Here is a list of all the postings Fowlers Fury has made in our forums. Click on a thread name to jump to the thread.
Thread: Marker pens |
09/05/2022 18:22:17 |
I've used "Staedtler Lumocolor" Fine pens for many years. They seem to last for ages, will mark on most surfaces even if traces of oil present. Though I've no connection with Staples, various packs & colours available here:- |
Thread: UK DRIVING LICENCE [ 2022 issue ] |
05/05/2022 14:21:59 |
Congratulations on getting a response, however useless it may be. Since posting my earlier note re. HMRC, I've written yet again more in hope than expectation that they'll concede I no longer have to submit a tax return. Now, after 2 years of "we aim to respond within 5 weeks" - they've even stopped sending that fallacious promise. Hey ho, |
Thread: Newbie looking for advice |
15/04/2022 21:49:23 |
Apologies if you felt it necessary to begin with "Sorry" - your question is welcome and no doubt others with more knowledge than I will provide you with more helpful advice. ADDENDUM
Edited By Fowlers Fury on 15/04/2022 22:01:29 |
15/04/2022 20:21:25 |
Don't think I'm being dismissive but since your question - or similar - has been posed a number of times may I suggest you use the "Search for" box with some keywords? |
Thread: UK DRIVING LICENCE [ 2022 issue ] |
15/04/2022 16:34:36 |
Off-topic maybe, but HMRC are as bad - if not worse. I stopped gainful employment years ago but kept on getting instructions to submit a full, annual tax return each year. The first time I completed their questionnaire to secure their agreement that returns were now unnecessary. I got some standard reply that "we aim to respond within 5 weeks". For the past 2 years, I keep reminding them after a couple of months and get the exact same reply each time. |
Thread: Pipe lagging |
05/04/2022 17:48:37 |
Before you fit the nut or flange on one end of the pipe, one way to lag is to buy white (sports) shoe laces of appropriate width. Cut off the aglets and pull the lace over the pipe. Bind the ends of the laces onto the pipe with a little brass wire. Always worth drinking a bottle or two of good Rioja just to get the brass wire : - )
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Thread: Original Tich |
21/03/2022 17:51:00 |
Obit took a bit of finding in ME 3939 v.170 ! I checked in Brian Hollingsworth's biography of Curly. There is a picture of "Mavis" the lady next door who nursed Curly during his final days. She is shown standing next to a Tich, possibly Curly's original build? |
20/03/2022 20:45:38 |
Doesn't answer your specific question but there's some history of the origin of Curly's designs (plural !) here, which you're no doubt aware of:- (Having built a Tich from Curly's book many years ago, I can endorse Leslie Clarke's criticisms!) |
Thread: Buy a book or download free |
03/03/2022 14:40:21 |
Mike Poole has captured it 100%. So in answer to:-
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Thread: Covid Scam |
03/03/2022 11:38:08 |
(https://who-called.co.uk/) I find this genuine website useful. People are reporting dubious & scam telephone numbers all the time. Whether call or text msg, always worthwhile adding a scam caller's number to the enormous list !.
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Thread: Read the T-shirt |
08/02/2022 15:53:55 |
Bazyle wrote " Perhaps the website could have a headline banner with slogan of the day." A commendable suggestion. Could we perhaps begin with my favorite source of pithy wit, the great W.C. FIelds?
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Thread: Can you identify this motorcycle? |
24/01/2022 16:12:31 |
Interesting change from model eng ! I have an original copy of Motor Cycling dated July 30th 1942 which has an illustrated article about army maintenance of m/cycles but doesn't contribute to the op's question. However there are within, fascinating bits about the compulsory purchase of m/cycles for military use as well as a form to complete so you could volunteer as a local dispatch rider !
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23/01/2022 23:05:08 |
This is it surely:- |
Thread: What do you do about cookies? |
02/01/2022 21:22:51 |
Posted here nearly a year ago:- "It is infuriating now that when opening most websites, you're required to approve or reject "non-essential" cookies before it will load. I have though found one solution which works on 90% of websites. It's a free add-on for Firefox and Chrome called "Behind the Overlay". Firefox version:- **LINK**
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Thread: Myford super7 saddle / tight toward tailstock |
22/12/2021 14:54:09 |
Whilst searching thro' back copies of M.E. for an article, I happened upon this entitled "Lappiing - Machining to Millionths" from No. 1996.
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Thread: pansy 060 |
20/12/2021 21:48:37 |
CI cylinders are going to be less aggravation than GM ones for machining and choice of piston rings.
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Thread: Myford super7 saddle / tight toward tailstock |
20/12/2021 16:47:13 |
My previous S7 was a well-used buy and initially displayed similar symptoms. Quite a bit of wasted time was spent trying to adjust the gibs before discovering Geo Thomas' book and his observations on Myford gibs. He described the (quote) "wedging action" of Myford gib adjusting screws and how modifying their ends could remedy certain problems. His drawing showed:- I can't claim to have produced perfect hemispheres on the ends of the adjusting screws but rounding them off reduced, albeit not eliminated, the tightening-up of the saddle along the bed.
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Thread: Super 7 questions |
20/10/2021 14:31:30 |
My last contribution to this thread.......and that's to repeat the suggestion to read the earlier thread highlighted above. For example, therein Simon Collier wrote:- "I fitted to a cheap oil can a brass end with an internal o ring selected to squeeze over my ML7 oil nipples. It was a quick and dirty prototype to test the concept, but it worked so well it remains in service. Works a treat. " |
20/10/2021 11:20:08 |
As submitted before - many topics, like this one, have been 'done to death' on here previously.
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18/10/2021 10:46:40 |
As with many issues/queries raised ~ they have been covered on here before. I'd recommend to "Ignatz" that it's worth looking at this thread of 8 years ago:- Other useful info can be found by searching on "Esso Nutto" Shortly after acquiring my new S7B, there was a rumbling noise from around the 1ph motor. Myfords sent out a guy to inspect & rectify. He left me with a 1 litre bottle of Esso Nutto and advised that I always use that for lubrication. (He also left me with 1 litre of Shell Ensis and said to apply regularly to all bare metal surfaces of the lathe. Words of wisdom because there's never been a trace of surface rust since). I think the consensus re. oil loss is "it ain't broke so don't fix it".
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