John, a Slcomb drill is just a plain center drill / counter sink bit. The first ones were sold by the Slocomb firm....I think in Boston. It is along the lines where the British folks call all vacuum cleaners "hoovers." Or we Americans calling tissues "Kleenex." Just a brand name. Keith P.S. When LBSC refers to a "slot drill" he's talking about a two flute mill. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:sslivesteam- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 10:37 AM > To: sslivesteam@postfix.45mm.com > Subject: Re: [SSLiveSteam] DSP&P 191 Check Valve > > You are correct, check valve=clack valve. Part of the American/British > confusion from a common language, but different usage. When I finally was able to > afford a sports car I purchased an MG roadster, oh so many years ago. I > needed to find the battery, but the manual stated that the "accumulator" was > located on the "off side" under the "bonnet". Is the "off side" swapped around > when the steering wheel is moved over to the left side? > > I was lucky in that I had built a live steam locomotive from a series by > LBSC in "Model Engineer" and had learned that British usage does not interpret > to American. So knew I had to do a bit of head scratching. > > BTW, Just what in the heck is a "Slocume" or "Slocome" drill bit? LBSC kept > saying to use one, but never did find out just what he was specifying. > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest > products. > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://postfix.45mm.com/pipermail/sslivesteam/attachments/20071208/c407d1e8/ attac > hment.html > _______________________________________________ > SSLiveSteam mailing list > Send messages: SSLiveSteam@postfix.45mm.com > Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam > Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html
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