This piece of information was provided by Greg, who is a Bark Beetle Ecologist.

We are using the Osborne 14 mm arch punches you sell in our mountain pine beetle study to collect small bark, phloem (the thin tissue just under the bark) and sapwood samples from attacked trees.  

Mountain pine beetles are currently in a massive outbreak across British Columbia and have recently spread to Alberta, where they are killing millions of lodgepole and jack pine trees.  

The samples we take using the punches allow us to determine the quality of individual trees as food sources for the beetles by observing the thickness of the phloem and moisture content of both the phloem and the sapwood.

The arch punch is a much simpler and efficient tool for collecting these samples than axes or chainsaws, which have been used in the past.

Osborne Punch

For more information about Osborne Arch Punches please click here 

Bristol Multiple Spine Drive System

Developed by Bristol, the multiple spline drive system is recognized by design engineers as the superior method of transmitting torque.  

Reason: nearly 100% of wrenching force is applied at right angles to the load bearing spline surfaces of the
socket.

Other drive systems dissipate a significant amount of force into radial thrust,tending to expand the socket rather than tighten the screw.

The substantial and effective wrench engagement inherent in the Bristol design addresses the problems caused by other fastening systems such as cam-out, socket reaming and "rounding" of wrenches.

Decades ago, Bristol engineers invented the Bristol Spline Drive System for use in electromechanical instruments. They required screws and wrenches that could stand up to industrial environments, vibrations, and frequent removal and resetting.

Bristol wrenches have been in continuous production in the United States since their original introduction.  

Please check out our website for additional information 

 Does Your Lapping Compound Guarantee
 Not To Imbed?

Timesaver Lapping Compound  is guaranteed not to imbed - will not continue to cut!!

Time Saver Lapping Compound first acts as an abrasive, followed by the particles diminishing to a polish and finally to an inert material.

• does not contain emery, aluminum oxide, silicon-carbide or similar charging abrasives
• unconditionally guaranteed not to imbed into any metal surface
• easy to prepare as it comes in powder form and is mixed with oil
• clear instructions with each can

The soft metal lapping compound is great for lapping babbitt, brass, bronze and aluminum.

The hard metal lapping compound is fantastic for lapping cast iron, steel and bronze

 

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Newman Tools can be reached at: 1-800-465-1384 (Canada and the USA) or 1-613-836-6776 for more information. 

 Grandpa

A woman in a supermarket is following a grandfather and his badly behaved three year-old grandson.

It's obvious to her that he has his hands full with the child screaming for sweets in the sweet aisle, biscuits in the biscuit aisle; and for fruit, cereal and pop in the other aisles.

Meanwhile, Granddad is working his way around, saying in a controlled voice,"Easy, William, we won't be long, easy, boy."   

Another outburst, and she hears the granddad calmly say, "It's okay,William, just a couple more minutes and we'll be out of here.  

Hang in there, boy."

At the checkout, the little terror is throwing items out of the cart, and Granddad says again in a controlled voice, "William, William, relax buddy, don't get upset. We'll be home in five minutes; stay cool, William."

Very impressed, the woman goes outside where the grandfather is loading his groceries and the boy into the car.

She said to the elderly gentleman, "It's none of my business, but you were amazing in there. I don't know how you did it. That whole time, you kept your composure, and no matter how loud and disruptive he got, you just calmly kept saying things would be okay.

William is very lucky to have you as his grandpa."

"Thanks," said the grandfather, "but I'm William.......the kids'
name is Kevin."

 This month we will also give Russel Moore a Newman Tools Swiss Army knife  for his adult humour. You can check it out @http://newmantools.com/humour/index.html. Here you will find our previous humour along with the "adult" jokes.