FS: Wife, two cats... Erm...

Andy Bonwick? He'z just ziz guy, you know?

When I machined Mt Everest millions of years ago I used Titan as the
bit, and rotated the earth around it.

Thats using a fucking angle grinder!!

 

tallbloke? He'z just ziz guy, you know?

If [1] weighs 3 tonnes and you bolted it into a lathe I'm Bears fairy
godmother...

 

Andy Bonwick? He'z just ziz guy, you know?

I'm waiting for the "these lathes are small, those are faaaar away"
line.

I mean, one used for milling little bits of metal, and one which bolts
onto a 8 foot diameter metal thing to cut lumps out of it, calling them
both lathes is technically correct, but byjesus, scale man, *scale*!!

 

The Older Gentleman? He'z just ziz guy, you know?

Senior? Its happened to me for years.... oh wait, you means senile. As
you were :~)

 

Whatever you do Bear, don't wish for new legs!

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The speccy Geordie twat.

 

If [1] weighs 3 tonnes and you bolted it into a lathe I'm Bears fairy
godmother...[/QUOTE]

get yer tutu on then.

This is similar to what I used to work with.
http://www.power-technology.com/contractors/powerplantequip/ge_power/ge_p
ower2.html

The spinning bit is roughly 12 tons and Westinghouse in Sunnyvale had a
lathe that could spin it.

 

You tell us.

 

AndrewR scribbled:

ROFLMAO, you bastard!

 

muddy scribbled:

Nah, I'm sorry. Thats maybe 10~15 foot high when built, I'd imagine the
flywheel on that other engine is taller than that.

Bear can breathe again.

 

Nah, I'm sorry. Thats maybe 10~15 foot high when built, I'd imagine the
flywheel on that other engine is taller than that.

Bear can breathe again.[/QUOTE]

The low pressure wheel is bigger still. Somewhere around 20' in dia.

 

Here's something relevant which you'll dismiss because it doesn't actually
quote the regs. It does touch on vibration issues though.

http://www.engineeringtalk.com/news/wds/wds113.html

***In response to increasingly stringent health and safety regulations***
applied to the manufacturing and processing workplace, WDS has introduced a
new range of antivibration products that reduce both high and low resonant
frequency vibrations.

The importance of the product range to UK industry is highlighted by research
that shows low cost antivibration fittings can: increase the productivity of
machines and reduce their maintenance requirements; improve the working
conditions and job satisfaction of operators, leading to higher personal
productivity; and improve the operating environment by reducing noise.

As well as reducing noise and movement from within a machine, elastomer
isolation washers can reduce resonant frequency vibrations transmitted to or
from
***fixing bolts used for securing machinery to floors and work surfaces***

By the way. You see those big holes in the corners of the pedestal castings
of nearly every lathe , milling machine, pedestal drill, borer, 5 axis
machining centre and large grinding machine you've come across?

Well they're not for pushing tent pegs through or chaining your bike to.

Now **** off and annoy someone else you clueless ****.

 

There's a secret power-up in UT and when you use it all your opponents
have their weapons taken away on Health and Safety grounds.

 

Lets see, so many to choose from:

Noise and vibration regs....

Fixing of heavy items in the workplace....

No. **** you, I'm not going to wade through boring stuff to teach you what
you should already know if you are the half well trained engineer you'd like
to think you are.

Go and sit on an unballasted sub with Nigel and try to catch the unbolted
lathe as it turns turtle.

 

You mean you don't have a corkscrew in the lounge as well[1]?

How else would I be able to open the next bottle of port without having
to move from the sofa!

Phil.

[1] Unless Cheryl has 'tidied' it away. Then I actually have to stand
up and reach into the drawer..

 

Ah - like an MCSE then?

Phil

 

Bear? He'z just ziz guy, you know?

Your wish is my command

*DING*!

 

MCSE has a picture of Barney on it. Meant to convey more gravitas than a
simple conventional smiley, see?.

 

snip>

I can list plenty of ways to mount machines, it's something my company
frequently have to do and as a site engineer it's part of my day to
day responsibilities.
snip>

I'll **** off and I'll accept I'm a **** but I'd dispute I'm clueless.
I can provide a nice healthy CV that'll get me a job as either a
machinist or a site engineer (my present job) at a range of different
companies. It might seem odd to you but people I've done work for
actually respect my opinion and are willing to fly me all over the
World to get them out of the shit.

Now either back up your statement about safety regulations or admit
you were just bullshitting in the hope that nobody here would catch
you out.

 

Welders qualifications aren't up to much either. They may have to weld
something for a specific job, but most of the time, they have their
quals kept up to date by people like me just putting their name on an
inspection report.
Of course, anybody could have welded it but somehow this sort of thing
is routine and accepted by clients etc.

Oi, you're a bad man. I have to do retests every five years to keep my
quals - and being qualified in 5 different NDT disciplines means a lot
of retests.
Ask your doctor what he has to do.

 

Actually, I don't. I get around in Black Hawk Helicopters, milair
C-130s, and BA Club Class (from where I write). I get paid more than
I'm worth, and I've got more women floating around than I can shake a
stick at (and I'm not paying for any).

How's life as a unix-weenie in the grim norf?