Today I acquired...........

[Bullet2012]

while you have it can you give my Stolly a wash please

Today I acquired sweaty armpits a loathing for weekend drivers and an old Schenck crankshaft balancer.

Its a gem


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[Kram]

A chuck. It is massive!
It has quite a few dings, no play in the jaws. There are chuck marks on the OD so this has been in something much bigger!
6 metric dies and 3 ripper endmills.

 

[Brad93]

That’s the top slide for the Hardinge turret lathe sorted. Quite bizarre that it was 50% cheaper to get it from the States even including carriage and taxes. , than get one locally

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I've not seen that setup before, brilliant. You're really making me jealous with that little lathe.

 

[Brad93]

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A chuck. It is massive!
It has quite a few dings, no play in the jaws. There are chuck marks on the OD so this has been in something much bigger!
6 metric dies and 3 ripper endmills.

That's a nice chuck, doesn't look to have hadmuch use

 

[minimutly]

Today I acquired sweaty armpits a loathing for weekend drivers and an old Schenck crankshaft balancer.

Its a gem


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I toyed with buying one similar a year or two ago, the electronics were shot. But it was another project....

 

[Cuthy246]

A bit of proper old school English engineering. A 10cc glow engine made by Meteor Engineering in Birmingham some time in the 70's. There is very little information about Meteor engines but from what I have been able to gather it was a bit of a shed industry, sand or die cast aluminum and manually machined parts. Found a review in a photocopied piece in sceptre magazine (http://sceptreflight.com/Model Engine Tests/Meteor 60.html )

 

[dan.taylor.1]

I wonder if John @doubleboost has any info from his dads collection?

 

[8ob]

I toyed with buying one similar a year or two ago, the electronics were shot. But it was another project....

I was in the process of gathering bits to build one when this one came up for cheap, its all there but needs going through. I had already bought the electronics from Technolab so if the analogue gear on this one cant be resurrected I will retro fit the digital gear I already have.

 

[minimutly]

I was in the process of gathering bits to build one when this one came up for cheap, its all there but needs going through. I had already bought the electronics from Technolab so if the analogue gear on this one cant be resurrected I will retro fit the digital gear I already have.

What's the price of the technolab stuff then?

 

[8ob]

What's the price of the technolab stuff then?

Its came to about £800 ish, its all very small.

Bob

 

[8ob]

 

[Kram]

That's a nice chuck, doesn't look to have hadmuch use

It looks it, but must have been thrown around a bit for mounting in a bigger chuck.. or out of! A few deep marks in the OD.

I miss read the listing of the Pratt Burnerd chuck, thinking both were 200mm but this is 6". Much more sensible size for my lathe, which means I think Im keeping both Did intend to sell one.

 

[Ruffian]

Treated myself to a new grinder.

 

[Farside]

The box that the clever courier company tried to deliver at 20 to 7 Saturday evening

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Flat Rate. heh.

 

[Farside]

A bit of proper old school English engineering. A 10cc glow engine made by Meteor Engineering in Birmingham some time in the 70's. There is very little information about Meteor engines but from what I have been able to gather it was a bit of a shed industry, sand or die cast aluminum and manually machined parts. Found a review in a photocopied piece in sceptre magazine (http://sceptreflight.com/Model Engine Tests/Meteor 60.html )
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I'm abso-lutely bloody sure I had a Meteor engine in the late 60s, as part of a control-line setuop. It was a challenge to spin the bugger over and not cut my fingers on the prop.
Wasn't too expensive either, as I recall it was paid from pocket money and paper rounds.

 

[winchman]

Well winchboy not me I just have to move it
Now can some one educate us and tell us what the little side table is for?
Its an FJ Edwards machine so once rewired should be a good machine

 

[Barking Mat]

Well winchboy not me I just have to move it
Now can some one educate us and tell us what the little side table is for?
Its an FJ Edwards machine so once rewired should be a good machine
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What is that ?

It's very pretty.

 

[MCKDAVID]

little table is for sitting on with a brew reading the paper at tea break, raised or lowered to suit your height, very comfortable.... these old guys thought of everything.....

sorry no idea....

 

[winchman]

What is that ?

It's very pretty.

Its a woodbuchering tool, I can feel a shepherds hut coming on

 

[winchman]

little table is for sitting on with a brew reading the paper at tea break, raised or lowered to suit your height, very comfortable.... these old guys thought of everything.....

sorry no idea....

Thats great