boaz
Trainee
Posts: 37
|
Post by boaz on Mar 18, 2012 7:20:28 GMT -5
I guess, like me, there must be people who access this forum who left the mines and went on to work for mining supply companies.
I left the NCB in 1979 and went to work as a sales/service engineer for Communication & Control (now Davis of Derby). I moved on from there to other companies basically selling small electrical equipment which I still do not only in the UK but various places around the World. It still keeps me involved with mining, hopefully for a few years more.
|
|
|
|
Post by John on Mar 18, 2012 8:06:39 GMT -5
I didn't go to work in sales, but I did work in the repair industry, overhauling electric motors and equipment from the NCB. I worked for J.Jones Electric and Wilson Ford Rewinds for a couple of years after I completed my apprenticeship. I worked on motors up to 600HP, FLP and oil filled transformers, FLP switchgear and starters and other items the NCB sent in for repair and overhaul. Was useful experience that came in handy years later.
|
|
|
|
Post by erichall on Jul 26, 2012 5:27:05 GMT -5
Ever wondered about the 'little' things that made life so much easier, and who designed and/or sold them?
The reason I ask is because an old mining friend of mine, long ago missing, once turned up selling TIRFOR's. Remember them? So useful for moving equipment, and ideal for removing tree roots if you still have one!
How many people made a living selling this sort of basic equipment? We had one supplier who made his money by supplying extra arch fish plates and bolts which we used in advanced headings. Also had difficulty at one time in purchasing extra Morphia Safes, until i found them at Becorit.
|
|
|
|
Post by John on Jul 26, 2012 6:54:34 GMT -5
Ever wondered about the 'little' things that made life so much easier, and who designed and/or sold them? The reason I ask is because an old mining friend of mine, long ago missing, once turned up selling TIRFOR's. Remember them? So useful for moving equipment, and ideal for removing tree roots if you still have one! How many people made a living selling this sort of basic equipment? We had one supplier who made his money by supplying extra arch fish plates and bolts which we used in advanced headings. Also had difficulty at one time in purchasing extra Morphia Safes, until i found them at Becorit. |
|
|
|
Post by dazbt on Jul 26, 2012 7:28:50 GMT -5
TIRFORS are still being widely used eighty odd years after they were invented. Not only used in industry but popular with 'off-roaders'. In the pits they were very much better than the 'Walters' they replaced  Talking of little things that were invented for use in the pits, the one thing that sticks in my mind as being one of the simplest but usefull is the Billy Hogg 'Widgets', the plastic inserts that prevented pan-side bolts from falling out when being tightened. |
|
|
|
Post by darcey on Apr 17, 2017 15:47:00 GMT -5
I guess, like me, there must be people who access this forum who left the mines and went on to work for mining supply companies. I left the NCB in 1979 and went to work as a sales/service engineer for Communication & Control (now Davis of Derby). I moved on from there to other companies basically selling small electrical equipment which I still do not only in the UK but various places around the World. It still keeps me involved with mining, hopefully for a few years more. |
|
|
|
Post by darcey on Apr 17, 2017 15:53:24 GMT -5
can anyone let me know any history of this miners oil cap lamp it has G.Waugh maker Stockton on the lid thank you Darcey Attachments:
|
|
