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Had a look at the yahoo group. Still there but no activity since April '18! Files, conversations and photos still accessible.

Yes, I do have a riser, One of the last batch that Gary Wooding made. I've not actually used it yet as my work up to now hasn't required it. (Sorry, Gary!) I normally use an ER16 collet chuck which gives reasonable headroom with small cutters and I hardly ever use a vice. Things will change when I start to make bigger stuff. I do have a Posilock type and a fair number of larger screw type cutters which will require the riser.

Fair few Centec bods on here so you won't have too much trouble with other enquiries.... Not sure what has happened to the Yahoo Group...

Edited By Old Elan on 09/12/2019 12:25:25

Geoff,

Just for you I have been out in the cold!

Body dia. 0.748; right clamp 'bit' 1.144 long; Total length 3.136; smaller threaded bit of right 'bit' 0.378; All one piece; left 'bit' of clamp; 1.438 long, same 0.748 but clean bored of course.

The diameter of the lock 'wedge' you can get from the quill of course.... Good choice of mill, BTW.

ATB, Roy

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That's quite a bodge!

This is how it should look. If I get a chance I will remove mine and post a picture unless someone beats me to it!

Mike's position is the same as mine. Exactly. I've had 'commercial' PCs in the past (Dell, HP etc.) but their options aren't as flexible as PCSpecialist in my opinion.

The only problem that I encountered was the build time. Otherwise very happy with my AIO.

That shouldn't have happened! I helped a chum build one in '72. Triumph based front suspension like an Elan and the trailing link Imp suspension. I admit that the steering was very light but quite stable when flat out. G15s were good on the track too.

We used both Imp and the G15 on car trails. They were ideal with the weight on the rear wheels.

Indeed, them were the days!

I had a few Imps. In my view they were a much better car than the Mini but the launch was rushed for some reason, so yes, they were a little under developed. The pneumatic throttle and automatic choke were soon replaced by cable operation.

They were very successful on the track. Three consecutive saloon car championships with Bill McGovern in '70,'71 and '72. Quite a good rally car too.

They were produced in Lynwood, not far from Glasgow. Lovely engine based on the Coventry Climax fire pump engine. Put together properly they were reliable. Unfortunately the majority of the work force were recruited from the Clyde ship yards.....

I commuted to London in mine and never had a major problem apart from the petrol crisis in '74! Before that I could fill my 6 gallon tank for £2!

To get back on topic, my only experience of a Dauphine was a cast model of one from CIJ, the French equivalent of Dinky. I still have it and it hasn't rusted away.......

2495 + VAT and it doesn't even have a tool post!

They're 'avin a larf!

Oops, read the blurb a bit closer, it does get a Dixon.

Still over the top in my view.

Edited By Old Elan on 19/07/2019 18:05:17

Some comments here...

https://modeleng.proboards.com/thread/12329/chinese-locos?page=1

'I value the technology currently available to those who want them.'

Would that you had the choice.

I had a hire car recently that took me ages to fathom.

It seemed that if I wanted cruise control, I could only have it as adaptive. First time in use it that feature so surprised me that I nearly had an accident! It chucked the brakes on.....

Hate DLR lamps. Auto lights which make you think the guy in front is braking. I could go on!

I'm with Geoff. I need to get the Elan back on the road.....

Ah, that old chestnut!

Have a look at this. https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/jaguar/x-type/

I admit to being biased as I have had two as well as a Mondeo. Front brakes and cylinder block seem to be about the only things interchangeable.

Thanks for the link to the EWG site. Interesting. We now use Powerball as we have found it very difficult to find our preferred powder, which has been pointed out, can be used in different doses to suite conditions.

Sadly quite a few of 'that' series are no longer fit for purpose and should be removed from sale in my opinion.

On the subject of the cutters, my builder employed a 'qualified' sparks who left live tails in my garage from the utility room next door. Silly me, I thought they were from the CU that he had installed for ALL the garage/workshop power which was isolated.

Melted cutters as above.

Qualified? Hmmmm

Edited By Old Elan on 01/02/2019 16:52:42

Boxford Lube Chart.

https://www.homeworkshop.org.uk/

Works OK for me....

Edited By Old Elan on 11/09/2018 18:55:15

My dash pot cover is is the same as Robbo's.

There is no long tube on mine like Jamie's so without the cover I would imagine the oil would go everywhere.

Photos in my album including one of the switch trip and a similar socket head screw arrangement to Bill's.

'E' clips on both ends of the saw frame pin.

Roy

Update largely prompted by the other Kennedy thread.

Managed some workshop time and got the pulleys running parallel and the belt is now centralized and runs fine.

I had to machine the end of the crank though as it was just tapping the motor casing.

It might have been better if I had bought a 540 belt. The 530 is very tight!

All useful information, thanks all.

I will check for parallelism this afternoon.

I don't really want to change to V belts if I can avoid it.

I will just have to be very patient setting it up but as Bill says, there's not a lot in the way of adjustment.

Thanks for the link too.

Roy

Thanks, Murray. That is sort of the conclusion I came to, too.

Thanks, Clive. I hope mine is not that much of a 'mare! I must say that the motor pulley is a strange shape but is in steel whilst the driven is aluminium. I don't think the motor would have been worn by the belt.

It will be difficult to work out which if any bit has moved. The motor to base or the saw unit to base. Or maybe both!

I would still appreciate any input from fellow Kennedy owners.....

Roy

Edited By Old Elan on 22/08/2018 20:43:10

I have a Kennedy 60 powered by the original; Hoover 1/6 HP motor. It used to work fine (I think!) until the belt began to slip. I purchased a new belt but no matter what I do the belt slips to the outside.

I say I think because I'd never taken the guard off before getting the fitting the new belt.

I have tried all permutations of pulley positioning on the spindles to no avail. According to the manual, the pulleys outer edges should be in line. I can get close but the belt still rides off to the same extent.

I have not loosened either the motor, a no-no according to the manual, or the saw body itself although I suppose the new belt may have pulled the shafts out of parallel.

Calling Kennedy owners, is your motor pulley like mine?

Any ideas as I'm getting cross now!

The original design for Midge was by C R H Simpson and described in ME from January 1935 Volume 72 until 1937 Volume 77 by George Gentry. The Horley drawings I believe are the Dick Stockings improved version of around 1984 although I have no idea what the improvements were. Most likely in the boiler department.

This advert shows the general arrangement which might be of use to you.

By the way, we like to refer to a locomotive or an engine. A train is what is pulled or pushed by one.

Best of luck in your endeavours.

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