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Many thanks for the information Paul. I will get some more pictures, do you need any measurments as well? if so, which? or would something in the picture for scale help? Jon

The bloke he got it off has a 30' x 18' shed, full of them, all different shapes and sizes, most are up for sale, he also has a complete end of the shed, floor to ceiling full of spares, magnetos etc etc etc.

Been on the forum suggested by Chuck. They say it is a 1923, due to the magneto design. Thanks for the help. Jon

Thanks Jasonb. Another one for Patj.

WOW that was quick.... Yes Patj, it is an advance/retard. Thanks Chuck, i will have a look and ask the question. My uncle has a few of these stationary engines, of various shapes and sizes, i will get some pictures when the weather warms up and he has them out running. Thanks, Jon

My uncle has just picked this up off a friend of his. I mentioned this site to him, and he has asked to to post a question in the hope that someone may know the answer. We would like to know the year of manufacture please. Here are a few pics. Thank you in advance, Jon

Thanks for that, i will try that. I have started with the EZ engine, not much filing on that, but good to know.

I may have missed it in this thread, but "Phlegmatic" said that a file needs breaking in and being as i have just taken delivery of a couple of brand new bacho files, is this true and is their a procedure for it????

Just goes to show,,, it doesn't have to be shiny to be a jaw dropper th_confused0052 woohoo1 th_confused0052

The lever looking thing (top pictures) at the top was used to regulate the flow as well, you could wind the knurled nut up to adjust the drip rate, so that when the lever was pulled over you could go from a drip, to a trickle.

Nerdy bit coming up, depending what side of the equator you are on, depends on what way the water down the plug hole spins, its due to the rotation of the earth.

I used to make high voltage cable a few years ago, and the machines used to have those grease caps on, they work really well, just fill up at the start of shift, then every hour or so, just give them a quarter turn.

I use a large bore needle on a syringe, i got mine from a fishing tackle shop, they are used to pump fish oil into baits for pike fishing etc.

Could an old spray gun be modified for this purpose ??? ??? ??? Either that, or one of these

This may help http://leatherdrivebelts.com/index.html

My uncle has a lot of vintage machinery, (stationary engines, tractors, thrashing machines etc) he also has a couple of old line shafts kicking around, (he used to use one, running from a crossly 2 cylinder diesel engine, i am sure that had bronze bearings) the belts that was on the shafts are...

I have a couple of these reamers, they didn't have a taper on them, they are parallel, there is a square section on top of the shank, this is where you place a Tap handle, out of a tap & die set in order to use them. Hope this helps.

If it is a ships anode, it will be made of Aluminium and Zinc.

Cheers gents, i will give it a try.

Hello all :bow: My question is, i purchased a "Soba 8" rotary table", now being a total novice i would like to know, are they meant to move freely or a bit on the stiff side, when i try to move mine in Little increments, it is very jerky. Any advice would be most welcome. This is the item in...