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  1. grendel
    the cleaning process on the drill started with a wire brush, then progressed to wire wool with a wax polish, some bits needed a flapweel on the grinder to remove the rust, a couple of the painted parts got rust treated and oversprayed silver, but otherwise everything was stripped down, blown clear with an air hose, lubricated and reassembled. considering its been sitting for 20 years, its cleaned up quite well.
  2. grendel
    well, after a few hours getting very mucky, my workshop has dust in all the corners and nooks, the floor and bench have been swept clean. The drill has now been cleaned de-rusted, oiled greased and generally spruced up, its all tip top now. I still have a couple of vices to clean up, including my record no 23, and my blacksmiths leg vice. all I need to do now is create a 24" pedestal to stand it on (on casters of course). bath time now - even before tea
  3. grendel
    the bonus find was the remains of the galvanised steel top from the work bench I had at my parents in my shed, probably 15 - 20 years ago.
  4. grendel
    this mornings task was a trip to my mother in laws garage to remove some of my tools and vices, after loading the car it was noticeably heavy on the drive home, two vices my large pillar drill and my steel plate came home with me - the steel plate is a chunk of 1 1/4" thick steel plate, all of this rusty metal needs cleaning - my job for the afternoon. pics later.
  5. grendel
    I have seen her take off and land at Manston Airport (which at the tim was one of the few airports with a runway just long enough for the space shuttle I believe - sadly no more - like concord.
  6. grendel
    I like the photos of the toilet block with the paint stencil for the gents, then the silhouette of the cow, is that the cow toilet?
  7. grendel
    count me in for one please
  8. grendel
    pm's received - just sorting a few bits and firing up the printer. I will get back to you shortly
  9. grendel
    a bin bag over your shoes works too as long as they dont rip.
  10. grendel
    I usually bring a few along to the meets with proceeds going to the forum, they come in at £5 each which goes to forum funds, I have no idea what they would cost to post, if you want one pm me your address and I will send you one for £5 and find out the postage cost at the same time for future purchases.
  11. grendel
    what - like these ones I 3D print?
  12. grendel
    yes, it is the difference between a decent roastie and a perfect roastie, my daughter uses the sprays. my parents always had a pot in the fridge full of dripping, every week the joint was roasted in it on a sunday, and then it was put back in the pot, mid week the remains of the roast went to become a soup with the settled out stock at the bottom of the dripping pot added. (some of the stock also went into the gravy. its my guess that what was in that pot was a mix of beef dripping and pork dripping (and new lard to make up any shortfall).
  13. grendel
    for low fat roasties, I have added the oil at the point of shaking the pan, so it infuses in the fluffy bits round the edges, then used a non stick sheet on the baking tray, this way you control the amount of oil and still get a decent roastie.
  14. grendel
    tonight was the construction of a slotted bracket to brace that steering arm.
  15. grendel
    well I finally got to watch, and its pretty much the same method I use for roasties, but maybe I have learned a few tricks. I tended to use a lot less oil.
  16. grendel
    I am sure their neighbours contributed the most.
  17. grendel
    They come in different sizes so check what wattage you need and make sure the one you get covers that, I have some and you set the voltage you require out.
  18. grendel
    today the motor was fixed down and tweaking began. well there we are - consumption down to about 1A, the cv joint (from a model car) the bit sticking up was a steering arm, I will make up a bracket from the bulkhead to this to allow me to fine tune the angle of the joint for the lowest resistance. I also found a tiny bit of packing under the stern tube locks this in place and reduces the current consumption. also seen here is the 35mm prop.
  19. grendel
    looks good, I hope to watch this tonight to see if there is anything I can do to improve my roasties, by the looks of it I already do some of the steps in the quick flick through I did earlier
  20. grendel
    ok so I havent left for work yet, but I have had a quick look, it should be visible now, but its quite an old category, with no posts for a few years, I will ask to see if there was a reason behind this.
  21. grendel
    I will have a look when I get to work, if nobody else has figured it out by then
  22. grendel
    I know we have 2 at work, one in one building, and one in the warehouse - a lot of businesses do have them nowadays, so its always worth asking also most companies will have a first aider who may know how to use one. though from the general first aid course every employee does where I work we have been told how easy they are to use, as they basically tell you what to do.
  23. grendel
    I know vices, and now stools in the workshop, its no wonder I get filthy when working in there.
  24. grendel
    fixing in the wood supports for the motor and half shaft.
  25. grendel
    picture of the new feet on my stools
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