Member postings for martin perman

Black & Decker drill used to be tested for 24hrs continuous use as they considered this would last for years of use, I know this as I installed a test track to test the drills.

Re LED lamps, I bought two solar powered units with detection, one is eighteen months old and the other is twelve months old and both still going strong and both from Amazon.

Got back from the Great Dorset Steam Fair yesterday, an excellent seven days, one of the posters on here introduced himself and his wife, sadly due to the heat of the week and old age I've forgotten his name

Martin P

Dr Dave, upset me even more, I live in Cople and didnt see a thing my eyes are always scanning the skies, a trip to the opticians me thinks.

Martin P

I must have spent my day outside with my eyes shut, I'm east of Cardington hangers and didnt see a thing, did have a polished aluminium Dakota heading Duxford way on Saturday.

Martin P

More what have I done this weekend, my friend and I are displaying one of my Stationary Engines at the Great Dorset Steam Fair from Thursday through to Bank Holiday Monday, we travel down on the Tuesday set our flat pack caravan up and then Wednesday we set my engine up and have a wander around ready for the Thursday morning start.

Yesterday we loaded my trailer up with all the necessary tat we think we need including the engine, put the roof box on my car and loaded my mobility scooter into the car along with all the stuff necessary for spending a week in the caravan, we then checked over the caravan and pumped up twelve tyres to towing pressure. Today I've filled the roof box with more stuff, sleeping bag and pillows ,clothes ,waterproofs and footware and tomorrow will load all of the perishable food into the fridge, it amazes me how much we take to show one engine,

Martin P

had it on my phone for nearly a year.

Martin P

John,

Than you for that, I've just watched the @wrong Foo' mill and I have exactly the same mill, with some tiny differences, very interesting.

Martin P

I've subscribed to the above channel but cant find video's of round pillar mill drills, can somebody help pleas.

Martin P

Dont get me started, towing a trailer/caravans at 70 mph is ilegal on all roads, 60 mph is the limit on motorways and your not allowed in the third lane either, 60 mph on dual carriageways and 50 mph on single carriageways, they come past me as if I'm parked.

Martin P

In one of the caravan and camping magazines recently there was a piece where the police stated they are going to step up road side spot checks on trailers etc, if you buy an off the shelf spec plate what are you going to stamp on, my Ifor williams has the serial no and its gross weight, this includes the empty trailer weight. If you build a trailer you will still need to get it weighed because if you get pulled and it goes on a weigh bridge and its over your guessed weight who's fault is that, they will then have a field day and check everything. I'm more than happy to comply with the rules hence why I recently derated my trailer.

Martin P

Plasma,

I've just texted my friend, see previous thread, the following message, If I want to build a trailer from scratch would I need to get it tested, his answer was yes if you wanted it to be Legal it would need to go for an IVA check.

Martin P

I agree with Bill, I have a friend who works for a company building special trailers and he sorts out the paperwork, tests etc for all of the trailers, when asked he can quote the rules off pat and all trailers, factory or home built now have to be checked over before they can be used.

Martin P

There are only two engine based museums in the uk and either one of them may know of its existence, Internal Fire Museum and The Anson Museum. **LINK** and **LINK** Both Curators are very helpful do you know the serial no's etc for the engine. 

Martin P

Edited By martin perman on 11/08/2019 21:00:06

For my IW trailer I carry a wheel clamp which is always fitted to the rear axle of my twin axle, a hitch lock even though the trailer has its own lockable hitch fitted, a healthy length of chain and a pad lock to attach the trailer to my car when at rally's and a removable trailer lights cable so that none of the lights will work.

Martin P

I bought my Ifor Williams over 17 years ago second hand from my place of work and the first thing I had to do was contact IW to transfer ownership to me, when I rang them recently they asked for the serial no and asked me my details to confirm the trailer was mine, I think its a good idea as if the police find it they can quickly find its correct owner.

Martin P

Our local Recycling centre wont allow anthing bigger than 5' x 4', no twin axles of any size allowed so I've recently bought a small second hand one for tip runs.

Martin P

As a slight aside I recently found I was breaking the law with my Ifor Williams trailer, I'm on a restricted three year licence because I inject Insulin, the weight combination of car and trailer exceeded my 3.5 ton limit. I found out that IW could supply spec plates for the trailer to de rate it, I gave them a call and they asked what I required so I had a new plate supplied reducing the load from 2000kgs to 1400kgs all for the cost of £40 + vat instead of £1500 for a new trailer.

Martin P

+1 here, I've just read the complete thread where I started out with it all whistling over my head and ending up with knowing a little about how a clock works, I recently bought a 1940's ish pendulum wall clock which quietly ticks away in the hall and I admit to watching it trying to see what makes it tick.

Martin P

This website of the makers might help **LINK**

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Re the series discussed the aeroplane program was also very good, regarding cyclists, what right do cyclists have to take over a village to run their time trials and then create when people try to drive their cars in and out of the village, thankfully they were stopped. Try driving in London and try not to knock over the suicide jockeys on two wheels as they cross red lights and ignore the rules of the road.

My rant over.

By the way I own a bike for the occasional ride around country lanes.

Martin P

Geoff,

I thought you might like to see this, its a twin cylinder full size version of your engine which came from a paddle steamer, if its not done already its hoped to get it running in the near future, it can be found at the Internal Fire Museum Tan y Groes, **LINK**

Martin P

Edited By martin perman on 31/07/2019 16:58:56