Kettle Clinic

bod750 wrote:Hi Paul,
No problem, I have another tool box to go through, if see anything
I think might be of interest to you I will send you a picture .

Steve

Thanks Steve, I’ve a lathe & milling mc in my workshop and I tend to get asked to sort out machining jobs for mates. I’ve still got most of my gear from back int day but I can always make use of stuff like this.

PaulD738 wrote:

bod750 wrote:Hi Paul,
No problem, I have another tool box to go through, if see anything
I think might be of interest to you I will send you a picture .

Steve

Thanks Steve, I’ve a lathe & milling mc in my workshop and I tend to get asked to sort out machining jobs for mates.

Doesn’t get a lot of use then Paul.

If there was a lamp post in the Sahara desert, Paul would walk into it

canaletto5 wrote:If there was a lamp post in the Sahara desert, Paul would walk into it

Every time Kev

Sorry for raking up the past....
Sweet Dreams!

PaulD738 wrote: (I served my time as a toolmaker) open goal for you there Alan

Runs in the family then Paul? Your parents must have been.

And I recognised the part - last used one in about 1968 when I was an apprentice.
In those days we had to 'sample' all department in case we had applied for the 'wrong' one.
I stuck to the electrical department..........

Alan H wrote:
And I recognised the part - last used one in about 1968 when I was an apprentice.
In those days we had to 'sample' all department in case we had applied for the 'wrong' one.
I stuck to the electrical department..........

Same for me Alan, I did my time at a company called international computers ltd or as most people would recognise it ICL when computers used to fill several rooms!
We had the choice of fabrication & welding (too dirty) Center lathe turner (imagine doing the same thing every day!) milling (ditto) grinder both surface & cylindrical (ditto) electrician (total mystery) or tool maker which I could see being very useful for my bike habits and aircraft modelling which I’ve always been into. Plus it meant doing summat different every day. I was made redundant at 22 went to Rolls Royce in Crewe then Fodens Sandbach until the ripe old age of 24 I took my HGV and the rest is history as they say

PaulD738 wrote:

Alan H wrote: In those days we had to 'sample' all departments in case we had applied for the 'wrong' one.

Same for me Alan, We had the choice of Center lathe turner (imagine doing the same thing every day!) milling (ditto) grinder both surface & cylindrical (ditto) or tool maker

Same for me too, but although I was predominately a centre lathe turner, I never knew what each day would bring. From turning, milling, boring, grinding, welding or fitting and when on a machine, it could have been anything from the smallest Myford to a forty foot beast. So no, I can't imagine doing the same thing every day and I can honestly say that after 46 years in the trade I still got a kick out of "making and mending". The only bad thing about my job was greedy, crooked bosses

It took me a long time to realise that, however much you do, you're only a number despite how 'much they appreciate' your extra hours for nowt......

I did get my own back a lot after that.

Hi Paul,
Thanks for your PM, glad items arrived ok, been having problems sending messages from home.

Steve