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25 March 2020 at 11:24 #35807
Neil Wyatt
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Please use this thread to suggest other places
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25 March 2020 at 11:24 #459511
Neil Wyatt
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We all know this forum is the best place to chat and keep occupied, but you can't spend twenty four hours a day on the forum!

Please use this thread to suggest websites that are likely to interest forum users.

I'll print some of the suggestions in MEW.

My suggestion is the Bovingdon Tank Museum's YouTube channel, especially the wonderful Tank Talks by David Fletcher.

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheTankMuseum

The best place to start is his 'Bottom 5 British Tanks':

"It's not really bullet-proof. Except from a revolver. For a while. From a distance."
25 March 2020 at 11:31 #459514
pgk pgk
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@pgkpgk17461
This particular page for Neil…

National Technical Museum Prague
25 March 2020 at 11:37 #459516
Cornish Jack
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@cornishjack
I have become 'hooked' on a number of boat building/repair/restore sites …'Acorn to Arabella', 'Tally Ho – the Sampson Boat Co.' and, probably the most extensive – 'SV Seeker'. A mix of skills, not just metal working, and some fascinating machinery and techniques.

rgds

Bill
25 March 2020 at 12:42 #459531
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Thnaks Pgk! Visiting now…
25 March 2020 at 12:48 #459532
Nick Clarke 3
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@nickclarke3
One of my favourite places to visit on the annual family pilgrimages by road to the Adriatic in the 60s and 70s (father the only driver!) was the Deutsches Museum in Munich.

Deutsches Museum

Click on the Union Flag in the top right hand corner of the screen if it does not automaticall sense your location and English as a language choice.

Collections was my first stop on the site followed by Exhibitions

Edited By Nick Clarke 3 on 25/03/2020 12:50:16
25 March 2020 at 13:17 #459539
Bazyle
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@bazyle
You can do virtual days out at Model Engineering clubs by picking a county each day and finding all the club sites there and 'visiting' the club. Many have enough video and stills to give you a good feel for their activities.
25 March 2020 at 13:37 #459542
Michael Gilligan
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Smithsonian : **LINK**

https://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/trade-literature/scientific-instruments/CF/SIsubject_2-drilldown.cfm

MichaelG.
25 March 2020 at 14:56 #459550
IanT
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@iant
I could suggest a long list but one I've mentioned before and which I think is well worth revisiting – is Ed Hume's Gauge '1' Shay build. Over 600 photos, plus 12 videos – you do not need to be a G1 enthusiast (I'm Gauge '3' myself) to enjoy and learn something from Ed's site. The Loco is based on the 3.5" Kozo design of course…

Ed Hume – Gauge 1 Shay Build

And since i've mentioned G3 – I'll give us a plug too!

Gauge '3' Society

Regards,

IanT
25 March 2020 at 15:54 #459562
choochoo_baloo
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@choochoo_baloo
"3blue1brown" youtube channel.

Excellent explanations of various maths topics, at various levels. For example: the recent COVID-19 statistics.
25 March 2020 at 17:24 #459587
V8Eng
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@v8eng
The Science Museum Group has lots of stuff online including the NRM.

Not quite the same as when I used to turn handles and press buttons on engines in display cases at South Kensington as a lad but plenty of interactive things.

Science Museum

Edited forgot the link!

Edited By V8Eng on 25/03/2020 17:27:30
25 March 2020 at 18:00 #459600
Jon Lawes
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@jonlawes51698
I'm lucky enough to have visited that museum in Prague and its fantastic. Highly recommended.
25 March 2020 at 18:08 #459602
martin perman 1
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@martinperman1
As a volunteer and Gofor for this museum I suggest this one https://www.internalfire.com/ lots of big engines and some steam.

May I also suggest this museum which I visite recently http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/ the period it covers is post war with loads of jet types, both museums are mobility capable.

Martin P

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25 March 2020 at 18:41 #459610
Mike Poole
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Posted by Nick Clarke 3 on 25/03/2020 12:48:22:

One of my favourite places to visit on the annual family pilgrimages by road to the Adriatic in the 60s and 70s (father the only driver!) was the Deutsches Museum in Munich.

