Only just seen this thread.

It’s actually old hat. The process is known as “Rapid prototyping” and yes it can be printed in layers or Lasered in a Gel. Two lasers solidify the Gel at their intersection. You (Yes you) can design something on a PC Catia program and have it made in a day or less. And it isn’t that expensive. Some ‘puter Gamers have themselves (There is a program which takes a 3D photo of your face) made into 12″ high “casts” in the uniform of their hero.
And the beauty of it is that it picks up every detail that has been drawn on the Catia. I have seen massive Aircraft structures (A Skinless Wing including all the Ribs, Trailing edge, leading edge!) produced at Desk size. When you look at them with a Mag. glass, the Bolt heads are there! Very delicate though, it’s for looking at and assisting the designers….nothing like a physical representation to finalise a design.
So, the technology “Must” be able to one day produce real parts.
Rest assured, metal bashers will be here for a few more years.

Also, look into the spraying of Carbon fibre tows. Instead of a sheet of Woven cloth, ot a UD tape, a certain car maker is working on (Or was, before the money ran out) spraying strands about 8″ long out of a rectangular nozzle. The effect is millions of threads all interleaved/inter-twined as per a Birds nest. Very VERY strong in certain circumstances. The advantage is the speed it puts the stuff down, 6 kg per minute….about 60 times faster than conventional methods of today.
Drawbacks. The finish, on BOTH sides is dire, and I mean dire. Also, the length of a Carbon Tow is critical to get the best possible strength to weight ratio, we need th etows to lie along (Or cross) the lines of most stress in a part. The crows nesting is no good for that. It will be OK for Mudguards and similar.

That’s it then. The Weapon beyond doubt, is Ego.

I win Lol!:D

Don’t know; either QI didn’t say or I don’t remember.

I like the sound of those ‘archery’ phrases…..but please explain? :confused:

Keep it under your hat.
Comes from keeping the spare twine under your hat to prevent it drying out. The heat and sweat etc.

Knocking on is the term used when putting the twine onto the Bow, the Bow has to be bent to get the 2nd loop on. It signified that the Archer was ready for work. Knocking off, reverse.

And, the metal tips on the end of a Long Bow were not to make it sharp as a weapon. Just protection. There is no way an Archer would risk damage to his Bow in that way, and he would never throw it as a spear (As was once thought).
Upshot. The last arrow of a competition (Tourney)
Bolt from the Blue – an arrow that kills a person in a Castle, that nobody saw it coming as it came from the Blue Sky. Also applied to lightning.

There are thousands of our wonderful expressions which have their roots in medieval warfare, or even modern warfare. And Victorian beliefs too, they left their mark.

Apparently the archers and the two-fingered-salute story isn’t true (according to QI)…..pity really because it sounds true! 😀

Missed that episode.
Where did the 2 fingered salute come from then?

As for Archery into the language, we have “Knocking on or off” for starting/stopping work. “Keep it under your hat” also. There were a few more, I’ve forgotten.

Totally agree all that. The “Fun” teachers from my school are the subjects most of the class both enjoyed and did well. Luckily it was rithmatic, History, physics and ingleesh langwidge!
These teachers loved their subjects and delivered it with boundless enthusiasm. Most teachers I know are not specialists anymore, jack of all trades etc. Which, just means they give a lesson with a little bit of enthusiasm.
Compare that to the History lesson I remember where “Blakey” described on the Blackboard (Maps/Arrows/Red chalk for the Germans!) the whole of the Battle of the Bulge without a textbook. Showing scars on his arm as he went!

My nipper at 8 years old gets more homework than I did for my degrees. Sometimes he loses a whole Saturday or Sunday, where is the fun in that!!!
Kids need to be kids!

Luckily, he doesn’t struggle with the work, principally because Mum has the patience of jobe and I turn the subject into a real life (Relative) situation so it sinks in. He was doing fractions last week. I turned it into parts of his pocket money with relevance to his saving up for a Pokermon game. And I also ate a few half Apples LoL.

Yes it’s a 920. Typo.
I have the original car charger with the device. And the orig. Home dock.
I have my own car charger with a mini USB end, and a recently purchased car charger which has a retractable Mini USB end and a female USB socket.
Both of mine work on other devices such as Mp3, Mp3 transmitter, telephone charging etc.
With all these combinations and various cables, it don’t work. I even had the home dock in the car.
All the cables work from PC or Lappy.

Further web surfing indicates that it could be the battery that been allowed to run totally flat (It has – it’s been in a drawer for 18 months), one forum suggested leaving it on mains charge overnight. I’ll see in the morning. Batts are a tenner on Ebay if it is that. But I havn’t got the Torx driver that small!

But I’m not buying it in this condition, could be a money pit. Shame really as it has Western Europe, North America + Hawaii, Guam and Russia. He has the rest of World on a card – but that isn’t in the Sale (Work buys it for him, he visits just about every Country as part of his job) No card in slot, just the plastic dust cover card. Bluetooth – the lot. Fab piece of kit.

Marmite

YES!

But NOT the new (Past 10 years) version. It is actually much thinner now. Example, it settles flat in the jar overnight. It didn’t use to, you could see yesterdays knife scoops in it! Still good though! Had some on a Weetabix this morning, (Dry ‘bix of course).