What Did You Do Today (2016)

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

Based on this…looking forward to the model with the brick sized hand set connected to the car sized battery…. returning… talk about retro coming back…

George.

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

Ed, I wouldn't get too fussy about the rust, get rid of the surface stuff, sharpen the tool you want to use, and the swarf will clean any other rust off.

If you want cheaper than vinegar, use citric acid.

Ian S C

[Gray62Participant @gray62]

Or, for the woodturners out there, this

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Few useful items on this sales flyer

[MikeParticipant @mike89748]

Did any other Lenovo user get this link in their email this morning?

http://shop.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/yoga/pawpad-yoga-9/

[roy entwistleParticipant @royentwistle24699]

Mike No

Roy

[Ed DuffnerParticipant @edduffner79357]

Posted by Ian S C on 01/04/2016 11:12:21:

Ed, I wouldn't get too fussy about the rust, get rid of the surface stuff, sharpen the tool you want to use, and the swarf will clean any other rust off.

If you want cheaper than vinegar, use citric acid.

Ian S C

Thank you Ian, I shall give the tools a go. To be honest, not much rust was removed over night.

Ed.

[davebParticipant @daveb17630]

Patio cleaner should get the rust off.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Just went to the station to pick up my daughter. I saw a Bentley with a radiator the twin of the one described in ME 4531.

Neil

[Speedy Builder5Participant @speedybuilder5]

Blimey Neil, that is posh – our Renault just has a fan heater. Must be good to have central heating in yer car.
BobH

[Stuart BridgerParticipant @stuartbridger82290]

A small triumph today, sucessfully cut a single point thread. Only the second time I have done it. the first being in the apprentice training school at Brooklands in 1980. Made a 1/8 BSP adapter. Minor false start, when I got 56TPI instead of 28 with an error reading the gearbox tables on my Chippie. It fits and seals on my airbrush hose. A small achievement, but a step on the road….

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Today my friend and I spent this afternoon sorting out the wiring on the new vans towbar, one problem we had was the pictorial instructions were rubbish, the live feed and signal wire were buried deep in the wiring and took some finding and the instruction showed one way to connect two wires to the PDC when in fact it was the other way round but after six hours of poking, prodding and testing it all now works, the indicator buzzer or so we thought only operates if there is a bulb failure but otherwise a good afternoons work.

 

Martin P

Edited By martin perman on 02/04/2016 21:20:02

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Not a bad turnout at the track for clean up duties that have been put off repeatedly owing to rain. Our parking field is treacherous when wet. Only one person got stuck and needed most of the team to assist resulting in muddy hand prints all over his car. Got some support for the idea of a bank hol steam up which we don't normally have in the calendar. And someone gave me 25 quid (though I suppose I will actually have to pay his membership fee into the club account)

Back in time to catch the start of the T20 and the first wicket

[Nick_GParticipant @nick_g]

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When out on my motorbike this afternoon it became concerning that something was very wrong when braking.

No marks to anyone for spotting what the problem was.

I rode home just using the back brake with the thought in my mind that if I touched the front brake the caliper may spin round on the remaining (lose) bolt and lock the front up. – This would not have been good.

Nick

[Steven VineParticipant @stevenvine79904]

Nick

Wow. Well spotted. It's amazing that did not end in tears. It's incredible how these things hold together sometimes.

I had the whole assembly off the 306 a few days ago. I think I'll go out and check the job again!

Steve

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Welcome back [in one piece], Nick !!

That would have 'focussed the mind' if it had happened on your recent run over the Cat & Fiddle.

MichaelG.

[Chris Evans 6Participant @chrisevans6]

Nick, I had that happen on a Yamaha just before Christmas. Concentrates the mind when you have no front brake…..

[Ed DuffnerParticipant @edduffner79357]

Finished off my rotary broach today. Just need to manufacture some cutters. One of them is an 18 tooth serrated broach which will require making some kind of involute cutter with a 100° included angle across the cutting face(s). I could do a single point cutter but the involute will be an enjoyable challenge I think and gets the brain working.

One day I might get around to making a model

Many thanks to the guys who replied in my other thread about oil seals.

Ed.

[Jeff DaymanParticipant @jeffdayman43397]

Nick re brakes – Well there's yer problem – those red stripe rims!

Re the OTHER problem – once you've had a change of pants a bit of loctite 242 threadlocker wouldn't go amiss after you find a replacement.

Good luck JD

[Allan BParticipant @allanb]

Nick, thats not by any chance a CBR600 F3 is it? not that i know honda breaking systems or anything lol

as for using thread locker, i personally would only use Hylamor blue on it, keeps the bolts in nicely, but isnt as much of a pain to get off if needed

oh and a torque wrench when putting the bolts in 😋

[Nick_GParticipant @nick_g]

Posted by Allan B on 03/04/2016 21:04:02:

Nick, thats not by any chance a CBR600 F3 is it?

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Very, very close. It's a CB 600 F2 Hornet. They share a very high percentage of parts. As you probably know.

Nick

[Allan BParticipant @allanb]

not far off from a pic of the front caliper ☺ yer the hornets are just a detuned CBR, makes the power bands a bit lower down so its easier to ride round town, rather then having to keep it in either the 7k or 11k power bands.

i have spent far too much of my time rebuilding and custom tuning honda engines, had a 1991 CBR6 tuned to the point that upto 100 it out preformed the new blades lol and after that it was just who had the bigger brass monkeys 😀

[Bob RodgersonParticipant @bobrodgerson97362]

Today I made a start on this. What is it and what is the material I am using to check out the CNC programme?

[davebParticipant @daveb17630]

I had a similar brake problem with a Matchless many years ago, front brake plate anchor bolt fell out, the brake locked and the brake arm sheared through the fork leg. Two way traffic on an A road during a bank holiday weekend and at 70 MPH. It was very exciting for a few moments. I don't think Loctite was about in those days but from then on my anchor bolts got drilled and wired.

Dave

[davebParticipant @daveb17630]

Bob, it's plasticine and a worm reduction box.

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