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Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart
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I've always been fascinated by the things people do in their spare time when they can do exactly what they want to do. Men and sheds are a particularly fertile field. Women tend to do their thing in the comfort of the house.
I was delighted to see Andy's picture of the clock movement he has made.
It struck me that we could perhaps start a new topic devoted to spare time skill. So Andy starts it off and my contribution is this:
It's a small steam engine made from scratch and is based on the Stuart 5A but a longer stroke. One of these will drive a 14 foot boat with steam at 250psi. By the way, we don't like to call them models, it's exactly the same construction and materials as a full size engine, just smaller. So come on out there, let's hear about what you make in your spare time. I reckon we could be in for some surprises!
Stanley Challenger Graham
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stanley at barnoldswick.freeserve.co.uk
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Gugger
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 17:13
From time to time I will employ some drop outs to give the biest a polish.
Walter
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Stanley
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Posted - 11/04/2009 : 07:54
Like you do with the Sulzer?
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Gugger
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Posted - 11/04/2009 : 08:16
Stanley,
To do such work or jobs you need drop outs or what you may call the retired. The younger generation of today does not like oily rags and black stuff under the finger nails. Walter
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Stanley
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Posted - 22/04/2009 : 07:26
Time I got some black under my finger nails. This scanning and writing is all right but I am getting an itch...
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Posted - 09/05/2009 : 06:39
The shed came to life yesterday as I replaced the threshold that I had to take out when next door's boiler flooded me. I did a better job than the chippy during the refurb, I cut a tapered piece of wood that squared the floor up instead of just pumping vast amounts of silicone under it. My rip saw wasn't cutting as it should so I had to sharpen it, big improvement as I had to rip a 34" X 3" piece on the slant. New plugs and larger screws and it's as solid as a rock now and a good fit to the bottom of the door.
While I was doing this, Stewart Brown me butcher turned up for an emergency repair on his mincer. A small pin had to be driven out and squared up. Nowt to it but only because I just happened to have a good set of pin punches. People often wonder at the amount of tackle you collect over the years but there is always a use for it. The right tool can save hours. I used to get the same comments when I was engine fitting, people couldn't understand why you needed so many spanners, An adjustable and a pair of pliers doesn't cut it. I remember watching a Caterpillar mechanic working once and realised that in order to work on Cat engines you need special thin walled spanners and sockets because Caterpillar deliberately sank nuts into the castins to make sure that only peoperly equipped fitters could work on them. Britool used to make a special range of Caterpillar spanners for this job and they were very expensive! It made sure that only the dedicated men could even get into their engines.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Stanley
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Posted - 10/05/2009 : 07:43
Shed is now tidy and awaits the new carpet sometime next week. Amazing how hard and cold the concrete floor feels.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Posted - 03/07/2009 : 08:01
Just a word for the fans. Apologies for the lack of news from the shed, I'm too busy writing to get in there. Have a look at Lulu.com for my latest book 'Steam Engine Research Resources'. It's a collection of rare texts that has been very useful to me and I wanted to share them. The only activity in the shed has been a couple of minor repairs for mates. One was a small shaft for a food mixer which saved buying a new one. You can't beat having a shed when you're hard up!
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Bradders
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Posted - 03/07/2009 : 18:13
Here !............... I've just had a thought (steady on there Bradders).....What happened to the "Radio Project" ?
The one where all sorts of ancient " found" components were going to be pressed into service......
I was quite taken by that idea......
Was there a result ,....did I miss something ?
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Stanley
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Posted - 04/07/2009 : 06:45
It was another topic, if Panny doesn't bring it back up I'll go furtling for it.....
Stanley Challenger Graham
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panbiker
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Posted - 06/07/2009 : 20:26
It's back up.
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Bodger
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Posted - 07/09/2009 : 22:58
Stanley, i know you are not fond of new technology, but i think this demonstration tape shows some impessive machining, i wonder what Mr. Pickles woud say if he coud watch it ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=139z62o6OhA&NR=1&feature=fvwp
"You can only make as well as you can measure"
Joseph Whitworth
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Stanley
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Posted - 08/09/2009 : 08:21
I love the technology, just don't want to have anything to do with it. Wonderful process and think of thge paople it does away with! I remember watching an automated line at Land Rover doing all the drillings on CI blocks automatically, incredibly dirty but it worked. Don't know how it was controlled, this was in 1977 so could heve been early CNC.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Mercury
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Posted - 08/09/2009 : 19:47
Very impressive, Bodger. It's surprising what you can do with a wall-mounted water boiler and a few dentist's drills!
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Stanley
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Posted - 09/09/2009 : 10:34
The thing that grabbed me was the cutter technology, I wish I could sharpen my cutters as well!
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Stanley
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Posted - 16/01/2010 : 07:11
Shed culture has been dreadfully neglected by me because of my obsession with publishing books. Nothing has gone rusty and I keep wiping over and oiling up but I am going to have to get in there when Volume IV of me memoir is finished in February. What triggered me was Belle saying every retired man needed a shed in the topic on dreams. She is so right!
Stanley Challenger Graham
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stanley at barnoldswick.freeserve.co.uk |
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