One last story before i go and shoot some pesky rabbits ,
One example ( many over the years ) was i was offered a job to make a set of bevel gears for Bonnell brothers at Bundaberg
Cast gears need a pattern to be made of each gear . I had been making furniture for years and hadn't done much engineering work ,ide mever made a set of gears .
Because i needed the work i took the job on , and on the way back to the workshop i had a bit of a prayer ,
I said : qote ; Lord , if you want me to do this job you'll have to give me this knowledge , or send some one to help me ,
Within half an hour of staring at the specs , i sat down on the floor and ( woe is me )
An old bloke walked in lookong for the bloke next door , looked on my bench and said : Involute bevel gears ,
Isaid do you lnow how to set one out ?
He said drop by home and ill get my old books out ,
The example he had in his 1933 engineering book was exacly the the specs i needed ,( they have to set out and made in pairs so they mesh properly)
Coincidence ? , may be to most , but as i said , this has been the story of my life
Its been one provision after the other .
Mike