Thread: Technology

My version of study normally involves complete disassembly, then stick it all back together. Its amazing how many spare parts there are in these things that are not needed!

Originally Posted by stuart_lees

Its amazing how many spare parts there are in these things that are not needed!

Funny that. Had a junior Engineer ohaul a power cross slide on a lathe once , didn't lay it out dumped it all in a bucket , she'l be right , I droped in an extra small gear wheel ,two days much worry , always laid jobs out properly after that.


Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.

Love it!

(BTW, I was also a Marine Engineer, RNZN in my previous life, so know all about traditional short & long weights, etc etc). I was on steamships (Leanders), so always enjoyed young cooks coming down to the boiler room to ditch gash into the boilers.

Stuart.

Love the link to the TFI site. Bloody good reading.
Just goes to show a slow .45 will kill better than a fast 9mm.

Hooroo.
Regards, Trevor
Grafton

Originally Posted by Ashore

Funny that. Had a junior Engineer ohaul a power cross slide on a lathe once , didn't lay it out dumped it all in a bucket , she'l be right , I droped in an extra small gear wheel ,two days much worry , always laid jobs out properly after that.


Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.

Gotta try that

Originally Posted by Ashore

Do you keep up . Whats your thoughts. Espically when you are buying something new.

I'm usually quite apprehensive with anything new. Means that its more than likely its going to cause me grief at least once if I don't understand it. Which means I'll no doubt have to fork out more money. basically. And if its new, it means its probably powered, which probably means Noise and maintainance and other hidden expenses.

Much prefer to wait a couple of years at least and see what everyone else thinks of them AFTER they've bought them. If they still like them, then I would consider buying one. Usually not though. Most things IMO are already covered by current technology.

Originally Posted by stuart_lees

I was also a Marine Engineer, RNZN in my previous life,

I'd ask which ship but thet only have one don't they ?

But when is a ship not a ship Gumby






Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.

HMAS Cerebus

I am tired of keeping up with "new technology" just for the fun of it.. WIndows versions cured me of that.. Imagine if anyone else released a product so unfinished and full of faults that they had to keep on releasing upgrades and patches just to keep it functioning!

And he is supposed to be one of the richest men in the world bahhh

Originally Posted by stuart_lees

always enjoyed young cooks coming down .

so its true what they say about you navy types then????

Originally Posted by Ashore

Funny that. Had a junior Engineer ohaul a power cross slide on a lathe once , didn't lay it out dumped it all in a bucket , she'l be right , I droped in an extra small gear wheel ,two days much worry , always laid jobs out properly after that.


Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.

i did something similar when i was in the army . we had a technician assisting a mechanic service teh brakes on a series 3 cruiser in a remote location. teh tech kept running around to see what the mechanic was doing and copying him so when they went for lunch, a suitable number of greasy nuts and bolts were added to the techs collection (dunno who did that. ) predictably the tech did a big panic when he assembled the thing and had all these spare bits, but i take my hat off to the mechanic who quickly realised what had happened and continued the joke. wel it offset the boredom for a while

Doug that only applies to FUBS not engineers.
Its who made the young cooks to go down that you worry about.




Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.

Originally Posted by Ashore

Doug that only applies to FUBS not engineers.
Its who made the young cooks to go down that you worry about.




Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.

When i joined the army this type of thing would have you discharged (for want of a better word) immediately. then they started turning a blind eye (once again for want of a better expression) to it. soon it was openly tolerated, and inevitably made legal. i got out in 1997, and im so im not sure but its probably gotten past the stage where its encouraged and now either you are into it or you are out