Deutsches Museum

Click on the Union Flag in the top right hand corner of the screen if it does not automaticall sense your location and English as a language choice.

Collections was my first stop on the site followed by Exhibitions

Edited By Nick Clarke 3 on 25/03/2020 12:50:16

+1 for the Deutsches Museum

Mike
25 March 2020 at 19:17 #459623
pgk pgk
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Posted by Cornish Jack on 25/03/2020 11:37:24:

I have become 'hooked' on a number of boat building/repair/restore sites …'Acorn to Arabella', 'Tally Ho – the Sampson Boat Co.' and, probably the most extensive – 'SV Seeker'. A mix of skills, not just metal working, and some fascinating machinery and techniques.

rgds

Bill

I watched this guys builds Tips from shipwright
He demo builds some small stuff but serious hand tool skills and quite a sonorous voice with some good tips.

pgk
25 March 2020 at 22:37 #459694
Dennis R
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@dennisr
As a volunteer at the Bolton Steam Museum I can thoroughly recommend this site https://nmes.org/ , with its large collection of mill engines and ancillaries.

Dennis
25 March 2020 at 22:45 #459695
charadam
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@charadam
I like "Erotic memories of the Bilston and Eccles model admiration society" but be careful how you spell it.
26 March 2020 at 08:19 #459736
Brian H
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@brianh50089
I don't understand how any model engineer with a current project can be bored! I'm self isolating in the workshop and getting lots done, and some of it is even correct.

Brian
26 March 2020 at 10:06 #459752
V8Eng
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@v8eng
Posted by Brian H on 26/03/2020 08:19:17:

I don't understand how any model engineer with a current project can be bored! I'm self isolating in the workshop and getting lots done, and some of it is even correct.

Brian

There are factors which can make using a workshop more problematical at times like this such as:-

Nervous wives families etc who do not necessarily see us vanishing off to a workshop for hours as helpful!

Boredom can set in if one is stuck in the house 24/7, looking at websites can be useful especially if you can say oh look at this etc.

Edited By V8Eng on 26/03/2020 10:08:36

Edited By V8Eng on 26/03/2020 10:12:48
26 March 2020 at 10:34 #459763
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
An obvious suggestion:

http://www.ted.com/talks

If you haven't discovered TED talks yet, this really is worth a look. The range of subjects is vast and the quality of speakers is very high.
26 March 2020 at 12:59 #459804
Danny M2Z
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@dannym2z
This site has always fascinated me. I just hope that I don't get a mention! **LINK**

* Danny M *
26 March 2020 at 20:24 #459979
Meunier
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@meunier
I can recommend investing 49mins watching this youtube film – **LINK**

Follows the manufacture by a Rolls-Royce owned German company of a 13,600hp 20cyl diesel engine, one of four installed on a SeaCat ferry btwn Malta and Sicily.
Shows the whole process from casting the crank-case through to in-service with good engineering insights.
DaveD
26 March 2020 at 22:48 #460016
duncan webster 1
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Rolls Royce Power Systems appears to be a German company, Rolls Royce Power Systems AG, headquarters in Friedrichshaven
26 March 2020 at 23:12 #460020
Pete.
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Posted by Neil Wyatt on 26/03/2020 13:08:53:

Posted by Danny M2Z on 26/03/2020 12:59:31:

This site has always fascinated me. I just hope that I don't get a mention! **LINK**

* Danny M *

I think the 2020 award winner has already been identified:

"Influencer who licked a toilet as a 'coronavirus challenge' has just been hospitalised with coronavirus"

**LINK**

The lick a toilet seat challenge, was originally the 'lick a toilet seat and kill a boomer challenge.
27 March 2020 at 02:27 #460036
Danny M2Z
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@dannym2z
Just out of total boredom I actually tuned into a TV channel that had no scary news stories and found myself watching a movie that was based on a traction engine.

I never realised just how big the machines actually are. Not sure about bashing the valve thingy with a large hammer is best practice though.

Remembered the name of the movie and found a linky The Iron Maiden

* Danny M *
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