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Heres a few photos of todays progress. New tyres fitted
( don't know where they came from but found them in my
shed). New exhaust fitted (again was on the shelf in my
shed).  And the pipe was painted in some VHT silver.
The final photo shows how bad the recoil starter and the
flywheel screen was. The screen had to come from America
but the recoil...yep you've guessed it!

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.

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.

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.

A quick visit this morning, not much of interest,
 
The only Wheelhorses were a pretty sad looking Commando 800 and a later Toro badged rear engined rider,
 
 Here's some photos...
 

What to do with a 'free' weekend, a pile of Villiers MK12 bits and a can of paint? 
Having restored several machines using Villiers engines over the last couple of years I have managed to collect 3 almost complete donor engines..... So as I was at loose end this weekend I set about sorting them out with a view to making one good engine out of all the bits! It's suprising what you can do in just a day, engines stripped, parts cleaned, degreased, old paint removed, de-rusted, etch primed, painted, gaskets made, parts reassembled...... I have a carb and exhaust, the only parts I haven't got is a working coil, 3 dud ones, tank brackets and an exhaust gasket! The coil is probably the most expensive part to buy for one of these engines, might have to wait a few weeks!
I'm probably going to make a stationary engine out of this one, mount it on a trolley and have it powering some sort of lighting.........

Must keep my eye out at the show for some front lights... 

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

As of this morning the wheels contain 3lbs of lead shot. Nice and stable now.

Last year I made a couple of display stands. Simple T design, similar to ones made by The Showman. These just press into the ground and information board mounted across the top.
  At the HVC rally at Carlisle airport on the coming weekend, the entries are mainly on hard standing. Thinking drilling holes in the runway wouldn't go down well, I had a root around and found a pair of plastic wheels and some scrap ply board.
  Screwed each wheel to a piece of board, then a splash of paint and viola the result below. The stand spikes are a good push fit in the wheel centres.
 
 

 
  Still not very stable in breezy/windy conditions and the airfield is certainly breezy. I have in my store shed a large jar of lead shot, left over from when I reloaded shotgun cartridges. Tomorrow the wheels will be filled with shot. That should stop them blowing over.

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.

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.

The 17" series 1 Super Punch ran from 1956 to 1959 and the same basic design carried on into the 80s badged as a Qualcast.
The screw height adjuster , " kidney" fuel tank  and 75cc on the engine plate would suggest 1963 onwards but if its original engine was 98cc  it would be considerably later, probably around 1967 .

Pity about the box, people will leave them out side to fill with water. I've reskinned a few with "tin" from 25ltre oil drums, the trick is finding a drum that's nor pre-dented. The 17" Super punch was a good machine and a perfectly useable Classic now: as is the 14" MkVII Punch .Here's a few of mine , the one on the right is the quite uncommon ten bladed "Professional" .
 

Its the best lawnmower engine they ever built
 
I had lots of them when I started out. Seem to go on for ever

Just picked this up on my travels. Can anyone tell me much about it?
I'm guessing its 1960's? Overall it looks quite good, just the bottom of the box has rotted out.

One of the reasons that work on my Sachs Gem has been slow recently
is that I have dug this 650 out. As a lot of you may know in 1985 Howard
went into receivership and Dowdeswell purchased the design rights to
The Gem.
In 1986 production started back up with a few small changes. As ive got
G206 ( I still haven't yet managed to turn up a Gem with a lower serial
number) I thought that they would look good side by side to show how little
the design changed over 50 odd years.
I spotted this example on good old ebay. It looked in quite a sorry state but
after having the factory records checked it showed up that this very machine
was Dowdeswells exhibition model on their stand at The Windsor show in
1987-Does anyone have any photos from this year please? It is also quite
likely but I don't have definite proof that it was also featured in the one sales
Brochure and Dowdeswell's magazine called Tillage.
 

After a few months of waiting I finally received a call from the
blaster to say that it was ready. He doesn't charge a lot, just
wish he was more reliable.

Thanks Paul, that's the plan.
One of the things that I got on with first was the engine. It was stripped
down, valves reground etc(no points on this one). Then the paint was
stripped, the air filter housing and tank repaired (new ones were redicoulas
prices) then everything was painted in the nearest shade of red that I had.
Then some excellent decals from Titch were applied.

Heres the main chasis with the top coat on. And in the 3rd
photo the engine is back together. Just the exhaust needs
changing and waiting on one more decal.

Heres a few photos of todays progress. New tyres fitted
( don't know where they came from but found them in my
shed). New exhaust fitted (again was on the shelf in my
shed).  And the pipe was painted in some VHT silver.
The final photo shows how bad the recoil starter and the
flywheel screen was. The screen had to come from America
but the recoil...yep you've guessed it!

Just done the same with my mobile phone, result another £120 saved with more minutes included as well.

Heres a few photos of todays progress. New tyres fitted
( don't know where they came from but found them in my
shed). New exhaust fitted (again was on the shelf in my
shed).  And the pipe was painted in some VHT silver.
The final photo shows how bad the recoil starter and the
flywheel screen was. The screen had to come from America
but the recoil...yep you've guessed it!

Heres a few photos of todays progress. New tyres fitted
( don't know where they came from but found them in my
shed). New exhaust fitted (again was on the shelf in my
shed).  And the pipe was painted in some VHT silver.
The final photo shows how bad the recoil starter and the
flywheel screen was. The screen had to come from America
but the recoil...yep you've guessed it!

Thanks Paul, that's the plan.
One of the things that I got on with first was the engine. It was stripped
down, valves reground etc(no points on this one). Then the paint was
stripped, the air filter housing and tank repaired (new ones were redicoulas
prices) then everything was painted in the nearest shade of red that I had.
Then some excellent decals from Titch were applied.