[TheForge] OT: this is driving me crazy...

[Andrew Vida]

Wow... that actually shined my day up.

Thanks.

On 11/11/2012 2:08 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:
>
> Wikipedia says [1] they built a lot of full-scale wood&  fiberglass
> models for non-flying planes.  The real ones, airwothy or not, were
> assembled from museums and collectors all over Britain (and Canada).
> I doubt they blew any of them up.
>
> And don't forget that in 1969 -- 43 years ago -- there were a lot of
> WW II vets who remembered every detail of their war years.  I was
> working for one who served as an aircraft mech in the pacific fleet.
>
> ObSmithing:
>
> One more metal bit to my carpentry project: A door latch that dogs the
> cellar door top&  bottom to replace an assortment of crappy doo-dads
> nailed on by klutzes over the last 100 years . The shaft turns in a
> double ball bearing sawn out of a part for some kind of gym/exercise
> machine. [2] (I was given a self-storage-unit-full of parts left over
> from a failed repair biz for such machines.) The rest is jr. high
> metal-shop except with a nice European-style forged handle suitable
> for use with mittens on.
>
>
> - Mike
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain_(film)
>
> [2] Never throw anything away, eh?
>