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

[JOEPRO]

The direction of rotation of an engine drive strimmer depends on whether it has a gearbox at the head. Straight shaft strimmers have a solid shaft with a gearbox at the head meaning it turns the opposite way to the engine. This makes it a stronger unit for heavier cutting.
Bent shaft ones have a flexi drive and no gearbox so the head turns the same way as the engine. The flexi drive is weaker than a solid shaft so these are for lighter cutting.

Thanks for that, good explanation. The curved head is fine for my usage which is just light garden grass trimming. No brush cutting. I have a Stihl strimmer / brush cutter like new a year old but never liked the anti clockwise rotation of the head!

With the Kombi unit now I picked up the curved head which appears to be clockwise rotation like I'm used to and better for my compact garden grass trimming albeit the powerhead is major overkill

I really like the Kombi system and the engine is very nice to use. So I may well sell on the brush cutter as no real need anymore with this new to me setup.

 

[Memmeddu]

thats interesting as I tried to find a copper gasket for mitsi l200 and couldnt get one , my thinking cast block and aluminium head , yet they put a steel multi layer gasket in ? no give in that at all . so how the heck is it supposed to seal ?

It was for an old 3 cylinder Perkins cast iron block and head, not sure if it will work on an alu head.
But I'm sure they made a copper head gasket for the 700cc water cooled fiat 126 bis and for the air cooled too.
But don't take the second on the equation as the cylinder head would seal on the head even with no gasket on the air cooled up mentioned engine

 

[Robotstar5]

Severely corroded brakes,so replacements arrived,only had to buy2 pairs as the knott ones were spare from a few years ago,watch the next instalment for drum skimming and other trailer repairs.View attachment 464647View attachment 464648

Mrs Robo wanted to sell her horse trailer and I found 3 of the 4 drums had loose linings, but the new owner wanted to take it away before I had chance to repair so i gave him the new brake shoes and he towed it away unbraked.

 

[arther dailey]

It was for an old 3 cylinder Perkins cast iron block and head, not sure if it will work on an alu head.
But I'm sure they made a copper head gasket for the 700cc water cooled fiat 126 bis and for the air cooled too.
But don't take the second on the equation as the cylinder head would seal on the head even with no gasket on the air cooled up mentioned engine

was it out of a massey ferguson ? or early fergie p3

 

[m_c]

thats interesting as I tried to find a copper gasket for mitsi l200 and couldnt get one , my thinking cast block and aluminium head , yet they put a steel multi layer gasket in ? no give in that at all . so how the heck is it supposed to seal ?

MLS gasket layers are stamped to act like a spring between the layers creating higher pressure points where sealing is required, with the coating doing the final sealing.
The multi-layers are also more tolerant of the differing rates of expansion of different metals, which is why they are pretty much standard for modern engines.

 

[JMS1972]

Many thanks to @cheb for driving this down for me I now have a sensitive drilling machine.

 

[Memmeddu]

was it out of a massey ferguson ? or early fergie p3

Very likely, I think it was something like that I don't remember exactly but I know it belonged from an old tractor so you most likely right

 

[Memmeddu]

Many thanks to @cheb for driving this down for me I now have a sensitive drilling machine.

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That's very nice.
I've never understood why they call them sensitive by the way.

 

[Memmeddu]

Collected a package right now.
It contained taps and dies bought on last week of August.
Seller wrapped everything with Havana tape and now I have to discover how to remove it from the taps and dies.
Almost all the plastic boxes got smashed during shipping, and the metal box got a big dent too.
I'm not going to buy similar stuff from her

 

[arther dailey]

MLS gasket layers are stamped to act like a spring between the layers creating higher pressure points where sealing is required, with the coating doing the final sealing.
The multi-layers are also more tolerant of the differing rates of expansion of different metals, which is why they are pretty much standard for modern engines.

hmmm, the ones I used had no coatings on , so hit on "high spots" what happens to low spots ? as they seem like hard steel so obviously no give in them , must admit was tempted to give them a coat of copper gasket spray but did nt .

 

[JMS1972]

That's very nice.
I've never understood why they call them sensitive by the way.

They are in touch with their inner hippy

It's to do with the amount of leverage I think, you have to move the handle a lot to move the drill a small distance which gives a better "feel" when drilling with tiny drill bits.....

 

[Memmeddu]

They are in touch with their inner hippy

It's to do with the amount of leverage I think, you have to move the handle a lot to move the drill a small distance which gives a better "feel" when drilling with tiny drill bits.....

That makes sense.
Italian made ones usually have an additional support point on the quill like to give more accuracy.

 

[bricol]

MLS gasket layers are stamped to act like a spring between the layers creating higher pressure points where sealing is required, with the coating doing the final sealing.
The multi-layers are also more tolerant of the differing rates of expansion of different metals, which is why they are pretty much standard for modern engines.

And solved the famous Rover K-series gasket problem - different expansion rates of the aluminium block and the steel liners (and a varying amount of liner protrusion).

 

[Onoff]

which gives a better "feel" when drilling with tiny drill bits.....

SWMBO here would be up for anything that could help on that score...

 

[Memmeddu]

Got another package in mail few moments ago.
Taps again.
This time it was the 50 pieces lot got for 49 euro
M24 M27 M30 Emuge spiral fluted machine taps
A single one of those is enough to call the lot a bargain.
Anyways most of the taps are M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 taps various brands, like Garant, Gühring, Emuge and others I cannot remember now.
I've found interesting 4 or five Emuge taps which have coolant passages (M6 M8 M10) , I knew about drill bits but not about taps.
Then M8 an 2 M10 SKF taps which I'm not able to understand if they are spiral tip machine taps or former taps
M8 M10 M12 Gühring former taps which I don't know how to use them, I would keep them for aluminum but they are Ti N coated and they don't work that well on aluminum.
Later I'll upload some pictures while finding a little spot for them

 

[Memmeddu]

So this was my collection before
Mostly dormer few Emuge and Gühring 2 fete

Those are most of them now In addition to the first one shown
I can't understand why I remember they were more.

The lot from the seller I wouldn't buy again stuff like that

Coolant through ones + another Emuge M8 one

Tiny ones

All those are Emuge but to be honest I now have mostly Emuge taps

Hand taps

These I'm not sure what they are SKF M10 they look machine taps but they can be former taps as well

 

[Memmeddu]

M24 M27 M30 M30 Emuge taps

The big boy M45 Emuge

Mostly Norris dies up to M56
Edit M45 the M56 is missing

They are almost all inside this old German first aid box

I think next move would be find a cabinet to store them properly organized.
Anyways I miss a Gühring M10x1 tap as I bought at least 2 of them

 

[Kram]

These I'm not sure what they are SKF M10 they look machine taps but they can be former taps as well

Cutting taps have sharp flutes while roll taps are not sharp, I believe, however Im too lazy to check mine. I only have a couple of small ones that I have not yet needed to use so may be wrong.

 

[Memmeddu]

Cutting taps have sharp flutes while roll taps are not sharp, I believe, however Im too lazy to check mine. I only have a couple of small ones that I have not yet needed to use so may be wrong.

They are sharp I think they are manual taps but they are all three the same.
So I'm missing the starter taps for them

 

[roofman]

The winter gathering has started...one more crate on sunday and call it good.