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There is a guide on youtube on modifying a lawnmower engine to run as a horizontal shaft.
The main job was modifying the splash lubrication in the sump and the inlet to get the carb horizontal.
Blimey!! A mower gang!!
Motorised kids roundabout or sell as parts and put the money towards something else.
Gokart would work with a vertical engine just need a mower drive train/differential but at that point you would have an easier time just converting the mower into a race version
Smouser
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I struck gold!
At the auction where I bought my 'new' lathe there was also a Victoria Dividing head lot. The same style I have which @RobCox refurbished a while ago (https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/victoria-10-inch-dividing-head-refurbishment.128311/).
On the photos, there were no additional dividing plates. I assumed they were missing, the same as mine so I did not place a bid on the dividing head lot.
My lathe came with a cheap plastic toolbox and guess what I found in there?
Two Victoria dividing plates!
What a lucky find.
There were also two other 'random' gears in there (100T and 86T) .
I will get them measured and sell them on the bay. Somebody might just need them for something.
Some other poor sod now have a Victoria dividing head without the extra plates
At the auction where I bought my 'new' lathe there was also a Victoria Dividing head lot. The same style I have which @RobCox refurbished a while ago (https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/victoria-10-inch-dividing-head-refurbishment.128311/).
On the photos, there were no additional dividing plates. I assumed they were missing, the same as mine so I did not place a bid on the dividing head lot.
My lathe came with a cheap plastic toolbox and guess what I found in there?
Two Victoria dividing plates!
What a lucky find.
There were also two other 'random' gears in there (100T and 86T) .
I will get them measured and sell them on the bay. Somebody might just need them for something.
Some other poor sod now have a Victoria dividing head without the extra plates
Jaeger_S2k
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Go back to the auction house and ask them to give the winner of the other auction, your phone number.I struck gold!
At the auction where I bought my 'new' lathe there was also a Victoria Dividing head lot. The same style I have which @RobCox refurbished a while ago (https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/victoria-10-inch-dividing-head-refurbishment.128311/).
On the photos, there were no additional dividing plates. I assumed they were missing, the same as mine so I did not place a bid on the dividing head lot.
My lathe came with a cheap plastic toolbox and guess what I found in there?
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Two Victoria dividing plates!
What a lucky find.
Some other poor sod now have a Victoria dividing head without the extra plates
Tell them what you have, and you believe they'll be grateful to acquire them.
Happened to me, I bought a box containing an important accessory for another item that was in the auction, I knew what I was buying.
I received a call from the winner of the other piece and sold the box to them, it didn't even leave the site. That sale paid for my action of other items.
Smouser
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100% no.Go back to the auction house and ask them to give the winner of the other auction, your phone number.
Tell them what you have, and you believe they'll be grateful to acquire them.
Happened to me, I bought a box containing an important accessory for another item that was in the auction, I knew what I was buying.
I received a call from the winner of the other piece and sold the box to them, it didn't even leave the site. That sale paid for my action of other items.
I need those plates for my own dividing head
Jaeger_S2k
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The gears100% no.
I need those plates for my own dividing head
. Are you sure they're just "random"?
Smouser
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Ooops sorry.The gears
Thought you meant the dividing plates
The gears are ofc not just 'random', they are for something. For what, I don't know.
Windy Miller
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That’s gotta be the understatement of the month!
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The forum costing me money again
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Wood bothering chisels. They seem to have good reviews although not that sharp out of the box.
They have been in my basket for two months as a filler for cheap delivery, as its not something I really need. Except now the price has dropped by 3 quid
They have been in my basket for two months as a filler for cheap delivery, as its not something I really need. Except now the price has dropped by 3 quid
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31 spare roofing tiles the other day, and a pile of "Octane" magazine yesterday. The tiles are just in case I have any trouble with the roof, but given that there's been no trouble in the previous nearly-60 years it's been in place, hopefully I'll never need them. And, even though I'm trying to reduce my piles of magazines, I can't resist Octane, especially when free.
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A couple of thoughtful gifts from a good friend.
Micro bit precision screwdriver.
10mm Snap-on mid length socket.
Micro bit precision screwdriver.
10mm Snap-on mid length socket.
Like doing 1000 lines "I must not tape 3 pens together to do my lines"
Actually 5 was my best....
Jelly_Sheffield
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Finally picked up the compressor.
My mate is over from NZ for a month, and had nothing doing so came down in the truck with me as "it's as good a place to chat as any".
Actually very helpful as with her help I was able to just manhandle it onto the trailer without needing to winch it.
Had a minor disaster en-route, as the jockey wheel clamp shook loose on the motorway... and the jockey wheel is no more.
