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metalhead100
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Les ,
I get half the fish I asked/figured it to be doubles first 
Jim
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scorpion2nz
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| Burnmafingers wrote: | That pictures a tease!
What are the bits going to become? |
have a look at this thread and you will see the first beam i built
the flywheel is 4 inches and the beam 4 1/2 inches
but this one the elves are building is half size ???
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scorpion2nz
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:27 am Post subject: |
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| metalhead100 wrote: | Les ,
I get half the fish I asked/figured it to be doubles first
Jim |
but you suggested laminating would would suggest 1 engine but we will give you a couple of brownie points  |
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Bugsy
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Do you think that when the trolls arrive to eat the elves they might build a double-sized engine with an 8 inch flywheel and a nine inch beam? 
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scorpion2nz
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:08 am Post subject: |
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| Bugsy wrote: | | Do you think that when the trolls arrive to eat the elves they might build a double-sized engine with an 8 inch flywheel and a nine inch beam? |
well i had better look out then as I live in Norsewood and the village mascots are Trolls (Norwegian heritage)
But I think trolls might have to work in something other than brass |
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scorpion2nz
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:14 am Post subject: |
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any way the elves have been back under cover of darkness and produced some more bits
so i thought i would interfere and do a temporary partial assembly
and to give you some idea of the size
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Les
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:38 am Post subject: |
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That is small, the elves surely have been busy.
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scorpion2nz
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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| all those brass rods have to threaded yet but i will not be making nuts (those 2 you can see are just temps)as some little miscreant found my cc and according to my email I have some nuts coming from the UK |
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Stilldrillin
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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| scorpion2nz wrote: | | all those brass rods have to threaded yet but i will not be making nuts (those 2 you can see are just temps)as some little miscreant found my cc and according to my email I have some nuts coming from the UK |
Your elves can use a credit card!
I have a wife who`s still struggling to learn that skill! 
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Roly Williams
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Stilldrillin wrote: | | scorpion2nz wrote: | | all those brass rods have to threaded yet but i will not be making nuts (those 2 you can see are just temps)as some little miscreant found my cc and according to my email I have some nuts coming from the UK |
Your elves can use a credit card!
I have a wife who`s still struggling to learn that skill! |
Lucky you
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Caprice
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| 27ace27 wrote: | | my elves stole my SE1a burner! |
Must be Ocean elves, I guess? |
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Burnmafingers
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| Oooh, thats diddly. |
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scorpion2nz
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well the elves heard about the postal problems in the UK and decided to make the nuts needed for the engines over the last couple of nights and they have now completed all that is needed and what do you think arrived in the mail today ??
Just the nuts that were ordered . they were posted on 23rd and arrived here on the 31st
I am beginning to think the little leprechaun "Murphy" had something to do with it!! |
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Les
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| scorpion2nz wrote: | well the elves heard about the postal problems in the UK and decided to make the nuts needed for the engines over the last couple of nights and they have now completed all that is needed and what do you think arrived in the mail today ??
Just the nuts that were ordered . they were posted on 23rd and arrived here on the 31st
I am beginning to think the little leprechaun "Murphy" had something to do with it!! |
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scorpion2nz
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:26 am Post subject: |
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well the elves have been busy and made some parallel links
and whats is more surprising is that it moves up and down smoothly
any way i have sneak a couple of photos.
hope fully now that I am inside they will under cover of darkness make another four links
I did learn a little trick today
when making little nuts and screws or grub screws it pays to sneak inside and grab a white sheet to lay on the bench and floor it makes finding 3mm bits easy |
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