Don't know it this one's been mentioned lately, but there's stuff in it
I couldn't find in Machinery's earlier today. Server seems slow, be patient.

http://www.shopswarf.orcon.net.nz/

Happy Holidays,

Jeff
--
Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"As long as there are final exams, there will be prayer in public
schools"

Jeff Wisnia wrote:

Don't know it this one's been mentioned lately, but there's stuff in it
I couldn't find in Machinery's earlier today. Server seems slow, be
patient.

http://www.shopswarf.orcon.net.nz/

Happy Holidays,

Jeff

So is "swarf" just an Kiwi term? Kiwi/Aussie term? Brit term? I
haven't seen it used in the US (but I'm not the most experienced
machinist in the world).

--

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com

So is "swarf" just an Kiwi term? Kiwi/Aussie term? Brit term? I
haven't seen it used in the US (but I'm not the most experienced
machinist in the world).

--

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com

I'm in the US and I've always heard it used here. Even in the dictionary. Might
have originated somewhere else but I don't think it's uncommon.

GTO(John)

"Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message
...
Don't know it this one's been mentioned lately, but there's stuff in it
I couldn't find in Machinery's earlier today. Server seems slow, be
patient.

http://www.shopswarf.orcon.net.nz/

Good site. It 's come up a number of times, doing Google searches for
tapers, etc..

"George" wrote in message
...
(GTO69RA4) wrote:

Other terms that caused me difficulty he 1-off, fur (the stuff that
accumulates in a kettle or hot water heater), proud (Something that's
too large), Solder (not sodder). There's more but I can't think of
them.



I've never understood "one-off". Seems like it should be "one-of (a kind)".
Maybe it was originally? BTW, I've only seen "swarf" on the net.
Randy

Jeff Wisnia wrote:

Don't know it this one's been mentioned lately, but there's stuff in it
I couldn't find in Machinery's earlier today. Server seems slow, be
patient.

http://www.shopswarf.orcon.net.nz/

Happy Holidays,

Jeff

Hey! SLOOOOOW isn't the word. :-)
But pretty good.
...lew...

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 13:55:39 GMT, "Randy Replogle"
wrote:


"George" wrote in message
.. .
(GTO69RA4) wrote:

Other terms that caused me difficulty he 1-off, fur (the stuff that
accumulates in a kettle or hot water heater), proud (Something that's
too large), Solder (not sodder). There's more but I can't think of
them.



I've never understood "one-off". Seems like it should be "one-of (a kind)".
Maybe it was originally? BTW, I've only seen "swarf" on the net.
Randy

I don't know, but always figured it came from cutting "one off" a
larger piece. For example cutting a piece off a metal bar or a wood
board.
ERS

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 07:14:19 -0800, the renowned Eric R Snow
wrote:

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 13:55:39 GMT, "Randy Replogle"
wrote:


"George" wrote in message
. ..
(GTO69RA4) wrote:

Other terms that caused me difficulty he 1-off, fur (the stuff that
accumulates in a kettle or hot water heater), proud (Something that's
too large), Solder (not sodder). There's more but I can't think of
them.



I've never understood "one-off". Seems like it should be "one-of (a kind)".
Maybe it was originally? BTW, I've only seen "swarf" on the net.
Randy

I don't know, but always figured it came from cutting "one off" a
larger piece. For example cutting a piece off a metal bar or a wood
board.
ERS

No one seems to know for sure. We discussed this back in August over
at alt.usage.english, with no real conclusive result:

http://tinyurl.com/4xyju (view complete thread)




Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

No one seems to know for sure. We discussed this back in August over
at alt.usage.english, with no real conclusive result:


IIRC, one-off refers to boats made in the shipyard. A custom boat was always
a one-off. At least this was the term used in the early 19oo's.....Maybe
one-off the ways, and not a bunch of 'em.

Many years back I visited a fellow who was building a sailplane. The
wooden plug he had made was a work of art, piano quailty at leastl

The plug was to be used to make the female fiberglass mold from which
the actual fuselage would be laid up.

