Masonry Drills : was: Cement Fastening
It seems that all electric hand-drills now come with at least Hammer, Reverse, and stepped Variable speed - even the "budget specials". Sometimes overlooked is that, if you use tungsten carbide tipped lathe tools, you have a green wheel for sharpening them. Giving TC masonry bits the once-over - [offhand is fine here] on this wheel brings them back to better than new. I've also done this many times for non-livesteam friends who normally throw them away when blunt. Don Baker
sludge - again
Regarding my previous posting, Dave Cole has pointed out that netiquettly I should have contacted him - as List Owner - directly. One tends to forget about the ever-present List Mom keeping an eye on things from the background but, obviously, queries of this sort should go to the List Owner. My mail was not intended to suggest that the problem had arisen through the List, but to try to narrow down the source of the unwanted mail. The replies to my posting so far clearly show that the particular problem is not in any way related to this Group. I suppose that whenever one e-mails an organisation [or person], the sender's address ends up on some list, and is then vunerable for exploitation. Don
Sludge
Anybody else get a rather sad sludge posting from a hardcore porn site yesterday? I usually get 3 or 4 spam mails a day and have learnt to live with it, and have got used to hitting the Delete button, but this one was in a different category. This List is the only US-based list we're on at present and all my incoming spam clearly originates in the US. Enjoy your N.Hemisphere summer steam-ups! Don Baker South Africa
Vest Pocket Climax
Greetings all, Any comments on the VP Climax, as described in SitG recently?. Have there been a number built, and how do they perform? Up to expectations? I bought most of the castings and made a start, although the project has been on ice for a year or so now, but am thinking about getting going again. Also, any suggestions as to a source of appropriate caboose, flat car, or log car kits for the Climax? ( 32mm gauge in my case). Thanks Don Baker Natal, S.Africa
New member
Greetings to all, I seem to be migrating from 3-1/2 in scale [7-1/4 in gauge NG] in the direction of 16mmNG [32mm track], although still sitting on the fence right now. Have started a Vest Pocket Climax - anybody know Mel Ridley's e-mail address? - and have virtually the full set of lost wax castings. Boiler completed. Also have made a modest start on a Baldwin 4-6-2 South African Railways NG10 [2ft gauge]. Length 750mm! To be coal-fired, boiler in progress. No track yet but have completed 6 rolling stock items from kits - all Brit. NG. Thinking about a Roundhouse "Millie". Don Baker Howick, Natal South Africa
