another horse in the stable...

[meadowfield 2,756]

I'll let my brother fill you in on the details...he's been hard at work for the last week fettling!!!

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of the fettling process. :ROTF:

[bowtiebutler956 650]

How can you post that, and then not tell us about it? Your killing me!

Matt :flags-texas:

[wheeledhorseman 579]

been hard at work for the last week fettling!!!

I'm surprised the filter let you post this! :eek:

[can whlvr 994]

what the heck is fettling

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Who cares as long as we get to watch. :ROTF:

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http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-fettling.htm

[meadowfield 2,756]

maybe it's just a UK word... It's definitely used a lot in the North of England.

I know of a few people who were employed as fettlers - they worked in a foundry and their job was to knock the sharp edges off castings and file them into a clean shape and square for drilling and machining.

[Trouty56 567]

Gotta watch using the "F" word.....oh well...I think it's time for another cup of fettling coffee.....

[wheeledhorseman 579]

We've heard of the term here in the sunny south Mark but it just isn't a term you hear every day, in fact you hardly ever hear it used at all.

Means (in the South at least) to pare away at a piece of metal whereas you 'whittle' a piece of wood.

It is an amusing word, perhaps because of the old school humour....

"Do you like Kipling?"

"I don't know, I've never Kippled!"

I don't think there are many professional 'Fettlers' down here or 'Whittlers' for that matter but for many years the factory that made 'Mr. Kipling' brand cakes was located at nearby Eastleigh so we had lots of 'Kipplers' !

Andy

[meadowfield 2,756]

we use the word a lot up north, but then theres a lot more industry up North !

glad to see little brother has finally started his new thread... think we can now kill this one :)