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Posted by Nick_G on 27/02/2015 16:08:53:

I will see if I can find a pic in the archive.

Nick

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I found them.

More rusty metal. Personally I think the steel plate is far more interesting and in better taste.

Nick
27 February 2015 at 19:13 #181532
Michael Gilligan
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Posted by Nick_G on 27/02/2015 18:33:02:

I found them.

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… Gross.

[decent pics, but indecent subject matter]

MichaelG.
27 February 2015 at 19:13 #181533
nigel jones 5
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That's not a garden ornament…its a rotten lump of skanky old metal!!

But I rather like the watch! Which would otherwise also have ultimately degraded into same skanky lump of old metal.
27 February 2015 at 20:53 #181546
Neil Wyatt
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That's a cheap one at just shy of £4K. You want THIS model which is even more tasteless.

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27 February 2015 at 23:23 #181556
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Posted by Neil Wyatt on 27/02/2015 20:53:39:

That's a cheap one at just shy of £4K. You want THIS model which is even more tasteless.

Neil

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lol

It does not even show a representation of one of the Titanics engines valve gear.

Nick
27 February 2015 at 23:26 #181557
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Posted by fizzy on 27/02/2015 19:13:33:

That's not a garden ornament…its a rotten lump of skanky old metal!!

I like a challenge.

Before this weekend is through I vow to take an image that uses that skanky old metal that you will not be so dismissive of.

Nick
28 February 2015 at 01:18 #181565
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The Titanic watch reminds me of the ashtrays that occasionally turn up ‘made from metal from the airship R101’

As a goodly number of the bodies recovered from the crash wreckage were burnt beyond recognition, an ashtray seems hardly appropriate. ..

W.
28 February 2015 at 02:05 #181566
Danny M2Z
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The Titanic watch does not appear to be waterproof.

But apparently, neither was the original

* Danny M *
28 February 2015 at 06:23 #181568
Jesse Hancock 1
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Nick (Obviously or perhaps it wouldn't have sank.) You say you like a challenge make it into a scale model one of the Titanic's boilers. (Don't test too high a pressure though.)

What the effin eck does anyone want with a watch when most people have Ipads in their pockets these days??? They're much cheaper, more accurate and for more flexible. (So don't sit on them)

The coloured guy who does the sections on sports (BBC 1 Breakfast News) has bought a clunking great gold watch and he can't help posing with it to the cameras. Now that I've noticed I keep watching to see if he manages to get it in shot again. It's amazing how naff some people can be What? What? What?

Edited By Jesse Hancock 1 on 28/02/2015 06:24:42
28 February 2015 at 07:51 #181576
JasonB
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Hes probably been given the watch and gets paid each time he manages to get it in shot
28 February 2015 at 09:31 #181586
Neil Wyatt
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I noticed that Slash wore a particularly huge watch when performing 'Hey Joe' with Billy Cox, Mitch Mitchell and Steve Winwood. It must have been to time his solo

Neil
28 February 2015 at 17:12 #181654
Scott
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It's not just the watch itself that is in bad taste. Romain Jerome used to have a big Titanic DNA poster up in Geneva airport that said something along the lines of "Celebrating the loss of the Titanic". Presumably they meant commemorating but a little more thought mightn't have gone amiss

Scott
28 February 2015 at 17:21 #181656
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Interesting that a £12,000 watch is offered with "Economy" delivery!

The thing with watches these days is that you are likely to get something pretty much as accurate from the local £ shop! ( And, looking at those featured here, probably in better taste!)

Norman
28 February 2015 at 17:29 #181660
Neil Wyatt
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Perhaps that would be a good challenge for us lot. I don't pretend to be up to watchmaking, but I rather like the idea of making tasteful watch case for a reasonable movement.

A bit like 'making' pens.

Neil
28 February 2015 at 17:46 #181662
norman valentine
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Neil, I agree with your comment on pens, but you have to agree that there is a lot more work in making a watch case.

In fact it has given me an idea, I have a really nice Swiss watch with a really crappy case. I wonder if I could do something with it?
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