RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted October 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 16, 2017 I've got a very tired chopper... IMG_20171015_215259876.jpg At least you still have one............................... A. Treblecock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 16, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 16, 2017 On borrowed time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 16, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 16, 2017 (edited) Bit more meddling in the shape of one of these... Using one of these as a jig and a bit more meddling with a file before work today too.... to the point ( ) that my 'clever' (?) phone no longer recognises my finger print and demands I prove who I am with a PIN before it lets me use it! Edited October 17, 2017 by Tim Dubya 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 16, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 16, 2017 (edited) Loose Lips Sink Ships Must have let slip that I was doing some soldering in the kitchen today... I've only upset her once... Edited October 17, 2017 by Tim Dubya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 16, 2017 Wot's the cat got for dinner, cos it sounds like you ain't having any fing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 16, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 16, 2017 I have a strong desire to continue breathing... Foolishly or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 17, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2017 Feather dusters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 17, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 17, 2017 Feather dusters. you've answered my next question, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 18, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 18, 2017 it's all about the Flange ways Another day of meddling. Out with the pinchies and me flangeway gauge thingy whatsit I've a list of things wrong with it but you know, it's fine. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted October 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2017 Feather dusters. Bless you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 it's all about the Flange ways Another day of meddling. Almost Straight.jpg Out with the pinchies and me flangeway gauge thingy whatsit Hold It There.jpg Hold It There 2.jpg oooo me bent bits.jpg Ooo me wings.jpg Ooo me wings 2.jpg I've a list of things wrong with it but you know, it's fine. Someone’s a fly fisherman? I never thought of using those instead of lumps of blu-tac! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium dhjgreen Posted October 18, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 18, 2017 Bl00dy 'ell, has someone hacked Tim's account! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium dhjgreen Posted October 18, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 18, 2017 Fly tying, having that; alredy have the curling clips. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 18, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) Someone’s a fly fisherman? I never thought of using those instead of lumps of blu-tac! Saw them on the eBay when I was looking for something else (?) and thought to myself, I know exactly what they're for... I'm havin' them! Forget yer girly hair clip thingies, you need some of these to assist in burning your fingers. They are proper hurty pinchies! They're called Hackle Pliers and as sp1 says are for holding yer flies up... making fishing flies. Any decent tackle shop should sell them. http://www.taimen.com/en/gb/product/hackle-pliers-standard_231/89927 and no, I don't fish for flies, that's just silly... . Edited October 19, 2017 by Tim Dubya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 18, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 18, 2017 PS: Darn good heat sinks too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted October 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2017 Fly tying, having that; alredy have the curling clips. A gentleman will secure his flys with buttons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 20, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 20, 2017 (edited) Filing Switch Blades Is Like Making Love To A Beautiful Woman... Bit more fiddly diddling today, now they've let me out for the weekend. Some frantic rubbing to start the afternoon (I had physio this morning, so cried until after the lunchtime news). Shoved a curved one in too... just for a laugh, obviously. I made two blades one of which was upside down , not what I had in mind, so the other will be recycled into something else. Anyway the goodun' was jemmied into place... and stuck in place with electric glue. I'm still not used to leaving all my toys out since my beautiful pussycat, Peggy, ran out of purrs a month ago. (it's not just physio that brings a tear to my eye). . Edited October 20, 2017 by Tim Dubya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2017 So very sorry to hear about Peggy, Tim. I suppose we can console ourselves a bit by the thought that we give them the best possible life they could have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 20, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 20, 2017 (edited) Yeah absolutely Tim. She was a little orphan when Nola (not Mrs Dubya) took her in, after her owner next door sadly died. Funnily Nola had spent ages trying to keep Peggy out of the garden beforehand (water pistols to the ready). Pegster had a very good life and was well loved throughout (unless you were a mouse). She was poorly for two weeks before we had to let her go and was a respectable 15, almost to the day. Nola has a habit of taking in orphans, our other dearly departed furry friend, Kitty was born in the garden shed to a ferral mum, who got scared off and abandoned her. We know given time another furry friend, cat or dog, will find us. Thanks guys, better out than in... (and distracted you from that short rail fail up there). . Edited October 20, 2017 by Tim Dubya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Filing Switch Blades Is Like Making Love To A Beautiful Woman... Bit more fiddly diddling today, now they've let me out for the weekend. Playstation 2.jpg Some frantic rubbing to start the afternoon (I had physio this morning, so cried until after the lunchtime news). Jiggery Pokery.jpg Shoved a curved one in too... just for a laugh, obviously. Hold It There.jpg I made two blades one of which was upside down , not what I had in mind, so the other will be recycled into something else. Anyway the goodun' was jemmied into place... Blade.jpg and stuck in place with electric glue. Half A Pair.jpg I'm still not used to leaving all my toys out since my beautiful pussycat, Peggy, ran out of purrs a month ago. (it's not just physio that brings a tear to my eye). Peggy.jpg . Tim Good to see some progress, took me a while to fathom out the correct way of using the switch blade jigs ( until told differently I filed the head first) but now they certainly are easier to make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 21, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2017 Tim Good to see some progress, took me a while to fathom out the correct way of using the switch blade jigs ( until told differently I filed the head first) but now they certainly are easier to make I even had instructions on how to use the damn thing in the EMGS manual but failed to engage brian... or even the old grey matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 21, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2017 Tim, if it helps when it comes to filing point blades using those useful jigs, once I've filed the top of the inside of the head off and turned the rail over to file the back of the blade, I then take the blade out of the jig, hold it as best I can using fingers at right angles to me/the modelling desk, and take some more metal off the top of the blade, as I sometimes find that just using the jig doesn't quite take enough off. That way you can thin the very tip of the blade down nicely until you are happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium dhjgreen Posted October 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2017 I even had instructions on how to use the damn thing in the EMGS manual but failed to engage brian... or even the old grey matter. I was told to use the 3 point jig on the curved road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Tim, if it helps when it comes to filing point blades using those useful jigs, once I've filed the top of the inside of the head off and turned the rail over to file the back of the blade, I then take the blade out of the jig, hold it as best I can using fingers at right angles to me/the modelling desk, and take some more metal off the top of the blade, as I sometimes find that just using the jig doesn't quite take enough off. That way you can thin the very tip of the blade down nicely until you are happy with it. Captain The instructions I received from the society stand was to file the backs flat first, then file the heads off, then finish off with a Swiss file (rail in a solid (thick metal) piece. Agree to chamfer the head from the tip at 45 degrees to upright at the end of the plaining, then round the tip, finish off with very fine emery paper. Each to the method that works for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 21, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2017 (edited) Top tip, thanks Captain & Hayfield I did a bit more meddling once out of the jig and compared my attempt to a pair of C&L blades (B's not A's) I have in stock. But completely ignored the 45° along the top, which I shall 'retro file' later. C&L managed to have two different blades first go in their pack. Edited October 21, 2017 by Tim Dubya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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