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Trying to describe UK govt capabilities to French neighbour, the best translation I could come up with was 'Ils ne pourraient pas organiser un concours d'Ivresse dans une brasserie' He understood that and said it was not a uniquely UK problem.
DaveD

Agreed Howard - last time I was there was in '77 . We always fitted quick-disconnects between line termination blocks and any electronic equipment with strict instructions to disconnect before reporting line faults to Tehran PTT, since the PTT response was to Megger the line, probably with muttered Farsi of 'that should blow the cobwebs away'
Was well pleased (later ) not to get the on-station placement in Nov '77 in view of how things fell apart
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Andrew, your pic prompts me to say "ah..where would we be without 'Old Holborn' tins".
Having moved house and sorting out an accumulation of bits and pieces, I bet they beat single use plastic for longevity, must date back to late 60's/early 70's and still going strong long after the contents went up in smoke.
DaveD

And when jumpering on distr blocks in metal cabinets it only took holding on to cabinet frame with one hand and catching back of hand on a transmitting tag to let you know what 'tingle-tongue' was like !
DaveD

Jason,
Thanks for a comprehensive reply, I was looking at the Arc unit in the beginners series - appearances can be deceptive !
DaveD

I had the 250 Ariel 'Golden' Arrow in the same era and that ran clean also, without additives. I'll echo your 'Ah, those were the days' !
DaveD

Jason
The rotary table you have shown a few times on your mill, is that a 6" and from Arc ? It looks lower profile than the Vertex style devices. Did you obtain the dividing plates and tailstock at the same time and are they a necessity?
Thanks.
DaveD

Win 7 here FF, hold down Control and + or use scroll wheel on mouse works to increase/decrease font.
DaveD

Rhossili bay Mal ?
DaveD

I hereby sentence you to be suspended until you acknowledge your errors, pedantically, ad infinitum.
DaveD

Thanks for an interesting, amusing and informative thread. I am surprised, however, that there was no mention of the 'French inch' or 'ligne', (2.256mm) or 1/12th of an English inch - used for measuring the calibre of watch movements.
Tim - if you would provide a dram or two of Brodgar at said Ring, I would be sorely tempted to establish a rendez-vous although 10:58pm might be a little gloomy next Wednesday 20th March !
(still ruing buying only one bottle of bin-end Brodgar at £72 back in the late '80s - hindsight or should that be after-taste - is a wonderful thing)
DaveD

(listening to Tannhauser overture from Wagner's Ring and wondering how many angels can dance on a pin-head, however it might be measured)

Thanks for sharing, Joe.
Some beautiful equipment, I wonder if this is something that would catch MichaelG 's interest ?

DaveD

Edited By Meunier on 01/01/2019 20:12:03

Ian, guess what ? I also have a refund notification from Chronos and Paypal.
As you say, pretty poor show.

DaveD

consider sleigh-bells cancelled !

Edited By Meunier on 17/12/2018 21:28:14

Bandersnatch - No, no better experience than yours.

Edited By Meunier on 17/12/2018 21:30:05

Add one more, still lurking in dept32, about 100km/60miles north of the Pyrennees and have only found S235JR - hot rolled construction steel available locally.
DaveD

George, strange, your link to Chronos showed out of stock but Jason's tip to search UK wood-working supplies found - Chronos ! - with Veritas optical centre finder ( same model shown that Jason linked to ) GBP38.64 incl + shipping. **LINK** scroll down the page.
Now we wait with anticipation for the tinkle of sleigh-bells as La Poste arrives...
DaveD

Thanks for the link George but they are also out of stock
DaveD

Followed JasonB's link for the Veritas, looks good and was USD48.50 so tried ebay dot fr where the same item was priced at eur1,298.00 from UK - hmm must be a typo, try ebay dot co.uk = GBP1,168 - I think not, thank you, it's for my Christmas present, not theirs . Will try some UK woodworking sites as JasonB suggests.
DaveD

Welcome aboard Dave from another Dave. There are more than a few Oxy-acetylene and Oxy-Propane users on here so you should feel right at home !

DaveD

Russell/MartinKing2, I also did not recognise cormier but wiki/fr recognised it cormier=Sorbus Domestica which wiki/en gave as Service Tree or Sorb tree. New one on me and no mention of timber utilisation.

**LINK**

DaveD

Bill, it took me 2 attempts to get there but here is a link to the SDS,

**LINK**

DaveD