Terminology

[Robotstar5]

Reading another thread got me thinking about the terminology we use such as making off, glanding off etc. but how many of the younger sparks know what "belling out" means?

 

[Des 56]

Cutting a nice horse steak?

With red rum to wash it down of course

 

[rantoftheday]

Butchers = snips

 

[KAS1]

Getting back to the cable rollers, we used to refer to them as "blokes" so if three or four people were struggling to pull a cable in, the expression "we need another bloke up there on that corner or half way along there" would be said. If there was no other help we would tie a cable roller or "bloke" in the position required and it would ease the installation of the cables. We used to have half a dozen in the shed which would come in very handy with really long and awkward cable pulls. Then 3 or 4 men could pull a cable in which could easily of required 6 men lol

 

[Des 56]

Figure of eight

 

[KAS1]

That always works aswell

Figure of eight

 

[guest119]

Butchers...........butchers hook..............look
Rhyming slang.

Def with the pincher being a small screwdriver.

What about barries? Or barrys?...................... Anybody?

 

[rantoftheday]

Barrie's? As in pallet trucks?

 

[Knobhead]

With red rum to wash it down of course

Wray & Nephews white rum if you don’t mind!

 

[HandySparks]

OK chaps. Where does the phrase 'hospital job' come from? Meaning a job that gets fitted in when there's nothing more important to do.

 

[Guest55]

OK chaps. Where does the phrase 'hospital job' come from? Meaning a job that gets fitted in when there's nothing more important to do.

because hospital maintenance sparks are world famous for being idle slackers ,
hence hospital job = of no rush or use.
;-)

 

[RyanCheetham]

My favourite term to use would be 'poets day' and i am sure many of you love it too

 

[Robotstar5]

One of the first things to do as an apprentice was to make a small wooden box with a bell and 4½V flat battery in with a couple of wires sticking out, later added a small indicator lamp as it could get noisy in some parts of the foundry.
When I came out of my time I had to make a another box, this time with a sliding lid to protect the analogue meter ceremoniously presented to me by the chargehand!

 

[TAZ]

Anyone remember the old " setting block" for conduit, the sparks i first worked with used one if you had a long radius to form

 

[KAS1]

put a Helix in it

 

[YoungBart]

One of the old timers at our place often talks about 'Sister Flex' and 'Butyl'. Too my understanding Butyl is just normal flex, But what is Sister Flex?