That a pump on the alternator as well? Never seen that before.Electricity for the ungrateful Discovery of doom, used but a genuine bosch unit so should be kwality
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Vacuum pump, a lot of diesels have them, the modern stuff Have electric vacuum pumps I think
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L series looked almost identical, vacuum pump for the brake servo. Agricultural approach, but very reliable.
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Yeah diesel transits used to have them, unfirtunately they also had a problem with the alternator mount holes wearing out so you'd be merrily driving along, the alternator would fall off/throw a belt and then you'd have no servo vacuum for brakes.
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I gave up riding after the Morini. I would go for a ride then on my return I would be relieved I hadn't killed myself or been killed by a humpty. It was in the dining room for a few years then my three year old started stuffing batteries and Lego up the exhausts. Sold it to WeeVee, a Morini specialist.
Many years later I bought a Morini Sbrazzino, 98cc of throbbing four stroke.
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My CrapOldToyota had a vacuum pump at the rear of the alternator. The alternator went toes-up and I couldn't find another so was about to fit an ordinary one with a Volvo electric vacuum pump plumbed into the system seperately. Just then, another alternator turned up.
Still have the vac pump sitting doing nothing.
Nice! Thats wat I get issued to use at my work now. The recording function is useful every so often for me but I'd much prefer the old 87V we used to get previously.I got a new toy for checking whether or not batteries are charged.
Fluke 287 Data logging multimeter. There's nothing wrong with my 87v (Or my Fluke 10 for that matter) but I saw it going cheap and couldn't resist.
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Came with a bag, probes (Bent as usual), the thermocouple and an opto-isolated USB cable! Not bad for less than 200 quid.
Definitely not designed for it with the overhang but fits nicely, certainly quicker than the standard! Surprisingly they all sit at different angles like 1-2° off so I've had to align the post so that it's in the average but it's not like this is a precision lathe lol.Well that was quick for my quick change toolpost only ordered on Sunday at midnightfrom £90+ to £22!
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I had a huge basket of arc stuff in the closing sale, a lot of collets and such, but didn't hit go because even being cheap, I always suspected the quality wasn't up to it. I'm disappointed for you, but feel vindicated that I didn't buy a load of stuff I'd never use because it wasn't up to snuff if your tool post is indicative of the general standard.
In the interests of balance, I've had some appalling quality and also just plain wrong stuff from Zoro in the past too where even after 3 replacements, it was still rubbish so they refunded me.
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Arc stuff was always good quality, Ketan had lots of contacts and had things made to their spec. Not sure what you mean by the toolpost? It's more that @Bki26 ordered one that's a bit big for his lathe. I placed 3 separate orders and everything was good quality.
Little saw better pics, its a oddity. I thought it was a spindle taking a external motor and missing the motor until I took the side cover off when home. After some henry love removing all the grit and starting to check the electrical system out.
It can take a much wider blade than the cut off wheel in it now and has spacers, so maybe it was a adapted bench grinder or something, the pulleys on the opposite end of the spindle are confusing though and there's no evidence of a guard that end that's been removed...
But the most bizarre thing about it, and a factor in why it was so damn heavy is the base is solid concrete apart from a bit hollowed out where the motor sits and the belt drive goes up to the spindle. The motor mounts are steel cast into the structure. The top is cast iron sat on the concrete. There's 0% danger of bumping into it and knocking it over or something even if it is tall and narrow. I couldnt even walk it across the floor...
I know that Somab do precision versions of their cnc lathes etc with cast concrete bases to improve stability, but not sure this is for those reasons. Maybe just to save metal making a pedestal for a saw. If anyone knows anything shout up, its a first for me.
Also went back for some more gear, but bit too late to be unloading the rest of it, so here's just the bit I could carry inside bit by bit without bursting my hernia.
Two matched cnc precision vices. Mug for scale...
I'll post up the other stuff I got when I unload it in the daylight with the forklift...
It can take a much wider blade than the cut off wheel in it now and has spacers, so maybe it was a adapted bench grinder or something, the pulleys on the opposite end of the spindle are confusing though and there's no evidence of a guard that end that's been removed...
But the most bizarre thing about it, and a factor in why it was so damn heavy is the base is solid concrete apart from a bit hollowed out where the motor sits and the belt drive goes up to the spindle. The motor mounts are steel cast into the structure. The top is cast iron sat on the concrete. There's 0% danger of bumping into it and knocking it over or something even if it is tall and narrow. I couldnt even walk it across the floor...
I know that Somab do precision versions of their cnc lathes etc with cast concrete bases to improve stability, but not sure this is for those reasons. Maybe just to save metal making a pedestal for a saw. If anyone knows anything shout up, its a first for me.
Also went back for some more gear, but bit too late to be unloading the rest of it, so here's just the bit I could carry inside bit by bit without bursting my hernia.
Two matched cnc precision vices. Mug for scale...
I'll post up the other stuff I got when I unload it in the daylight with the forklift...
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Today I acquired ownership of a 5" Metric Boxford VSL 500 lathe. I've had a 4 1/2" Boxford Imperial lathe for a few years now, and its suited me well for my hobby use.
The VSL 500 is the most recent version, and comes with a large compliment of accessories, which is a real bonus if you've tried to find any older related lathe tooling nowadays.
Now I have to make room where I don't have any in my garage. As they say in middle of Aldi or Lidl isle's, ....... " When its gone, its gone " ; so, I didn't hesitate when the
opportunity presented itself. Got some work to do in shifting things around before my road trip for collection, but hey, Happy Day.
The VSL 500 is the most recent version, and comes with a large compliment of accessories, which is a real bonus if you've tried to find any older related lathe tooling nowadays.
Now I have to make room where I don't have any in my garage. As they say in middle of Aldi or Lidl isle's, ....... " When its gone, its gone " ; so, I didn't hesitate when the
opportunity presented itself. Got some work to do in shifting things around before my road trip for collection, but hey, Happy Day.
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Today I acquired a few quid, sold a dozen of my engines now I've accepted I won't get round to restoring them 
Lined up ready for collection.
Loaded in a trailer to go to pastures new.
Not to worry, I still have a dozen left
Lined up ready for collection.
Loaded in a trailer to go to pastures new.
Not to worry, I still have a dozen left
Its only a little big however that's not the issue, with the toolpost locked down each holder is at a different angle when clamped. I set it up perpendicular to the chuck and when I checked each holder they all sat a few degrees off in + and - against the 90°
It's not an issue for me as most stuff I do is not aviation tolerance however if for example you like to set your tools in the holder so that each tip is set to the same location that misalignment would easily translate to an error that might ruin a part for you.
All in the name of dropping weight out my tool bag at work my new Adjustable spanner turned up. Another 200g gone! Feels really good quality too. I was expecting it to be a bit flimsy but clearly all the weight has come out the handle as the jaws are really well made with zero play in them at all.
I'm now struggling to get any more weight out of the bag! Running out of tools! What I really want to do is ditch the massive multimeter they issue us and go back to my old Fluke 87! probably half the weight of my current one!
I'm now struggling to get any more weight out of the bag! Running out of tools! What I really want to do is ditch the massive multimeter they issue us and go back to my old Fluke 87! probably half the weight of my current one!
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Retirement is the best way to reduce tool bag weight!
