LBSC’s Designs

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Hopper on 27/02/2020 00:06:45:

The actual design itself is the intellectual property of the copyright holder — whoever that is these days, possibly LSBC's estate or a publisher who bought the rights.

LBSC's estate, it's been a good while but i do know at least one person who has been in touch with them in the past.

I don't think creating a 3D model from his plans is any more of an infringement than building a physical model.

I think trouble would be plans were bring sold.

As for derivative designs, it's more of a grey area.

I expect LBSC would be pleased if people made new designs base don his, as long as they didn't suggest they were 'improvements'

GOK what he would say if he found out about all the people who have 'fixed' some of his valve gear designs – hell to pay! The pages of ME would combust!

Neil

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[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by David Reeves 1 on 17/03/2020 17:41:40:

In Model Engineer of FEBRUARY 6, 1947 Page 207, in his discussion of: Variations for "Juliet", Walschaerts or Baker Gear?, LBSC writes:

… others who are rather tickled or intrigued by the simplicity and ease of construction of the little nest of rods and links, designed by the Baker who didn’t know what a BU was (lucky fellow!) want to know if they can Bakerise “Juliet”.

Does anyone know what BU is short for?

Dave Reeves

I'm feeling smug. My mum knew! The clue is the year, 1947, and mention of 'the Baker'. LBSC is making a topical joke.

Wartime Rationing in the UK lasted until 1954. Following a bad harvest and withdrawal of loans by the USA, it became necessary to ration bread after the fighting was over. (For 2 years starting in July 1946.)

BU is short for 'Bread Units', the unit of ration and accounting. It was described in a Guardian Article thus:

Bread units

The ration is to be measured in bread units in the most complicated system which our rationing schemes have ever imposed.

The bread units for each week are the same figures as the daily ration in ounces. Thus the ordinary adult can have nine ounces of bread a day and his bread units per week are also nine, which he spends by the use of coupons of varying values from the ordinary ration book.

The Daily Mail described it as: “the most hated measure ever to have been presented to the people of this country."

Apparently failed to make any difference to the amount of bread eaten and was considered later to have been unnecessary.

Dave

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 18/03/2020 19:45:58:

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The Daily Mail described it as: “the most hated measure ever to have been presented to the people of this country."

Apparently failed to make any difference to the amount of bread eaten and was considered later to have been unnecessary.

Dave

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Rather like the current attitude to the AU

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