Comments on: Trustee from the Toolroom, by Nevil Shute http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1313 This and that, now and then. Mostly book reviews, with the occasional descent into whimsy Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:57:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 by: Will Duquette http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1313#comment-1749 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:09:09 +0000 http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1313#comment-1749 I picked it up simply because I'm working my way through Shute. :-) When I was kid my Dad built some of the kinds of models the book talks about, including a working steam engine. The engine's maybe 5 inches long, 4 inches high and four inches wide; IIRC correctly it's got four cylinders. He machined the whole thing from scratch....and built the boiler to go with it, and built a model of an ocean-going tug boat to put it. That model he also built from scratch; it's about 4 feet long, and absolutely gorgeous, with all kinds of nifty details, like carefully machined brass hand-rails and door knobs. It's just lovely. I picked it up simply because I’m working my way through Shute. :-)

When I was kid my Dad built some of the kinds of models the book talks about, including a working steam engine. The engine’s maybe 5 inches long, 4 inches high and four inches wide; IIRC correctly it’s got four cylinders. He machined the whole thing from scratch….and built the boiler to go with it, and built a model of an ocean-going tug boat to put it. That model he also built from scratch; it’s about 4 feet long, and absolutely gorgeous, with all kinds of nifty details, like carefully machined brass hand-rails and door knobs. It’s just lovely.

]]> by: TJIC http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1313#comment-1734 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:30:07 +0000 http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1313#comment-1734 It's interesting to hear that someone read this! I picked it up because of my interest in machine tool work (I had read that the book featured a small sitlring engine and generator combo that fit in the palm of one's hand). I enjoyed the book; I second your recomendation. It’s interesting to hear that someone read this! I picked it up because of my interest in machine tool work (I had read that the book featured a small sitlring engine and generator combo that fit in the palm of one’s hand). I enjoyed the book; I second your recomendation.

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