Does anyone else hate it when this happens?
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Does anyone else hate it when this happens?
You have a good running day, 4 or 5 trains out and about with a nice variety of rolling stock.
Then you pack everything away and at the last second, you notice this:
I'll be getting everything out again this evening and looking for the missing nut / bolt!
Then you pack everything away and at the last second, you notice this:
I'll be getting everything out again this evening and looking for the missing nut / bolt!
Garden railways don't run on steam or electric rather wine and Jedi master level patience
Well it's clean so probably not off a steam loco.
Looks like a nut for securing a buffer.
There is an old trick in the motor trade that used to get played a lot.
When someone had a gearbox or engine stripped and laid out neatly on a bench some rotter would add a couple of odd fastings or parts to the arrangement when the chap doing the job wasn't looking.
Watching someone stand there with a really confused look on their face with parts left over and no place to put them was priceless.
You could play a similar trick at a steam up by strategically leaving odd bits about. If you were feeling evil that is.
Looks like a nut for securing a buffer.
There is an old trick in the motor trade that used to get played a lot.
When someone had a gearbox or engine stripped and laid out neatly on a bench some rotter would add a couple of odd fastings or parts to the arrangement when the chap doing the job wasn't looking.
Watching someone stand there with a really confused look on their face with parts left over and no place to put them was priceless.
You could play a similar trick at a steam up by strategically leaving odd bits about. If you were feeling evil that is.
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Yeah, more than likely some incidental fitting that's about to drop off a wagon but as a lover or practical jokes....I thank you for a giggle and further inspiration!Big Jim:122929 wrote:Well it's clean so probably not off a steam loco.
Looks like a nut for securing a buffer.
There is an old trick in the motor trade that used to get played a lot.
When someone had a gearbox or engine stripped and laid out neatly on a bench some rotter would add a couple of odd fastings or parts to the arrangement when the chap doing the job wasn't looking.
Watching someone stand there with a really confused look on their face with parts left over and no place to put them was priceless.
You could play a similar trick at a steam up by strategically leaving odd bits about. If you were feeling evil that is.
Garden railways don't run on steam or electric rather wine and Jedi master level patience
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James from Devon:123120 wrote:That's a genius idea!Killian Keane:123086 wrote:To avoid loosing nuts and bolts entirely, why not make a wagon fitted up with magnets, so as to collect up ferrous metal fixings? ;)
thanks James! Of coures, it also means you'll be picking up nuts and bolts from other peoples rolling stock also, but better than fixings getting lost altogether!
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If you have a canal boat, you will know of something called a Sea Searcher Magnet which will pick up VERY heavy weights. Mind you, you'll need a well wagon to carry it........... https://marinestore.co.uk/Sea_Searcher_ ... agnet.html
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