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Hood
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That didn't really make much sense or rather didn't illustrate how they are used. You pick up a crap and allow it to grab the spike with its claw (tapered to accommodate all sizes) then you touch the joint with a knife and it disables the claw.
Hood
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I think it is basically the same as you only cut when they are gripping and it only takes a touch with the knife. If you try and cut or stab when there is no tension then they usually cast the claw or bleed to death.
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It's a fiddly process getting the pressure right. Once cut they go straight into a vivier tank or back into the sea in a box. Most from here goes down to Spain in vivier lorries so there's a lot more opportunity for the claws to be knocked open.
Hood
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Same here, either into tanks or boxes with deck hose running through, used to be on a boat and we would get 25-30 boxes a day then the clammers came round from the West. First day we had 15 boxes of good and 10 boxes with holes in their backs, next day we had about 10 boxes total then after that we were lucky to get a couple of boxes. Twenty years on and things are improving but still not up to the catches of the past and that is with 3 or 4 times the creels we used to work.
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LH thread. They love doing that so you have to buy their expensive rods. Platypus ground anchors are the same.
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Are you involved with geotechnical stuff?
There is some serious ripping off as far as parts go, handy as I can hand make parts and still undercut everyone else
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Very seldom, when we do package work but it's handy to know for the future. We often have some very bespoke parts made.
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Well I got round to sorting this bundle out.
The chuck keys ended up at Men In Sheds, it fitted 2 of our drills.
The GWR carriage key had some history.
When I cleaned it up it had a name on it. The man who's name is on it was local to the area. I could find no more information about him, apart from he worked for GWR in the 1960's. I donated it to the local town museum.
Before and after.
Striped down, cleaned and assembled. Sounds simple.
The wooden handles are new, as is the rivets. Worm had eaten into them. It is a bit of cherry.
The jaws had the burrs removed and then case hardened them. The American manufacture advert claimed they were "Carbon Case Hardened for longer life" So when in Rome.
This just needed a clean and the wooden parts a good wax.
It has had some repairs in its life. I could of redone them as one is not as good as it could be.
But I left it alone, as it does not impair the function, it works. But more importantly it is part of the tools history.
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This mornings effort(s) - not the best/neatest job I've ever turned out, but ought to be adequate once I make the baffle plate to cover to outside of the exhaust vent. If this doesn't work/last I'll resort to Plan B - aka the Baldrick one of much cunning.....
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Daft question - how thick is the exhaust hose? I'm thinking about getting one for the Garage Of Danger, would either have to drill a hole in the landlady's wall or run it out in the gap under the draughty garage door...
Dave H. (the other one)
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I decided to build a shelf so I could actually use my various bench grinders and linishing machine. Normally they take up valuable cupboard space and are a ball ache to get out. Don’t use them that often, but anything that makes life easier is good. 
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Flat bit at end either is 1" o/d x approx 1.25" in length, corrugated section is slightly more. I can measure it if it's going to be critical in your design. If you're going to drill through a block wall etc, you may need to fit a section of suitable pipe [say, gas or similar].
I'd be wary of just sticking it under a garage door in case the wind blew the fumes back inside.....
Be aware that within a few minutes the pipe gets too HOT to touch.jordhandson
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Amongst other things today I knocked up a tramming tool seen some on the you tube and thought good idea, in the week I bought a couple cheap dti gauges off fleebay and made up a bar that fitted an old holder I had, Tomorrows project tramming the mill, It will be interesting to see how far out it is but having the tool it should make it easier judging by the vids on the net
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I decided to build a shelf so I could actually use my various bench grinders and linishing machine. Normally they take up valuable cupboard space and are a ball ache to get out. Don’t use them that often, but anything that makes life easier is good.
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I like this I have done similar with my grinders but rather than a fixed shelf I fitted them on a wheeled stand as i like things portable.
Morrisman
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I did make small brackets that I bolted to each of them, so I could simply grip them in a vice when I wanted to use them, but then I found it such a chore to get them out of the cupboard, clamp them, plug them in, just for a quick job, so I’d use an angle grinder to sharpen a chisel or punch, or similar. Or run with a dull drill bit because I couldn’t be bothered to sharpen it.... Not ideal, and not very ‘professional’.
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I decided to build a shelf so I could actually use my various bench grinders and linishing machine. Normally they take up valuable cupboard space and are a ball ache to get out. Don’t use them that often, but anything that makes life easier is good.
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I really like that idea.
You could always add an extractor hood over them to save breathing nasties.Bob
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More accurately, finished today. This has been kicking around under my feet for ages, you all know the set-up.....do a bit, get distracted by something else needing doing, moving on to another project.....
Anyway, got it finished this a.m. - the perspex cover might need rethinking a bit but I'll see how it stands up to use for a while
Now....what's next on the list? Oh, yes. Finish a couple of clocks and make another 2 x crabs.
No rest for the wicked
Anyway, got it finished this a.m. - the perspex cover might need rethinking a bit but I'll see how it stands up to use for a while
Now....what's next on the list? Oh, yes. Finish a couple of clocks and make another 2 x crabs.
No rest for the wicked
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More accurately, finished today. This has been kicking around under my feet for ages, you all know the set-up.....do a bit, get distracted by something else needing doing, moving on to another project.....
