Here is a list of all the postings OuBallie has made in our forums. Click on a thread name to jump to the thread.
Thread: Namibian Dust Storms |
10/08/2020 17:53:56 |
Hello Joe, Spent an afternoon in Swakopmund mid ‘60s when the frigates SAS Kruger, I was serving aboard, and SAS Steyn docked in Walvis Bay waiting for newly commissioned SAS Pretorius to arrive from UK, both frigates to meet up with her further up north We weren’t expecting much after the drive there through the desert to your town, BUT what a pleasant surprise it turned out to be, cool with palm trees if memory serves, and realised why it was THE holiday resort that it was then. No doubt built up somewhat since then. The only other thing I remember was sand as far as the eye could see, apart from the sea. Geoff - Couldn’t take the heat now, and uncomfortable with 30° now. |
Thread: A unlucky accident |
22/11/2019 18:47:11 |
My best wishes to friend and family. I carry my phone with me wherever I go now, after my Blues & Twos to hospital end July for an emergency heart artery balloon insertion, hence my absence since. Geoff - Fully recovered from the VF arrest during, something I will NEVER forget! Edited By OuBallie on 22/11/2019 18:51:17 |
Thread: Knurling tool operation |
22/11/2019 18:32:06 |
Nick, Experiment on a scrap piece first as you may need to adjust my method. My technique using Hemingway kit I made is as follows, with lathe running: 1) Wind Cross-slide forward until knurls are centred over workpiece, then turn the screw until they make light contact and just start revolving, 2) Wind Cross-slide back, 3) Give the adjusting screw 1/8-1/4 turn 4) Slowly move Cross-slide forward forcing the knurls onto the work until centred, then another 1/4-1/2 turn I find that this method ensured the knurls are in sync and produce perfect knurls as evident: Geoff - Recovered from the Stent procedure, and complications, I had end July |
Thread: John Stevenson |
25/10/2019 22:53:08 |
I think of him every time I read back issues of ME I got from him and when turning the Y-axis handle on the Marlow. Geoff - Walking 1.5 miles with ease with double soon. |
Thread: I’m done with big pharma‼️ |
09/10/2019 17:44:24 |
Update. |
Thread: How many Hammers |
28/09/2019 14:08:43 |
Thanks Howard, That one on the right is reserved for a last warning before the biggie comes into play, and that one is the long handled lump hammer delivering the ultimate “You’re history” blow. Don’t remember when I last used it though. Geoff - Sends a message does it not 🤔 |
Thread: I’m done with big pharma‼️ |
27/09/2019 18:30:31 |
Brian, Not seeking advise, just stating what’s been happening to me. Continuing with the dispersible aspirin I’ve been on for years, but now alternate with garlic. Geoff - Managed a 1mile walk with ease this morning. |
Thread: How many Hammers |
27/09/2019 18:14:28 |
My selection within easy reach in the Workshop. 4th from left my favourite for moderate persuasion. Panel beating ones in their own toolbox with long handled lump hammer at the rear door. Geoff - Starting to feel normal now and walking just over a mile once again. |
Thread: I’m done with big pharma‼️ |
26/09/2019 10:23:11 |
Was able to start walking within 12 days of leaving hospital culminating in doing 2km split morning and evening by end August. Things have come to a grinding halt as hospital prescribed tablets are making me feel like a zombie. Now looking for natural substitutes, with garlic/aspirin being one of the most important. Geoff - I’m DONE with F****N big pharma‼️‼️ |
Thread: Bench block for small parts - ice hockey puck |
16/09/2019 02:42:32 |
Been using them for years. Geoff - Hadn't thought of using one for phone support 👍 |
Thread: How to upset the neighbours! |
12/09/2019 05:50:01 |
Posted by Mike Poole on 10/09/2019 21:28:27:
No one would follow my Trident with its Norman Hyde 3-1 exhaust, strobing the Boyer ignition at 5000rpm when it was fully advanced tended to annoy some neighbours and bring a cherry glow to the exhaust header pipes. An hours riding like a hooligan made your ears ring. Also being a Motörhead and Ted Nugent fan I am amazed I can still hear at all. Mike A neighbour had a Trident, and the first time brother and I heard it we immediately said it sounded like a BRM F1. Geoff - Twos & Blues to hospital end July & in recovery mode. |
Thread: QCTP problems |
26/08/2019 11:56:16 |
Thread: 1935 Austin Seven Ruby ARQ |
25/08/2019 11:29:17 |
I’m with you Howard. Only taking pre-hospital tablets now until I see my GP. Geoff - Starting to take regular walks now at last. |
