Jesus, you lot go to bed early...

[Apache]

Not like the old days...

[BioHazard]

They are wimps.......... then again so am i on 6-2

[Apache]

Ooooh 6-2...

Done a very few of them, but aren't they the best?!

[BioHazard]

Ooooh 6-2...

Done a very few of them, but aren't they the best?!

i like 10 -6 as no management and the factory is at it's coolest ......some of the injection moulding machines that we work with are running barrel temps of 320 degrees c

[Apache]

I guess its depends on what you're doing.

If I get in at 6, no-one is about, just me, til 8:30. I can start a test running then stand and watch the sunrise (though not this time of year), and then I can be home and have best part of a day to do my stuff.

[surf-wejd]

well im normaly up till 2/3 but i dont have to b at work till 10/11, whenever i get up and drive the 2 miles realy, its a hard life.

[Apache]

You have a similar commute to me. Tough life innit?

When you doin the blues fest? We're going on Saturday.

[BioHazard]

Hey andy how about testing this..........................



Home-made submarine
A Chinese labourer with only a basic school education has made a submarine at home.

Tao Xiangli made the 1.6 tonnes submarine mostly from metal barrels and improvised parts by hand, reports Zhong'an Online.
"Metal barrels are possibly the best material for me because of their low cost," said Tao, a migrant worker in Beijing.
The 20ft submarine is cramped inside with room for only one person but it features pressure metres, monitoring cameras, a TV set, oxygen supply and headlights.
"Although the equipment is simple, it's enough for a basic submarine, and more importantly, it enables the passenger to see things clearly underwater," said Tao.
It took Tao more than a year of research and experiments, but he says the most difficult challenge he faced was not a lack of knowledge, but of funds.
"The devices for submarines are all expensive, so because I couldn't afford them I found a lot of inexpensive replacements," he said.
Tao said the basic submarine cost him £2,200, the equivalent of a year's pay.
Tao is now in the final phase of debugging the submarine and hopes it will make its maiden voyage within the next week in Beijing. He says it can dive to a maximum depth of 10 meters, and should be quite safe.
Although he has only an elementary school education, Tao owns 17 patents, including a head massager, a washing machine and a shoe polisher.

[surf-wejd]

might pop down later 2day, it now being friday now. will probily go down saterday but not sure yet. if i do go on sat i will give you a ring, i think i have your number.
for some reason i thought you worked miles away.

[KERRSURF]

Tao Xiangli sounds like my kinda bloke, ####ing good on him.

[Apache]

Ian - Mr Chinese man will drown. Nutter!

Mr Wejd, I've never lived more than 3 miles from any job I've done. Where'd you get a name like Wejd anyway??

[surf-wejd]

WEJD = William Edward James Downs, just my initials.
you must be at qkinetikkkqqq or whatever they know call it.

[Apache]

Andrew Paul Arthur Carl Harold Edwards. Just my initials too. For some reason, the guys on here seem to think I had something to do with a famous helicopter at some time.

[MattF]

Metal barrels are a good bit of kit for the job. If I remember correctly, that is akin to the inner hull design used on modern subs. The ridges apparently make the compression resistance of the metal far greater than flat sheet. Obviously needs an outer skin/hull though.

[BioHazard]

Metal barels are a good bit of kit for the job. If I remember correctly, that is akin to the inner hull design used on modern subs. The ridges apparently make the compression resistance of the metal far greater than flat sheet. Obviously needs an outer skin/hull though.

Ah a volenteer test pilot