Stanleysteamer said:
I know a similar story, told to me by a Scots friend from the Gorbals. He spent some time driving an engineer around who had lost his licence through the drink. He fixed turbines. The sort that ventilate factories. He said blokey would go into a factory, ask them to switch it on, watch it for a few seconds then say, "Take the covers off and get me a ladder" then they'd go to the pub till that was done. Once they got back to it, he'd ask for it to be switched on again, watch it again, get it switched off, climb up the ladder turn it round until he got to the problematic blade, size it up then give it a big whack with a lump hammer. Then off the ladder, switched on problem solved. Back in those days he'd charge a thou or so for that. The customers would say, "But, but, but all you did was hit it with a hammer!" to which he said "Ah, but it is knowing which blade to hit, where and how hard. would you rather pay two or three times that for a new blade?"

I may have got the money bits wrong this was over 40 years ago!
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Luv this sort of stuff. :) :)
 
DanClarke said:
Glue/sew it (if its double thickness) and heat a nail/rod of the rivets size red-hot and melt a hole through; then rivet. :D
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Bliidy ManoMano not recognising my password and keep saying they've sent a new one when they haven't! :mad::mad::mad:

As for making clean holes, your method is just wjhat I said to W would prolly work. so thnaks for confirming this!
All I have to do now is find a supplier who isn't out of stock (M. Bricolage) or wants an arm ana leg for em!
 
Fkn builders merchants delivered 4 pallets of blocks (not on pallets) I left 4 pallets out so they could sit them on & I could
move them with the machine now the donkey driver has sat them on the ground & put 4 tonne bags of sand with lifting
handles on the pallets wtf goes on inside peoples heads. :mad: :mad: Now I will need to hand ball them as I dont want to break
the blocks by sliding the forks under them.
 
Stanleysteamer said:
Hi all!
Massive thunderstorm last night so underwater reservoir nicely topped up and brigth sunny today!
Now researching op rivets with big flanges, can't remember what they are called, "top hat?" or summit? and also how to lceanly make small holes in nylon webbing.

Have fun all!
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Depending how big a hole, use heat, soldering iron to poke a hole, it won't fray s'fast then ...
 
Just to let you lot know Dave Landy achieve his weight loss goal. Well done Dave you are an inspiration to me as a fellow lesbian cartoonist.
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Dippypud said:
Depending how big a hole, use heat, soldering iron to poke a hole, it won't fray s'fast then ...
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That's exactly what I said to W and has now been confirmed by both of you, and yes, even though in Frogland I do have a cheap soldering iron with two sizes of tip.

All I need to do now is to find some flipping company to send me some wide flanged pop rivets!!

Thanks!:):):)
 
kevstar said:
Fkn builders merchants delivered 4 pallets of blocks (not on pallets) I left 4 pallets out so they could sit them on & I could
move them with the machine now the donkey driver has sat them on the ground & put 4 tonne bags of sand with lifting
handles on the pallets wtf goes on inside peoples heads. :mad: :mad: Now I will need to hand ball them as I dont want to break
the blocks by sliding the forks under them.
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My you'll be fit when you have finished that!
Maybe a big sign saying "put the blocks on these, please!" on each pallet? They is a bit dense!
Don't unnerstand why they didn't leave the blocks on their pallets. How on earth else did they deliver em, have they got some fancy grabby thing?
Mad!
 
kevstar said:
Fkn builders merchants delivered 4 pallets of blocks (not on pallets) I left 4 pallets out so they could sit them on & I could
move them with the machine now the donkey driver has sat them on the ground & put 4 tonne bags of sand with lifting
handles on the pallets wtf goes on inside peoples heads. :mad: :mad: Now I will need to hand ball them as I dont want to break
the blocks by sliding the forks under them.
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That's why he's a delivery boy no brains 😡😡
 
Stanleysteamer said:
My you'll be fit when you have finished that!
Maybe a big sign saying "put the blocks on these, please!" on each pallet? They is a bit dense!
Don't unnerstand why they didn't leave the blocks on their pallets. How on earth else did they deliver em, have they got some fancy grabby thing?
Mad!
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Pallet cost bucks year's ago you had to pay a deposit and take them back for a refund
 
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