Since he was building only ONE sailplane this would be considered a
one-off construction.

Errol Groff


On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 15:28:59 -0500, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:

Don't know it this one's been mentioned lately, but there's stuff in it
I couldn't find in Machinery's earlier today. Server seems slow, be patient.

http://www.shopswarf.orcon.net.nz/

Happy Holidays,

Jeff

Errol Groff

Instructor, Machine Tool Department
H.H. Ellis Regional Technical School
Danielson, CT 06239

860 774 8511 x1811

Eric R Snow wrote:
On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 13:55:39 GMT, "Randy Replogle"
wrote:


"George" wrote in message
. ..

(GTO69RA4) wrote:

Other terms that caused me difficulty he 1-off, fur (the stuff that
accumulates in a kettle or hot water heater), proud (Something that's
too large), Solder (not sodder). There's more but I can't think of
them.



I've never understood "one-off". Seems like it should be "one-of (a kind)".
Maybe it was originally? BTW, I've only seen "swarf" on the net.
Randy


I don't know, but always figured it came from cutting "one off" a
larger piece. For example cutting a piece off a metal bar or a wood
board.
ERS


I've always understood "proud" as describing a dowel pin or some other
object sticking up slightly above a surface. The fifth definition by
Webster confirms that and that its mainly Brit usage.

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionar...roud&x=11&y=15

As for "off", I recall it also being used to denote the quantity of
items on something like a packing list, as a synonym for "each" when
reading it out loud. As in someone taking inventory and reading, "3/8
inch drill bits, five off; drill press vise, one off, Johnson rod, three
off."

Then again when I start pontificating like this I sometimes hear "off"
preceded by the "F" word".

Speaking of which, and admittedly OT, this one came my way yesterday:

************************************************** ******

When is using @#$% Acceptable?


There are only eleven times throughout history where the "F" word has
been justified as acceptable.


They are as follows:

11."Scattered @#$%ing showers, my ass!" -- Noah, 4314 BC

10."How the @#$% did you work that out?" -- Pythagoras, 126 BC

9. "You want WHAT on the @#$%ing ceiling?" -- Michelangelo, 1566

8. "Where did all those @#$%ing Indians come from?" -- Custer, 1877

7. "What the @#$% do you mean, we're sinking?"
--Capt. E.J. Smith of RMS Titanic, 1912

6. "It does @#$%ing so look like her!" -- Picasso, 1926

5. "Where the @#$% are we?" -- Amelia Earhart, 1937

4. "Any @#$%ing idiot could understand this." -- Einstein, 1938

3. "What the @#$% was that?" -- Mayor Of Hiroshima, 1945

2. "Aw c'mon. Who the @#$% is going to find out?"
-- Bill Clinton, 1998

and a drum roll, please............!

1. "Geez, I didn't think they'd get this @%#*^ing mad." -- Saddam
Hussein, 2003

*************************************

Happy Holidays!

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"As long as there are final exams, there will be prayer in public
schools"

Jeff Wisnia wrote:

Speaking of which, and admittedly OT, this one came my way yesterday:

************************************************** ******

When is using @#$% Acceptable?
...

Jeff, that is a great one! Saved.

Ted

I've always thought of 'off ' to mean off the production process, like a
new car rolling 'off ' the production line. Everything we make is really the
end result off the end of some production process.

regards,

John

"Michael" wrote in message
...
No one seems to know for sure. We discussed this back in August over
at alt.usage.english, with no real conclusive result:


IIRC, one-off refers to boats made in the shipyard. A custom boat was
always
a one-off. At least this was the term used in the early 19oo's.....Maybe
one-off the ways, and not a bunch of 'em.

Michael wrote:

IIRC, one-off refers to boats made in the shipyard. A custom boat was always
a one-off. At least this was the term used in the early 19oo's.....Maybe
one-off the ways, and not a bunch of 'em

One off the molds.

Kevin Gallimore




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