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  • #326394
    V8Eng
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      @v8eng
      Posted by Neil Wyatt on 10/11/2017 08:26:29:

      I heard from Stub Mandrel today.

      He received an email from the lawyer of a deceased member of the Mandrel family, asking if he wanted to claim the estate.

      Strangely the email address was for another Mandrel family member and did not contain any details of the solicitors involved aside from a name.

      Nonetheless Stub awaits great riches for little effort.

      Neil

       

      Just think of the Workshop he could fit into some spare areas of a Stately Home, Test Tracks could be several miles long etc!

       

       

      Edited By V8Eng on 10/11/2017 10:00:05

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      #326395
      David Standing 1
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        @davidstanding1
        Posted by Ian S C on 10/11/2017 09:58:09:

        Did the other Mandrel family live in Nigera?

        Ian S C

        South Africa. Nelson Mandrela wink 2

        #326413
        NJH
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          @njh

          "I heard from Stub Mandrel today.

          He received an email from the lawyer of a deceased member of the Mandrel family, asking if he wanted to claim the estate.

          Strangely the email address was for another Mandrel family member and did not contain any details of the solicitors involved aside from a name.

          Nonetheless Stub awaits great riches for little effort."

          I doubt that he will be interested – I understand that he now has a cushy retirement job paying some a handsome salary …………………

          Signed

          An anonymous well wisher

          #326414
          SillyOldDuffer
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            @sillyoldduffer

            Do deceased Mandrels spin in their graves?

            #326419
            David Standing 1
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              @davidstanding1
              Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 10/11/2017 11:04:58:

              Do deceased Mandrels spin in their graves?

              Only if ME forum members poke fun at them wink 2

              #326440
              Mick B1
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                @mickb1

                I fixed the pedal lever on our kitchen bin.

                We'd noticed the lid only lifted if you pressed the right-hand side of the pedal. Not good as it's less than a year old and 50L pedal bins are hard to find.

                The pedal and lever is a plastic moulding – a hard polythene-like stuff, Kematal or suchlike – with a pivot sticking out either side which it would be a bit OTT to describe as 'moulded'. At the back end is a springy barbed protrusion that operates the thick wire pushrod for the lid. After a bit of a fiddle, you work out that you can lever aside the plastic walls that contain the pivot fulcra, pull out the pedal and disengage it from the pushrod.

                What had happened was that the plastic sideframes of the pedal lever had cracked in tension, the left more seriously than the right because the crack was at the pivot.

                I made up some reinforcing plates out of 1,5mm alli, drilled 'em 13mm to let the pivots through, then pop-rivetted them with 4mm x 8 long rivets fore and aft of the pivot. There wasn't really enough clearance between the fulcra to allow this extra width to swing freely, so I had to grind off most of the thickness of the rivet heads.

                I'm hoping that won't matter.

                The bin's reasonably well-designed, but a poor piece of work in manufacture. It was made in China, but I've seen stuff just as badly made in (eg) Birmingham.

                #326449
                Bazyle
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                  @bazyle
                  Posted by Muzzer on 09/11/2017 08:12:01:

                  You can still buy 1A and 5A round pin plugs and sockets.

                  They are still standard in India ….. and my house.

                  #326459
                  richardandtracy
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                    @richardandtracy

                    An interesting conundrum. Does that mean that regardless of geography, your house is in India?

                    Regards

                    Richard

                    #326471
                    Neil Wyatt
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                      @neilwyatt
                      Posted by Robin on 09/11/2017 16:11:01:

                      I might have mentioned that I just bought my first ever broach to try, but that now seems so totally pathetic I probably didn't buy one after all face 11

                      It's brave of you to broach the subject…

                      #326473
                      Neil Wyatt
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                        @neilwyatt

                        The Uxbridge English Dictionary

                        > fulcra

                        Lycra worn by a person of great girth.

                        #326475
                        Mick B1
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                          @mickb1
                          Posted by Neil Wyatt on 10/11/2017 15:47:55:

                          The Uxbridge English Dictionary

                          > fulcra

                          Lycra worn by a person of great girth.

                          I wondered if I was asking for trouble using that word…

                          #326637
                          Tony Jeffree
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                            @tonyjeffree56510

                            “Do deceased Mandrels spin in their graves?”

