Baa Humbug

LOL Should have thought of that last night, but don't have dog. Suppose I could have done it myself? Love those GSDs, as well as bulldogs (the most gorgeous dogs).

And the same to you!

GeoffH (The Pirate) Norfolk - UK not VA

Strimmer? I've been using an angle grinder and planned to finish it in the lathe - is this wrong?

I've heard of turning turtle, but I don't think the same applies to turkey

Regards, Tony

Then cook in the hardening furnace (870°C, 3min per inch), but don't quench in molten salt!

Nick

Yuo just have to twist the tool to a very shallow angle: feather it, as it were.

The angle grinder should be reserved for taking the legs off.

Joules

Ah, I see. Would this explain why the bird is now only big enough to feed one and the cats are all happily licking the walls?

If I file a bit off and mix it with Araldite will that work to bulk it out again?

I would suggest brazing with a propane torch, using Spam as the filler.

Mark Rand RTFM

Hmmm...SPAM doesn't sound like a very useful filller to me - I keep chucking my SPAM in the bit bucket but it doesn't seem to get any fuller

Regards, Tony

A typo. He wanted to write SPAM filter,

Nick

In message , Tony Jeffree writes

OK - following a lead from this group regarding Turkey-working, I chopped it's legs off with a grinder, strimmed it, turned it in the four-jaw, stuffed it with epoxy, After partially cooking it in the muffle furnace I finished it off in the brazing hearth.....

Now - how do I kill it?

Merry Christmas all...

Back in the lathe, head pointing to the right. Loosen tailstock, put a live center*) in and slam the tailstock to the left.

Oh, and a peacefull Christmas to all!

Nick

Live as in 'alive or living' same pronunciation as the end of 'alive'

Alive is an adjective. 'having life' Live can be used as an adjective 'having life' and an intransitive verb 'being alive'. When live is used as the verb it is pronounced like 'give'. When it is used as an adjective it is pronounced like 'dive'.

A centre that rotates with the work (being alive) instead of being stationary (being dead). The live centre is at the headstock end and the dead centre is at the tailstock end. If you use a rotating centre at the tailstock end, then both centres are live :-)

Hope I didn't make things worse... My English grades were far worse than my maths and physics grades at school.

Mark Rand RTFM

Tin snips, or if your squeamish, cut off saw as the guard may hide the cut. Judging by previous comments the cut off saw will please the cats.

My mate like's cats, uses them for garden mulch, says they can be kept nice and tidy with a quick rake over every now and then to keep the fur straight. Make that 1002 uses of a dead cat.

Joules

Oh, I forgot the ":-)" :-)

Here is a supply (valid only in 2006, max. one per day!; Ask for

Nick

In article , Pat Martindale writes

Reminds me of a review I heard many years ago of a Hindemith opera called "Der Schwanendreher", The Swan Turner. The title refers to a kitchen servant employed to turn roasting swans on a spit, but the reviewer said something like "of course, anyone who has actually eaten swan could be forgiven for thinking he was employed to turn it on a lathe".

David

Reminds me of the recipe for cooking goose:

1. Fill a large pan with water.
2. Place the goose in the pan, along with a house brick, and seasoning to taste.
3. Boil until the brick is tender.
4. Discard the goose and eat the brick.

Regards, Tony

In article , Tony Jeffree writes

Trumped! LoL

Merry Christmas all.

David