Well they're a bit like long johns in the winter and can't be seen under my trousers so that's no problem. Just that any stray sparks and they ladder something awful :D The real difficulty is finding ToTector high heels that go with the boiler suit :clapping::clapping:
Yup, still playing with...
One little trick I heard about for dealing with fibreglass insulation is to wear old tights/stockings over your arms. The idea is that the small glass bits stick to the outside and peeling them off afterwards i.e inside out, means that you don't get anywhere near the wretched stuff.
Never...
Cheers, yes just starting to get some spare energy back. In February this year I got a 'proper' full time job as a Design Technology Technician at our local Secondary School. It's a long time since I have had a physically demanding job and most evenings have been just to pooped to do much other...
I've been using some stuff called 'Gloves in a Bottle' for some time now. It's non-greasy and stays active as a shielding lotion for up to 4 hours. A small drop 'the size of a pea' is sufficient.
http://glovesinabottle.co.uk/index.html
This is from my old BOC notes
Hope it helps. Also helps to have a rod with a fast freezing flux - VODEX is my favourite and leaves a nice flat fillet when it all goes to plan
All depends. Traditional handsaws (Rip, Crosscut, Panel, Tenon and Dovetail saws) cut on the push stroke i.e. starting on the far side of the board or piece of timber and working towards you the cut is made when the saw is pushed downwards and into the material. However most Japanese saws cut on...
Our SIP 500 at the railway has three Inductance settings
/\ = Low
/\/\
/\/\/\ = High
In the manual it says the work return lead should be connected to to the high value for low currents and to a low inductance for high currents.
However it doesn't explain why which is a pity.
Isn't electrickery a wonderful thing. When I was a lot, lot younger I was always impressed by the way the 'wrigglies' knew which earth to head for :)
Ah <sigh> Clever old stuff, electrickery ;)
Nice one.
I did have an Ozark 5 string which I really never got to grips with so when I decided to take up making musical instruments it went on to ebay. Did better than I expected and so paid for the bandsaw I now have.
I also have a Maton Jumbo acoustic guitar bought for 80 guineas way...
You're not far off actually :) the mountain dulcimer is sometimes called a lap dulcimer as you can sit down and place it across your knees. There is a french version called a l'epinette which is placed on a table and uses the table top as a soundboard.
The dulcimer can be strummed or plucked...
Some of you already know that I am retired and now play on a railway in Wales at weekends which is where I get the welding and machining buzz from. Quite recently I've been looking for a new interest that combines some of the skills I already have with something that I am interested in, to wit...
Hmmmm, tricky.
There is a product called 'file carding' which looks like lines of staples driven up through a piece of canvas so that the points form a sort of 'bed of nails'. This can be used to clean file teeth - best mounted on a small piece of board.
Sometimes a the edge of piece of...
Secondary Modern Schools came about largely as a result of the 1944 Education Act which stated, "Every child shall be given education, according to his age aptitude and ability" (I know 'cos this was hammered into my head at Training College for 3 years in the early 60's). The great difficulty...
I can't remember the name of the cider that I drank in SA on a steam safari a few years ago, but the one thing that they did do out there was to serve it with a slice of lemon - really sharpened it up- a nice bite, so to speak.
The other trick was to stuff a slice of lemeon into the neck of...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpZNbrxwiAo
Not quite the same, but this guy wasn't quite so 'fortunate' if that's really the right word :)
Seriously, with dry gloves there is no problem holding the rod to steady it, particularly a new one which is quite long. As the electrode burns down...
A great shame as gas welding lets you see what you are trying to achieve with any of the other types of welding process. It allows you to see the weld pool and how it can bridge the gap between two components, and to see how it possible to keep that same weld pool when welding vertically...