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I made a thing! / Re: Making a turntable

« Last post by Maker of Things on October 14, 2013, 06:23:59 PM »

That certainly doesn't look very piddly!

So, um, how light is a light railway?

2 foot gauge.
Official WLLR website.
Bootleg WLLR website.

Photo of Arch on Montalban when she was firing at the summer gala.

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I made a thing! / Re: Making a turntable

« Last post by nikki on October 13, 2013, 11:09:10 PM »

That certainly doesn't look very piddly!

So, um, how light is a light railway?

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I made a thing! / Making a turntable and other work at WLLR

« Last post by Maker of Things on October 13, 2013, 08:43:38 PM »

I am making a turntable.

Not some piddly thing for playing 70's vinyl through an 5W per channel amp but something a little bigger for the West Lancs Light Railway.

I have currently only got as far as cleaning up some bits of RSJ sourced from a sewage works.

This project could take a little time though working only the occasional Thursday night as a volunteer.

Someone else has been making the hole in the ground the turntable will go into.

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General Chat / Re: Tea? Coffee? Cake?

« Last post by Arch on October 13, 2013, 07:58:30 PM »

Generally, it's tea for me, white, no sugar.

Cake? Why, yes please!

My Mum likes Choco Liebnitz. She's a bit more restrained than I am, so she can do this wierd thing where she only eats one at a time. She can eat less than a whole tube of Pringles too. Bonkers!

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General Chat / Re: Tea? Coffee? Cake?

« Last post by nikki on October 13, 2013, 06:54:56 PM »

In fizzPOP v1.0 days Choco Leibniz^[1] and chips became somewhat canonical. At the recent Maker Nights at The Public I took it upon myself to ensure there was a ready supply of Jaffa Cakes.

Not so good for the diabetic makers amongst us 

We'll need an alternative (or perhaps an addition) next time around, methinks...



[1] More chocolate than biscuit

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Forum requests / Re: Could we have a section for non-tech stuff?

« Last post by nikki on October 13, 2013, 06:47:27 PM »

Also, sorry for joining up and straightaway making demands!

Absolutely no problem at all. Good to see you and Maker of Things making yourselves at home


Okay... remembered a blog post I wrote a few years ago. Have replaced nouns with verbs. Let's see how/if that works!

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General Chat / Tea? Coffee? Cake?

« Last post by Maker of Things on October 13, 2013, 06:34:13 PM »

So, what would you like when you are making or fixing?

Me? A coffee (no milk) in the morning and then Decaff Earl Grey tea.  Cake is always welcome, especially home made.

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I made a thing! / Scrap made pedal powered smoothie maker

« Last post by Maker of Things on October 13, 2013, 06:30:59 PM »

Arch and were at St Nicholas Fields Apple Day yesterday making pedal powered smoothies with my scrap built smoothie maker.

Much fun was had by the visitors making their own smoothies and for the kids who couldn't reach the pedals I helped them hand crank.
I will fit a seat tube to the spine to add an extra saddle that kids can use as required, then see if they have the strength to pedal a smoothie!

Just as the day ended we noticed a 'misfire' in the blender and closer investigation showed that the rubber drive dog in the base of the jug had finally perished.  Maybe it isn't really up to the power a good cyclist can put through the drive wheel!   I will make a replacement in something a little stronger.

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I made a thing! / Re: I made a haircut!

« Last post by Arch on October 13, 2013, 06:14:49 PM »

It's fine! And so much nicer an experience than a 'real' hairdresser. More gentle for a start, and no forced conversation about holidays.

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Forum requests / Re: Could we have a section for non-tech stuff?

« Last post by Arch on October 13, 2013, 06:12:30 PM »

Brilliant, thanks. I quite agree about keeping a mix, I just wasn't sure if the sort of thing I do fitted in!

Also, sorry for joining up and straightaway making demands!