Here is a list of all the postings RRMBK has made in our forums. Click on a thread name to jump to the thread.
Thread: Anyone want this |
30/07/2023 21:16:29 |
It does look like the plastows burrell and as I've had to sleeve mine due to a porus casting, it would be greatly appreciated. I cant collect from spalding as I am in North wales but will happily post you whatever the carriage costs are if thats acceptable ? |
Thread: identifying wheels |
10/01/2023 12:34:51 |
Thank you very much John. I had tried the internet but I suppose its a fair reflection on my digital abilities! . |
08/01/2023 14:35:00 |
I have a number of driving wheels which are 4.38" tread 4.64 flange, 16 spoke and with the number X264 cast into the back. Can anyone identify these for me please. Once I've identified them tThey will be for sale if anyone is interested. Many thanks
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Thread: Myford VMC mill |
25/08/2022 08:56:13 |
Thank you very much for the quick responses. Greatly appreciated. The manual and exploded parts drawing is just what I needed. Bearings are clearly sealed units, so after 40 years probably best to replace ! and the belts are readily available locally. Once again many thanks.
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24/08/2022 23:26:28 |
Hello all . Please can anyone provide the specification for the two belts used on a myford VMC mill from around 1980. Also can you tell me how to lubricate the quill bearings. I don't have a manual for the mill, and attempts to find one on the web have just led me down interminable rabbit holes ending in a request for payment. Many thanks. |
Thread: don young piston valves |
25/06/2022 18:31:48 |
Hello all. I have often seen reference to a description by Don Young of sealing slide valves by drifting them through the bores. Can anyone please tell me which engine this relates to and where I might get copies of the articles please. Was it in ME in which case I possibly have a copy or in LLAS Dons own publication. I want to try out his method and would like to read it through fully including the port machining and finish Many thanks
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Thread: Here's an interesting one |
17/02/2022 21:25:53 |
just beat me to it !! I saw the costco thing and assumed it was some type of screen dump the scammers have used. |
Thread: boxford dol starter |
18/12/2021 17:37:24 |
Hi All. Theb Danfoss type C10 220v coil starter and T 16 overload has finally given up the ghost after 40+ years of use. However it seems as though a replacement analogue unit is no longer available. can someone point me in the direction of an alternative please. preferably one that will involve the minimum of cable alts. I dont mind redoing the front panel and buttons but would like to keep the original door , guard and back gear safety switches. Many thanks Brian. |
Thread: Holbrook lathe on Ebay |
28/10/2021 23:22:21 |
If you look through back copies of ME in the mid 80's you will find adverts for these lathes. They were not cheap even then and I believe very few were actually ever sold. Mine is serial no 18, I know of ser no 24 and I have e.mailed the seller to see if he will let me know the serial no of this one. |
28/10/2021 23:18:08 |
Cracking lathe, had mine ten years or more now. and like mine the one advertised appears to have most of the original accessories , taper turning attachment , steadies, vertical slide etc. Badge engineered yes, but poor quality- most certainly not! |
Thread: They see you coming |
09/09/2021 18:52:18 |
I broke down in a 5.5 mtr long 3.5 mtr high motorhome on the roundabout above one of the busy M5 or M6 junctions( not sure which.!) Put out two warning triangles about 30 & 60 ft away from what was a large visible vehicle. I waited off the road, by the barrier wearing a Hi vis jacket between the nearer triangle and the van. The further triangle went down within about 3 minutes, and in the 40 minutes I waited for the recovery man, the second triangle was hit 4 times, and one driver went through both triangles and nearly hit the back of the van. He then got out of his car and started to lay into me about how stupid I was to park my van there to just to look out at the traffic passing below on the motorway. I passed his number on to the police non emergency number, wonder if he ever got a call ? |
Thread: RAF to give up flying planes. |
07/09/2021 12:47:42 |
living close to the flight training path from RAF Valley, we lost the Hawk trainers a few years ago when they were replaced with I think a combination of the Tocano and the Beechcraft texan, propellor aircraft. One thing for sure the new ones are a damn sight noisier than the jets ever were! We do still get the Red Arrows training overhead occasionally and they still come to Valley occasionally as a temporary base when they are exhibiting up north. The most amazing pilot training however is when the big transports come overhead , just a few hundred feet up above the valley floor, banking and turning, precisely following the course of the river; doing low level radar avoidance exercise I believe, and you hardly hear them until they are almost overhead. great skill. |
Thread: Filling the boiler |
16/08/2021 22:04:24 |
On my 3 inch burrell I have fitted a small 1/8 bsp 1/4 turn valve.to the water pump by pass line between the bypass valve and the pump body. the other side of the valve is fitted with a 6mm air line connector. This way I can use my test pump to fill the boiler, through a length of 6mm airline pipe and also use the set up to fill the water tank, by opening the bypass. This fitting can also be used to do the 1.5 times hydraulic test and as you are firing up for the first time this gives you the ability to put water into the boiler at full pressure any time you want to, should you experience any teething problems with the pump or injector . |
Thread: Hinckley C |
