Thanks for the suggestions everyone!
Hi Pete - it might well be possible to EDM the whole thing in one piece, but from initial investigations it looks like the large 0.3mm section would cause some problems in manufacture. I'm not sure of the details, still waiting to get more quotes back, but...
Hi all,
I started a new job recently, developing electric spacecraft propulsion. I'm more working on the control systems / embedded engineering side of things, but it's a small team so I get to chat with the mechanical guys too. One of the things they're looking at getting manufactured for the...
Wow, this is really useful information, thank you for taking the time to write it all out. The plate on the receiver dates from 1965, so towards the earlier end of the range you mentioned, if the motor is of a similar vintage. Is there any way to determine for sure the type of insulation used on...
Thank you for this, I shall look into it!
I was initially thinking a VFD would make the most sense, because I could share it between lathe / mill if I end up with more three phase kit further down the line. But it would be easier just to have something dedicated to this compressor. My only other...
It's not the fastest, but I've been doing similar distances with a 2001 Skoda Fabia with the 1.9 SDI engine over the last few years with no complaints. I've put about 180k on, the trim is starting to look a bit tatty, but mechanically it is pretty robust, and still gets ~75mpg on motorway drives.
Hi all,
I finally have a garage / workshop of my own, and after struggling with tiny compressors for so long, I decided to get something big enough:
It's a Broom & Wade that should be ample for everything I need it for, I just have to work out how to power it. It has a 10hp 3 phase motor, but...
Ah, perfect, thanks for the advice everyone. Those methods of leveling make complete sense. Agreed it doesn't need to be super precise, but it would be good to start in the right sort of ballpark at least.
Those counter shaft examples are helpful, thanks @gaz1 . It came with a slightly bodged...
I know nothing about lathes, but keep coming across jobs where it would be handy to have one, so picked this up a while back. Been meaning to put it into service for longer than I care to admit, so hoping a thread here will help spur me into action.
It's a 3.5"x18" Grayson. It seems to my...
Really? When did you own it? Are you 'Jolly Jack' himself?
I do still have it, and I still stick my head in here from time to time :waving:
It's SORNed at the moment, as I have been driving ridiculous distances for work. After 5 hours on the M1 in windy conditions it's like you find your sea...
Had a few minutes today to investigate. After wrestling with the heat shield (seriously, other than bending it out of shape are you supposed to remove the radiator to get this off?) I noticed both studs were missing on one of the exhaust ports.
Hoping they were just forgotten rather than the...
Any way to tell if the ECU has been damaged this way? Do you know what actually fails on the boards? Might have a poke around and see if there is anything obvious.
It did actually get half a tank of fancy fuel when I first got it, only because they were out of regular. Can't say I noticed any difference however.
The battery sits happily at 14.4V with the engine at anything over 1500, however I did leave a multimeter on min/max until I noticed one of the...
Hi all,
The gearbox went bang on my Skoda, so while I gather up the pieces to rebuild that, I brought a cheap C2 to use in the mean time. It runs okay for the most part, but has a very lumpy, erratic idle, and often lurches / stumbles a bit when pulling away from a standstill, and a few other...
Definitely, I'm sure plenty of people must have done this before me. Also we may end up buying stuff from them if what we have is insufficient so there is an incentive to reply ;)
Thank you. The deflection of the fibreglass part of the boom is actually quite slim (the UHF antenna still has...
The existing fibreglass is 34mm ID, machining it down to that size would only leave a 1.5mm wall thickness.
I'm with you on that. We already have a rotator limited to 1 5/8" diameter and fibreglass booms with a 34mm ID which limits how oversize I can make the joining section, but if it's not...
Might well be an idea. I can't immediately see thick wall stainless available in the right diameter anywhere, but there is solid bar that would do.
Thanks Ron, I do have the cross sectional areas of the antennae and will be working it out for the boom and cabling and so on too, although for...
Hi all,
Long time since I've been able to get hands on with anything interesting, but now I'm doing some bits for a satellite ground station at work, might be of interest to some, more importantly I was hoping someone might be able to point me in the direction of some big engineering book of...
Depends what you're doing with it. I've used the cheapest stuff from RS before, I struggled just because the syringe was such poor quality, hard to control but the paste itself was fine. Had much better luck with Kester EP256, I got a great big tub which went off before I could use it all but it...
Well Keegan from work came up trumps and lent me a stick welder. My trusty Dawes galaxy (older than the car!) stood me in good stead.
A few days ago however, I decided it was time to give the van a little bit of attention. The throttle had been sticking on, and it was starting to burn oil.
I...
What's wrong with the solex carbs? :dontknow:
I find them a bit of a pig to remove from the manifold due to the alternator getting in the way of one of the bolts, but otherwise never really had a problem. I think every carb problem I've ever had has turned out to be electrical :whistle:
As...