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

[slim_boy_fat]

I am actually turning into a grumpy old man!!

Repent before it's too late, just look what's happened to some of us!

 

[KimB]

" your lad" "your fella" "your bloke" "your man" etc etc sure most folk would figure it out from that...

not a fan of "partner" either, but I'm sure thier must be more options, than boyfriend....

Never in my life have I said any of them and i'm not about to either !

 

[Maker]

My girlfriend used to introduce me as "My Housemate".

 

[MCKDAVID]

Never in my life have I said any of them and i'm not about to either !

fair enuff.......

 

[My Old Landy]

You don't need a label, but my Mrs just introduces me as 'the help'

 

[Cobbler]

Never in my life have I said any of them and i'm not about to either !

What’s wrong with “Him indoors”

 

[slim_boy_fat]

It annoys me when folk refer to "the wife", but maybe this should be in another thread..

 

[Bullet2012]

It annoys me when folk refer to "the wife", but maybe this should be in another thread..

annoys me as well, the correct introduction is “the current wife”

 

[James1979]

annoys me as well, the correct introduction is “the current wife”

Or the future ex mrs ____ as Jim Davidson introduces them.

 

[MattF]

Never in my life have I said any of them and i'm not about to either !

Shag monkey?

 

[8ob]

I am actually turning into a grumpy old man!!

Nothing wrong with that as long as it’s self diagnosed


Bob

 

[bricol]

Get a slightly older copy and they're not too expensive - e.g. there's a 25th edition on ebay for £38 at the moment. Machinery doesn't change that much that a 5 or even 20 year old edition isn't useful. Or get the Machinery & Metal Trades Handbook, which has most (but not all) of the metric stuff in the Machinery's Handbook without all the american nonsense.

Mines a 21st edition - 1979.

Think we had an early 1900's at the last place

Download one (3915 pages) . . . although its nothing like flicking through a book to find what you want when you don't know what its called . . .

https://www.vtc1.org/cms/lib/PA03000913/Centricity/Domain/21/Machinerys%20Handbook%2029th%20Edition.pdf

 

[Cuthy246]

Interesting to see it is a marinized version - does it run?

Nothing to indicate that it won't run. Waiting on replacement bearings at the moment.

 

[fizzy]

Mines a 21st edition - 1979.

Think we had an early 1900's at the last place

Download one (3915 pages) . . . although its nothing like flicking through a book to find what you want when you don't know what its called . . .

https://www.vtc1.org/cms/lib/PA03000913/Centricity/Domain/21/Machinerys%20Handbook%2029th%20Edition.pdf

That is brilliant thanks.
That will use a whole laser toner cartridge and several reams of paper. Imagine printing that lot out!
As you say treebooks can still be better than ebooks

 

[JEZGUZ]

I paid a fiver for my machinery's ,plus a load of other books it was hiding under at auction. Kept what i wanted and the rest went to a charity shop.

 

[Dr.Al]

Some new monster castors arrived today. They are all the same height (188 mm total, with 150 mm wheels), which you'd expect but I was a little uncertain as the ebay listing said the unbraked ones were 13 cm tall and the braked ones were 18 cm tall.

Massive overkill in terms of weight for what I want, but I want to be able to manoeuvre the unit over some very rough ground and bigger wheels should make that easier. I still find it slightly amazing that you can buy four castors of this size for £35 including delivery.

 

[dobbslc]

Love the mug!

 

[dobbslc]

ZORO Honeywell face shield

 

[dan.taylor.1]

Some new monster castors arrived today. They are all the same height (188 mm total, with 150 mm wheels), which you'd expect but I was a little uncertain as the ebay listing said the unbraked ones were 13 cm tall and the braked ones were 18 cm tall.

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Massive overkill in terms of weight for what I want, but I want to be able to manoeuvre the unit over some very rough ground and bigger wheels should make that easier. I still find it slightly amazing that you can buy four castors of this size for £35 including delivery.

Got a link or number for them?

 

[Hood]

I got a chance to look at the cabinet I got the last day.

Powered it up and it seems like all is working.

Lots of handy stuff.
Siemens PLC with expansion modules.

Pneumatic valves.

24v DC Power supply.

Looks to be opto isolators of some kind, will have to do a search later so see.

Relays

An air regulator

All now dismantled and in a box