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| AdeV:
Dave - the clock is, quite accidentally honest, out of sight on the wall to the left of shot... But it's a good job it wasn't in view, as you'd be able to see the cuts then! (I edited out the bit where I attacked the last bit with a hacksaw, it was taking too long so I gave up I used the mill! Bernd - the soundtrack is called "Yakkity Sax" by Boots Randolph, but it's probably better known both here & in the US as the theme to The Benny Hill Show: http://www.televisiontunes.com/Benny_Hill_Show.html Which is, of course, why I chose it - as most (all?) of his shows ended up with some speeded-up film. Be warned, that link can waste hours of your day if you're not careful! |
| Bernd:
Ade, Thanks for the memories. They had the Benny Hill shown on over here for a short time. I realy loved that show. That song was also played on the radio over here back in the 60's and 70's. It all came back to me when I saw the name Boots Randolph. Bernd |
| Brass_Machine:
--- Quote from: Bernd on February 15, 2010, 08:13:41 PM ---... I've heard that sound track before. I thought it was an American thing. Can't place the name right now though. Bernd --- End quote --- Benny Hill maybe?? Eric |
| AdeV:
Not a lot new today... I'm making machinable wax as fast as I can go (~3kg tonight :)), so I can prototype the sump in 1:1 scale. Fortunately, a decent amount of wax showed up today; which is lucky. In the picture, it's sitting inside the mould that - once I've dissolved lots of freezer bags in it - it will have to fill (to a depth of ~3", to account for shrinkage). That's a lot of wax... The bag holds 25kg, and cost just shy of £50 delivered: And the other picture is the drillbit for drilling out the oil channels. It's hard to get a sense of scale for the thing - especially given the number of truly awesome builds we see on this site where, due to excellent surface finishes, what looks like quite a big engine in a photo turns out to be the size of a matchbox. So suffice it to say; the flutes run for some 600mm (over 2ft), then there's a spare couple of inches before the morse taper. It is a humongous drill bit! Only 5/8" diameter, though, so quite dainty with it... It'll be a few days before I can test it, however, as the step pulley in the mill is away for some new bearings, so - pardon the pun - you'll have to bear [groan] with me. |
| No1_sonuk:
WOW! That is a BIG drill bit. |
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