Moments of joy in your day today

[Graham Butcher]

1 minute ago, Breezy_Pete said:

I feel mildly offended that I've got to 56 without ever being asked to do jury duty. 

Do they think I'm unfit for it mentally or something? 

Don't know why you should feel that, I'm 74 and have never been asked either.😀

[SteveTheElder]

39 minutes ago, Breezy_Pete said:

I feel mildly offended that I've got to 56 without ever being asked to do jury duty. 

Do they think I'm unfit for it mentally or something? 

Likewise (though I’ve got nine years on you!).

But, now I’m retired I’d quite happily not be called 😉

[Gaz]

3 hours ago, Breezy_Pete said:

I feel mildly offended that I've got to 56 without ever being asked to do jury duty. 

 

I've wondered what's wrong with them, as they clearly don't realise what they're missing out on with me.  I'd be like Henry Fonda or Tom 'You can't handle the truth' Cruise 👍👍

 

G

[mac11irl]

its my 3rd time being called, and hopefully my 3rd time dodging it.

i knew it was either something really important or utter ****e, when my mother gave me the envelope today. it went to her house, where i havnt lived for 13yrs...

they use the voting register.. i cant forgetting to get that updated. remember every time a ballot paper is sent out and you cant update that database until after a vote is completed, but also not within 90days of a vote (i think) so it just gets back burnered everytime

 

[Cakemonster]

Just saved £21/month on my mobile phone bill, same provider, same data calls and texts etc.

 

Actually, I'm also slightly annoyed that they could've done it, but it took a call from me to get it...

[mac11irl]

trying our hands (no pun intended) at horology today and tomorrow for daily fun time with spud sr.

it was my grandmothers, been stopped for years Sr found it while exploring my grannies house one day with my mother. he took a liking tonit, and was told he could bring it home..

made me ring a few watch/clock repairers and they all said the same thing - theyre eithr too busy or it wasnt going to be worth the cost of repair.

 

so, today, he decided we could at least try...

we opened it up, had a rummage and im pretty sure i found the problem and have a fix for it. just couldnt put my hand on the right tool to try it out. so will give it a go tomorrow and update.

im confident i can get it going again. and im hoping the examination and problem solving skills will sink in with sr so he gets some of the good paternal genes

 

 

this after a week where hes been to the circus with beavers and done 5 performances of their school show in the same genuine circus big top tent. i dont know how the principal managed to convince them to let the school use it, but it was fantastic. Fossetts Circus since 1888, celebrating 135years performing in Ireland!

[mac11irl]

okay, so... after dinner, spud sr had "Beavers awards night", he and some others got their attendance medal, as he only joined in November so missed alot of the stuff to work towards for the awards.

followed by still having some time before bed, and having got the tool i needed, aka my swiss army knife...

 

Suck it Clock repairers.

 

see if its still going in the morning, but after figuring out how get the balance spring out, un tangled, and reseated properly, it appears to be working!

 

im applying for a job at Rolex on Monday

 

 

 

[Warrior193]

On 25/05/2023 at 18:25, Breezy_Pete said:

I was chatting to a neighbour who's always making stuff with wood, and he pointed out that you can get kits on ebay specifically for this bench job.

I found one with a dozen slats of the right dims in Sapele (didn't/don't know much about that) at a slightly gasp-inducing £108 delivered. 

Sent him the link to see what he thought. 5 mins later he sent me a link to 16 bits of similar dims for £70 delivered. 

Looks lovely with a bit of Danish oil, we think.

From my long ago boat building days, Sapele is a hardwood similar to Mahogany.

[@Lee]

Getting home at 12:30am after the BAlls up from hell. More than 24 hours after I was due to be home but home at last.

[Breezy_Pete]

7 hours ago, Warrior193 said:

From my long ago boat building days

@Noah ? 😎

[Warrior193]

6 hours ago, Breezy_Pete said:

@Noah ? 😎

Pah! he was just a youngster then.

[ColinD]

From yesterday… parked up and went for a bike ride. A ways into it, my internal gps began to flag warnings. 
 

