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The_Yellow_Ardvark
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On my way home, I get a txt from a Almost Norbert.
"Hi mate, left a box on the drive."
True. He had.
Well. Little human was not happy, no bubble wrap. But I Had seen stuff the small human had not.
As they came out of the box.
It does not have the featherlite feel.
"Hi mate, left a box on the drive."
True. He had.
Well. Little human was not happy, no bubble wrap. But I Had seen stuff the small human had not.
As they came out of the box.
It does not have the featherlite feel.
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Thes are the items I think the Lill human will like.
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A perk of the job is parking in customers Loading bay or back yard.
Many times they have skips.
Skips have things I sometimes like.
To make room for the 8 Wireless digital cameras I dumped, as they had died and gone to Silicon Heaven. I removed this lot.
Many times they have skips.
Skips have things I sometimes like.
To make room for the 8 Wireless digital cameras I dumped, as they had died and gone to Silicon Heaven. I removed this lot.
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Watched a prog about him the other day, fascinating bloke - I’d never heard of him till then!
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He was a little too non-conventional and was pushed into the background. His traffic analysis techniques were crucial to the success of the Bletchley efforts, and still remain an important part of cryptanalysis to this day.
I think that I saw the same programme.
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Snap! Welchman's contributions were massive to the effort, unsung in his time due to secrecy, unwarranted in some opinions.
Always got two or 3 on the go - would really recommend Conrad's Heart of Darkness, which influenced Apocalypse Now, the other stories are excellent also - Although being a Seadog you have likely already read them
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I have arthritis in my hands, and have adapted golf ball's as handles for a variety of tools. The one on the chuck key is especially helpful in tightening & loosening bits.Well due to having very painful trigger ring fingers on both hands I've opted to have a keyed chuck and will be adding 40 mm extending rod on the longest arm ........ cheap at £8 ish .
I was trying to use a rubber strap jar opener to tighten the chuck and a set of water pump pliers & rubber strip.. the chuck was gritty and stiff.
Seems it has a lh screw thread inside the chuck so undo to the right , then get a 8 mm / 9 mm Allen key in the chuck gently tighten it and smack it smartly anti clock and it should loosen . If they have used stud lock I'll slip a red hot rod into the chuck to warm the stud lock up enough to enable me to undo it.
Temu have refunded the cost of the drill and told me to dispose of it plus they gave me an extra 20% if I buy from them in 6 days ..........money now well spent on a router
I just drill them undersize, and about 3/4 of the way through, then pound them on. The rubber core provides a strong grip. Just be careful and wear safety glasses while drilling, as occasionally you might come across a very old ball which has a liquid core that can squirt out the contents. Here ar some photos that I believe I have posted before.
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Kram
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Hmm dont know about golf balls as handles.
I did notice poundland currently selling wood rolling pins that would be ideal for file handles with 2 or 3 per length/£1. I bought several.
I'm not being cheap, have quite a few new file handles that cant be used as the pilot drill size they used was excessive for the size and would have to be glued on.
Usually I heat a file tang red and push it on. The swelling of wood locks it very well in place.
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I used to shoot wasps and flies using a cheap BB gun.
Slightly modified to reduce inner barrel movement.
It does work but you have to be a f****** killer .
Which I am or I was, at least till it's in the 5 meters range.
Requires a lot of accuracy and trigger control.
You're trying to shoot down a fast reaction target similar in size to the bullet you're using to kill it.
Not an easy task by any means.
The salt gun is a more adequate choice cause of the spread.
It's like hunting, you don't use 308 or 30-06 on a bird for the same reason.
You rather use pellets and a 12G (or smaller)
Don't take in consideration that if you happen to hit a bird using a rifle caliber it will probably be destroyed do to the ball expansion (we can't use full metal jackets rounds over here I don't know if in your country is possible).
But I give you another point which will make think you about...
Air to air missiles never explodes by hitting the target but being close to it.
The missile explodes shooting shrapnel and Tungsten pellets around.
Mostly all air to air missiles works that way.
No photo I'm afraid as they have been deboxed, with one of my sons in a Wickes today, they had tables laid out, everything on them was 50p an item, donated by Wickes, proceeds going to a cancer trust I think.
Bought 9 x cans of Plastikoat matt black, some primer cans, a lot of 3"& 4 " wires to top up my nail box, some jig saw blades, 3 x boxes of 65mm lost head nails, nuts, bolts and washers, happy as anything I am, some of my grandkids are going to be cross with me tho.
Bought 9 x cans of Plastikoat matt black, some primer cans, a lot of 3"& 4 " wires to top up my nail box, some jig saw blades, 3 x boxes of 65mm lost head nails, nuts, bolts and washers, happy as anything I am, some of my grandkids are going to be cross with me tho.
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I find golf balls to feel better ergonomically compared to the usual file or other handles. Try one, you might like it ?
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Mrs Robo called in to see her mate at her new stables and left me unattended near a skip
You can never have too much storage.
You can never have too much storage.
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We bought three of the Safeway baskets when they were local to us, just fitted in the car boot and at £1 each they were a bargain. Safeway is long gone but we still have the crates
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Shows how bizarre lawmakers can be, up until not very long ago you could only use full metal jacket rounds over here and soft point or similar required a special condition put on your firearms certificate allowing you to buy them?
