Lebro Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Yes to insurance,& all the H & S stuff. All electrical items are PAT tested before release. Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Excellent Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobH Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Funnily enough one of those cafes has just started up here, and I have only just this morning volunteered to help out. Weird how things coincide like that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobH Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 35 minutes ago, john.r.davies said: I shall steal it immediately and see if my neighbours would like to run a Repair Cafe! It is an organisation John. There might already be one near you https://www.repaircafe.org/en/visit/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Nearest 40 miles away. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 On 9/1/2023 at 6:15 PM, RogerH said: Hi Pete, when doing your straight knurdles - is the lathe running or do you turn the chuck by hand (360' and then back again)? Roger Roger, Do you hand crank the spindle of your lathe for slow speed work like tapping or knurling? Have you a hand crank? is it like this ? https://www.instructables.com/A-Quick-release-Spindle-Crank-for-the-Mini-Lathe/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Interesting but I do not have one. I simply put the chuck key in the chuck and pull it round. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 (edited) Brother has now fitted the rear apron to his TR2 and found a misalignment of the tubes that the overider fixings pass through when looking at the chassis holes. It needs a couple of wedge shaped washers to tilt them away from the tube walls when fixed in the chassis holes and tightened Solution was simple wedges. I have made some more wedges at 7 degrees slope each and some domed washers to fit to the chassis. Idea stolen from Triumph manifold clamps on GT6 mk1. I used 304 stainless x 22 mm diameter and domed to 20 mm radius. The flat on the side of the wedge washer is to identify the thickest part when installing. Domes self align of course. Kept me busy for the afternoon PS the parallel bar clamped across the mill table is just that, it is parallel to the Y axis so I could set the milling vice jaws at 7 degrees to it using a protractor Edited January 12 by BlueTR3A-5EKT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lebro Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 Excellent work, as ever. Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 7 minutes ago, Lebro said: Excellent work, as ever. Bob Proof of the pudding will be when he tries them in the body shell with the overider mounting brackets Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iain Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 In my dreams…nice work Peter :-) Iain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 19 hours ago, BlueTR3A-5EKT said: Proof of the pudding will be when he tries them in the body shell with the overider mounting brackets They are quite often out of line slightly, Easiest solution is a big drill straight down through Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 9 minutes ago, stuart said: They are quite often out of line slightly, Easiest solution is a big drill straight down through Stuart. He tells me it’s the brackets on the chassis that are set at the wrong angle. Rear end shunt? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 26 minutes ago, BlueTR3A-5EKT said: He tells me it’s the brackets on the chassis that are set at the wrong angle. Rear end shunt? Or a bad replacement rear end of chassis? Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Z320 Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 (edited) Hi, recently me and my wife had to stop at a heap of trash next to the street, ready to go to the waste ground the next day. We picked up a lovely garden desk (needed wood oil), a 5 l pharmacy glass bottle (easy to clean) and a "Gründerzeit" chair with LOVELY and not damaged "Wiener Geflecht"! Sadly the chair was broken and the two bars connecting the rear and front legs have been missing. My wife pushed me to deal with the chair by telling me "you could do something different from spending most time on that @&%$/!!@ car!" And "Imagine it has a wheel on each side - what a joy you will have with the repair". Ok, experienced husband: oak board I had in my wood storage, wooden dowels 12 mm too, drilling mashine, saws, glue, sand paper, wood oil.... Ready! Another lovely chair (we don't really need). And indeed - with the TR I already had less enjoyable moments. Wife happy --> me happy too --> what more can you desire? Ciao, Marco Edited January 14 by Z320 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 Nice chair Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie D Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 It's not often you get a piece of Wiener Geflecht in such good condition. Usually the grand children have picked it all apart to see how it is made. (Well, I know I used to do such things when I was a kid.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 Well done, Marco! You should be on "The Repair Shop"! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndyR100 Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 8 hours ago, Z320 said: Another lovely chair (we don't really need). And indeed - with the TR I already had less enjoyable moments. Wife happy --> me happy too --> what more can you desire? Ciao, Marco Great job Marco - ‘Happy Wife, Happy Life!’ ……… Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR NIALL Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 11 hours ago, Z320 said: Hi, recently me and my wife had to stop at a heap of trash next to the street, ready to go to the waste ground the next day. We picked up a lovely garden desk (needed wood oil), a 5 l pharmacy glass bottle (easy to clean) and a "Gründerzeit" chair with LOVELY and not damaged "Wiener Geflecht"! Sadly the chair was broken and the two bars connecting the rear and front legs have been missing. My wife pushed me to deal with the chair by telling me "you could do something different from spending most time on that @&%$/!!@ car!" And "Imagine it has a wheel on each side - what a joy you will have with the repair". Ok, experienced husband: oak board I had in my wood storage, wooden dowels 12 mm too, drilling mashine, saws, glue, sand paper, wood oil.... Ready! Another lovely chair (we don't really need). And indeed - with the TR I already had less enjoyable moments. Wife happy --> me happy too --> what more can you desire? Ciao, Marco Beautiful Chair and I’m sure the good lady is very pleased may I also say a fantastic repair,Well Done Marco. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 (edited) Sealing front and rear of crank case involving shim steel sheet, odd shaped punch, bits of cork and felt, tube of Well-Seal. Edited March 20 by BlueTR3A-5EKT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 15 hours ago, BlueTR3A-5EKT said: Sealing front and rear of crank case involving shim steel sheet, odd shaped punch, bits of cork and felt, tube of Well-Seal. Lovely messy job, we always used reckon if someone opened a tin of Wellseal at the other end of the workshop then we would all have it on our hands! Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 (edited) My brother has kindly welded up the loose shaft and timing weight plate in a DM2 distributor. It was loose and moving axially plus radially by about 15 degrees. New ones are around but the welding is a nice workshop solution. Originals are crimped together. If this fails it is off to DD. Next job is machine the excess weld off to get the weights to fit ok. That’ll fix the points and timing scatter the old distributor had….that being the best part of 15 degrees of slop. Made timing the engine as good as impossible as the advance and retard randomly changed when driving. The engine would start and run but pink like fury under load or pop and bang on overrun Edited March 23 by BlueTR3A-5EKT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 17 hours ago, BlueTR3A-5EKT said: My brother has kindly welded up the loose shaft and timing weight plate in a DM2 distributor. It was loose and moving axially plus radially by about 15 degrees. New ones are around but the welding is a nice workshop solution. Originals are crimped together. If this fails it is off to DD. Next job is machine the excess weld off to get the weights to fit ok. That’ll fix the points and timing scatter the old distributor had….that being the best part of 15 degrees of slop. Made timing the engine as good as impossible as the advance and retard randomly changed when driving. The engine would start and run but pink like fury under load or pop and bang on overrun Dont forget to balance it whilst smoothing off the weld Peter. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 (edited) 1 hour ago, stuart said: Dont forget to balance it whilst smoothing off the weld Peter. Stuart. It will be reshaped on the lathe. Balancing after that will be minimal or even unnecessary Edited March 24 by BlueTR3A-5EKT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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