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Posted by Speedy Builder5 on 22/07/2021 19:24:49: Lets hope that if they make hydrogen from sea water that they dont increase the sodium and chloride mix, but I expect mankind will ! Bob   Why would it? Only if the hydrogen leaks (and is lost to the atmosphere) would this occur. The hydrogen, when burned, will simply be converted back to water and eventually return to earth (as rain) and end up back in the oceans. Melting snow caps and glaciers is likely a much larger effect - diluting the sod...

Niel Probably made between the wars by a no name assembler supplying commodity instruments to tool distributors or direct to factory. Basically buyers would choose a standard frame, choose the micrometer head from a list and order a large quantity. Micrometer heads would have been bought in by the assembler. That one is unusual in having a proper adjustable nut and setting ratchet. The general run seem to have been rather cruder sans ratchet and having rather poorer markings. I have a metric 12...

What ideas and methods do you have for transporting a 5" gauge loco. How do you lift / move them from your workshop to your car / trailer / track? My SPEEDY is getting a bit too heavy to lift with one person. I have an RSJ in the workshop which allows me to get it from floor to bench / storage area, but now need to think about getting it to the garden track which is 200 meters away and for the future, how to load it into the back of the car? Do you have a transportation box? How sturdy do you m...

  Now that my 5" Speedy is nearing completion, it was time to make rail track and a Driving Trolley, here are my notes on its construction. It started with raw materials, 6 x 1" thick steel discs sawn from a scrapped print roll. We have a metal reclaim yard not too distant from here who cut / sold the discs for about 7€ each, at the same time I bought some 10mm Al alloy chassis plates and bearing housing material for another 12€. First job was welding the discs to the axle. then turning an...

PAT testing is not usually ever done on home appliamces during their lifetime. If you were to buy any mains electrical equipment second hand from a shop or charity, it would have to be tested first. We have hundreds of things PAT tested every year at the museum, and the only variations to the basic tests are for computers. We have not had any particular failures caused by testing that come to mind. Most failures are damaged cables and plugs. The VFD for the mill was tested this year and wasnt d...

Posted by NIALL HORN on 30/12/2020 15:33:04: It would be worth contacting Jenny Blackwell at JBCuttingTools.com. I have bought similar inserts from her at shows, and their postal service is super-efficient. Niall I am with Niall on this. There are few in the world of ME that are as knowledgable as Jenny at JB Cutting Tools. Service and pricing are excellent. If you want to pay top dollar but get branded Kennametal stuff try MSC (J & L) at Wednesbury. They carry a huge range of inserts. Sandvik ...