Recent content by Andrewinpopayan

H & S? elf n safety. I just looked at the factories address in India, Bhopal, India. try a Google on "Union Carbide Bhopal" >:(

I can't pass a skip (dumpster) without having a rummage, especially if it's on an industrial estate. ;D

I repaired a speedometer drive last week, consisting of a forged steel gear and a pressed steel ring, using silver solder for the first time. I scrounged a part packet from an Air con engineer that visited my worksite. He uses it for Cu-Cu and Cu-Fe joints, he said the packet had been damp and...

If these engines use a standard threaded spark plug, you could put a "Colortune" plug in and watch it spark while the motors running, you would also be able to see what the mixture is like.

I've seen them thrown in bonfires, bit of burning rubber sprint out in all directions and they burn as if satan was inside trying to get out. :o

perfect! :D

How do I bisect angle OCA without a protractor or am I missing something?

I use them for my model autogyro rotor head bearings ;D

The angle ACD remains constant?

Does anyone still use a paraffin blowlamp? I bought this little beauty for £3 today,I spent a bit of the afternoon renovating this old Sievert paraffin blowlamp, it roars and spits fire like a Chinese dragon. I just needed something for silver soldering and I have found the gas blowlamps are...

Just go for a walk around here, the coal seams exit out the side of road cuttings. Most of the old railway embankments around here seem to made from coal.

My thoughts exactly! With all these moving parts, how are they going to lubricate and cool them? That is not explained in any form in the animation or documentation.

now these motors would be ideal for anyone wanting to mod thier feeds, they are reversable. Item 350174933361 on fleabay.

I have used these motor / gearbox combinations on *many* projects. They seem to date back years and are used in many electro-domestics that require a slowly rotating shaft, stuff like washer timers, rotissiere, microwave plare turners1001 uses. The greatest number are made by CROUZET and are...

Sorry to butt in, :-[ I do agree with Driver. In my experience copper alloys cut very sweetly with HSS tools, almost to a silk finish. You will find an excess of long bronze chip "springs".