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| petrol edd:
Hi to all, my name is Pete, I am from Norfolk UK, I have retired early in life So have plenty of time on my hands, I am not a machinist but I have always had a interest in anything to do with engineering or mechanics of any sort, even as a kid I belonged to a model engineering club running a model boat with An IC engine, and the best bit was running the live steam model railway up and down the clubs Track, you couldn't take the grin of my face for days, but as I grew up I drifted away from modeling and went into car and motorcycle mechanics ending up doing car restoration which I loved but was forced to retire early due to health, but still like to potter about, and have just finished a 1966 gt6 mk1 which has taken 7 years to build as we only did a few hours on it at weekends, As I was at a loss as to what to do next I started to build a toylander from plans I bought which I totally enjoy doing just for fun, but then came up against the problem of the electric motors I had (for free) needed to be modified to fit the drive sprockets and retain the ability to disengage the drive for ease of moving it about as it is about 80 to 90 kgs, I needed the use of a lathe as the cost of professional machine work would be to much money. so I bought a micro lathe seig c2 off a well known auction site, I have found it very addictive and cant wait to finish the toylander, whilst looking for tips n tricks and general machining info I found this site and have been glued to it since its an absolute gold mine and found it to be invaluable I would also like to say I find the workmanship you guys are producing is awesome keep it up lads, I do have a small amount of turning knowledge, and what is left of my tooling is all geared up to fix and restore cars so lots of spanners ect, I have no milling ability yet but I am looking for a vertical slide and a small pillar drill at some point, so having turned anything square in my shed to round I am open to any suggestions for a novice to build in the way of a small type of steam or air powered engine so I can start to source any materials and tools that are needed over time as I think a couple of months should finish off the toylander with a bit of luck pete |
| HS93:
Welcome hope you enjoy your stay some magic things get posted at times, Ah GT6 a long time ago I helped re install the engine and Box in one , the engine had been did assembled while in the car as they thought it was just a head problem, but it was more so a re build was in order so the rest came out as well as the box, as it came out in bits they where heavey bits but could be lifted by a few strong blokes and a few poles, but puting it back in was differnt so we had to move it I was in it while being towed, it was so high at the front I had to hang out of the window to stear it was a ten mile trip, er never again. Peter |
| Brass_Machine:
Hiya Pete :wave: Welcome to the collective :borg: Nice looking Triumph! How big is the toylander? Eric |
| petrol edd:
hi Eric, The toylander is about 5 ft long 2ft wide, They will take 4 small people (children) with ease or 2 big kids as they are driven by twin 24 volt motors, if you google toylander you can see there are a few different models they supply plans for or kits depending on your budget, thanks for the promt reply lads. pete |
| Deko:
Hi and welcome Pete My brother-in-law built one of those didy Land Rovers for his grandson a few years ago. The wheels only stop going round at bedtime, and it is long overdue for a new paint job, So i am sure it will get plenty of use when finished. Cheers Derek |
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