[BITList] Ta ta to the past!

[Malcolm]

John,

 

Are you really that old or was that a typing error.

 

Malcolm.

 

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[mailto:bitlist-bounces at lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com] On Behalf Of John
Feltham
Sent: 25 January 2012 12:51
To: BitList
Subject: Re: [BITList] Ta ta to the past!

 

G'day Hugh,

 

On 25/01/2012, at 5:36 PM, HUGH wrote:





When I was still an apprentice fitter in Kincaids, we had the usual air
turbine driven "hand" drills, big to small - my pal and I could drill oval
holes with them.  I fell asleep on nightshift holding the biggest of them up
while lying on a beam overhanging a drop of about 40 feet. Charlie Thomson,
the journeyman, wasn't in the least put out. And there was one strange air
machine, rather ancient looking, that operated via pistons and a crankshaft.
It did the job.

 

The RAF had some air-driven hand drills. Useful when used in or near
aircraft.

 

We used to stick one in a vice and use them as an air powered wood lathe.

 

I made a hard wood gear lever knob for one of Mike's Volkswagens back in the
1060s.

 

 

ooroo

 

 

 

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