What did you do Today 2018

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Looks a like my daughter's six month old macbook will have to go back to Apple for repair

Had fun trying the shift-control-option reset combination – hard to be confident you are pressing the correct keys as Apple helpfully don't seem to notice that the 'option' key hasn't got option written on it.

Neil

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 12/05/2018 18:38:28:

Had fun trying the shift-control-option reset combination – hard to be confident you are pressing the correct keys as Apple helpfully don't seem to notice that the 'option' key hasn't got option written on it.

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This seems like a reasonable [or at least memorable] explanation: **LINK**

https://www.cultofmac.com/181495/what-are-the-macs-command-⌘-and-option-⌥-symbols-supposed-to-represent/

MichaelG.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Ian Parkin on 12/05/2018 14:03:32:

… then decide which way he wants to proceed…hes thinking oily rag rather than concours

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A replica Grey Flash would be nice

MichaelG.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 12/05/2018 18:59:27:

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 12/05/2018 18:38:28:

Had fun trying the shift-control-option reset combination – hard to be confident you are pressing the correct keys as Apple helpfully don't seem to notice that the 'option' key hasn't got option written on it.

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This seems like a reasonable [or at least memorable] explanation: **LINK**

https://www.cultofmac.com/181495/what-are-the-macs-command-⌘-and-option-⌥-symbols-supposed-to-represent/

MichaelG.

Even better if Apple called it the 'alt' key as that's what is written on it, but I suppose they want to differentiate them from people with computers that work…

P.S. your link is one of those that refuses to work if adblocked, but I briefly got to see the railway image. Apparently in Germany it's called the 'bath' key because of the shape…

Neil

[RobinParticipant @robin]

Posted by bricky on 12/05/2018 18:34:18:

I took some rubbish to the tip and spotted a lump of steel 9"*6"*6"

Did you stop to wonder how long the previous owner kept it in the sure and certain knowlege that he would one day find a use for it?

Robin

[davebParticipant @daveb17630]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 12/05/2018 19:02:04:

Posted by Ian Parkin on 12/05/2018 14:03:32:

… then decide which way he wants to proceed…hes thinking oily rag rather than concours

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A replica Grey Flash would be nice

MichaelG.

The engine has one cylinder missing, how about a Norton engine in a Vincent frame?

Dave

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

Posted by daveb on 13/05/2018 12:08:33:

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 12/05/2018 19:02:04:

Posted by Ian Parkin on 12/05/2018 14:03:32:

… then decide which way he wants to proceed…hes thinking oily rag rather than concours

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A replica Grey Flash would be nice

MichaelG.

The engine has one cylinder missing, how about a Norton engine in a Vincent frame?

Dave

Grey Flash only had one cylinder. Engine was part of frame in Vincents, so not sure how you'd persuade a Norton engine to fit. Normal way round was Norton frame and Vincent twin engine.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by daveb on 13/05/2018 12:08:33:

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 12/05/2018 19:02:04:

Posted by Ian Parkin on 12/05/2018 14:03:32:

… then decide which way he wants to proceed…hes thinking oily rag rather than concours

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A replica Grey Flash would be nice

MichaelG.

 

The engine has one cylinder missing, how about a Norton engine in a Vincent frame?

Dave

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Replica: **LINK**

http://www.coys.co.uk/cars/1955-vincent-grey-flash-replica-500-cc

The original one: **LINK**

http://www.voc.uk.com/net/docs/19.5/19-355-26.pdf

Anything in the continuum between those two would be nice.

MichaelG.

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Edit: Some production info here:  http://www.thevincent.com/greyflashchart.html

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 13/05/2018 14:15:27

[John HaineParticipant @johnhaine32865]

Posted by Robin on 13/05/2018 10:09:10:

Posted by bricky on 12/05/2018 18:34:18:

I took some rubbish to the tip and spotted a lump of steel 9"*6"*6"

Did you stop to wonder how long the previous owner kept it in the sure and certain knowlege that he would one day find a use for it?

Robin

Maybe it was no longer needed to anchor the Quorn castings under his bench?