I was going further out than I should. 
 

yep I picked the wrong route in the app, a 90km version of the 50km i wanted, and the car park I was in, locked at 18:00. 
 

bit of recalculation, snack bars done. Head down. Got back with 30mins to spare. Ended up just over 60km in 2:30; mostly flat . That will do me. 

Sunday I might return and do the alt 90 route without the time panic induced exertions, and park somewhere else.

 

 

[mac11irl]

i may have to apply at timex instead of rolex. it stopped after about 10mins last night so theres something else amiss aswell as the balance spring i think. 

or else i just need to put more tension in it. will try that later first and do a deeper dive

[Liger1956]

The mechanism may just be full of dried lubricant. Can you give a good sousing with a solvent e.g. IPA (not the beer) or paraffin and then use some very thin oil to relubricate it?

[mac11irl]

will investigate after tea, when we get to go round 2...

[@Lee]

As above and a watchmaker I took an old clock to here said to use sewing machine oil if that's any help.

This is what I use. As you can see it's got a very fine needle as well so you can get to the tiny movements and you only need a tiny amount.

You might be able to find it cheaper.

https://www.etsy.com/ie/listing/1271704421/prym-pen-with-fine-oil-12ml?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=oil+prym&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&organic_search_click=1 

Edited 27 May, 2023 by @Lee

[mac11irl]

haha!!!

 

gotcha, ya *****!

i reckon i had 3 more failed attempts before it was gonna ring itself clean on the splines 🙄

 

i put so much shock and unlock into it from the open end i only stopped when my finger tip was getting numb from the splash back

 

[ColinD]

On 25/05/2023 at 18:25, Breezy_Pete said:

I was chatting to a neighbour who's always making stuff with wood, and he pointed out that you can get kits on ebay specifically for this bench job.

I found one with a dozen slats of the right dims in Sapele (didn't/don't know much about that) at a slightly gasp-inducing £108 delivered. 

Sent him the link to see what he thought. 5 mins later he sent me a link to 16 bits of similar dims for £70 delivered. 

Looks lovely with a bit of Danish oil, we think.

@Breezy_Pete got a link? We have a few old cast ends that need some love. Cheers.

[Breezy_Pete]

Will dig out later for you. 

[Breezy_Pete]

PM'ing a link to you @ColinD. It's the same seller, same kind of deal. 

[mac11irl]

matt black, not shiny bits...

all put back together.

 

get out for a test pedal on Wednesday maybe... or def thursday

[mac11irl]

shake down was successful ish...

 

 

didnt have enough brace pills today for the below...

 

 so i amde my way down taking it handy.

 

 

 

the ish in the success was realising that ive managed to **** up my gearing trying to fine tune / compensate for im guessing some over winter cable stretch adjusting the shift tensioner - i did the entire 14k cross country with only 2nd to 8th gears out of 12, including a couple of spots with 15-20% gradients.. im gonna feel it in the morning! I'll get it on the workstand tomorrow and do a full reset and adjustment.

[Gaz]

8 hours ago, mac11irl said:

.... ive managed to **** up my gearing trying to fine tune / compensate for im guessing some over winter cable stretch adjusting the shift tensioner - i did the entire 14k cross country with only 2nd to 8th gears out of 12.....

 

It's funny, I can strip a car engine and build it back up, but there's something about a bike derailleur that my brain just won't compute, try as I might.  Pulling the cable through and/or bending things is usually my limit before it goes to someone else to fix

 

Pretty crank arms 😎👍

 

Gaz 

[ColinD]

Similar... I struggled like hell to get a new bike to take bottom or top, always one or the other, never both. I'm an engineer I can read a manual, twist a screw and nope, nada. Eventually took it to my local bike shop for a service/chain and a bit of a I give up moment... 20seconds... your rear hanger, it's bent, so derailleur is twisted to gears... well it's been like that since it came out of the box, guess it got a smack in the couriers van.  So that was a moment of joy a few months back

[Breezy_Pete]

Taking my last pills of last chemo cycle this morning.