Member postings for Steviegtr

Thanks Juddy & yes there is lot to mull over making them.

Steve.

Ady you do not have to tell me about building loco's. Many of my friends do just that. My departed friend Randy Blackburn built a lot of steam vehicles. The 2 last ones he did (Foden trucks) took 8 years to complete. Another has just finished a 1/4 scale Burell which took a few years to do. I hold my hat off to those guys who spend there time making the beautiful machines.

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I see your point & no that was a kit. Just as lots of models made by others come with stock & drawings. Thanks.

Steve

Thanks for the comment.

Sorry i did not know that about the bike guy.

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Thank you.

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My insurance company told me that the bottles had to be 50 mtrs from any habitable homes & were on a concrete floor.

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I am not sure if i ever posted this on here. It was many years ago that i decided to build a replica car of a Porsche 911 turbo flatnose. I was in my late 30's then & buying a house & bringing up a family. . Now 71. Still proud of the achievment building a replica car that was an exact copy of a german made motor.

I am sure many forum members will dis this thread as they have for the poor chap who has been modifying his motorcycle. All I can say is, never mind & that he will probably not post on here any more as lots of my youtube followers have indicated to me. It is a real shame because the forum is very good with lots of information for anyone wanting to know how to etc. I am an electrical engineer by trade but never answer any questions about anything electrical because there are so many other members that are probably not electrically qualified that undermine my comments on problems . Especially ones about inverters or as you may call them VFD's.

I spent the last 30 years fitting inverters to control panels of which i designed & built for blue chip companies. But it seems i did it all wrong & some members tell me so. Not sure what they did for a living but suspect possibly tarmac layers. But hey. Enjoy the video guys & gals.

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Hello all. I have made some more progress with the hit & miss engine. I know it is not everyones cup of tea as i am not really very popular on this forum due to me being a little outspoken at times. I know there are many who like my content on youtube & a very few who do not. I know not why. Anyway thoses that do like the content i publish, here is part 14 of the hit & miss engine. It is coming along nicely. I have no drawings & most of the content is of my own designs.

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Hi Andrew. If it is the same as the S7. I have the oil gun with a very narrow nose that manages to get to the nipple. Although on the S7 the pulley as said above is releaved in that area to get the gun in. Same with the back gear lever , it has a hard to reach nipple in the centre of it.

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Ebay is awash with machine led lights. I bought 2 for my machines some time ago & they are pretty good & very bright. Have a look at this item No on ebay. There are lots to choose from. Your only drawback is these are 230Volt.

Steve.

Led light

I use it & it does stink a bit. The smoke sometimes drives me out for a while. Luckily I have a door that can be left open. Don't bin it as it is great for threading. I have been using it for about 3 years with only my usual smokers cough.

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At my Son in laws place. Bike tyres Leeds they have a expanding mandrel & slide hammer . I have seen them using it to pull wheel bearings out of bike wheels. Probably a Sykes pickavant item. Works well. So some of the above would work by making a expanding mandrel yourself & fashioning up a slide hammer.

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Just had a watch of some of your video's. A great old lathe you have there. Plus a ingenious ball turner.

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I made this one a few years ago. Specifically for the Myford super 7 . It fits in place of the compound & then locks with the wedges. I also made it so the cutting tip can be rotated. I noticed a lot I had seen would not get right into the root where the mandrel holds it in the chuck.

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No problem.

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P.S. The build looks great so far. Nice work.

Dalby I have a new 1/4 32 UNEF. hat i bought to do mine I could lend you. Problem is postage will be more than buying one.

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Are you getting confused by the inverter setting for a 50Hz supply or a 60Hz supply as some countries have. Here in the UK you would set the inverter up for 50Hz. The speed settings are a different parameter & in many cases can be set from 0 to over 100Hz. My Myford is set at about 60-65Hz max Which in the right gear runs just over 2000rpm.

I would not want to run it at this speed & usualy it never gets taken above 1000. Yes the motor cage is the same for a 2 pole & a 4 pole motor ,so not much chance of doing any damage overdriving it. Definately a 4 pole as the 2 pole will stall out under load. 2 pole motors are usually found on fans. Or any machine that does not require high torque.

Steve.

Well the moderator Neil asked if i had any pics of the process of making these rings.. So sorry it has taken so long to get there with the milling machine & other stuff. Finally i have got round to making some video's that may be of interest to some members. There will be 3 video's in total. The 1st now published is just to explain what equipment would be needed to make rings with.

Please remember like many of you forum members I am a amateur, so some of my work is not as good as some of the Youtube guys who do this all the time. Even now after publishing part 1 i realise some mistakes i have made in part 2. Which will be published soon. For those interested, enjoy.

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When i used to a lot of car bodywork. The smaller the holes the harder it was to fill them. I always assumed it was because being so small as you fill over you are creating a air pocket which makes it very hard being so small,to push the air out. Not a problem with a big hole.

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My bench grinder was terrible from new. El Cheepo. I removed the plastic bushes from the centres & remade them from Delrin on the lathe. Never had a minutes bother since.

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