Hillsider

Happy and safe new year to all from Dover.

Happy and safe new year to all from Dover.

Happy and safe new year to all from Dover.

Happy and safe new year to all from Dover.

Seasons greetings to all for Christmas and the New Year and do your best to stay safe, especially in the workshop.
Ray.

Seasons greetings to all for Christmas and the New Year and do your best to stay safe, especially in the workshop.
Ray.

The mower that you have is a Qualcast Panther.

The mower that you have is a Qualcast Panther.

The mower that you have is a Qualcast Panther.

The mower that you have is a Qualcast Panther.

I don't have photo to post but I believe it may be a Merry Tiller, possibly a twin six. If I find more info I shall post again.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/jpl-8050-h-professional-ultrasonic-cleaner-25l-a74jk
I have a 2.5 litre cleaner as the attached link and I have found that it is just the right size for occasional use on most small engine carbs without incurring the expense of a larger perhaps more commercial machine, you would certainly struggle with a smaller capacity tank size. And a heated tank is a useful bonus.
Interesting point about the effects of U/S ceaning on bearings I had heard the tale of vehicle wheel bearings suffering from Brinnelling during rail transport but not heard of this effect before.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/jpl-8050-h-professional-ultrasonic-cleaner-25l-a74jk
I have a 2.5 litre cleaner as the attached link and I have found that it is just the right size for occasional use on most small engine carbs without incurring the expense of a larger perhaps more commercial machine, you would certainly struggle with a smaller capacity tank size. And a heated tank is a useful bonus.
Interesting point about the effects of U/S ceaning on bearings I had heard the tale of vehicle wheel bearings suffering from Brinnelling during rail transport but not heard of this effect before.

Time to fire up the Lister and make sure it's ready for any power cuts!
 
 

Re post 25,  
 
The reason I recognised the tool was because we had one in the workshop where I worked, it was a Ridgid screw cutting machine made by the Ridge Tool and Die company in the USA and we used it for making the bolts that hold wooden fenders and mooring Bollards to the Quayside, the largest bolts were 50mm thread diameter and if I remember correctly that size needed two passes of the die to form a thread, anything up to 40 mm could be done in one pass but the machine was working pretty hard on the larger sizes.
Lot easier than threading steel bar by hand though.
 
Ray.

The dies shown in post 10 are from the a ridgid (or similar) thread cutting machine. They fit into a die head in numerical order as has been suggested and can normally be adjusted for depth of cut and released by rotating one half of the die holder against the fixed half.
http://www.amazon.com/Diehead-RIDGID-97065-Automatic-Oiler/dp/B0015RWYPQ