"The Inspector and the Bolts" sought

A cautionary tale indeed!

Still happens though, it never ceases to amaze me, the number of ISO this and that registered firms that just cannot get their act together on basic stuff like dimensioning a drawing so it is readable, and getting small details like threads correct.

We have seen huge contract folios with upwards of 100 pages of bumf, with about

Peter

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Well done Nick! Forty years I've been looking for that.

Now, if you can find me a copy of "The Power to Fly" by LJK Setright, I'd have no reason to visit Venice, my life then being complete ;o))

Regards,

Kim Siddorn

"Nick Highfield" wrote

I'm waiting for "Some Unusual Engines" by the same author to be republished. Last time I saw a second hand edition I really could not justify the asking price.

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Yours for £3.75

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$100 ? Ouch?

I'll wait awhile, they might re-publish it.

Regards,

Kim Siddorn

Yes, Chaters wanted £60 for 'Some Unusual Engines'. Always a good read is old Long John Kickstart. Enough technical detail to satisfy, but without delving into the yards of 'hard sums' which come free with pure text books.