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[Peter Miller]

Can't get rid of the Kevin B. The above is my original

[Martin Harris - Moderator]

11 hours ago, john stones 1 - Moderator said:

Did you planish the Ashtray ?

 

First thing we made in metalwork too.  I rather doubt that 12 year olds would be allowed to use a brazing hearth to bring the copper up to cherry red heat for annealing after a quick demo by the teacher in these mollycoddling and litigious days. 

[Paul De Tourtoulon]

They did Martin, I also made the brass 3 legged ashtray, I planished it so much that it ended as floppy as wet fag paper, I did make a second one but not so much

on that one, I was probably 12/13 as my first school project was the fire stand, shovel and poker, a gods end for us living in a prefab with a 2 bar electric fire for heating.

[Brian Cooper]

[Peter Miller]

My last job was a the tecnician in a craft, design and technical department in an upper school.

 

We had a lad in his final year and his final project was a "toybox" Which consisted of six sheets of chipboard and which was diabolical.

Now I was using the equipment to do a "Government" job building a small glow engine and he spotted this and suddenly found a real interest.

As I had enough spare material  started teaching him. This included turning and milling etc. He didn't have time to finish it but he had gone a long way towards that..

 

The head of the department was completely amazed.  I think I got more satisfaction from finding the lads inspiration to go on and hopefully find a career in something that really interested him.

 

Oh! And mine was finished but didn't work,  My Guru Tom Crompton explained where I had gone wrong on the piton/cylinder fits.

 

 

[EvilC57]

7 hours ago, Martin Harris - Moderator said:

First thing we made in metalwork too.  I rather doubt that 12 year olds would be allowed to use a brazing hearth to bring the copper up to cherry red heat for annealing after a quick demo by the teacher in these mollycoddling and litigious days. 

When I was 14 or 15 in around 1971/72 we had a forge in our metalwork room in school. We used to be taught how to bash pieces of red hot steel into pokers etc. on an anvil. I can remember being chased around the room by the school bully waving a piece of red hot metal at me. I assume kids today aren’t allowed to do that any more - either bash hot metal, or wave it around at the other kids!

Edited September 18 by EvilC57

[Robert Cracknell]

Likewise in the early 70's the school I was at had a forge with a large fire and 2 anvils, a twin brazing hearth complete with quench tank and acid bath as well as lathes and milling machines with only the most rudimentary guards. I don't recall any serious accidents only minor cuts from swarf.

Those were the days.....!!

[Brian Cooper]

I went for an interview for a job today and the manager said, “We’re looking for someone who’s responsible.”

“Well, I’m your man,” I replied, “In my last job, whenever anything went wrong, they said I was responsible.”

 

[Brian Cooper]

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[Brian Cooper]

The archery-loving late host of Bullseye has had a train named after him in his honour.

The unveiling of the Bowen Arrow will be made later today.

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[PatMc]

1 hour ago, kevin b said:

 

 

 

 Where's Toto ? 🐶

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

1 minute ago, PatMc said:

 Where's Toto ? 🐶

 

He's in the car, waiting on a tyre change.

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[cymaz]

Noooooo🤔