[Gordon WParticipant @gordonw]

I had a 500 Vincent, one of the nicest singles I ever had. All the Vincent bits like screws with offset tommy bars and the brilliant front forks, but a normal g/box and clutch. Sold it for £50, those were the days.

[RobinParticipant @robin]

Posted by John Haine on 13/05/2018 15:02:49:

Maybe it was no longer needed to anchor the Quorn castings under his bench?

So maybe there were goodies deeper in the bin

[davebParticipant @daveb17630]

Michael, thanks for the Grey Flash links. Very pretty too! I could almost forgive them for only being half a bike.

Dave

[sean logieParticipant @seanlogie69385]

Cut my first female dovetail for QC tool holder . The chineseium cutter was what I expected ….floppy 😁

Sean

[richardandtracyParticipant @richardandtracy]

I finished the attachment of my QC toolpost to the cross slide. It involved 2 bits of 6" x 3" x 1" steel blocks as a base and I made my first screw cut M14 x 1.5 mm thread to replace the supplied clamp bolt. Did it using hand power to the spindle and, with no half nut, a lot of winding of the spindle. The £6 thread cutting insert and holder worked perfectly, despite being chinesium.

Next job is making the female dovetail for the toolholder.

Regards

Richard.

[ChrisHParticipant @chrish]

Unexpected parcel arrived in the post today from eldest daughter. She is her fathers daughter and shares my sense of humour. Parcel contained a tee shirt:

To add to a previous tee shirt:

[MikeParticipant @mike89748]

Hope my wife doesn't see ChrisH's pictures, or she will be sending for the Grumpy Old Men's Club T-shirt as a present for me Today I've been struggling to remove the rusty old hinges from my garage/workshop doors. Problem is that when I put the hinges on about 15 years ago I filled in the heads of the Phillips screws with Araldite, hoping to discourage anyone who fancied breaking in by removing the screws. Problem is couldn't use heat to destroy the Araldite for fear of setting either the doors or the doorposts alight. Finally got the answer: put a cutting disc in the angle grinder and make a cut that goes through the centre of the screw head. It can then be unscrewed with a large conventional screwdriver.

[Brian HParticipant @brianh50089]

Finally finished wiring up a single to 3 phase inverter to my newly acquired Alexander 3A engraver & diesinker. All I need to do now is get the motor to run! Am awaiting a call from the person I bought it from.

Brian

[RobinParticipant @robin]

I liked this tee shirt…

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

favourite tee shirt motto, 'I'm not antisocial I just can't cope with idiots'. And by the way, I'm not grumpy I have an excess of righteous indignation.

[Jon GibbsParticipant @jongibbs59756]

If we're talking favourite T-shirt logos, this is mine…

Jon

[Brian HParticipant @brianh50089]

Posted by BDH on 15/05/2018 17:51:23:

Finally finished wiring up a single to 3 phase inverter to my newly acquired Alexander 3A engraver & diesinker. All I need to do now is get the motor to run! Am awaiting a call from the person I bought it from.

Brian

All now working thanks to Direct Drives, who supplied the inverter.

I've only run the motor briefly on a couple of occasions and now need the check that everything is oiled and greased with the correct materials, then I'll have a go at actually cutting brass to make a pair of nameplates for my Burrell Boydell engine.

Brian

[brickyParticipant @bricky]

Started cutting the cams for the rockerblock engine i'm building ,fingers crossed I get them right.

Frank

[ChrisHParticipant @chrish]

 

I liked this tee shirt…

Robin.  Love it – must get one for my grandson…… Chris

 

Edited By ChrisH on 17/05/2018 10:03:49

[MikeParticipant @mike89748]

ChrisH: I've now acquired a "Grumpy Old Men's Club" T-shirt like yours. My wife thinks it is appropriate because I have inherited haemochromatosis – a huge excess of iron in my body which makes me grumpy, outspoken and opinionated. It's treated by removing a unit of blood, at first every week and, later, every fortnight. Saw "Nurse Dracula" in the hospital to be bled this morning, and she thinks it ought to be the official T-shirt of the Haemochromatosis Society!

[SamsarandaParticipant @samsaranda]

Mike, Haemochromatosis is not caused by creating and ingesting too much swarf is it?🛠

Dave W

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