I love that model S6, one of the great images of all time is that wonderful plane. All power to you. It’s funny to read about R-R’s development of that engine, the noise it made and the others cooling it as well as the diarrhoea the Castro’s R gave all the engineers.
My project is rather boring and I’m stuck for parts, but I’m rebuilding an LD Lambretta from 1957.
Rich bought two, got one running and the second wasn’t complete, more a pile of useless spares, but now we have enough to complete it and he’s flat out finishing off a P3, which pays better.
So far I’ve managed to strip out its beautifully made engine. Pics to follow for scooter nerds
I've been tinkering around with with my daughters (3) Austin J40 pedal car. I bought it not long after she was born, and have been steadily gathering bits and restoring them as I go along.
Last summer I was at the stage where all the running gear was finished, so I put it all back together with the rough body to make sure that it all worked. I wasn't looking forward to tackling the bodywork and painting, as that's not really my thing. As is the way with these things, it has already absorbed more money than it will ever be worth. After being really carefull in my choice of automotive projects over the years, and managing to at leas break even with them, it looks like this one will be a monetary loser.
During the lockdown, I have still been working (key worker and all that) but instead of going out, I have been able to devote some time to the filling, and flatting and priming necessary before proper paint. It is taking ages! I'm determined to do it properly so I am doing it all in house, as I already have about half a litre of nice Triumph Sapphire blue left over from my TR6. The plan is to do the finish as a replica of Stirling's 250 SWB in Rob Walker colours.
'65 356 SC
'91 Ducati 750/900ss mongrel
1963 Velocette Viper (mostly) with '39 KSS OHC engine
'05 997 C2
1954 FB Mondial 200 Extra Lusso
I don't have a huge amount of time spare as I'm still working (which is a very good thing). But I have done a few things. Jetwashed the block paving at my Mum's bungalow to make it look nicer for sale, although that's not happening any time soon. She has gone into a nursing home (eeek). I finished mending the T and polished it. I also flew for the first time the cheap ebay drone I bought. Unexpectedly it works.
And I've been trying and completely failing to make dovetail joints with a jig and router. This is for my speaker project, although I've got no wood to make it. I just can't make it work. The instructions are simple enough. There's a zillion youtube vids. But this is the result... IMG_20200414_221054 by graham Ridgway, on Flickr
As you may be able to see, the tails are too big for the pins. But it's so simple. Put the two bits of wood in the jig perpendicular, offset by 1/2". Set the bit depth to 11mm (give or take) and whizz away. How hard can it be? Iv'e tried 13mm deep and 9mm deep (which I think this attempt is). Frankly I feel a bit stupid!
I have not tried Graham but looks like different spacing might fix it?
I too am working, in fact busier than ever and a teacher and dinner lady by day....but have managed a couple of projects alongside her washing everything in sight.
A chassis frame for the new Motorhome, for rear steadies not specced by the first owner. Surprisingly difficult, I used only existing holes so I did not weaken the rear chassis rails. It also had to be dead square and the runners I made within a 2mm tolerance at each end of travel. Turned out well
I too have been dabbling with woodwork and made a pseudo butchers block for the pantry using offcuts and an old bit of Ikea furniture I chopped up and re-purposed. I don’t have a skill saw so did this with a circular saw and a bit of careful measuring. This taken just before I gave myself a hernia lifting it into its new home!
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93 964 C2
99 Boxster 2.5 > 2.7 hill climber
71 914/6 3.0 - gone
'You see Paul, hill climbing is like making love to a beautiful woman. You get your motor running, check your fluids, hang on tight and WHOA..30 seconds later it's all over!' Swiss Tony
mycar wrote:Once you get the hang of it you'll be turning them out.
Wow, that’s an awesome skill you have there
93 964 C2
99 Boxster 2.5 > 2.7 hill climber
71 914/6 3.0 - gone
'You see Paul, hill climbing is like making love to a beautiful woman. You get your motor running, check your fluids, hang on tight and WHOA..30 seconds later it's all over!' Swiss Tony
Not a scoobie-do here Graham, but it does rather look like you've ended up with 2 male halves, rather than a male and a female. I looked at the manual - hope it makes more sense when you've got the tool and the wood in front of you, as I read it 3 times, then gave up and got another coffee.
I prefer metal - I can weld a bit more on when I've taken too much off, and grind a bit off if it is still too large. With wood, I can measure, measure and measure again, and it still always ends up looking like a pig's ear of a job.
PeterK wrote:but it does rather look like you've ended up with 2 male halves
Peter
That is exactly what it seems. And I cannot see how to do otherwise, I'm a bit stumped. I shall video what I am doing and resurrect my woodwork-for-new-speakers thread which gave rise to the idea to seek more DDK-guidance! Then I'll not take this thread over!
Graham
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IMG_20200414_221054 by graham Ridgway, on Flickr