24/08/2019 12:26:58 |
Thanks Dave W. Will give them a try, although I can tolerate live yoghurt. Geoff - Numb bum again |
23/08/2019 11:44:22 |
Thanks for the good wishes and laughs. Started taking the hospital prescribed tablets and guess what⁉️ Throne time again and feeling completely washed out 😡 Pun intended😂 This is really p*ssing me off, so have stopped the tablets for now. Geoff - Time to call my GP for advise. |
19/08/2019 00:54:29 |
Been rather negligent in keeping my Thread up to date, as health has been playing silly bu**ers of late. Had tilted the car to where it was comfortable to work on the NS Flitch plate, the copper coloured curved area, then some 10 minutes later found myself in an Ambulance with Blues & Twos going full bore. 25 odd minutes later, I wasn’t keeping count, I was in the CCU Theatre at NNUH for an emergency stent procedure. I have always had a morbid curiosity as to what it was like to be in an Ambulance with lights and siren going, and being fully awake found it quite interesting, and can only give a thumbs up at the way the lady Paramedic driver performed in getting the Ambulance through traffic with little discomfort to me. Only once did she have to brake really hard, no doubt due to some moron driver. Road noise drowned out the siren a number of times The episode took place on the 31 July, was back home on the 6th so in recovery mode, BUT feeling quite well considering. The number of tablets I now have to take is eye popping, so had to buy a week organiser for AM/PM doses otherwise utter chaos would have resulted, as proved when I took one lot of AM tablets PM, but now we’ll organised 🤗 Unfortunately the combination of tablets prescribed by the hospital, plus two kinds of antibiotics by my local doctor to combat a chest infection, had left me feeling like a zombie, so doctor took me off of one lot and I started feeling better, but relapsed a day ago so wondering if the remaining antibiotic and tablets combination are fighting each other or just one or two. I've stopped all tablets for a day or so to allow stomach to settle down.
Geoff - Sitting on the ‘throne’ for ages is not pleasant. |
Thread: TTFN |
19/07/2019 18:24:01 |
Andrew, Spend the time away 'recuperating' and come back full of Vim. You have assisted many, me included and glad to hear you aren't abandoning the family. Do what I do and just ignore the idiots. Geoff - Not easy sometimes. |
Thread: Angle grinders - Dangerous or not |
17/07/2019 17:18:40 |
When my Dad lost the end off of his RH index finger using the wood planer, whilst making patterns for the casting I sold in the shop, the surgeon made the following remark to him, that has stayed with me: "Machinery will remove limbs very efficiently!" Geoff - My conta temp with the circular saw was a close call. |
17/07/2019 15:23:17 |
SV Seekers - Doug Jackson Angle grinders: Dangerous or not Building an all metal 75ft Chinese Junk in his front yard in Tulsa, USA His video on the subject is interesting to say the least, and having been using them regularly since 2010 I do tend to agree. i DO, however, wear full face protection, welding gloves plus a leather welding apron (heaving burnt holes in my blue dust coat and winter warmer from sparks that where aimed directly at them and me) and I check where sparks are aimed at having set fire to some newspaper in the past. Watching his videos has been an eye opener and highlights that he is a stalwart believer in the the argument that 'safety is entirely your responsibility'. I take my hat off to that man for his perseverance at overcoming set-backs, especially those he had when casting the propellers plus others. His videos provided excellent viewing whilst recovering from 5 hospital trips last year and highly recommended, just watching what he has achieved and had to work out how to. Geoff - Body and brain starting to work together at last. |
Thread: Excel Die Filer |
26/05/2019 17:05:57 |
Colin, I've split your post into Q) and A), easier for me.
Q) Is the roller one piece with bearings and the conical shaped machined into it, or is it two loose cones (with or without bearings). Q) What size bolts are fitted and are they in counterbores in the main boss. Q) What is length of short boss that pressure finger or roller arm are fitted into. Q) Is it just an optical illusion that the finger arm looks to be at an angle. Geoff - Audiobook next me thinks 🤔 |
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