Thread: Friday lunch prattle

Lance's surprise was (no joke) a WAYNE KERR Bridge Detector

A bit of googling found one for sale on ebay
WAYNE KERR TYPE R161 BRIDGE DETECTOR | eBay

Which lead to Wayne Kerr Electronics History

And a catalog Instrumentation price list 1964 - Wayne Kerr Corp.: : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive indicating it was sold for 500 pounds in 1964 (nearly 9000 pounds in todays money 500 pounds in 1964 today - Google Search )

And http://chrisgrossman.com/manuals/way...bridge_man.pdf (a "bridge" not a "bridge detector")

Kerf making gauge
Kerfmaker Exact Width Dado Jig / Make Perfect Dados! - YouTube

A laminate trimmer..... hand held unit

A chisel sharpening jig.

scraper burnisher

a Stanley sharpening guide for plane blades

My I-know-what-it-is-but-do-you? A 1940's Stanley plane blade honing guide. It's a nice little piece of history which sits on my window sill above my workbench as a curio.

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My I-don't-know-what-it-is-do-you? A bridge detector, which was given to me when I was doing a lot of radio work by an older retired gent. It's a beautiful old piece of gear, which again I keep as a curio from a bygone era. I have no idea however what it was used for, or even how it was used. The manufacturer's name does make me chuckle from time to time.

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I hope that satisfies your voyeuristic predilections Doug.

Thanks for posting those. I missed quite a lot due to my tablet disconnecting / resetting and gave up before the end. Will try to use a different device next week.

Wow, it's Friday, sorry this is a late reminder


Reminder for the Friday prattle and a call out to anyone with time to join in, funny how last weeks quote still fits this weeks topic


This weeks topic is following the theme: If a tool broke or was lost, what tool would you replace immediately and without thought ... work for money tools exluded.

As always it is great to catch up regardless.

Friday: Time: 12:00 - 12:40 AEST - or better Midday on the east coast, 11:30AM SA/NT, 10AM in WA, 2AM UTC and 9PM US Central (i think)
Yep that's lunchtime for some of us so bring a coffee and donut.


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Cheers
Phil

Originally Posted by LanceC

My I-don't-know-what-it-is-do-you? A bridge detector, which was given to me when I was doing a lot of radio work by an older retired gent. It's a beautiful old piece of gear, which again I keep as a curio from a bygone era. I have no idea however what it was used for, or even how it was used. The manufacturer's name does make me chuckle from time to time.

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Looks like some sort of frequency generator to provided a frequency sweep either across or to one arm of an AC bridge circuit. Bridge circuits were commonly used to determine an unknown electrical component using other know components and or frequencies. DC bridge circuits typically used resistors and meters as detectors. Mot AC bridge circuits had to be driven with known frequencies.

BTW Wayne Kerr are still in business Wayne Kerr Electronics | Home

8161 | Lindstrom 125 mm Diagonal Cutters | RS Components



THERE ARE DIVINE ! PS Phil our sun has some of these as well

Originally Posted by jools13

8161 | Lindstrom 125 mm Diagonal Cutters | RS Components



THERE ARE DIVINE ! PS Phil our sun has some of these as well

Yeah these are divine. mine are definitely showing the signs of age and use. I did clean these after the chat
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Mine are the 8160 model https://au.rs-online.com/web/p/cutters/0614766

Cheers
Phil
PS i've booked marked that link now

PPS... for really eye watering pricing, I mentioned a higher level range, it is the RX range... here is similar in the RX RX8162 | Lindstrom 147 mm Diagonal Cutters | RS Components

Wow, it's Friday tomorrow, the week has just passed us by


Reminder for the Friday prattle and a call out to anyone with time to join in.


This weeks topic is: Tell your special woodworking memory, funny, memorable, weird, idiotic or anything in between. I'm sure we will head off topic fast at some point

As always it is great to catch up regardless.

Friday: Time: 12:00 - 12:40 AEST - or better Midday on the east coast, 11:30AM SA/NT, 10AM in WA, 2AM UTC and 9PM US Central (i think)
Yep that's lunchtime for some of us so bring a coffee and donut.


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Well it was a good talk. Eight of us there today. Lots of talk about self glueing with super glue. And talk about old car problems.

I have yet to test the use of "Lance's Skin Glue" but I will make sure it is dewaxed shellac to avoid contamination.
Will report in due course!

Cheers
Yvan

Originally Posted by yvan

I have yet to test the use of "Lance's Skin Glue" but I will make sure it is dewaxed shellac to avoid contamination.
Will report in due course!

Ha! I can't find where I posted it on the forums, but the story can be found on my website at Plugging leaks (or how to stop blood going everywhere) – Lance's Workbench (conryclan.com)

I'm sure that not even Lance would recommend this a medically sound way to stop the bleeding

I mentioned in chat about Liquid Skin, it comes in two primary application methods, Spray on and brush on. Only recommended for small cuts, scraps etc, I used it a lot tenpin bowling to cover broken blisters.
Here is the Elastoplast version First Aid Spray Plaster Waterproof and Transparent Shield| Elastoplast.
One thing i remember was that it really stings...

Wow, it's Friday tomorrow, the week has just passed us by .... again


Reminder for the Friday prattle and a call out to anyone with time to join in.


This weeks topic is: Unusual repairs or quick solutions made from wood, likely intended to be temporary.

As always it is great to catch up regardless.

Friday: Time: 12:00 - 12:40 AEST - or better Midday on the east coast, 11:30AM SA/NT, 10AM in WA, 2AM UTC and 9PM US Central (i think)
Yep that's lunchtime for some of us so bring a coffee and donut.


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Meeting ID: 789 4886 9892
Passcode: 123

Cheers
Phil