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If he finds another, it's got MY name on it.

Spent my usual Tuesday rummaging though the brambles and to my surprise this got uncovered from it's hiding place

When I had a proper look at the bonnet I decided that it would need flatting back as there was some contamination im guessing in the primmer. Today I also managed to get the under belly sanded and primed. Just going to need a small skim of stopper and then it should be ready for top coat. A while back I purchased a load of N.O.S badges for Gem's, every one up till now had been fine, however when I peeled back the cellophane layer on the clutch one it peeled some of the paint off, I don't know why, but as luck would have it I had another new one that was good.

Never seen Chris so excited. I was at the other side of the barn while he was digging. Thought I had better go and help him load the trailer. Went round the barn to see him coming towards me, arms waving and eye's like saucers. Thought he must have found something red. Wondered why his feet were wet, thought he had wet himself with excitement, but it turned out that his mouth was dribbling badly. Had to sit him down and calm him with a cuppa. We must have passed that spot countless times. The Morris bonnet was surrounded and partly covered by junk so didn't expect anything exciting under it. How wrong can we be. Next weeks task is to find something else.

I had heard they were a good make, I think fitting it is the only sensible thing to do Thanks for that Richard, I do have more faith in the Brookes motor than the one I have currently fitted to the lathe.. My compressor has a 3hp motor and it hasn't melted the wiring in the building yet, so I think I'm going to install the Brookes motor and see what happens.. Just need to make an adaptor plate so I can bolt it on. It's been a slow few days n the workshop, but a bit more progress has been made. To power the coolant pump I'm using this model railway controller, handy for changing the flow speed.. I may of got a bit carried away with the shelf fabrication though much to Nigel's horror This was the old drip/catch tray made from an enamal coated pub sign years ago. Chopped about a bit it's a nice fit in the bench. Weled in and kitted out with all the switch gear though not wired in yet.. The white cable will go through a grommit lined hole in the back of the panel.. As part of this lathe bench malarky I have been having a tidy up/clutter reduction in the workshop, as part of that the old stereo system had to go... Pimp my Stiga with a bangin sound system Thank you Walt for carting it away for me Of course no workshop should be without sounds, so I'm now using this amp and a pair of Kef C series speakers, with my old phone acting as internet radio and mp3 player. I'm staggered at the quality and bass capability of the speakers for the size of them... Amazing!

jeez, I don't know how you do it!!! great find

Yes please and thank you.

You`'ll have to weight till next week.

I think we should clear the rest of the wood to see if theres any wheel weights nearby

And it fits my new hitch.

Hi, thought you might like to see my new hoodie. Got it printed at a local clothing company. What other clothes are available or that you have got made ?

Good progress Ian, like the Suds Pump Setup. As for the Motor, like Norm says, it's a very reliable brand, but pretty powerful for your needs. I just checked the Start and Run Current draw for it, which will be in the region of 33 Amps and 16 Amps respectively!!. If your supply Amperage is questionable i.e 20 Amp Ring Main, then you may well find it tripping out on start up?. For your Lathe size a 1.5 Hp motor would be more than adequate and more economical to run with minimal risk of tripping drawing roughly 20 Amp Start and 10 Amp Run. But I'm no expert and I'm sure there are some on here to tell you otherwise if I'm wrong. My Myford runs with a Single Phase 1 Hp GE Dixon Motor bough new in '86' which never struggles and merely sips the amps . Keep up the good progress, I'm still in watch mode at the Mo', but will start working on the practical soon hopefully. Regards

Fit it Ian. Brooke Crompton motors are a good make.

I've not made the hole in the cogs cover yet, but I did find a way to mount it that didn't involve having to undo any bolts/screws.. Three of these trim clip thingys were welded inside the cover and just clip over the lip.. Will it vibrate like a mad vibrating thing? We shall see Time to think about the flood coolant system, so I dug out the P100 washer bottle and pump which had been doing the cooling duties for many a year. Peeling off bit's of masking tape made it look like it had been sunbathing behind a railing fence It didn't scrub up to bad though.. Quite how the pump had remained working when the bottle was full of this gunk I'm not sure, but still working it was.. This is the rubber thingy the seals the pump into the hole.. And this is a small filter thingy I found in a jar of odd's n sod's I found a couple of weeks ago.. Hhhmmmm interesting, it fits the hole in the bottle quite well, not fully pushed in yet.. It also fit's the pump quite well, not fully pushed on yet.. No photo's but when the pump was fully fitted with the new rubber/anti carp thingy, it held it's water very well.. That will do for me So, how to get the coolant from the catch tray into the washer coolant bottle? You make a funnel of course from an old bench foot and a bit of pipe.. A bit of trimming to the coolant bottle to make it fit. Bottle fitted. The funnel fit's a treat and should catch anything that pours out the drain hole in the tray. While I had my head under the bench I gave the belt tensioning thingy a few tweaks to get the rod angles much better. I did another raid on the scrap pile yesterday, and after a lot of spannering I came away with this rather large electric motor that was on a compost mixing machine. Let's have a look at the specs tag shall we.. I'm not that "up" on electic motors but I'm told this is rather a good make... 2.2 kW which is 2.95hp.. Hhhmm... Powerful The rev/min speed is only 15rpm faster than the small original motor that came with the lathe. That's close enough for me. The only problem is the motor spins the wrong way for my needs... While thinking on that I took a cover off only to find wiring instruction wedged between the capacitors, including how to wire it to spin the other way So do I install this new motor on the lathe or not... 3hp is way more than I need for the size of lathe, but the spin speed is right, the triple pulley is the right size, and the capacitors will make starting it a lot less of a strain on the somewhat er.. shoddy wiring in the building.. Some thinking is needed me thinks

Managed to get another hour or so on this project today. The air filter was refitted, followed by the exhaust and the injector. Next the radiator and fan was properly plumbed in and I loosely refitted the fuel lines. The fuel lines could really do with replacing, can anyone recommend a good source please? The final job today saw the under belly tray get a skim of filler as after blasting it came up just way too rough to paint.