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Always thought it was Centripetal reaction.

Time flies like an arrow

Fruit flies like a banana

Wouldn't be 'equal' then Jason

Well, if all other things are being equal they'll both use the same amount.

Well, if its this one **LINK** its rated at 120 Kg max load so I would be looking at making some steps toward wickes

One point to consider, from the previous thread admittedly, if all the water boils away, what is going to generate the pressure?

Having seen this in the flesh on a 31/2 Atlantic boiler, all that resulted was a lump of hot metal, the residual pressure dropped to nothing very quickly, but of course would have resulted in a flash steam generation should any water have been injected, (This was witnessed at the time when the driver tried to pump water in using the handpump, the resultant 'flash' was coped with by the single safety, blowing off at 80 psi, and dropping back to zero almost immediately).

As it turned out, the driver, who was a novice at the time. was unaware of the very quick drop in water level that can happen on the Atlantic design and the fire was immediately dropped by his supervisor.

End result - boiler was taken off the frames, inspected and retested as per a new build,(allowing for softened copper) which it passed flying colours, and is still in service today.

Takes that long to disconnect all the sensors these days

Many older vehicles were built with this crank design and it seemed to work ok, I think the Austin 7 was one and I have Coventry Climax sidevalve that only has two main bearings.

They were never stressed enough to cause a problem.

Well, there you go, I didn't know how to change the *link* text, Thanks Pete.

Whilst I agree that a reference to the item on the original post would have been very useful, I am also aware that many people are not fully conversant with procedures within the forum to know how to post links etc, (Jason kindly helped me when I had the same problem).

To accuse someone of 'not being bothered' is surely a little harsh? especially when the OP has mentioned that he is not familiar with terminology.

Normally I use an upholstery nozzle on the vac attached to the tool post (or just hold it there) Saves on the final clean up.

Works for the mill too.

Gents, I offer a really simple solution and it appears to be totally ignored.

Try one of these **LINK**

You put it next to the tv and a built in microphone sends sound directly to a hearing aid with the loop system

Then you don't have to have the tv volume up too high

Edited By Lofty76 on 24/01/2015 14:06:37

wow, is it really that bad?

I log on to this forum many times during the day just to keep up with the different discussions, and enjoy some of the random topics and the memories they sometimes bring.

I am rather amazed that it could be thought that the myriad of hints and tips that must exist within the engineering world could be covered in just a couple of pages, when I first saw the title I likened it to the 'What did you do today' thread, which could develop over many articles.

Sometimes even the most simple tip or comment could inadvertently solve a long term problem for someone, so in some respects whatever is written by someone may possibly be found to be of interest to someone else, and I believe it may be wrong to censor an article just because it may be found not to a persons taste.

Oh, and an apology Neil, for posting 'another' off topic item.

Sorry.

Hi Neil,

I have a Clarke CL300M which just sits on the bench on its rubber feet, so that I can pick it up and move it if needs be.

Mostly used for making injectors and I can stick it in the car if I'm doing any club demos.

Lofty

I use anthracite beans in my boilers, I start the fire with wood soaked in parrafin or diesel and gradually add the beans with the electric blower on.

The fire is virtually smoke free and there is very little clinker but does as previously mentioned, requires a good draft.

The only time is used Steam Coal the fire was very smokey, (ideal for realism, but a pain when you're sat behind the chimney).

Neil, do you think you might get a look at this ? **LINK**

Well Ron, if you do as good a job with the stays as it looks you have with the rest of the build, I don't think you'll have any problems at all with the pressure test.

My ford was a Lotus Cortina

Ahh, moving on !!

Hi Jesse, thats worth making a complaint **LINK**