09/06/2021 15:04:41 |
For as long as there are short term, greed driven profiteers who can cheaply install a gas turbine on top of a newly fracked gas well, then Nuclear power will always be on the back foot. Also, what private sector organisation in their right mind would take on the liabaility of a nuclear waste legacy when the government has no stake in the enterprise and could make draconian laws about the liability for dealing with legacy waste at any point in the future generation lifecycle. Untill government buys into a stake in Nuclear power stations nothing will move forward. Witness the failure of perfectly good and feasible replacement plants at both Wylfa and Trawsfynydd, both of which in general had strong local public support; but failed due to lack of Political support and Government stakeholder funding. Solar, Hydro and Wind are doing great things to alleviate fossil fuel reliance, and we are beginning to see some benefit from tidal power but they can never be a total solution. How would you feel when you are undergoing a heart transplant operation, about having your life support system supplied only by hydro,wind and solar? As the operation is happening on a winters day, dry with overcast high pressure and no wind and the upland moor streams feeding the hydro reservoir are frozen over; not too happy would be my response! |
Thread: Oilite bush cylinder |
09/03/2021 19:42:02 |
Thank you all for the informed responses. It was for a simple mill engine type cylinder and as much as anything to consider uses for the bushes rather than have them go to the scrap man. I felt that the housing inside a solid bore would alleviate any porosity to exterior, and the Alloy block gives a much easier means to produce external architectural features. It also makes it very easy to achieve the interference fit due to the different expansion ratios, I was wondering whether using steam oil with its very high viscosity would partially block the pores in the oilite and thus reduce or eliminate end to end transfer. I think Nigel G2 has got the best sloution, - try it and if not replace with a bronze or GM liner. Thanks again for acces to the wonderful encyclopedia of knowledge. |
07/03/2021 20:13:27 |
Hi all. As I have a number of new old stock Oilite bushes, I was wondering about mounting one inside a suitable block , Ali possibly, by interference fit to create a suitable free running steam cylinder bore. I cant believe it hasn't already been tried by someone, so any info on pitfalls or problems encountered would be greatly appreciated . Many thanks
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Thread: Bernard Towers' Lantern Chuck |
09/02/2021 19:01:17 |
Hi Neil. If you are not a subscriber and your local newsagent / WHS doesnt stock MEW, is there a way to buy individual copies by post please? |
Thread: 1/2'' scale drawing sources |
10/01/2021 20:26:25 |
Hi Brainspark. You dont say if you are US or Europe/UK based. Have a look at the website n25ga.org.uk Or put in National 2 1/2 gauge Association where there is a good selection of drawings for UK and American outline locos along with castings for many of them, you may also find the Gauge 3 society at www.gauge3.org.uk of interest although this tends to be more for completed locos. hope this helps
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Thread: Electric vehicles |
18/11/2020 23:40:24 |
Fully in agreement re aircraft again because of pollution as much as the fuel quantity, but that is an immense international problem. Lets at least start with bites that we can chew and that will have a direct effect on us here. If we could make this happen in the UK and reduce our HGV journeys by say 70 - 80% which would be achievable by better rail infrastructure and improved stock delivery lines, storage and warehousing, at least the rest of the world may take some notice. But as I say, as long as you have got big business and its hangars on lining their pockets with the profits, nothing will happen. You only need to look at the current PPE scandal to see where the money goes! Planning again should not allow any supermarket or retail outlet to be built without ensuring say a weeks storage of full stock on the premises, and put in planning restrictions about the number of delivery vehicles allowed in and out daily/ weekly. |
18/11/2020 23:15:19 |
Whilst I am fully in favour of electric cars as they make sense on health grounds and the savings to the NHS from exhaust pollution health illness alone, they are a long way from being anywhere near practical for use in hilly rural Wales, Border counties or Scotland. But the issue here is nothing more than government sound bites ( bytes?) If they were serious about cutting fuel usage AND emissions they would be targeting commercial vehicles. One 38 ton wagon emits the same pollution as 5 or 6 cars and uses 5 -6 times more fossil fuel . A sensible rail freight infrastructure that is not overloaded with profit hungry companies running passenger carriages and preventing slower freight trains from baulking their timetables; is vital. And that does not mean hs2 which is not intended for freight at all as far as I understand. Until a government has the B***s to tackle the likes of supermarkets and fashion / homeware / furniture retailers and insist that they cannot have planning for a new store unless it is within25/ 30 miles of a rail fed distribution centre; with the exception of these very rural areas; then we will still have huge diesel burning HGV's trundling thousands of unnecessary miles daily. On that basis, tinkering around with banning private cars is a complete waste of time. The huge advantage for a government though is that private individuals don't have the massive political support lobby of the road hauliers and supermarkets so as individuals, we are very simple, quiet and submissive easy pickings. |
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