Distractions

[Cougar377]

I'm not really doing it for the money mate its more a hobby I can do when I feel well enough & in my own time but I have made a few quid off them, getting engines for very little money is the biggest problem I have at the moment

Stools go for between 30 & 50 quid depending on how they turn out & if the tops swivel, the bench went for 100 to a mate but I'd been offered quite a lot more, I'd be happy if the coffee table went for around the same price

I'm yet to sell any of it myself, I just keep dumping it at a mates house & he usually gets rid fairly quickly, I left 2 stools last Friday & suspect they will be sold when I go again this Friday

Good prices..! Maybe you could post pics of the next lot.

 

[derek kelly]

Amazed at how you knew that fact, it's not so amazing that Andrew would !!

You forget the type of people I work with.

 

[ianrobbo1]

You forget the type of people I work with.

I've met some of your colleges, and they don't seem as bad as that.

 

[derek kelly]

I've met some of your colleges, and they don't seem as bad as that.

You met Steve, he's probably the worst offender, I'll let him tell you his nickname.

 

[DLN1965]

I've met some of your colleges, and they don't seem as bad as that.

I see the spelling standard has slipped while I’ve not been around !!

Which colleges are these Robbo??
Eton? Harrow?

I’m guessing you meant ‘colleagues’ ?

 

[Cougar377]

I see the spelling standard has slipped while I’ve not been around !!

Which colleges are these Robbo??
Eton? Harrow?

I’m guessing you meant ‘colleagues’ ?

If standards have slipped (and they have) then AB's at fault as he's Master of the Universe these days....

 

[andyBeaker]

If standards have slipped (and they have) then AB's at fault as he's Master of the Universe these days....

Correct.

And Darren you can keep your nose out......

 

[ianrobbo1]

I’m guessing you meant ‘colleagues’ ? Yep!! was trying to answer the phone rather than do a spull cheek

 

[slim63]

Good prices..! Maybe you could post pics of the next lot.

Thanks mate, I will post them up once I find some more parts to make them with but in the meantime here is another stool I made, the little one claimed it & uses it so its not for sale but its one of the ones I was really happy with

 

[derek kelly]

You've put all that time & effort into making interesting stuff & some careless twats goes & puts hot cogs & things on it.

 

[slim63]

You've put all that time & effort into making interesting stuff & some careless twats goes & puts hot cogs & things on it.

I know you just cant trust some folk

 

[andyBeaker]

I seem to recall that cam and crankshafts have very little strength 'end to end'. And are prone to shattering if force applied to an end.

 

[slim63]

I seem to recall that cam and crankshafts have very little strength 'end to end'. And are prone to shattering if force applied to an end.

You might want to have a crack at breaking one then even better have a go at welding one its a lot more difficult than you may imagine due to the case hardening

 

[derek kelly]

What Andy is basing it on is that he’s a crank & he’s fragile.

 

[andyBeaker]

You might want to have a crack at breaking one then even better have a go at welding one its a lot more difficult than you may imagine due to the case hardening

My days of physical exercise are over, thank you!!

As for welding......

 

[andyBeaker]

You might want to have a crack at breaking one then even better have a go at welding one its a lot more difficult than you may imagine due to the case hardening

I have a vague recollection of someone telling me that if you drop a cam or crank shaft on its end it is likely to shatter? Old wives tale??

I do know that when removing the valves from an Avenger Tiger head one of the collets is guaranteed to fly off into the corner of the shed, never to be seen again. One day job turned into a three week job while waiting for the part from a Chrysler dealer.

 

[slim63]

I have a vague recollection of someone telling me that if you drop a cam or crank shaft on its end it is likely to shatter? Old wives tale??

In all my years of messing with engines I have seen one sheered cam & that was on a chinky 125 a couple of years ago, even then I doubt the cam itself was at fault originally as the rest of the engine had done a pretty good grenade impression

I have had to pretty brutal with the hammers etc on occasion when making stuff out of cams & cranks but haven't managed to break one yet, a lot of the time I will weld something then sling it out of the door onto concrete to cool & don't appear to have damaged anything yet either so yes I'd say its an old wives tale, at least with fairly modern stuff

 

[derek kelly]

My days of physical exercise are over, thank you!!

As for welding......

Lifting a pen to put the kibosh on someone's loan is not exercise.

 

[derek kelly]

In all my years of messing with engines I have seen one sheered cam & that was on a chinky 125 a couple of years ago, even then I doubt the cam itself was at fault originally as the rest of the engine had done a pretty good grenade impression

I have had to pretty brutal with the hammers etc on occasion when making stuff out of cams & cranks but haven't managed to break one yet, a lot of the time I will weld something then sling it out of the door onto concrete to cool & don't appear to have damaged anything yet either so yes I'd say its an old wives tale, at least with fairly modern stuff

What are you like at fixing Movano engines?

 

[andyBeaker]

Lifting a pen to put the kibosh on someone's loan is not exercise.

Ruddy good fun though