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I had to get the dictionary out for that one!

Somebody once told me that "you keep a small dog to wake the big one who does the work".

We got burgled a few years ago while we had gone out with the dog for about an hour, nothing is foolproof!

Sorry if I'm stating the obvious:

You need a few trusted people who know how to disable any alarm systems, just in case your world goes haywire at some stage!

Happy New Year, off for a few glasses of the Scottish nectar now.

Whoops yes sorry about that, I looked at the pictures link first then missed the main one.

Been a long day!

There's lots of interesting stuff there Jason, where is it?

I just had very boring day, sales shopping with the wife!

Merry Christmas to everyone.

Please Santa, all I want for Christmas is a new electricity supply for my workshop!

Edited By V8Eng on 24/12/2013 20:34:24

"Only if you are making model armchairs!"

Then should it become: a model armchair engineer?

Edited By V8Eng on 20/12/2013 14:57:59

I expect that the upcoming million mile service on the sleigh will need lots of tools and spares.

No doubt the original parts will not be available, therefore our types of workshop will be needed.

Think I am probably immune at the moment because the workshop power supply has been condemned, suppose that makes me an armchair model engineer!

Edited By V8Eng on 20/12/2013 09:10:05

Come on now! We all know it's Christmas and Santa's little helpers are busy making presents, I expect your problem will go away after Dec 25th.

Oh yes nearly forgot to mention the wonderful Deltic 2 strokes but they were Turbocharged, which sounds pretty much well suited for the application.

your engines look very good dean, I look forwards to seeing this one progress.

Edited By V8Eng on 07/12/2013 14:07:45

I seem to remember from my youth that some Commer lorries were fitted with blown 3 cylinder 2 stroke engines.

No idea how it was all arranged, but the sound was very unusual.

Edited By V8Eng on 07/12/2013 12:59:48

Thanks Jason.

If you set to ignore a member, how do you put it back to normal (ie stop ignoring them)?

Might be worth a call to check.

**LINK**

English Heritage have a couple on their website, depends what sort of image you are after.

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Have you tried an online search yet?

I have looked at the Hugh Smith website now, they certainly make some impressive machinery, nice to see we still export equipment!

Edited By V8Eng on 28/11/2013 11:49:04

Hi A G

I took the photograph of the rolls you are asking about at Chatham Historic Dockyard, it was about 2 years ago.

They are very very large and are located just outside the Cafe, hence the tables and chairs which I included to give a sense of scale.

If you want a better look the photo is in my album, I have noticed that the makers name is indistinct so will check the original photo tomorrow.

The Historic Dockyard is is a great place to visit if you are ever in that area, best to allow lots of hours for the visit because it is easy to lose track of time there!

Edited By V8Eng on 27/11/2013 21:55:44

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/pc-peripheral/3489616/microsoft-debuts-3d-printing-app-for-windows-81/?cmpid=HTML-N181113&olo=newsletter

might be of interest for starters.

Edited By V8Eng on 18/11/2013 10:53:39

I did a bit of research on plating some time ago, things changed before there was any chance to carry on.

Here is a link to some plating companies, a search would find lots more as well.

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If you want to read up on plating for yourself, there is a handy little book in the Workshop Practice series .

**LINK**

Edited By V8Eng on 17/11/2013 19:48:44

I have a Tri lever machine, lovely bit of kit!

2850 rpm sounds bit quick on an ML7, fairly sure my two speed is much slower than that.

If the levers do not disengage properly it might be worth checking that the return springs are ok, I have experienced problems caused by those, they seem to very critical (on my machine anyway).

I do agree with Jack's comments about belts.

No power to the workshop for a couple of months now (house modifications), so not able to be more much help really.

Edited By V8Eng on 16/11/2013 19:19:09