Giles' misc. Work bench.
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Ian@StEnochs
Western Thunderer
Excellent work Giles, but unfortunately the rapid oscillation of the load spoils the effect. The pendulums effect, the shorter it is the faster it swings. However we all know one cannot scale everything down so this is not a criticism of your work.
Giles
Western Thunderer
I've not tuned the transmitter to slow/soft-start the inputs or limit speeds yet, as I still have balancing work to so on the crane, and I need to replace the hook, which needs to be a bit heavier to draw the lines down better. Tuning will mitigate this problem somewhat, though not cure it entirely of course. I also have glazing and weathering to do!
Hopefully in a few days we will get the final effect!
Debs.
Western Thunderer
I remember having to learn that some old hands call them Brothers, rather than Bridles; as a woman, it's sometimes tricky not to get caught out when sent to retrieve something unfamiliar for the first time, especially when noun usage is local, or colloquial.That could be avoided (or minimised) by slinging as below, where H should be as big as possible
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My hubby always used "Brothers", he said because he'd worked in REME (tank recovery) and subsequently on heavy haulage.....where they often used colourful language, of an entirely different kind!
Osgood
Western Thunderer
Those REME folk (and the rest of the Army) do have a strange language.
I was out on a Scammell adventure with an ex REME friend in his low loader.
Chatting away he fessed up to having done something stupid so I called him a muppet.
At which point he went ballistic, shouting at me never to call him a muppet again.
Then when he'd calmed down he asked if I knew what a muppet was.
I said Doh, yes it was a furry comic puppet creature.
He said Doh, No- it was the oily rag they shove down a gun barrel to clean it - "and don't call me that again".
Well I mean come on, how the heck was I supposed to know?
I was out on a Scammell adventure with an ex REME friend in his low loader.
Chatting away he fessed up to having done something stupid so I called him a muppet.
At which point he went ballistic, shouting at me never to call him a muppet again.
Then when he'd calmed down he asked if I knew what a muppet was.
I said Doh, yes it was a furry comic puppet creature.
He said Doh, No- it was the oily rag they shove down a gun barrel to clean it - "and don't call me that again".
Well I mean come on, how the heck was I supposed to know?
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Giles
Western Thunderer
If I recall, I think Brothers were specifically chain bridles, rather than wire rope. From time to time we used to use wire rope bridles for suspension rather than haulage in order to increase the effective span of light weight sections. We rarely used chains (except for motorised chain hoists) in fly towers.
Debs.
Western Thunderer
Yes, I was thinking specifically of the chain pairing type, Giles.
Hubby's sets often seemed to have a disproportionately larger, forged '0' joining loop than the chain Brother's arms would need; he once told me it was just an excuse to use a larger crane!
