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Quoting Zach 'Hoeken' Smith :

> with. Also, whats welly?

LOL!

It's short for Wellington (as in boot). It means do not stint upon the
force that you apply...

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***If that

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Quoting Forrest Higgs :

> Grubs isn't one I'd run across before.

Short for grub screw - that is a screw with no head, but with either a
cut for a screwdriver blade or a hex cavity for an allen key in the
end. What's American for that?

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***Short for grub screw - that is a screw with no head, but with either a
cut for a screwdriver blade or a hex cavity for an allen key in the
end. What's American for that?***

set screw and less commonly, headless screw

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Quoting Forrest Higgs :

> Grubs isn't one I'd run across before.

Short for grub screw - that is a screw with no head, but with either a
cut for a screwdriver blade or a hex cavity for an allen key in the
end. What's American for that?

Best wishes

Adrian

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> Welly, on the other hand, refers to wellington boots...

LOL! Fantastic, I'm putting that up in the FAQ.


--On 10 April 2007 08:04 -0700 Forrest Higgs wrote:

> ***If that?s all good, give the grubs a final tighten, and put a bit of
> welly into it.***
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> Grubs isn't one I'd run across before. Welly, on the other hand, refers
> to wellington boots with the notion of put a bit of the boot into it,
> that is, put some effort into it.
>
> Wellington boots in the old British Empire are black rubber boots used
> for nasty jobs like walking around in boggy ground or in wet mines. In
> South Africa they were known interchangeably as gum boots.
>
> In the US Wellingtons used to refer to a black boot made of leather that
> was in form rather like an engineer's boot. I loved them because I have
> very high arches and could hike in them in rough country. I used them
> for dress and every day wear for onwards of thirty years till running
> shoes like nikes became the standard a few years back.
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> ----- Original Message ----
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> From: Zach 'Hoeken' Smith
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> To: Reprap Developers
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:45:28 AM
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> Subject: Darwin Assembly
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> Hey,
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>
> Just going through the darwin assembly. It looks awesome so far, but I
> do have a couple questions / changes. Love the humor interspersed with
> the construction stuff. Makes it alot less dry.
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> On the bill of materials, it will say things like Rod 355, Rod 100, Rod
> 40, Studding 100. Are these just reference numbers? lengths?
>
> What are grubs? I'm guessing this is an english term i'm not familiar
> with. Also, whats welly?
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> "If that's all good, give the grubs a final tighten, and put a bit of
> welly into it."
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> Other than that, it looks pretty straight forward.
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> ~Zach
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--On 24 June 2007 13:45 +1200 RepRap Forum Mailer wrote:

> anyway, i hope to get everything fully assembled by the end of this week.
> hopefully i'll be printing soon as well =)

Happy days! Keep the feedback pages in mind for any design cock-ups I've
made...

eD


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