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One of my many tasks today - fill in a tiny recess in each of 13 components with red paint...
I knew I took A' Level Art for a reason.
www.bpe-cncprecision.co.uk Breckland Precision Engineering is a professional CNC Machining company with over 20 years’ experience in manufacturing and subcontract engineering in the small components industry.
Telephone: 01953 885 363
Email: info@bpe-cncprecision.co.uk
Address:
Unit 9-10
Coughtrey Industrial Estate
Griston
Thetford
Norfolk
IP25 6QB
Today, I got to play with the big boys in the workshop...
Assembly was quiet, and as they were a man down in the main workshop, I offered to fill in. After a quick tutorial on the Super-Duper Giant CNC machines, ("Pushing Buttons for Dummies") I got my badge of office, (a piece of pink rag tucked into my trousers) a tray of components to play with, and I was all set...
....for the most boring, hot and uncomfortable morning ever!
The boys kept a close eye on me though, to ensure I didn't make any mistakes. ;-)
And yes, I do know that I have an arse the size of Brazil.
No sooner have I finished one batch of these little suckers, then it's time to start the NEXT batch! I even dream about them...
There are days when I never ever want to see another one as long as I live - and then there are days when I'm just grateful to be gainfully employed in these uncertain times...
This Chinese military model or PLA military model is provided by Chinafavorites.com.
The HQ-7 (HongQi-7, also known as FeiMeng-80 in its export form) is an all-weather short range air defence system developed by 2nd Aerospace Academy (now China Academy of Defence Technology). The missile was based on the French Crotale air defence missile technology and entered service in the late 1980s. The land-based version of the missile is currently serving with the PLA ground forces and PLA Air Force (PLAAF), while its shipborne version is being equipped by the PLA Navy (PLAN). The improved variant FM-90 for the export market was introduced in 1998. A further improved variant was introduced in 2006/07.
1:24 scale
Description of model:
Material:Zinc Alloy construction with small plastic parts;
pproximately 270mm in Length,
Hand-assembled from more than 160 separate parts
This precisionengineered model features from the turret and turns,
rotating wheels,
elevating missile,
Radar pivoting and door opening.
Hand-assembled and match all the details to original.
All details aimed to military weapon enthusiasts ,
collection expert,and the soldier who man it.
They're just the little latex finger cots I wear at work to protect delicate components from marking when I assemble them...
It was a busy day at work assembly-wise... So busy in fact, that I didn't have time to shoot any arty-farty stuff, just the things I was working on. These are known as 'Mickey Mice' for pretty obvious reasons...
Even then, it was a late night, and I didn't get a chance to upload these till today, so accept my apologies for a feeble and tardy Project 365 shot!
Oh - and yes, in an effort to jazz it up a bit, I pushed a couple of buttons in Picnik...
This Chinese military model or PLA military model is provided by Chinafavorites.com.
The HQ-7 (HongQi-7, also known as FeiMeng-80 in its export form) is an all-weather short range air defence system developed by 2nd Aerospace Academy (now China Academy of Defence Technology). The missile was based on the French Crotale air defence missile technology and entered service in the late 1980s. The land-based version of the missile is currently serving with the PLA ground forces and PLA Air Force (PLAAF), while its shipborne version is being equipped by the PLA Navy (PLAN). The improved variant FM-90 for the export market was introduced in 1998. A further improved variant was introduced in 2006/07.
1:24 scale
Description of model:
Material:Zinc Alloy construction with small plastic parts;
pproximately 270mm in Length,
Hand-assembled from more than 160 separate parts
This precisionengineered model features from the turret and turns,
rotating wheels,
elevating missile,
Radar pivoting and door opening.
Hand-assembled and match all the details to original.
All details aimed to military weapon enthusiasts ,
collection expert,and the soldier who man it.
I discovered this on a desk at work this afternoon...
A client needs a job done on the business end of this wiring loom, but never mind that. I just thought "Ooh - pretty colours!", and snuck it into my bag to bring home to photograph...
It's that time again...
Our company's financial year ends on April 30th, and what with one thing and another, we're a bit behind with the annual stocktake. As head of the assembly department (Ie I'm the only person in there!) I'm responsible for counting every single component and armed only with a calculator and pencil, have spent today working my way through all my stock boxes.
Exciting stuff, being in precision engineering.... ;-)
Still short on inspiration - it's been yet another doozy of a day...
Stayed on late tonight, bribed by the promise of Chinese for dinner, and whilst waiting for my colleague/lodger to finish up, shot this through the window of a CNC machine that was left to run overnight.
That dark gold spray is just cutting fluid, honest!
Isn't it strange that one word can mean two completely opposite things? My job this afternoon was definitely NOT the most riveting task in the world...
...although it WAS - if you see what I mean. It was so tedious that I almost fell asleep whilst riveting components together, and it was only the noise of the rivet gun that kept me awake!
Okay - so maybe not infinity, but this threaded bar seems to stretch on for miles...
Having had to work late, I was short on time and inspiration to shoot something for my 365, and wandered around the workshop peering through the viewfinder in search of something that would suffice. After banging my head on the stairs and walking into several large pieces of equipment, I gave up that idea and settled on this instead.
It's part of a vintage manual lathe which resides in amongst all the hi-tech machinery in our workshop. I have to say, it's far more photogenic that its younger relatives!
This is what I've been doing at work this afternoon, and the reason why I now look like Clarence, the cross-eyed lion...
These plastic components are the size of a pinhead with a hole down the middle. Yup - that's them - the white dots on the piece of wire. My task was to remove the surplus material using a scalpel whilst peering at said component through a binocular microscope.
Apart from crossed eyes, I now have the shakes and cramps in my hands from gripping the scalpel and wire! :-(
After everyone had left work today, I hung on for a few minutes to take photos without the customary sarky comments from the guys on the factory floor...
S'funny what you find lying around an engineering workshop...
It cracked me up when I saw what the guys implementing our new systems at work had done with the cleaning area in the workshop...
Not that I've ever been in one, but it reminded me of some kinky dungeon in a brothel for S/M practises!
This is how I spent my afternoon at work today...
Most of our equipment is state-of-the-art CNC machinery, but we still have some steam-powered lathes from the year dot. We're in the process of selling some of them, so if anyone wants a Schaublin watchmaking lathe, just drop me a line... ;-)