Member postings for lee webster

That's a nicely made part. I would like to see a picture of the car.

I sometimes wish my A7 still had the standard brakes instead of hydraulics, the cylinders of which are a pain to replace if you don't use them for a long while. Ask me how I know.

That is one big dog! When I got my new Ender3 a few years back I set it printing the cat model on the usb. It was about two inches tall and took five hours to print. The layer lines are almost invisible, and the one eighth inch high Chinese writing on the cat is as sharp as though it had printed on a resin printer. That was the only good quality print I have ever done. I use my printer to produce the shape, which with some filling, sanding etc, closely resembles my design.

I couldn't produce patterns/moulds without one.

Oddly enough I was recently thinking that those of us with 3D printers could offer to do this for those who don't own one.

If you could post a sketch with dimensions I would be interested in seeing it. Are you thinking of using the 3D printed parts themselves, or casting them in metal? Most 3D print materials are fairly weak, unless you go for exotic materials which come with their own problems.

I like a challenge. More details please!

This is the third forum I've posted this reply. Is this an engine you have built, or is it a chinese advert?

Hi Mark. I used to live in Camborne, I now live in Illogan. I gave my large, old, American built lathe away when I moved. Sigh!

I use a brush cutter with steel blade, but I'd rather have a robot. Especially if it can pull weeds too.

If you can't buy the bits you need from one of the A7 parts suppliers, why not wait until the Beaulieu autojumble? I know it's probably a few months away, but I bet you get get a list of other bits you need to make it worthwhile. It's also been a few years since I last went to the A7 national show at Beaulieu, But again, well worth a visit. I don't know when that show is on either.

Are you in Paris? A long way to Beaulieu, but I have seen many French paople and cars when I used to go.

I can't tell you anything about impact energy, but I can give a bit of advice for when you use it. Don't put all your weight behind pushing the machine into what you are chiselling. Let the machine do the cutting, you are there just to stop it falling over.

I have had NHS hearing aids for over two years. I have regular checkups at the hospital to make sure everything is OK. My last checkup was a few weeks ago. A year ago I lost one of my hearing aids. I contacted the hospital and they made an appointment to have a new aid fitted. I had to pay £70.00, not bad considering they cost the NHS £1000.00 the pair. If I was still going to music concerts and opera I might consider going private to get a better sound, but £3000.00 might put me off.

Mid-day yesterday the thought occured that I needed more room in my workshop (fancy name for garage). Where I have all my tools, many many tools, 1933 Austin Seven, and ancillaries for another A7, etc, etc. I moved most of the not-needed-at-the-moment tools into the cupboard under the stairs. A lot of the stuff that was in t-c-u-t-s, I moved to the utility room, somehow it all went in. I then moved the A7 bits into the lounge (why lounge? I've never lounged there). I could then start to dismantle the large wooden shelving that held the A7 bits and some of the tools. Today I will remove all the wooden shelving and replace it with narrower steel shelving that the n-n-a-t-m tools used to live on. The A7 bits can then go back onto the steel shelving, and maybe the tools too. I then need to make a work bench for carrying out repairs/casting on. If all this comes off, I will gain an extra eight to ten inches extra width in the workshop. A lot of work for a small gain in space. But I have three A7s to work on (one at a time), and one of them will require a full restoration/rebuild. We could be talking two to three years. As well as the workshop mods I am also working hard on the garden, and my four A7 model cars.

There is an old saying about getting a quart into a pint pot. I feel like I'm filling an egg cup, with a negg in it.

Bit of useless info. An apron (what you wear in the kitchen) used to be called a napron. It makes one wonder how many othe words have lost or gained a N. Or should that be an N?

When the Titan was at the same depth as the Titanic, the pressure on the hull was supposedly around 6000psi. I assume then that with all that force on the outside of the hull, the inside must have shrunk a bit, increasing the pressure on the people inside the Titan. What does that increase do to the occupants? Can you feel it as the sub gets deeper? I know there is a problem with divers rising to the surface too quickly, the bends. So if the Titan had to surface quickly, was the main vessel equipped to handle "the bends"? If not, then the occupants would have been in serious danger after surfacing.

If the Titan wreckage is left on the sea bed, along with whatever is left of the occupants, would that sight deter others from visiting the Titanic?

