Top of the list of jobs on Russell recently: make THING! Our Restoration Engineer David Pritchard (Daffy) has been working on machining the outsides of the bearings that enable the rods to turn. He explained that the THING! Is basically a piece of metal which enables him to get the bearings to sit in the rods correctly. The bearings are held in place by wedges, and the THING! helps Daffy to make the wedges at the right angle.
If you don’t believe that it really is called the THING! look here:
- http://whr.fotopic.net/p68087153.html
To see what it looks like, click here:
- http://whr.fotopic.net/p68087152.html
And to get an idea of why it’s needed, click here:
- http://whr.fotopic.net/p68087151.html
Daffy has been keeping some more late hours recently, working until 21:00 one evening. He’s also been working in the mess quite a lot sorting out drawings recently, though he also admitted that when he’s in there, his consumption of tea goes up!
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