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It,s probably a generic Chinese engine if it has no makers name on it. yes it should be tight at TDC if it is a ringless piston known as ABC for aluminium (piston),brass(liner),chrome(plating of liner) although the materials may have changed these days. I would break it in with a smaller prop say a 10 x 6 glass filled nylon to keep it lightly loaded with a rich mixture to start with but let it rev. Short runs of about five minutes and let it cool down in between.After four or five runs like that it should be good to go.

Two heads in there I think.

My Dad managed to break the switch on the stairlift with his bum, when I phoned up the dealer about a new switch they quoted a price of £180. I got a replacement from RS for 18 pence.

I bought brushes for my 210 lathe from Amadeal for a fiver just a couple of weeks ago, turns out it was the control board had released the magic smoke. I've now gone brushless with a kit from Aliexpress.

I was thinking that you could probably form the curve just by tightening the screws when you fit it to the door. I am an ex member of the Taunton club ( I have been looking after my mum for the last four years, but now I have a bit of time on my hands)

Having a bit more surface area would make it easier to solder, how thin is the facia panel going to be?

Could they be made as small blocks instead? Also I would use threaded sleeves to about half the depth of the door to give plenty of latitude when tightening up the screws.

Just ordinary mild steel (EN1 ?) I doubt that I'll ever wear them out .

I found an old can of Duckhams 20/50 in the garage. All I did was heat it up until it went dark and dunk it in the oil.

Had a go at hot oil blacking.

I'm quite pleased with the result. 

Edited By Tim Chambers on 16/08/2019 17:09:15

Change the battery (Ok I know I should call it a cell).

Change the battery (Ok I know I should call it a cell).

I have a pair of Uvex varifocal safety specs from Vision Express "That'll be £450 please." Still I wouldn't be without them, the main concern was looking up from the work to look across the workshop to find tools,etc.

At the risk of teaching granny to suck eggs, you did throughly clean the morse taper in the spindle first?

Its very easy to just bop the chuck into the spindle and tighten the drawbar and forget to check if the taper has any swarf buildup.

Edited By Tim Chambers on 04/08/2019 20:54:51

Something like this perhaps?

linear actuator

If you really want to go green ,buy a goat.

Edited By Tim Chambers on 29/07/2019 17:20:34

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Edited By Tim Chambers on 29/07/2019 17:26:51

Trying to embed with mobile is impossible.

Edited By Tim Chambers on 29/07/2019 17:27:56

Plenty to see on YouTube https://youtu.be/NMWQxc9Ch2w

This firm are local to me but the website doesn't seem to have changed much recently.

https://www.everything-ev.com/

Edited By Tim Chambers on 29/07/2019 17:17:28

Edited By Tim Chambers on 29/07/2019 17:28:53

Of course you know it will be in the last place you look!😊

Dovetail Cutters

I know it says wood but they worked very nicely in mild steel when I made some toolholders for my lathe a few weeks ago.

Edited By Tim Chambers on 09/04/2019 00:02:38