I often wear a short skirt whilst in the workshop. Some might say that a 70 year old man shouldn't. But it's my workshop and I will wear what I like. Plus, it lets a bit of air circulate on a hot day. So, I for one would be interested in the fashions at wombledon this year.

My Austin Seven is now up on its axle skates, each with 4 heavy duty castors, and I can move it in any direction by myself. I can now start on replacing the hydraulic brake cylinders (Morris 1000), and draining the stale petrol from the fuel tank.

I belong to a local model making club. Last week a young man turned up to see if he could join the club. He designs and hand builds model cars, the photos he showed us was of his latest creation. Imagine the house the Munsters lived in on racing wheels, and very stylised. I showed him some of my resin prints, and he was blown away by the detail. The radiator shell for my 1/10th scale Austin Seven has writing on it 2mm high, and protrudes 1/2mm. Lettering (it is a hand written script style) that has gaps less than half a mil across are sharp and clear. I think it has given him some ideas.

Thanks for the tip about..... tips. I hadn't given that a thought before. I will now.

Hows this for a plan?

I will syphon off some petrol to see if it is rusty, the tank was slosh sealed during restoration 20 years ago. If it isnt rusty I will just drain the tank, and refill with a few gallons of fresh petrol. I can take the float chamber off the carb, the petrol would have evaporated years ago, and swill out the jets. If the car starts and runs, that should be enough. If it doesn't, then a full strip down of the fuel system is in order. Can anyone reccomend a carb cleaner to spray into the jets?

I have been busy getting my Austin 7 jacked up, all 4 wheels off the ground and the axles supported by home made "skates". The car can now be moved in any direction in the garage by just me. As I was doing this I noticed a smell from the rear mounted fuel tank. Stale petrol. The car has been sitting for at lest 6 years, maybe 7. Should I remove the tank and flush it out? I do have a syphon that is supposed to be for getting oil out of something with no drain plug. What should I expect?

I sincerely hope they are found alive and well.

There is also a part of me that wonders if someone in Holywood is already writing a script, and waiting to write the ending.

It rained last night, Monday, enough to half fill each water butt and give all my lovely veg a good watering. I emptied a two gallon bucket of rainwater collected from the greenhouse roof into the pond. It should please the newt, if it's still there. I then used water from one of the butts to top the pond up to within 50mm of spilling. I went online to a local auction house and placed bids on 5 pewter tankards, to melt down! 20 small stacking trays and a hydraulic scissor jack. I had to take a friend out to the venue he sings at. Got back by 11.20 Tues eve. All three items sold to someone else. I was outbid! The scissor jack would have come in handy jacking up the Austin Seven I'm working on. I'm putting the car up on 2 large "skates" that go under each axle. The skates have very heavy duty castors, 4 on each skate. I should now be able to move the car by myself. Backards, fore'ads and side to side-ards. I am doing this to replace the hydraulic brake cylinders that are fitted to each car. When jacking the rear of the car up I whiffed the smell of very stale petrol. The car hasn't been used for at least six years. I will have drain the petrol tank and flush the system. I would like to get the car on the road this year!

I remember watching a tv programme about hydrogen powered cars decades ago. The film showed water dripping from the exhaust pipe, with a man holding a cup under the pipe to catch the water before drinking it. My first thought was the water must have tasted disgusting, my second thought was with millions and millions of these cars pumping out water laden exhausts, the roads would be constantly wet, which could be a hazard. Especially during the winter. We might have to have our wipers on all the time. And what would the effect be on the atmosphere having millions of gallons of water evaporating day and night?

After all that, I still prefer the idea of a hydrogen powered car over an electric one, because being the owner of a vintage car, it might be easier to convert it to hydrogen than electric.

I took two dustbins full of weeds and grass cuttings to the recycling yard, along with a garden bin and small bag filled with the same stuff. Only 6 sq mtrs to go, then all the weeding is done. I then mowed a friends lawn. Got home and installed(?) a log from the side of the pond to below the water line to help creatures that fall in, get out again. Cleaned out the small solar fountain and filled the pond with water from a nearly empty water butt. I then made myself some dinner! A good day, but I really wish it would rain for a few hours to fill the water butts.