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John,

Thanks for the excellent advice.

Am using identical thread, other than the colour - (oxymoron?)

When/how would you use the 'reverse' stitching facility?

Will do the bobbin test.

Geoff - Soda blasting IS dusty as I found out yesterday!

Clamp a piece of metal against the gap then tap?

Geoff - Been a long time since I posted.

Completed at bleep last!

Works well

In action

Geoff - I know thinks take a while to get done at Chez OuBallie, but this really is talking the wee wee!

Time to update this thread.

Videos that will hopefully help other owners.

Removing the cylinder block from the crankcase:

Removing the flywheel:

Removing camshaft followers and valve springs:

REPO:

Removing the crankcase/crankshaft bearings:

Removing the oil pump - The pathetic first attempt.

Removing the oil pump - Much better one:

Removing cylinder head studs:

Things have ground to a halt waiting for BSP taps & dies, plus fittings for my new compressor.
A swollen right foot has meant I cannot walk very far or stand for long.
A walking stick is not conducive to getting much done.

Fittings plus taps & dies received so this week should, with hope, see further progress, this time using the soda blaster, provided that is, the bl@@dy cloud bursts don't continue and threaten to flood the Carport!
Saturday afternoon saw the heaviest such downpour, accompanied with hail, that I have seen in a very very long time, resulting in the back garden/lawn being under water.
Forgot to put the rain gauge back after mowing the lawn, BUT it must have been well over an inch/25mm of rain.

Geoff - Foot nearly back to normal.

Edited By OuBallie on 27/06/2016 10:56:28

Microsoft is now tricking users into installing W10.

Have a look at this and be shocked that a company like MS would stoop this low.

I was dual booting OSX with Vista, but every time I tried to update Vista it was nothing but pain, so i formatted that drive, and now MS IS history as far as I'm concerned.

Geoff - Good progress on the Austin

Anyone wanting to make absolutely sure MS does not force W10 on you, get:

Never10 from GRC.com

Geoff - My days of MS grief ended in 2007/8, hip hip ^*% hooray!

Maurice,

Cheers for concern and wishes

No concentration of anything to make an explosive mix.

Too aware of that risk to take a chance.

Have adequate through ventilation if needed, but would stop at the slightest hint of it occurring in order to vent.

Geoff - New toy unpacked, photos to follow.

Thanks guys for the help👍

It's working and blows a gale.

Was about to design a frame to hold it, that would have done justice to the Forth Bridge, but fortunately caught myself just in time, and studying the unit soon realised that a bit of 2" sq steel tube bolted to the cowl would do the job.

Took all of five minutes, as against a day/s!

Video of fan in action.

Geoff - Now to make room for the new compressor.

Bazyle,

Photo as requested.

Geoff - %^# wind.

Somehow I just knew the collective would come up trumps

A big thank you ❗️👍👏

Will take another photo of cable connection Bazyle.

Yes please Andrew.

Geoff - Just a tad too windy to put the centre piece of roofing felt onto the Summerhouse roof 😫😤

Howard,

I get it from my parents, both perfectionists. Thanks for the comment 

I drilled the replacement shaft using the drill press.

I just assumed (bad move) that the hole in the gear boss would have been all square, and had the same problem, although I did pass a drill trough the lot, but no improvement.

Life's too short to worry about that now.

Roger,

Good question and not sure as I never had a good look.

The drive is, however, via gears of different diameter so not 1:1

IF and only IF the Apron comes off again, for some reason, I will check.

Geoff - Perfect weather now to tackle the Austin 👏

Edited By OuBallie on 04/05/2016 14:23:29

Neighbour gave me this fan when I mentioned that I was looking for a means of extracting the dust from the Carport, when I start doing the final grinding to get the Austin Seven's body down to bare metal.

Can it be powered without using a frequency inverter please and If so, what connections to use?

Certainly not worth buying one, as I could no doubt get 3/4 pedestal fans for the same cost.

Geoff - Making progress with the Seven at last.

Roger/Bazyle,

Thanks for your thoughts.

I can only think that the hole through the gear boss is not square, and as you mention Bazyle. The gear to shaft is a neat fit.

Update.
Attacked the Apron boss that the spur gear revolves against with a file, and that lessened the binding somewhat.
The new DC motor had no problem getting everything working whilst the Apron was on the bench, BUT once fitted back onto the lathe and Carriage power selected, it grinds to a halt at the same spot the Handwheel reaches during each revolution.
Conclusion has to be that the Worm Gear Shaft has been bent just sufficiently to cause the binding.
Apron will now stay attached as I search for a more powerful DC motor as this WILL NOT beat me.
Digging heels in now!

I blocked off the access hole to the Carriage Handwheel shaft, at the rear of the Apron, to allow for more oil to be poured in, as Howard has done, and extended the overflow pipe.

