Member postings for ronnie barker

Thank you jason and nick for your replies

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Hi how do I change where I have my model engineer magazine sent to please

Jonathan

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ive just seen this thread and ive got afew stationary engine kits back from the states firstly by carrying them as i went over afew years ago and brought acouple bavk, which was very cheap but i understand they are clamping down now on suitcase weight.

ive also had them shipped over and everytime you i get one shipped the price goes up and the last engine i had the seller in the states wrote gas engine on the box!!!

one thing you want to check if you have one shipped over is how many boxes it will come in as customs will charge you for opening each box, the less boxes the cheaper it is

i have spoken with maury in the states and it would cost as much if not more to get the casting to my door as the castings themselfs as you would have to pay him the shipping then you would get caught at customs, the last engine i had over which was in one box cost £400 to ship to my door, the castings were only 500 dollars!!

having said all this the engines are lovely and you can loose the price in the finished thing as these little hit and miss models make alot of money more than model steam engines and some hit and miss engines make more than there full size counterparts do so you aint going to lose out just depends how much you want to spend.

hope this helps jonathan

andrew, the mill is a atlas which someone has made a head for it, its a lovely little miller its got power feed and a clutch its a joy to use.

the lathe is a colchester master which im only the second owner of i brought it off the man who brought it new off colchester, which was great cos it came with everything!! there was about 8 chucks 3 faceplates steadies collects and boxes and boxes of tools.

jonathan

hi people my name is jonathan but i use the name on here ronnie barker as this is what i was known at school and members of my stationary engine club call it me.

first of all a big thankyou to jason for posting my pics of my workshop which i wanted to share with you all.

the workshop is a brick built building with a fully lined roof and a pair of double doors at one which opens out into the lane and a single sliding door that opens into the garden the workshop is 30f long by 14f wide, last year i fitted the pot belly stove from machine mart and this has made the workshop very cosy.

lve got carpet at each machine and at the benches, i try to clean up after each machining job and i have a hoover and do the carpets once a week i cannot work in dirt if you keep everything clean things seem to go alot better.

thing i dont like is that my woodworking machines are in the same place, the bandsaw isnt to bad but the table saw and router table are hell, i do try to do this outside now.

if anybody would like to ask anything about my workshop or give me any pointers then please do so im always looking to improve it

jonathan

I'm posting these for Ronnie, he will add a few comments later. JasonB

i would like to point out that if it wasnt for the sharp eyes of jason the portable engine would only be good for bog paper!!

if model engineer had been more sharp eyed the engine should never have gone to press!!

sorry to moan its a good job there are people out there willing to help

jonathan

hi howard

i have run quite afew model engines and learnt alot mainly the hard way, i shouldnt worry about your compression, once the engine has ran for a while it should get better you could always try the old trick i do of running the engine in on a electric motor this works well.

as said above you need a demand vavle and i think this is where your problem is if your coming straight off the bottle in the engine this will never work these little engines need hardy any fuel at all.

i had the same problem on my half size gardner until i fitted a demand valve and between the valve and the engine you should fit a gauge to see how much gas is going throngh u want the neddle to hardly move.

i would try to restrain from fitting a spark plug, if you do you will need to fit contact points somewhere on the engine and i think with the classic shape of the otto engine the spark plug and contacts will spoil the look of the engine.

if you dont have no joy with gas i would try methanol or sim with the glow plug, on a early style engine like this i would keep away from ungly looking spark plug

hope this is of help

jonathan

thanks jason dont no what i would do without you

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