Back in my school days I made a brass beaker using "Graded Silver Soldering". Its over fifty years ago now and the heat source was town gas and compressed air. Once the brazing hearths and torches were converted to natural gas they were never as good as before. Anyway I cannot remember the...
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There is a BIG BIG PROBLEM with braked trailers, its the brakes! I bought an 8 x 4 galvanized trailer from a builder near Leeds and it had no brake cables. Very naughty as he used to carry a mini-digger on it...
This is a very interesting post. You see I have two pairs of what appear to be genuine Indespension Units which are brand-new-old-stock. Both pairs were bought at sales without hubs and the bigger units were a problem as not even Indespension knew what hubs would fit. Morris Oxford was the...
In general it is a BAD IDEA to run anything off a generator unless one takes precautions against voltage spikes. The good news is that arranging to have a sixty watt bulb running all the time is usually enough to snub the spikes.
Case number 1 A friend wanted me to drill and tap some steel...
Generator Hints
Regarding small generators, I have repaired several. In general what really creates trouble is the single item load as when the load is removed a nasty voltage surge can occur. My advice is to have a 60 or 100 watt filament bulb across the generator output the whole time. The...