Geoff - Spending time on the Austin Seven now, hence delay in responding.

Hello Roger,

Both night owls I see.

As you can see from the time stamp, I suddenly realised the mistake I made that you noticed.

Could of course say it was deliberate, but doubt anyone would believe me, knowing my pechant for brain and fingers not quite inline at times 🤔

First point:

That large spur gear would wobble of course if bored out of square - what can I say?

You are correct that it has been bored off-centre,and just enough to bring the DC motor to a halt, when sending power to either the Saddle or Cross-slide.

Pin installed but only halfway. The first time I banged it all the way in, but that spur gear really went off skew and locked up solid against the other one. The gear remains at the same angle without the pin or when only halfway in.

Second point:

I am as baffled as you are.

With the original Gear Shaft the DC motor had no problem moving the Saddle other that a slight slowing down then speeding up again, all in line with that spur gear being off-centre and binding slightly at regular spots.

Can only surmise that the replacement Gear Shaft has exacerbated the binding somehow.

The DC motor spins the Feed Rod and Worm Gears freely with Apron in position and only comes to a halt when trying to move Saddle or Cross-slide, so it's not the Worm Gears.

I'm at a loss, hence my post.

Geoff - It's going to one of those days, and 'Her indoors' wants a good pub lunch.

Double post, but need to keep this thread up-to-date.

Problem found why the Apron is binding when using the DC motor to powe the Feed Rod

It's one of those that you just shake your head at in utter dismay, for failing to recognise what was cause the problem!

Absolutely nothing to do with the set of worm gears, as I at first thought!

It's that bl@@dy spur gear that's out of square and binding.
Only very slightly with Apron off:

**LINK**

BUT locks near solid with Apron back in position:

**LINK**

Either that spur gear has been bored out of square, or the holes for the Gear Shaft, in the Apron casing, have.

No problem with power from the Gearbox of course, there being enough to overcome the binding.

With the original Gear Shaft, there was only a slight hiccup using the first DC motor, but not with the new Gear Shaft fitted.

Have a new more powerful DC motor I will be trying next week.
Had to make an adapted as the motor shaft is so hard I cannot drill it for a drive pin.

I'm now asking myself a single question . . .
Anyone like to hazard a guess as to what it is?

Geoff - Next week will determine if that question is fulfilled.

Problem found.

Found the problem!
It's one of those that you just shake your head at in utter dismay, for failing to recognise what was cause the problem!

Absolutely nothing to do with the set of worm gears, as I at first thought!

It's that bl@@dy spur gear that's out of square and binding.
Only very slightly with Apron off:

**LINK**

BUT locks near solid with Apron back in position:

**LINK**

Either that spur gear has been bored out of square, or the holes for the Gear Shaft, in the Apron casing, have.

No problem with power from the Gearbox of course, there being enough to overcome the binding.

With the original Gear Shaft, there was only a slight hiccup using the first DC motor, but not with the new Gear Shaft fitted.

Have a new more powerful DC motor I will be trying next week.
Had to make an adapted as the motor shaft is so hard I cannot drill it for a drive pin.

I'm now asking myself a single question . . .
Anyone like to hazard a guess as to what it is?

Geoff - Next week will determine if that question is fulfilled.

Gave up completely on Yahoo soon after the NEO debacle.

Also deleted all of my email accounts as they where regularly being hacked.

That new CEO has killed the Groups.

**LINK** has been started by the original creator of ONElist/eGroups, that was acquired by Yahoo in 2000 and built into THE newsgroups centre for millions, but now destroyed.

Trouble is many of the Yahoo Groups that fled, when Meyer destroyed them, didn't have an alternative to head for, so are now all over the net and difficult to find.

Makes me wonder how a CEO can be that STUPID❓😡

It's been over a year now since I bothered to look at any of the 30odd I joined.

Move all of them John before they either disappear or are unable to access YOUR information.

Geoff - Yahoo is history as far as I'm concerned.

Calm down John please! 🙏

Mine is a tiddly 120Amp DC machine.

What's the equivalent of 'skin off a rice pudding' for welding?

It does what I need, JUST.

I've never tried welding aluminium, even with O/A, and I know IF I tried, there would be a big puddle on the floor, hence asking an expert for help.

Geoff - I would not DARE or even THINK of taking the proverbial 😍

The workings of the Apron.

This video shows what goes on inside it, something most owners will never see.

https://youtu.be/NdHEYhceCew

Mouth full of teeth on occasion.

Last video for a while as it's taken me more attempts than I had hoped.

The easiest part is the editing, and most definitely NOT the talking bit!

Geoff - Vacuum then Workshop time at last.

Edited By OuBallie on 13/04/2016 09:57:26

Edited By OuBallie on 13/04/2016 09:58:26

Mine arrived PDQ and ARE bright.

Geoff - Perfect.