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Not tried it but there are comments that alloy wheels make good recycling alloy, as they are generally a good, well controlled item in the first place.

As Brian, really.

Does this only occur with 10tpi? Or is it any thread pitch?

can also be attached to an electric drill.

Agreed, but do remember that most drills are only designed for axial loads.

The latest forum posts list is handy, but Bazyle's suggestion of making the "more latest posts" your default setting for the forum should do the trick. Would save you 'one click' every time you access the site, so not that big a deal.

IIABDFI seems to be the state of replies. YCPSOTPSOTTBNATPATT applies?

First - doubtful.

Just a rain check.

(7/10th inch) and over than length I count 9 thread ridges

How many valleys? Wondering here whether first ridge counted was number zero.

Edited By not done it yet on 12/06/2017 06:32:44

Yanks often say "keep it simple, Sugar". You choose your acronym conversion. When teaching I use "keep it simple, Sir" as an alternative to the "stupid".

This thread might be a starting point for you musings:

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/general/ot-power-steering-pump-question-148528/

Likely referencing mechanically driven pumps, but maybe of some use.

I reckon a portable leccy generator might be a better alternative to messing around with power steering pumps and 12V batteries?

Question might be was it a left or right corner he stuffed it. Now there are more vids, one shows it as him attempting to turn right. Perhaps he didn't know which way to turn? Maybe someone moved the goal posts - but he scored an own goal either way!

There is a 20 second clip of it on u-toob.

Two wheels? If so, remove the other side and check that?

First thought that came to my head was a roller to shape roofing valleys. Likely a million miles off the real use!

Joe has umpteen handy tips for doing all sorts of machining operations.

The one thing I have either missed, or has been omitted is safety. You can break as many cutters, scrap lots of bits, etc while learning but you need to be safe. You have not offered information on what you have bought. Even small machines can kill or maim.

U-toob videos - they are not all good - and a search for any new procedure on the forum, or elsewhere, for tips and advice is always well worthwhile.

If you are not sure, ask someone or somewhere before proceeding. Enjoying making chips is good. Breaking tools is annoying, but all part of learning. But don't learn the hard way about safety!

Donation to local FB? Is it still in test? Pub suppliers? BOC?

Good value at 1p!

A quick scrub up, paint job over filler and metal and it's a good 'un. On epay, with a starting price of goodness knows how much, in a week or so!

The gears might be good, still, or could be re-hardened and tempered if it was actually hot enough to affect them.

Look at it from the common sense perspective. What die (or pair) is in the tool at present?

Ooh, can't read it because it is in the wrong way? Does that make it fairly obvious which way they should be installed?

Like buying a newspaper or a book and all the names/titles only being hidden inside somewhere!

Welcome to the forum. I'm nearly from Northants, but not quite. On Saturday I went nearly seventy miles, by road (not as a crow would fly), and was still only at Croughton! Engineers tend to be a little more precise than that (Rutland being the exception, maybe?), so north, east south or west?

Shirley, the system should have been designed such that this could not occur?

Not quite sure who Shirley is/was but she must be to blame....

That problem would be about as basic as starting an automatic car while not in either 'park' or 'neutral'. One could expect a crash!

Compression rings have other duties than simply confining gases within the combustion chamber. They also help regulate the amountvof oil passing upwards in a four stroke engine and transfer heat from the piston to the cylinder walls. This latter duty indicates that the piston is rsther hotter than the cylinder walls. Therefore the rings will expand rather more than the cylinder. Interference, rather than sliding fit can lead to engine seizure, not just excessive wear.

Ahh, I see it is fairly modern engine design, a separate head - not a blind cylinder. Look at the B&S engine ring types used. That may be useful.

Or this may be more useful:

http://www.oldlawnmowerclub.co.uk/forum/suffolk-75g14-piston-rings-non-original