Dukedog's Jottings

I fancy getting a lab coat for airbrush and aerosol work, if I can find a suitably stylish one. Although, I can see the benefit of the Tabard.

You should really be modelling it Frank. ha!ha! I have a carpenters apron which is handy.

Don

Is that a sky background Frank - looks bit too blue for Wales

In the Jewellry and watch trade we used to have aprons that you clipped under the front of the desk/bench. That caught anything that may of fallen on the floor. The old gold and silversmiths would send theirs away for washing to salvage the filings. My mate had 2 weeks in the sun a year out of his apron.

You could paint a lanscape on it like Mr Harrap has and use yourself as a portable backscene at shows;)

Frank,

 

Many of the small scale live steam fraternity seem wear a type of pinny with a front pocket. Judging by the state of some of them they use the pocket for coal and oil packed loose!

 

I learned a long time ago that a cheap warehouse or lab coat was the best for me to wear, although for some jobs I wear overalls!

 

Having said that the day i should have put a pair on to use an angle grinder I failed to do so. Ear protection was ok, as were the safety goggles and the gauntlets, but I neglected to cover up and managed to melt a rather large elongated hole on my fleece where the sparks were landing.

 

What was a quick cutting job, turned out rather more expensive than I imagined!

 

Regards

 

Richard

Not a bad idea Frank, what material is it made of?

They seem to be popular with overpaid bicycle mechanics, Park make a nice one, which seems expensive but its actually one of the cheaper ones...

 

Paul.

I fancy getting a lab coat for airbrush and aerosol work, if I can find a suitably stylish one. Although, I can see the benefit of the Tabard.

 

In the Jewellry and watch trade we used to have aprons that you clipped under the front of the desk/bench. That caught anything that may of fallen on the floor. The old gold and silversmiths would send theirs away for washing to salvage the filings. My mate had 2 weeks in the sun a year out of his apron.

 

Both are definitely good ideas - particularly the jewellers apron. I use a carpenters apron just held to the underside of the bench with 'Copydex' (used like 'Evostik') Saved hours of searching for small bits!

 

Just watch out for the wolf whistles at Exhibitions!

 

Regs

 

Ian

Not a bad idea Frank, what material is it made of?

 

Hi Tim,

It's Poly-cotton as far as I know.

Defo not Nylon,I should say it's pretty resistant to most chemicals and substances I use in my model making..

Cost wise about

Just thought - could get it printed with a suitable logo!

The EM guage society do a proper apron with front pocket(And EM Logo) which I think was 12 pounds when I bought it. Or you could just get a carpenters apron as we had to wear at school for woodwork and metal work they cost 4.95 at

http://www.tooled-up.com/MicroCategory.asp?CID=20&SCID=498&MCID=3906

 

The Q,

but in those days it was shillings

I do not have this problem as after 46years of marrage my wife has got use to me looking like a scruff.and I do not have to look at myself.