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« Reply #1155 on: October 08, 2016, 09:11:20 AM » |
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Trouble is, if it works, no-one will notice it!  |
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« Reply #1156 on: October 08, 2016, 04:19:05 PM » |
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Think they might. I know it's not much in the grand scheme of things but it had to be done so why not make it show.
Just pop riveted on at the moment.
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« Reply #1157 on: October 08, 2016, 08:35:07 PM » |
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Details make all the difference don't they. Nice.
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« Reply #1158 on: October 11, 2016, 04:50:55 PM » |
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Waiting on brass to make the radiator header tank. The general idea is, a non pressurised expansion recovery tank, shaped to fit, up inside the top of the radiator surround. It's not going to have a huge capacity, about a litre but remembering the small size of expansion tank on my V8 Landy, it should be ample.
I did ponder using the surround itself but decided that trying to solder new brass to 85 year old plated brass and getting it water tight wasn't really feasible.
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« Reply #1159 on: October 12, 2016, 02:42:22 PM » |
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Still waiting on the brass  but I did manage to spin a filler neck and internal reinforcement from copper, plus machine a brass 32 x 1.5 threaded collar to fit. The 7mm wide flange and the flanged insert should make soldering the neck to the tank easy and secure Cutting the neck to length and soldering the collar in place will have to wait till the tank is made and trial fitted. |
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« Reply #1160 on: October 12, 2016, 08:02:43 PM » |
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Great to see all these wonderful skills!
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« Reply #1161 on: October 13, 2016, 06:01:44 PM » |
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Thanks Bobbi. It does tend to make a build take a long time, but for me it's the making where I get most enjoyment. STILL waiting on the brass !  Seems it's been posted today.  I know that there are lots of other bits that I should be getting on with, but at the moment, I can only do light bench or lathe work and then only for short periods. Adapted a M40-M32 adaptor and machined/threaded the filler cap base and because the rad surround curves so much I made a prototype plinth out of aluminium. Will try to make something like this (perhaps not so bulky) in brass (if it ever arrives) so it can be soldered to the surround. |
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« Reply #1162 on: October 13, 2016, 08:04:21 PM » |
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That sits really nicely doesn't it.
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« Reply #1163 on: October 15, 2016, 11:21:03 PM » |
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 Some days you have good ideas, sometimes not so good. I could not agree more. Only 12 inches long, it took over six hours of gentle and some not so gentle hammering, to shape both sides to fit. Just hope when riveted in place, it was worth the effort. Yes Outstanding work. Andy |
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« Reply #1164 on: October 16, 2016, 08:52:31 AM » |
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Backyard hotrodder,learnt by mistake,still learning ?
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« Reply #1165 on: October 16, 2016, 07:47:58 PM » |
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Still waiting on that damned brass. Never mind. I got a couple of small things done. A brass hex fitting bored out and soldered to the filler neck, so that when fitting the cap I can put a spanner on the tube, to take the strain rather than risk the joint on the tank. The rad surround was drilled for the neck and I made a new plinth that is slightly shorter, not so bulky and fits in with the nose capping. Or at least I think it does. Beaten from sheet aluminium and bonded in place.
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« Reply #1166 on: October 16, 2016, 07:52:04 PM » |
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'Tis lovely.
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« Reply #1167 on: October 17, 2016, 08:53:34 PM » |
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Thanks. The brass I need hasn't turned up again, so I have started by using some I got for another project. Not enough to do the whole thing but at least I could get on with the difficult bit, the top. Because of the shape needed to fit up inside the rad shell, I made a wood former to beat the 1mm thick brass over. Took multiple annealing sessions as it work hardens quite quickly. A bit of dressing of the flanges still needed but it's pretty much there. At least I don't have to worry about hammer marks to much, as it wont be seen. |
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« Reply #1168 on: October 17, 2016, 09:37:46 PM » |
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Dave are you sure you haven't done some sort of deal with the Devil for your skills. That ain't normal mate.
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« Reply #1169 on: October 17, 2016, 10:03:44 PM » |
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WHAT hammer marks?!
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