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This topic has 14 replies, 10 voices, and was last updated 3 June 2020 at 10:36 by Bill Dawes.

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2 June 2020 at 12:31 #476956
AdrianR
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As so many of us are always interested in a bargain, you cant get a forge blower much cheaper than this.

**LINK**

I have now progressed from being binge watching Engles Coach Shop to this guys videos.

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2 June 2020 at 12:31 #35937
AdrianR
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2 June 2020 at 13:10 #476972
Nick Clarke 3
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Absolutely magic – although I think a couple of sparks up the shorts might put me off !
2 June 2020 at 13:58 #476985
SillyOldDuffer
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Posted by Nick Clarke 3 on 02/06/2020 13:10:24:

… I think a couple of sparks up the shorts might put me off !

Not been a spark in my shorts since 1997…
2 June 2020 at 14:39 #476990
Jeff Dayman
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Was disappointed in the lack of dowel pins locating the blower housing to the ground. Also the blower shaft was clearly out of round by at least .030".

I'm joking of course, this guy does amazing things in technology with literally nothing. It's a treat to see what he achieves.

Edited By Jeff Dayman on 02/06/2020 14:39:37
2 June 2020 at 15:39 #477004
Michael Gilligan
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Brilliant video

… I wonder how long it will take him to invent a ratchet mechanism

MichaelG.
2 June 2020 at 16:07 #477008
Bill Dawes
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@billdawes
Wonderful stuff. Reminds me of my early days in the world of fan engineering. In January 1957 I stepped through the hallowed portals of Alldays & Onions, fan engineers, in Birmingham to start my apprenticeship. In those days they were still making smithy and foundry equipment as well as fans. Bellows and various types of forge blowers were amongst the product list including hand driven field forge fans.

Catalogues in those days (I have one going back to the 1800's) always seemed to proudly boast, 'medal winning' and 'new improved pattern'

Happy days.

Bill D.
2 June 2020 at 16:40 #477016
V8Eng
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Edited By V8Eng on 02/06/2020 16:41:02
2 June 2020 at 17:00 #477018
AdrianR
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I am quite envious of him, having a place he can go out and do all that without some landowner or doogooder coming along and complaining. That sort of "could I start off from zero" really interests me, computer games are never quite hard/realistic enough.

What a wonderful company name "Aldays & Onions" they don't make company names like that anymore.

Adrian
2 June 2020 at 17:24 #477024
V8Eng
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Posted by Michael Gilligan on 02/06/2020 15:39:56:

Brilliant video

… I wonder how long it will take him to invent a ratchet mechanism

MichaelG.

As humans appear to re-invent things on a constant basis I think it is quite likely to happen!

Edited By V8Eng on 02/06/2020 17:25:18
2 June 2020 at 19:02 #477062
mark costello 1
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Engles Coach shop is great, very relaxing, also Grandpa Amu.
2 June 2020 at 20:03 #477074
AdrianR
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@adrianr18614
Ah yes Grandpa Amu, amazing guy. His sawing skills blow my mind, how on earth does he saw so straight. For those who have not seen him **LINK**

Adrian
2 June 2020 at 20:27 #477083
Rod Renshaw
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Amazing video.

The old ME books and magazines often used to say that really good work could be done with quite simple equipment, well now we can all believe it!

Rod
2 June 2020 at 22:36 #477102
Colin Heseltine
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Brilliant video and amazing old skills. Sent me off down a wormhole looking at other Primitive Skills videos.

Well worth watching

Colin
3 June 2020 at 10:36 #477163
Bill Dawes
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Adrian R, Alldays & Onions, established c1650. Like many old engineering companies they also ventured into cars, pushbikes, motorcycles, hot pie trikes etc.

When I started there we had a posh lady on the switchboard, you know the old spaghetti type, (the switchboard not the lady) she could not bring herself to say Onions, it was always 'Good morning, Alldays and O'Nions' she was from Solihull you know.

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