brewdexta
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Could be, although my folks come from the mill town of New Mills near Stockport so it could be something to do with that industry too.
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Today I acquired a Mercer DI and stand
. It belonged to a friend of my dads who recently retired, I'm not sure but It's possible he made the stand himself as an apprentice.It's a pretty terrible photo, but there's two pins in the base, about 3/16" diameter which can be fairly easily pushed out, does anyone know what they're for?
penfold
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Pushed out they allow you to run the stand along an edge to gauge parallelism, or if you swap the DTI for a scribe it will function as a marking gauge.View attachment 83462
Today I acquired a Mercer DI and stand
It's a pretty terrible photo, but there's two pins in the base, about 3/16" diameter which can be fairly easily pushed out, does anyone know what they're for?
penfold
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I'd guess they are from some kind of patent thread cutting thingamagig, like a coventry die only more adjustable and using single point tools rather than multipoint full form cutters.
MattH
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They look like boring bar inserts for a line boring setup.
tinman123
Putting the Extra into ordinary.
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they are boring cartridges as said, i think clarkson either did them or they fitted their tooling.
the two lugs keep it from turning and there would of been a locknut to tighten it down.
ive seen something similar about 10 yrs ago in a mill at a factory, old school now id assume but i dont know.
the two lugs keep it from turning and there would of been a locknut to tighten it down.
ive seen something similar about 10 yrs ago in a mill at a factory, old school now id assume but i dont know.
Swift&Bold
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....a cylinder trolley for a fiver!
The guy said he had a couple more to put up so keep an eye open
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gas-Cylin...GaR%2FNTvNLXosH0ZHcOU%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
The guy said he had a couple more to put up so keep an eye open
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gas-Cylin...GaR%2FNTvNLXosH0ZHcOU%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
slim_boy_fat
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Just to finish off this subject, I tried a cut this morning - grass was a bit damp but what can you do.......? 
Here's the result of the first 're-introduction' to grass after ten years in a shed.......and yes, the stripes aren't dead straight 
Shame there's such a slope to the right, I might have to see if I can come up with a shim of some sort to lower the cut of the Flymo a bit. It's never-ending, this gardening caper.
Here's the result of the first 're-introduction' to grass after ten years in a shed.......and yes, the stripes aren't dead straight Shame there's such a slope to the right, I might have to see if I can come up with a shim of some sort to lower the cut of the Flymo a bit. It's never-ending, this gardening caper
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Appyasme1
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Not bad.Interesting to here the age of the seed.This puts hope for a seed bank,if you get what I mean.Now you need to mate it with a Roomba and you'll be able to sit with a beer and watch it do the hard work.
....a cylinder trolley for a fiver!
The guy said he had a couple more to put up so keep an eye open
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gas-Cylinder-Trolley-with-rear-wheels-/121963562231?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&nma=true&si=HQUsXDnbGaR%2FNTvNLXosH0ZHcOU%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
I bought a gas bottle trolley a few weeks ago for £40. It came with a pair of empty oxy/acetylene bottles. The bottles 'found' themselves at an auction
and made £62, so the trolley cost me -£22!