                            No, they just taper off…

                            Edited By Tony Jeffree on 11/11/2017 11:51:57

                            Edited By Tony Jeffree on 11/11/2017 11:52:44

                            Edited By Tony Jeffree on 11/11/2017 11:53:19

                            #326714
                            Bazyle
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                              @bazyle

                              Went to a meeting of EDMES. Photo competition. Secretary and Chairman's son both winners. surprise I would have won too but apparently you have to actually submit an entry. Next year.

                              Just as we were closing up the chairman got a text from a new member saying how much he had enjoyed the eventing and friendly atmosphere. Nice touch making use of modern tech and gave us a good feeling.

                              #326808
                              larry Phelan
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                                @larryphelan54019

                                That,s what they mean when they say "Terms and conditions apply" !!

                                #326865
                                Neil Wyatt
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                                  @neilwyatt

                                  Here we go… I cast this today:

                                  lost wax.jpg

                                  I think I have the 'lost PLA' technique dialed now.

                                  Neil

                                  #326867
                                  Michael Gilligan
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                                    @michaelgilligan61133
                                    Posted by Neil Wyatt on 12/11/2017 19:26:23:

                                    Here we go… I cast this today:

                                    I think I have the 'lost PLA' technique dialed now.

                                    Neil

                                    .

                                    Sure looks that way, Neil yes

                                    Aluminium I presume … but do tell me if I'm wrong.

                                    MichaelG.

                                    #326879
                                    Neil Wyatt
                                    Moderator
                                      @neilwyatt
                                      Posted by Michael Gilligan on 12/11/2017 19:33:06:

                                      Sure looks that way, Neil yes

                                      Aluminium I presume … but do tell me if I'm wrong.

                                      MichaelG.

                                      Thanks, brass scrap actually, with a small bit of 99% tin 1% copper solder thrown in so it is a sort of gunmetal.

                                      The colour balance is a bit skew-whiff*, it's actually the sort of colour you would expect for gunmetal, a pale brass colour.

                                      After the pour some 'partially dissolved' brass, leftovers from the previous run were still in the bottom, presumably it had lost zinc and didn't melt so easily compared to the other stuff which mixed with the tin. Luckily I melted a good excess of material.

                                      Neil

                                      *I think that's teh first time I have ever written that word down – I had to look up the spelling blush

                                      #326883
                                      Michael Gilligan
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                                        @michaelgilligan61133
                                        Posted by Neil Wyatt on 12/11/2017 20:27:52:

                                        Posted by Michael Gilligan on 12/11/2017 19:33:06:

                                        Sure looks that way, Neil yes

                                        Aluminium I presume … but do tell me if I'm wrong.

                                        Thanks, brass scrap actually, with a small bit of 99% tin 1% copper solder thrown in so it is a sort of gunmetal.

                                        The colour balance is a bit skew-whiff*, it's actually the sort of colour you would expect for gunmetal, a pale brass colour. [ etc. ]

                                        .

                                        Thanks for the clarification, Neil

                                        I really couldn't make my mind up about the metal.

                                        MichaelG.

                                        .

                                        Incidentally: Family History reveals that some of my ancestors "Tub Cast" Brass. I don't know quite what that involves, but I believe it was a 'Cottage Industry' activity.

                                        #326899
                                        daveb
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                                          @daveb17630

                                          Michael, a number of my ancestors were brass finishers, mainly in the Birmingham area.

                                          Daveb

                                          #326913
                                          Neil Wyatt
                                          Moderator
                                            @neilwyatt

                                            My maternal grandfather was a coppersmith in the RAF, which meant he worked brass…

                                            Neil

                                            Edit – apparently he would have been a C&SM "Sheet Metal and Coppersmith"

                                            Edited By Neil Wyatt on 13/11/2017 02:05:46

                                            #327014
                                            Mikelkie
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                                              @mikelkie

                                              I wanted to make some small taper pins, but the close proximity of the tail stock holding the work with a live centre makes it impossible to turn the top slide smoothly so i came up with this. (perhaps someone did this before?) The parts are all from redundend  Bridgeport quill feed gears

                                              Edited By Mikelkie on 13/11/2017 20:47:50

                                              #327015
                                              Mikelkie
                                              Participant
                                                @mikelkie

                                                Angle drive

                                                #327016
                                                Mikelkie
                                                Participant
                                                  @mikelkie

                                                  Angle drive

                                                  #327017
                                                  Mikelkie
                                                  Participant
                                                    @mikelkie

                                                    Angle drive

                                                    #327023
                                                    Neil Wyatt
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                                                      @neilwyatt

                                                      Nice one Mike. That too would make a neat article for MEW.

                                                      Neil

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