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Rik That's a powerful little circular saw. Just make sure you fit a blade with with a finer pitch than the 1.5mm plate thickness, otherwise you will end up wearing it

For those who have survived a diet of compo rations in the field.

Who can remember the taste of tinned compo sausages? They actually tasted quite good.

Can you also remember the tins of 'babies heads' , a very descriptive name for tinned steak and kidney pudding

Years ago we used to bungee lunch full size gliders off the bank. The bungee was pulled into tension by a huge retired dray horse. The horse had spent all of it's working life pulling a brewers dray around North Yorkshire, so was well used to pulling heavy loads. The horse ambled slowly down the bank with one end of the bungee attached to it's halter. When the tension was high enough the glider was released into the air.

One day, someone noticed that the old horse always shut both eyes when it started pulling on the bungee cord. Well wouldn't you? Even the old horse could imagine the consequences, if the bungee cord suddenly snapped without warning.

What for?

If we all vote with our feet, then perhaps the new owners will get the message.

Understood, If the full size engine does it that way, then you have to do the same.

Mike

Jason,

How does that ring across the gudgeon pin seal the gasses?

Mike

They look to be a very sensible set of clamps you had to make.

That is an enormous block of 2014, it should take you a long time to reduce that to a pile of small chips

Mike

Yes and yes

Edited By mike T on 06/04/2016 18:18:37

Old, worn out cast iron disc brakes are prone to micro cracking due to high braking temperatures and and the shock rain water quenching. New, replacement disc brakes are surprisingly cheap to buy online. I would always chose new rather than old : but it does depend on what you are making.

At least that should help.

Edited By mike T on 31/03/2016 22:56:17

How would you do that Bazyle? It's in wood !!!!!

That panel looks absolutely fantastic and the blue edge lighting is stunning.

Where did you get the STL. file from?

Five hours of machining at what feed rate?

Please can someone explain what the "it " referred to above actually is?

Edited By mike T on 24/03/2016 19:14:13

If you leave it as you found it, you will have 30 + years of genuine 'patina'.

If you want it to look like new, spring clean every thing.

If you want it to look like a restoration project, then chrome and polish everything.

Mike

I think Tim's battery problems have been discussed at some considerable length. It should be safe to widen the discussion without hijacking his topic

All the Nicad battery packs for my cordless drill have failed over the years. I decide to try a brand new three cell Lipo battery ( from my quad drone). The voltages were about the same. The drill worked better than ever and I finished the job with seemingly power to spare. When I checked the Lipo's battery state I discovered to my horror that the voltage was below the critical "do not discharge below" voltage. The drill was still running well but the battery never recovered. Some very expensive holes were drilled that day.

If I ever repeat the exercise, I will be sure to fit one of those audible low voltage alarms.

I must give Neil's method of reviving old nicad packs a try, I have plenty of those

Edited By mike T on 13/03/2016 19:16:09

Does you mini mill really have a leadscrew with 20mm lead per rev?

I would have thought something like a 5mm lead would have been more likely for a ball screw, or a 1mm lead for a conventional screw/nut leadscrew.

Well there was lots of nostalgia for the C90 but mine was the only offer of a donor C90 for restoration by Mick.

Mike T

Hello Mick

You may be in luck.

We have a Honda C90 (with some spares) which is just ripe for restoration. I will get it out of the shed and take some photos this afternoon if you are still interested in a C90. It was a good reliable runner but has been stored for a few years.

Send me a PM with your email address so I know where to send the photos.

What part of the country are you located? I am near Portsmouth.

Regards

Mike