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| John Hill:
Dave, my Duggie is a 1951 80+ of 350cc and I believe at least some of the WWII generator parts can be used in bike engines so I presume 350cc. Even our small country town in NZ had someone with a yard full of crated Merlins! My friend and I crossed the Pacific Eastwards which is against the prevailing wind in a 30 foot wooden sloop, stopping at every available island. It was an interesting and at times amusing experience. |
| Bluechip:
John Ah, that's not so bad then. I had visions of you sailing under an azure sky, Pimms and nibbles on the afterdeck, crystal lagoons, coconut palms, nubile maidens etc etc. All day here it's been foggy, drizzle, cold, dark and damp. Absolute depression ... awful .. Funnily enough, about the first bike rode was a +90, about 14, up the 'Quarries'. Off road, of course. Get an old bike, thrash it to death, then of the 'Big Wall' 30 feet drop into about the same of water. Then scrounge another, process repeated. Must be many old bikes buried in that quarry. Filled up years ago. Two youths killed diving .. as I know of, maybe more. Almost remember it's reg. No. Either ETP 938 or ETP983 ... Zebedee calls, Sort out a Power Feed for my mill tomorrow. Discovered a Maxon geared motor in my heap of bits. 5:1 reduction box on it. Looks grunty enough, we shall see. Trouble is, no rating on it, but it turns with a reasonable torque on 6V, so it's got a job!! Dave BC |
| John Hill:
Blue skies, lagoons, coconuts, maidens. Have you seen those movies where the naked girls swim out to the ships? :coffee: Maxon geared motor eh? Were they used on Macaroni radar systems? I think I have a box of them that a friend left me along with a heap of Selsyns and other neat stuff! |
| Bluechip:
I dunno, naked maidens .. obviously raised in a superior environment to mine :D :D Not to worry, some 40 yrs. too late anyway ... Back to Maxon .. This is it, was salvaged from a defunct print works, probably not radar .. it was covered in some sticky gunge, bit like the brown Wellseal gasket sealer .. or similar. This stuff was really stuck on, eventually cleaned it off with cellulose thinner. .... Which took off the part# .... :doh: But it seems chip proof, and works fine. We shall see Dave BC |
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