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That's a nice lamp !
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The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Thanks, but google is not helping to find out about it.That's a nice lamp !
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Don't see a switch, is there an exterior magnetic slide ?
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No you turn the top a half turn. To engage the contacts.
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Similar to this (just a quick googly)?
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Have seen that type in the past, it is similar.Similar to this (just a quick googly)?
I am now trying to find more details about the bulb.
But just got home.
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I’ve no idea but brass leads me to think it’s mine or sea related?
I did wonder if it was roadworks because of the twisty top. But brass would get nicked.
Just thoughts more than answers, sorry!
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Is that an early Montesa / Honda?
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No pix, but I got a call from the BIL of the guy I fitted a new boat engine for. Couple of hours drive, but I liked the boat guy and so did the favour. BIL was an aquitect and had sold his house (after two yrs..) It had an oil fired Rayburn fitted, not used for the two years and not happy. Never seen one before, but I did buy and fit an oil AGA many years ago. Prob one of the very few non AGA people to have done.
Anyway, this sorted of started, puffed white smoke and timed out.Started by cleaning the flue, no end of crap came out, about a bucket full.. Then started on the burner. It was the type you see in most CH boilers. Changed the jet and cleaned the electrodes and magic eye. Then tried it, same puffs of some black & white smoke and quit. The sniff of the smoke pointed to unburned fuel, but..
Tried the filters, The previous tech had plastered goo all over the joints, which made me very suspicious of anything else he did.
Filter looked OK, but.. no flow from the tank ??? It was about two metres above the unit, so?
Looked at it, clear plastic and some fuel, not a lot, but.. Managed to get the 'shed' half off and looked in. AH! The pick up was too high, so it had run dry. The whole arrangement was very badly fitted, the pick up pipe was just stuck in the tank with no fixings and a big curve, due to the very limited access from the top.
So, with the shed half off, straightened out the pipe and made sure the pickup was well into the remaining fuel. Then back to the burner. Several attempts to get it going suggested it could not suck the fuel up from the tank enough to flow down. Nothing loth.. I attached a spare line to the filter and sucked, for a while, then rewarded with a some tastey fuel!
Bled the pump via the nozzle line and off she went.
Those of you with oil boilers with the same type of units know that they are not exactly quiet and this was no exception. I can't imagine living with that thing in ones kitchen/ living, roaring away all day... It did the heating too, so not just noisy when cooking..
The AGA I fitted, one of the early oil ones and not cream enamel, but apple green, had a wall flame burner. Prob less efficient that a pressure burner, but no noise. Great to put ones feet in the lower oven after a hard day at the cold hanger...and commuting on a Greeves.
KF
Anyway, this sorted of started, puffed white smoke and timed out.Started by cleaning the flue, no end of crap came out, about a bucket full.. Then started on the burner. It was the type you see in most CH boilers. Changed the jet and cleaned the electrodes and magic eye. Then tried it, same puffs of some black & white smoke and quit. The sniff of the smoke pointed to unburned fuel, but..
Tried the filters, The previous tech had plastered goo all over the joints, which made me very suspicious of anything else he did.
Filter looked OK, but.. no flow from the tank ??? It was about two metres above the unit, so?
Looked at it, clear plastic and some fuel, not a lot, but.. Managed to get the 'shed' half off and looked in. AH! The pick up was too high, so it had run dry. The whole arrangement was very badly fitted, the pick up pipe was just stuck in the tank with no fixings and a big curve, due to the very limited access from the top.
So, with the shed half off, straightened out the pipe and made sure the pickup was well into the remaining fuel. Then back to the burner. Several attempts to get it going suggested it could not suck the fuel up from the tank enough to flow down. Nothing loth.. I attached a spare line to the filter and sucked, for a while, then rewarded with a some tastey fuel!
Bled the pump via the nozzle line and off she went.
Those of you with oil boilers with the same type of units know that they are not exactly quiet and this was no exception. I can't imagine living with that thing in ones kitchen/ living, roaring away all day... It did the heating too, so not just noisy when cooking..
The AGA I fitted, one of the early oil ones and not cream enamel, but apple green, had a wall flame burner. Prob less efficient that a pressure burner, but no noise. Great to put ones feet in the lower oven after a hard day at the cold hanger...and commuting on a Greeves.
KF
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Fixed the coffin, all the UV LEDs had gone pop when the wrong voltage was used to power them
Gas gas.
