NME&MEX Doncaster

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

For those who couldn't find the blower, it's the casing sticking out under the front of the radiator. It's a supercharger worked off the crankshaft, not a turbocharger so a lot less pipework.

Two '8' cross-section rotors inside it work like a pair of two-tooth gears.

More photos later.

Neil

[Phil PParticipant @philp]

I hobbed the gears for Mike's Bentley blower engine supercharger, it was about eight or nine years ago but the wait has been worth it to see the finished result.

It will either inspire all of us to do better model engineering, or just give up and take up knitting or something. !!

Phil

[HollowpointParticipant @hollowpoint]

Few images for you guys that couldn't make it to the show.

[PlasmaParticipant @plasma]

Fantastic photos Hollowpoint, good spread of disciplines. Is the machine tool a drill sharpening jig I wonder?

Thanks for the images, I couldn't get this year so it's great to see so many photos on here.

Best regards Mick

[HollowpointParticipant @hollowpoint]

Thanks, I just took pictures of the stuff I liked no real reasoning behind what I photographed. All these images where taken on a mobile phone believe it or not! Just shows how far they have advanced. You are correct the tool is for sharpening drill bits. A nice design I think.

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

If I remember correctly it was a four facet drill sharpening device.

Mike

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I spoke to Graham Astbury about the drill sharpener (it was a design in MEW, I'm afraid I forget whose). He's identified a way it can be improved and is planning a major rebuild, with an eye to writing it up.

Neil

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

A few more photos:

Selection of IC engines:

Merryweather (?) Fire Engine

Stunningly finished Loco (Princess of Wales +1)

George and his tractor:

Tom is fabricating a 1:4 version, with the help of drawings from George, as well as this chassis he has made many engine parts:

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 13/05/2019 15:05:10

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

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[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

Posted by Phil P on 12/05/2019 18:19:41:

I hobbed the gears for Mike's Bentley blower engine supercharger, it was about eight or nine years ago but the wait has been worth it to see the finished result.

It will either inspire all of us to do better model engineering, or just give up and take up knitting or something. !!

Phil

Is the 1/3 scale Bentley being built by Mike (or is it Malcolm) Sayers?

Ian P

[Phil PParticipant @philp]

Yes, it is Mike Sayers from the Pickering club.

Phil

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

Posted by Phil P on 14/05/2019 13:02:39:

Yes, it is Mike Sayers from the Pickering club.

Phil

I asked because there is an employee of Bentley Motors (who is very much involved with the original of that car) of the same name.

Ian P

[Harry CrowtherParticipant @harrycrowther39896]

Does anyone know when the next show will be. Is it in May 2020 in Harrogate?

Thanks,

Harry

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