Today I acquired...........

[DAPPH]

Dialect word for small. A but like wee in Scotland, but drier and less yellow.

And definitely much more pis*y ( ex wife was from Carlisle ) In her family it was expressed as Lyle but Ged the SILS hubby was from Longtown by the ammo factory /dump aka Langtooon Cooboi .

 

[DAPPH]

So the expert tube tuber tries to turn a precision reamer against the correction direction of rotation ..kn*cker ! .

 

[DAPPH]

Yesterday I acquired two 600 x600 manmade roofing slates substitutes & two black sticks like shi* cartridges of their super adhesive range that can be used on wet surfaces so long as thy are feww of grit & clean .
Alison in into Bonsai , had a " Tracy island " very old welsh roof ing slate as the base and inch thick , atop of which over six years she has carefully developed six Japanese larch trees as bonsaied tree stand .

Alas alack , Oh me Oh my ..... Saturday as we were moving " Tracy Island " in readiness for Alison taking to the local club she goes to the slate split in half length ways ( it was 750 x 500 ish in a rugby ball elliptical shape .
Kin ell what to do ... Monday I visited the local builders merchants had a shufti around and asked a lot of question nerly had a heart attack on hearing of the price of a proper genuine newly cut 1 " thick slab of best Welsh slate .

So I looked for & found an alternative substitute total cost inc vat £ 28 . 30 p ( ish ).

I discovered the artificial fibre & resin slates are rolled in the mould so are likely to have a grain , turned one 90 degrees put the two sides showing this grain on the bench then used a full tube of the mastic to coat one of the tiles , spread it out with a simple forked scraper. Then put the other tile on top grain side down 90 % to the bottom grain , carefully put a large 50 litre bag of compost on the pair \& left it there for four hours to get a basic cure /adhesion set .
Removed the sack of compost , laid the broken slate on the doubled artificial ones , scratched round the perimeter to get good defined shape , then drew another perimeter 30 mm inside the outer one , used my 4 inch angle grinder with stone diamond blade to cut fairly close to the inner perimeter then did a final trim up to the line& gently chamfering the cut edges. , coated the new base in a full tube of the mastic and very carefully set the old well scrubbed & dried slate on top after coating both sides of the crack with more mastic . . Using ten long cable ties 5 in a chain at top & bottom to pull both halves together tight , then put the bag of compost back on to squeeze things tight , then rubbed th cut edges with athe remains of the last cartridge so it doesn't give that whitish cut slate colour got it all over bothhands eventually

This afternoon in between rain showers I popped out the work area , removed the compost bag and gently rubbed over the crack with a dampened cotton cloth rag ... Hey presto you can barely se where the repair has been done .

It should be re planted up by this time tomorrow . no photos of the actual exercise ..
I got that black , " Sticks like gunge " over my hands . Nothing I've got in my mancupboard removes it ,save several long soaks in hot soapy water & a scrubbing brush , even then I'm still well marked with it ...... should have worn throwaway disposable gloves methinks .
Will do a before replanting and after re planting set of pictures for those that might be interested in how I've repaired it .

 

[DAPPH]

Nice piece, but ...

That's a bit strange: 50 x 25.4 = 1,270 so the 27-mark (for 1m27cm) should be exactly opposit the 50"-mark ...

... or are the two scale's respective zeros and therfore the starts of the vernier scales not exactly opposit from each other?

(or imperial cm are just bigger by nature)

Carsten

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The scales & graduations for metric are right justified to the imperial ones when the thing is closed up that's why it looks out of kilter .

 

[Munkul]

Ged the SILS hubby was from Longtown by the ammo factory /dump aka Langtooon Cooboi .

Had to say that in my head and then it clicked

I'm more or less in the middle, but @highseas is definitely on jam-eater turf

 

[cheb]

CSI Silloth wouldn't work, none of the residents have teeth and they all share the same DNA.

I've a good friend who lives down that way.

 

[cheb]

CSI Silloth wouldn't work, none of the residents have teeth and they all share the same DNA.

I've a good friend who lives down that way, hence knowing some of the slang.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

CSI Silloth wouldn't work, none of the residents have teeth and they all share the same DNA.

I've a good friend who lives down that way.

They eat their young in silloth. Had to go up there to pick up a hinge off the dock gate when it fell off and it was like entering an episode of the league of gentlemen

 

[TEO]

Got a rechargeable head torch which will be useful in a few months. Seems decent enough might get another to live in the garage.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09MQ6N7SW/

The rechargeable ones I have are great, hold a charge well, cheap enough to leave one in every vehicle, tool box, rucksack etc. Not sure about the waterproofing on mine but in every other sense they are brilliant.

 

[500e]

Model soldiers & MC museums thats the place ?

 

[Onoff]

The nice man doing the water dosing at work let me have 4 of these. Saved him getting rid of. He insisted on peeling the labels off for some reason and said I'd have to rinse out the inhibitor.

Destined for storage tubs, can't decide whether to slice the top off with it upright or use on their side and keep the handle like a draw...

 

[DAPPH]

Cut diagonally high up front with the filler hole to the top of the handle they make fantastic durable big workshop wide strong dust pans , dare say if cut from the opposite side filler at the bottom of the handle it could also double as a big funnel .
Once the back injury got worse I made a clamp for the handle to take a broom stick so it became an easy sweep up pan .

 

[Other Daniel]

The nice man doing the water dosing at work let me have 4 of these. Saved him getting rid of. He insisted on peeling the labels off for some reason and said I'd have to rinse out the inhibitor.

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Destined for storage tubs, can't decide whether to slice the top off with it upright or use on their side and keep the handle like a draw...

Drawer...!!!!

 

[Onoff]

Drawer...!!!!

Suitably admonished! My excuse:

For 2?

 

[Other Daniel]

Suitably admonished! My excuse:

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For 2?

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Enjoy

 

[Onoff]

Enjoy

Would have done but SWMBO ate the spring rolls. Thought there was something missing!

Just eyeing up a tiger loaf here...

 

[MattF]

Good choice of beer.

 

[Anguz]

King goblin is better still

 

[Onoff]

King goblin is better still

Any is better than none...

 

[Johnnybravo]

Good choice of beer.

That stuff makes me pi$$ like a fire hydrant..Don’t know what’s in it,but it definitely doesn’t have the desired effect… Definitely not something to drink in a pub, you will miss the last round…and all but your own round as well…