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The link is to what appears a genuine model-railway supplies retailer, and its catalogue does list various materials like Humbol Paints and other general products by names well-known in model-making. Though I sighed into the monitor when I saw they have listed gears as cogs , and offered no apparent purposes.
Nevertheless I agree with Jeff that whoever is using the Basset-Lowke name in the background, is merely cheapening it.
In this case it could also give very widely-distorted views of old-time engineering. Although the O-gauge Hornby and similar tin-plate train-sets were no more realistic than they should be, they did have passing resemblances to reality.
Posted by Chris Crew on 28/01/2021 23:26:24:
Designers know a great deal more than us, such as the type of steel used, calculated and actual burst pressures, the expected life of the equipment (in years and operating cycles), safety factors, corrosion resistance, and much else. Big difference between confidence and knowing. When it comes to safety it ain t smart to rely on luck!
If designers know so much why do they not put an expiry limit on them then?
Perhaps it is because they do not know how the machine is going to be used. Only how they would LIKE it to be used.