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

[Geoffm]

I have aquired a pergola...
Hopefully it will have a roof and walls after Christmas and finihsed end of January.
For the campervan, tractor, truck an dother stuff, adn I iwll probalby move my sheetmetal guillotine out there to make more space in the main workshop once I get power.

 

[DennisCA]

A new radio for the kitchen

 

[fizzy]

My nice dainty little Tangye 25 ton jack
They go for silly money with the claw. I spotted one seller with the jack and one wirh the claw so got a bargain.
No idea it would be so huge though.
As I have lost so much weight my old ratchet toe jack won't lift my Holbrook H20 lathes without a very long handle.
This should be a breeze!

 

[Robotstar5]

My nice dainty little Tangye 25 ton jack
They go for silly money with the claw. I spotted one seller with the jack and one wirh the claw so got a bargain.
No idea it would be so huge though.
As I have lost so much weight my old ratchet toe jack won't lift my Holbrook H20 lathes without a very long handle.
This should be a breeze!
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I live in Birmingham thanks to Tangyes my great grandfather moved up from Cornwall with the Tangye brothers when they set up their foundry in Smethwick.

 

[fizzy]

I live in Birmingham thanks to Tangyes my great grandfather moved up from Cornwall with the Tangye brothers when they set up their foundry in Smethwick.

Apparently Tangye rose to prominence after donating huge jacks to help launch the Titanic

 

[MattF]

Big brother to the GIC120C. A GIC 12V-5-27C. Endoscopic inspection camera.

 

[OJCar]

Big brother to the GIC120C. A GIC 12V-5-27C. Endoscopic inspection camera.

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Are you starting a new career as a Proctologist?

 

[Farside]

In an attempt to turn the workshop clock back to 1970, I bought this...

 

[MattF]

Big brother to the GIC120C. A GIC 12V-5-27C. Endoscopic inspection camera.

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Comparison of size against its smaller sibling.

 

[OJCar]

Comparison of size against its smaller sibling.

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"Its not the size its how you use it that counts"...

 

[Barking Mat]

"Its not the size its how you use it that counts"...

An article I was reading in the Guardian today....

They have discovered that the Christmas period is associated with a significantly increased risk of penile fractures – a medical emergency in which the erection-producing regions of the penis snap, usually as a result of forceful bending during over-enthusiastic sexual intercourse.

“This injury tends to occur during wild sex – particularly in positions where you’re not in direct eye contact [with your partner], such as the reverse cowgirl,” said Dr Nikolaos Pyrgides, a urologist at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, who led the research.

The fractures are often heralded by an audible crack, followed by severe pain, rapid loss of erection and severe swelling and bruising. “When [patients] present to their doctor their penis often looks like an eggplant,” Pyrgides said.

It's an interesting read.

Risk of penile fractures rises at Christmas, doctors find

Researchers suspect euphoria and intimacy of season may be behind spike in cases

www.theguardian.com

 

[MattF]

It's an interesting read.

No, it's not. Just your basic brief has my eyes watering.

 

[Barking Mat]

No, it's not. Just your basic brief has my eyes watering.

There's more, non penis related....

Elf and safety: Common Chris-haps​

Penile fractures are not the only injuries associated with the festive season:
Christmas trees
The Christmas tree is one of the most common sources of accidents, with approximately 1,000 Britons sustaining tree-related injuries each year, according to a report by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) and L’Oréal. Make sure chairs or ladders are stable before standing on them to reach the upper branches, and take care when retrieving Christmas decorations from storage: a survey of 2,000 Britons commissioned by the National Accident Helpline (NAH) found that one in 50 had fallen out of the loft while doing so.
Fairy lights
Each year about 350 Britons sustain burns, electric shocks or other injuries from fairy lights, the RoSPA said. Take particular care around water: between 1997 and 2010, 26 people were electrocuted while watering their Christmas tree with the lights switched on.
Turkey trauma
The NAH survey also found that nearly half of adults had injured themselves while preparing Christmas dinner. One in ten reported having spilled hot fat on themselves, while one in five claimed to have cut themselves while preparing vegetables.
Champagne corks
The carbon dioxide in a bottle of champagne is under two to three times the pressure of the air in your car’s tyres, and can shoot a cork out of the bottle at up to 50mph. If one hits you in the eye it could rupture an eyeball or detach a retina, the RoSPA warns.
Swallowed baubles
A US analysis of data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System – which collects emergency room admission data from a representative sample of US hospitals – found that between 1997 and 2015, 22,224 children attended hospital after swallowing Christmas objects, such as small baubles or toy parts.
Button batteries are a particular risk, according to the RoSPA, because saliva can react with them to produce caustic soda, which burns the throat or stomach.
Heart disease
Deaths from heart disease peak around Christmas and new year, with one US study identifying a third more cardiac deaths in Los Angeles County during December and January compared with the June-September period. Further research suggested deaths peaked on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day – possibly because of delays in seeking treatment.
Santa injuries
Though rare, a separate analysis of NEISS data found that between 2007 and 2016, three children reported to ER after “falling off Santa’s lap”, while another injured herself while running away from a Santa impersonator because she was scared. If extrapolated to the entire US population, this would equate to roughly 277 Santa-related injuries during the study period.

 

[roblane65]

That's it Christmas is cancelled , it's just far to dangerous ! although the risk of penile injury probably rates the same odds as winning the lottery

 

[Gragson]

Gun blue paste (posted on here) which I'm looking forward to using on some mill parts and oddly...some guns

Gave this gun blue paste a quick go that @Pete. posted on.
Some test bits off my mini mill. They were originaly blue black, bit pitted and surface rust.



Prep could have been better...light emery, degrease etc



Followed instructions to letter, very quick process circa 30 secs, leaves a very dry finish once water nutralised and wiped off. The stuff clearly bites a finish.



Wax/oil finish - impressed.

 

[My Old Landy]

Gave this gun blue paste a quick go that @Pete. posted on.
Some test bits off my mini mill. They were originaly blue black, bit pitted and surface rust.

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Prep could have been better...light emery, degrease etc

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Followed instructions to letter, very quick process circa 30 secs, leaves a very dry finish once water nutralised and wiped off. The stuff clearly bites a finish.

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Wax/oil finish - impressed.

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Looking good

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

Gave this gun blue paste a quick go that @Pete. posted on.
Some test bits off my mini mill. They were originaly blue black, bit pitted and surface rust.

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Prep could have been better...light emery, degrease etc

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Followed instructions to letter, very quick process circa 30 secs, leaves a very dry finish once water nutralised and wiped off. The stuff clearly bites a finish.

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Wax/oil finish - impressed.

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And yet, this is a weak decorative coating that requires a constant bath of oil. Try rusty bluing.

 

[Gragson]

Try rusty bluing.

Ingredients? - Process?

 

[m_c]

The final major components for a project.

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

Ingredients? - Process?

For example

1. classic, with steam box (tested personally)

The main reagent is iron nitrate. You can do it yourself, but I don't recommend it. It's easier to buy ready-made.


FeO + 4HNO3 → Fe(NO3)3 + NO2 + 2H2O,

Fe2O3 + 6HNO3 → 2Fe(NO3)3 + 3H2O,

Fe3O4 + 10HNO3 → 3Fe(NO3)3 + NO2 + 5H2O.

2. recipe with zinc chloride and ammonium + Alcohol + hydrogen peroxide.