Member postings for roy entwistle

Moving the carriage is your problem

It's time supermarkets introduced basket only days

Noel Cold water is as good a mixer as any

In Greater Manchester I believe bus passes now have no restrictions on when they can be used

My first breakfast in the army ( 1955 ) should have been curried liver. I still can't stand the smell. Incidentally it was the only that I didn't eat during my national service.

Isn't nature wonderful ?  and we think  we are clever 

Edited By roy entwistle on 21/03/2020 10:56:14

Cut your spokes after cutting the teeth ( or to be pedantic the gaps between them )

Probably oven baked paint did it have a crackled finish ?

     I think it was called Stove Enamel

Edited By roy entwistle on 06/03/2020 16:12:43

Dave

Thank you

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Martin

Sam I don't have CAD, I don't even do drawings. I mark straight onto the plates. And over the years I have made over a dozen clocks

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Theory is OK but the best way to get a good mesh is to use a depthing tool and feel for it

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0.000.05" Are you sure ?

I agree with John.       No

Roy

Edited By roy entwistle on 29/02/2020 20:04:22

It might help if we knew where you live. I find Tracey Tools OK for things like that

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Bill I'm inspired by almost anything mechanical and old. I marvel at what some clock makers and especially watchmakers made when you consider what tools they had. I would include gunsmiths too

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I remember about forty years back these same scientists were telling us that we were heading for another ice age

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Bill Whats wrong with clocks ?

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Don't forget that with clocks, the wheels drive the pinions

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I see we have a commercial advert for copper tube

I was always told that Bulbs are for planting, Lamps are for lighting

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