Today I acquired...........

[8ob]

As long as there is enough metal to hold the spring it will be fine

A lot of it is they get fitted upside down with the drain hole facing up and spend their lives full of water, found this one on one of our trailers.

 

[Pete.]

Oh, there was one more toy.

Just the one.

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1950 Mamod Minor 2.

With a lot wrong with it.

Wrong burner tray/
Seized piston.

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Rust.
Blown Solder joints.

But worth restoring.


Edit.
Cracked base plate.

That's the one my dad bought me when I was about 8 yrs old. It was a bit unreliable even new but I loved it. He showed me how to rev it up by holding a match under the steam pipe.

Funny nowadays you wouldn't even dream of giving an 8 yr old something like that and letting them loose with it but then we had open fires and knew to watch for embers on the hearth rug etc so being around fire without getting burned or burning the house down was normal even to a child. Eventually it expired and I don't know what became of it.

 

[DAPPH]

It’ll be white one-piece leathers next, there’s no turning back now power ranger!

Just hope he doesn't have any red strips on them or he'll look like a giant high speed used tampon .

 

[DAPPH]

Today again a delivery from Myford country.

Obtained from a well known British dealer in the hope of finally being able to properly level my ML7 and get at every corner of the machine again:

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.... but according to the customs papers country of origin: India .....

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I can't say that I would now drop to my knees out of enthusiasm for the quality of the goods.

I have seen better ... and much better ....

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I now have to measure and compare for parallelism and height - if the hole pattern was right, that wouldn't be all bad either - if that's all ok, I won't grumble about the aesthetics - but I'm getting ready for less aspirational results ...

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The pieces in the pictures in the offer of the dealer looked clearly different.

Having a handwheel at the end of the lead screw turned out to be desirable.
It fits, but seems to come from the same dark corner of the city on the subcontinent ...

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Let's say: I am less than impressed.
If the parts work in the end it should be good so far - but the stuff also cost money , that was not directly a bargain.

Our problem over here, of course, is that there is no Myford used (replacement) parts (flea) market.

So we must order everything from someone somewhere ...
Buying an English machine in my own country of machine builders - after Brexit - was perhaps not one of my best ideas.

But:
It'll be fine in the end,

Carsten

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I just love the galloping graduations on the hand wheel ... you'll have to put a comparison list when you get it fitted as what it says on the wheel and what it actually is .

 

[DAPPH]

There's lots of secondhand Myford stuff in eBay in the UK. But finding someone to post abroad might be difficult.

25..4 PM me , if you cover all the costs I'm happy to help .

 

[James1979]

A lot of it is they get fitted upside down with the drain hole facing up and spend their lives full of water, found this one on one of our trailers.

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People don’t realise you can rotate the top half with the fitting on

 

[JMS1972]

Oh, there was one more toy.

Just the one.

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1950 Mamod Minor 2.

With a lot wrong with it.

Wrong burner tray/
Seized piston.

View attachment 327649

Rust.
Blown Solder joints.

But worth restoring.


Edit.
Cracked base plate.

Apart from that it's perfect

 

[dan.taylor.1]

Apart from that it's perfect

Just don't undo the clamp ring all the way... BOING!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Apart from that it's perfect

One careful owner, only used on a Sunday.

Just don't undo the clamp ring all the way... BOING!

Oh I know.
But it has to be removed, to allow the crack on the base to be repaired.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Recommended here in the forum ....

.... ordered on 11.11.2021 ....

..... delivered today - but to the front door and without shipping costs:

Have a nice day everybody,

Carsten

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[James1979]

As long as there is enough metal to hold the spring it will be fine

Can’t see it in the pic, but the spring is in 3 bits.

If it’s still in the scrap next week I’ll take a better one.

 

[nickk]

Some el cheapo boots,can’t seem to get more than a few months from these budget ones lol,then they give you wet feet just walking the field,even after a coat of Dubbin ,I think they seep thru the toecap once the steel is revealed.

 

[Lewis_RX8]

Some el cheapo boots,can’t seem to get more than a few months from these budget ones lol,then they give you wet feet just walking the field,even after a coat of Dubbin ,I think they seep thru the toecap once the steel is revealed.View attachment 327807

I bought cheap first time on rigger boots for at home , Now spent that little bit more and find them real comfy and warm. Lifes too short

 

[Hood]

Today I acquired a SW Motech centre stand that I ordered on Christmas day with some money I got.
It was supposed to be in stock but heard nothing until I called them last week, there had been a mix up and there was no stock but more would be in soon.

Took 10 minutes to fit

Means I don't have to use the Abba SkyLift for chain maintenance etc

 

[Ruffian]

Today I acquired a SW Motech centre stand that I ordered on Christmas day with some money I got.
It was supposed to be in stock but heard nothing until I called them last week, there had been a mix up and there was no stock but more would be in soon.

Took 10 minutes to fit


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Means I don't have to use the Abba SkyLift for chain maintenance etc


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Your properly getting into tweaking the bikes again aren't you?

 

[Hood]

Your properly getting into tweaking the bikes again aren't you?

Aye, 25 years of pain every time I saw a bike going past but now I have one again so ...

 

[Ruffian]

Aye, 25 years of pain every time I saw a bike going past but now I have one again so ...

Just boys and their toys then!

 

[Hood]

Just boys and their toys then!

I sold my bike so I could buy a lathe, it was painful

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Just boys and their toys then!

A bit biased there.

Girls can have toys.


Just saying, that's all.

 

[Ruffian]

A bit biased there.

Girls can have toys.


Just saying, that's all.

I know they can, but I was talking talking about @Hood.
Unless a loveable hairy Scottish bloke likes being called a girl?

but @The_Yellow_Ardvark that's up the their life choices on the weekend and I'm not to decide that.