Of Gingenuity and the renewal of the Brown Dustcoat

I'm not sure the public should know what your "little fella" is up to.

 

Great stuff.

 

I have to say that I'd probably have done the "holding one end and rotating"
bit using the jaws of the keyless chuck in my cordless drill.

 

Hmm. Must admit that didn't occur at the time - it seemed easy to just
hold it betwixt finger and thumb and rotate it in a rubbing motion. It
didn't take long, as the wall thickness of the rollpin is no more than
2mm and the taper about 5mm.

Anyway, the rebuilt bar stool is now in the shed, all clamped up with
the glue drying. Having found the easy way to remove the damned pins, I
dismantled the legs and interstitial bars while I was at it: they dried
overnight and now don't wobble any more.

Now I can get on with the side order of half-a-dozen replica spindles
for our dear landlord, the production of which was significant in
gaining permission to erect the workshed in the first place. These will
be much more fun to do, as they have a real 'artistic' and much more
flowing grace to the design of them, appearing to be somewhat less mass-
produced as well as much older.

Satisfyingly, I can turn down the broken spindles from the pub furniture
to make the lighter chair spindles. Not only recycling and using well-
seasoned, dry wood, but taking an old turning back to a cylinder from
which to start is much quicker.

 

You know you're going to have to find room for the word "bodger" in your
sig, don't you?

 

I'm not unfamiliar with the term. I know High Wycombe quite well, you
know.

 

It's been on some of the torrents sites since the 14th.


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Nice.

/mentally noted.

/proffers respect

 

Why do I have an image of

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_English

When you mention dustcoat ?

Paul.

 

I see Ronnie "Arkwright" Barker.

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May I suggest that if you ever find yourself in a rocket equipped with
wooden barstools that you make your excuses and pop out to the loo just
before take off and make a run for it?

 

'Ere! I could take exception to that, you know. To start with, the
repaired barstools are now so strong that they'd easily take 8 or 9G, so
they'd be safe to strap to for takeoff. The most important safety
feature, of course, is that they're now way too heavy to allow takeoff
in the first place.

Finally - they've got history, these barstools. They've successfully
supported many a man on a mission, I'll have you know. Me, for one,
most Tuesday nights when I'm supposed to be playing pool (rather than
drinking it).

 

Hmm, I've sat on a wooden barstool sipping cider with rocket fuel like
qualities a few times. Certainly resulted in making a run for the loo.


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Not long after I moved to North Devon, I found a nice country pub with
very comfortable barstools, one of which I adopted whilst sampling the
new delights of Tanglefoot Ale. Halfway down the third pint, the
Urinary Imperative eventually sounded and at that point I found that the
beer certainly deserved its name.

The locals seriously considered calling the Fire Brigade to free me from
the subtle but insistent grasp of the barstool, as our legs had become
almost inextricably entwined.

You know how, when laughing particularly hard, you have to remind the
urinary sphincter of its primary function? I was silently screaming at
mine to give me another two minutes. The barstool relented once it
became obvious it had gained a pinfall and I gained the sanctity of the
porcelain not a moment too soon. Good job it didn't hang on for a
submission.