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Eat fewer beans.
The axles are a 1 1/8" square, which is an odd size but apparently standard. The new bearings have a different PCD spacing, so I had to slot the holes.
The discs have spun on the shaft and stuffed the end of the axle, mainly because the nuts on teh end undo as they spin. If I could buy 1 1/8" square steel, I would make new axles. It is available in the US, but not in modern countries that have discovered metrics.
I built up the edges with the gasless mig, and precission machined it with the angle grinder. One axle had no big washer on the end, so I made one. The square hole is a piece of 35*35mm box section, which fitted into a spare round plate I had cut years ago for a linisher wheel. Welded in, slopped on plate and good. The nuts I did up as tight as I could by standaing on a pipe on teh end of my 600mm adustable wrench, along with some strong locktite. It will need a blowtorch to come off now. Ready for a test drive before next season.
I bought a cheap mole plough/ pipe layer for putting in water lines for troughs a while back. Finest Chinesium...
I was using it doing a run out to a trough when the mole plough stopped and the tractor didn't thanks to an underground rock. It bent the 3 point linkage connection.
Into the forge to warm it up, into the vice and it straighted out ok. Welded on some bracing, a really rubbish paint job and ready to live in the storage paddock until next time.
I was using it doing a run out to a trough when the mole plough stopped and the tractor didn't thanks to an underground rock. It bent the 3 point linkage connection.
Into the forge to warm it up, into the vice and it straighted out ok. Welded on some bracing, a really rubbish paint job and ready to live in the storage paddock until next time.
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Sharpened a pair of Gilbows:
Never tried it before but they came out excellent. If you don't know, the blades should have a slight curve to them so the cutting edges meet at a single point, this means if you stone the back of them flat you'll ruin them. Same with scissors or garden shears. I gave the back a very slightly rub just to take the burrs off some nicks in the cutting edge, then ground the bevel through the grits (400, 1000, 3000 & 8000) The edge has an included angle of something like 105 degrees so it's quite hard to hold without it skating along the stone like nails on a chalkboard (Compared to a knife with an included angle of say 20 degrees).
I don't know what the rated capacity is but they'll cut anything paper to 1mm stainless now.
I suppose should clean them up a bit now.
Never tried it before but they came out excellent. If you don't know, the blades should have a slight curve to them so the cutting edges meet at a single point, this means if you stone the back of them flat you'll ruin them. Same with scissors or garden shears. I gave the back a very slightly rub just to take the burrs off some nicks in the cutting edge, then ground the bevel through the grits (400, 1000, 3000 & 8000) The edge has an included angle of something like 105 degrees so it's quite hard to hold without it skating along the stone like nails on a chalkboard (Compared to a knife with an included angle of say 20 degrees).
I don't know what the rated capacity is but they'll cut anything paper to 1mm stainless now.
I suppose should clean them up a bit now.
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I got this Kawasaki hedge trimmer from a boot sale for £10 with a missing air filter and stinking of stale petrol a few weeks ago. Worth a punt!
The fuel lines, tank and filter were gummed up with crap and the primer bulb split so I cleaned the tank and replaced the lines, primer bulb and filter. I also gave the carb a quick blast of carb cleaner.
The missing air filter was more of a problem as they aren't cheaply available as patern parts so I had a rummage through my stash of small engine bits and found a new filter and housing I'd bought for something else, had a look but it is a different type mmm, I tried it anyway and it fits perfectly! I just had to cut a small bit off the choke lever and block the bolt hole
The existing Kawasaki choke lever even fits perfectly into the recess in the cover!
I gave it a bit of a "WD40 clean" and it looks almost unused!!!
Fired up 4th pull, total cost about £21
The fuel lines, tank and filter were gummed up with crap and the primer bulb split so I cleaned the tank and replaced the lines, primer bulb and filter. I also gave the carb a quick blast of carb cleaner.
The missing air filter was more of a problem as they aren't cheaply available as patern parts so I had a rummage through my stash of small engine bits and found a new filter and housing I'd bought for something else, had a look but it is a different type mmm, I tried it anyway and it fits perfectly! I just had to cut a small bit off the choke lever and block the bolt hole
The existing Kawasaki choke lever even fits perfectly into the recess in the cover!
I gave it a bit of a "WD40 clean" and it looks almost unused!!!
Fired up 4th pull, total cost about £21
