tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367600670436634226.post1334229055542490959..comments2023-05-18T23:03:38.059-07:00Comments on Odd's Oracle: Bloopers anonymous...Oddshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15406048947308249483noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367600670436634226.post-55448167389969846042014-10-03T05:21:43.119-07:002014-10-03T05:21:43.119-07:00The main reason I wrote it was to show that nobody...The main reason I wrote it was to show that nobody gets away with a smooth run, whatever they might suggest.<br />Glad you liked the wee bits. I must build them into another boat someday.Oddshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406048947308249483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367600670436634226.post-50985072487330018802014-09-29T02:36:19.412-07:002014-09-29T02:36:19.412-07:00Reading that makes me feel better. Every job I do ...Reading that makes me feel better. Every job I do has a crisis point where I realise I have done something wrong and have to back track, usually not fatally, but sometimes...I don't throw things about the workshop so much these days, but then I don't build locos anymore :-) Those narrow boat bits look lovely.Iain Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633733907566547236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367600670436634226.post-262174554924209322014-09-27T05:55:43.041-07:002014-09-27T05:55:43.041-07:00Exactly, Paul. Isn't the problem with Hunslet...Exactly, Paul. Isn't the problem with Hunslets that they all seem to have slightly different chimneys?<br />I started my scratchbuilding on school lathes making 4mm chimneys and domes.<br />I gave a demo once at a show with my little Peatol lathe, doing the boiler fittings of a 7mm scale Drummond Bug and gave a guy and his daughter heart attacks when I stated using home made chisels and a few needle files as hand turning tools. He congratulated me then told me he'd been a centre lathe turner all his life! I was chuffed!Oddshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406048947308249483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367600670436634226.post-69531675856499152992014-09-27T05:03:00.993-07:002014-09-27T05:03:00.993-07:00On the corner of my workbench sits a bag containin...On the corner of my workbench sits a bag containing no less than 6 scrap OO9 Hunslet chimneys. Perhaps others would deem them usable but not me. We should never be afraid to throw away and start again.<br />The man who never made a mistake never learnt anything.Paul B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05278773151546187084noreply@blogger.com