Wheel brake cylinders sit at an angle, so air moves to the highest point at one end of the cylinder. But the bleed port is in the middle of the cylinder. So how are you getting the air out?
I've used a vacuum pump and pushed one of the pistons in to push the air towards the bleed port and...
Another waste of time researching this topic, as typical with most such claims that come from social media. Maintained bikes unlikely to be impacted. Legislation in very early stages. Legislation aims to remove polluting vehicles, will probably have details added to allow for historic vehicles.
My boy enjoys it, my daughter only started taking an interest because my son did (apparently it's all a competition). I try to make a day out of the trips with a picnic so that my wife enjoys them.
The weather has really warmed up here in the South East so time to start visiting shows again...
This is the open source DRO software I mentioned: https://github.com/TimPaterson/TouchscreenDigitalReadout
I don't trust Chinese kit too much, it tends to be buggy and randomly fails. My approach was to buy generic sensors and connect them to the open source unit. Though as I said, for my...
Ah cool!
That looks like a small piece, and you may have the issue I did, larger pieces spread the heat nicely, small pieces don't.
The issue I had is welding a panel, the heat would cause the metal to expand and as it shrunk it broke the weld. I went for rivots and PU sealer in that instance...
I bought those, and they worked very well on my test piece. I tried to pry the joint apart and the material failed before the joint!
But as I said, those rods are fairly high temp, I'm thinking of trying the low temp solder, which is apparently not as strong and requires expensive flux.
When I had to claim on dealer warranty it turned out to be worthless. Very few things included, and charged for full engine rebuild if the fault turned out to be one of the many non-covered parts.
Hello everyone. I've had some joints to make in 0.8mm and 1.2mm sheet aluminium. I've tried common aluminium brazing rods, they work on thick 3mm aluminium, but not on thin sheet as the temperature just destroys the material.
I've found low temp aluminium solder, this stuff requires 220C...
Can I just check, you're trying to make the product that's on the Shapeways website? Presumably because it's only available in the US?
Could you draw a 2D diagram? Could you simplify where possible, use arcs rather than curves to make it easier for me to create the DXF for the laser cutter...
On first glance, I'd be tempted to try laser cut engineering plastic for the top bit, and an aluminium arm for the upright. Could you create a 2D CAD drawing? A few people here, including me, have laser cutters and could try to help.
Hey. I paid £200 or more for a three stage filter from a recognised brand. What was inside the third stage was a generic carbon filter. Presumably the brand had bought generic filters, found they're good enough to pass certification, and marked them up in price by x20. In my opinion the three...
I've finished building the firewall and cabin on my 4x4 buggy build. It's made from aluminium panels, but I decided to paint them anyway since the shiny alloy stood out too much. My plan is to seal with fireproof natural cure silicone rather than PU sealer, as the latter won't come apart easily...
Thanks!
Just Googled a bit more and found that ACM was responsible for the Grenfell fire. It comes in a fire proof variety but is expensive and not available in small quantities. Found one supplier. I'll go for regular ACM for side panels and fire proof stuff for engine bay.