Few pics of mine. simple to use, works fine.
Not sure if you've planned for one, but you will need a tapered collar to slide into the wheel bearing, to keep the wheel centered.
Otherwise the ducks head doesn't work very well.
Whatever motor you use it needs to have fairly high torque at low speeds.
A good wide range foot operated speed controller is essential too.
Also, a good turntable with removeable top plates is really good as there'll be work that quite often can't be simply cheese wire cut off the table without...
Shinetsu silicon grease.
Can be used safely on pistons, seals and sliders.
Use sparingly.
My tube is 22 years old, I've lost count of the brake rebuilds I've done...still got half left.
Recommended in its day by Mitsui (Main Yam importers)
Good stuff.
Well....finally getting it sorted.
About 5ltrs of etch primer to neutralise the alkaline concrete, then 2 coats of epoxy mix. Done the first coat, need to leave 20 hours before finishing coat.
About half way through, I thought to myself...this is a bit f**king overkill...
Could have painted the...
Advice required from the resident Yoda types here please....
I have a 3x5m shed/workshop with a concrete floor which I'd like to paint.
Fed up of the continual dust. I sprayed it with some PVA I had lying about, but that's staryed to flake off.
So have more or less settled for the epoxy 2 pack...
Sorry if you've heard this one before...
Wankel trivia : Dr Felix Wankel, inventor and designer of said engine never got to drive his creation on the road. He never held a driving licence.
Looking to get a flow meter here, I've got an oldish Clarke 170a welder, which I converted to euro torch...so nice smooth constant wire feed & control now.
I have a pub co2 bottle, and a bottle of agroshield to mess around with...they both work ok.
BUT..my welding tends to be noisy affair, not...
Well...it’s been delivered and tested
It’s a thing of loveliness in comparison with the outgoing mask.
The variable shading works well...and I can actually see what’s going on around the puddle!
WhooooHooo!!!!!
Chuffed!!!
I am soOOooOoOooooo bored at the mo, (lockdown cabin fever bored) so going to start fixing a few old lawnmowers and a rotoravator to kill time. Carbs appear to be sh!tted up, so thinking an ultrasonic cleaner might be the go? Not prohibitively expensive either...about £100 ish...
FWIW...I just pulled the trigger on the Bolle Fusion Plus... £110 ebay, .....maxed out my price range on it, lol....so no regrets if it isn't quite good enough...Will report back to base once I've had time to have a play.
Thanks for all of your input...greatly appreciated!