Random Pictures & Videos

[OnAir]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjukdH3-PdQ

[Barrykearley]

I've just been sick

[Laura]

https://youtu.be/HBmPFlKhjjM

[pete]

don`t try this at home

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/6623922/Total-idiot-pierces-his-ear-with-a-nail-gun.html#ooid=t2NmxkdzqtubnO8v9LXJjRe8ZSN_NOm2

[Bibs]

He's got a good point

 

[Al]

Some interesting cold war info here about an undercover drillship that was used to try and steal a Russian submarine under the Russians noses.  Even in the drillship world we had only heard bits of this story over the years.  I hadn't known they only brought up the useless bit of the sub.  For all we know I guess maybe they had more but didn't say?

[Arregueti]

^ Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[Al]

Okay so here is a drone video of my ship taken on Friday as we are sitting at anchor in Las Palmas, Gran Canarias.  First time I had seen one in the flesh and very impressed as well considering the breeze that was blowing.

 

If you want to see how we were built then watch here.  

 

Okay, well that maybe wasn't the full thing but how cool is it to have a proper Lego model of your own ship in a Lego box?  A bit like Gordon Masson getting a Corgi model of his S1 Esprit.  We all got one a couple of years back and mine sadly is still sealed in it's box.  There is actually a black market for them on Flea Bay. Must find the time to build it or wait for a grandchild I guess to be allowed an excuse.

 

The real shipyard build video is here

[Bibs]

Batdad...

 

[Barrykearley]

[mayevora]

Anybody know anything about Rebranding?

[Bibs]

[Bibs]

[Bibs]

Clever stuff! 

[Bibs]

[DaveC72]

 

 

Edited September 23, 2015 by DaveC72

[100th_Idiot]

[Bibs]

London, back in the day...

[DaveC72]

[Barrykearley]

[pete]

always use a guard on your angle grinder

Edited September 27, 2015 by pete

[Al]

Not you I hope?  Any grinder or buffer should always be used with a guard he says stating the bleeding (no pun intended) obvious after the photo. 

In the offshore world we aren't allowed to remove them and any operator of ANY grinder, be it bench or portable has to be trained in the Abrasive Wheels Regs and refresher trained every 3 years.  This just to use them and to be able to change discs, cutters, flappers etc, read the disk types and limitations etc. etc.  Far too many people end up like the photo otherwise.  The horror stories are frequently promulgated.  Discs shattering not even through abuse are all too frequent.  Anybody caught using one without safety glasses AND a face shield or goggles is in deep shit. 

[mayevora]

[mayevora]

This has been making the local news. These road signs in Dartmouth in Devon just happen to cast an unusual shadow at a certain time of day.

The junction concerned is called Dead Mans Cross.

 

[mayevora]

Another angle