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Mar 25, 2009 21:46:42 GMT
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Well, I was over in Basingstoke this week for a 2 day work meeting, finished at 5.45 Tuesday evening, borrowed a car and raced over to Dummer to see "Oldone" Era at his "shed" where he builds turbo, racing and other types of Rotary engines. He has been involved in motor racing for a long time, and the stuff he knows about gas, turbos and rotaries is incredible. Anyway, when I got there he was busy porting an engine, so his one son made me a cuppa, I played with the cat, and took a couple of pics. The one was of a tool that really made me giggle as it is so simple , yet so effective for when he gets into the deeper recesses of the engines with his porting tools. Do you have "home made tools " , The sort used to keep your retro on the road...? Show us.   |
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Mar 25, 2009 21:49:27 GMT
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i don't get it, whats it do?
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purplevanman
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Way too orangey for crows
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Mar 25, 2009 21:53:26 GMT
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fibre optic light?
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Welder, fabricator, general resto work
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Mar 25, 2009 21:57:02 GMT
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LOL..... OK, should have explained it better...
He is into the deep recesses of the channels porting away with his grinding tools, but when you are building 500BHP motors, things get trickier.... unlike a 50cc 2stroker.
Also, looking at his username... "oldone" it becomes apparent that his eyes are less than perfect. (Looking for trouble here) anyway, he basically fits the concocted magnifying glass super eye to his noggin, and then can really see deep inside and also get subtle angles more correctly done.
Hope that makes sense, it just made me grin madly, the contraption he had built to help him get it more right when porting engines.
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Mar 25, 2009 21:57:52 GMT
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its a magnifying glass guys....
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in |
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Mar 25, 2009 22:00:55 GMT
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ah, i thought it was a mirror  |
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BiAS
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Super Home made tools - Show us.BiAS
@cheeqi
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Mar 25, 2009 22:03:49 GMT
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That's ace, reminds me of the old guy in the bookshop in Top Secret (the film that the Airplane guys did after the Airplane films)
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Mar 25, 2009 22:07:36 GMT
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its a magnifying glass guys.... So simple, and I just love the pipe and wire head frame to wear it while working. |
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spiny
Club Retro Rides Member
Wiki Admin
I am abivalent towards car electrics ...
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Mar 25, 2009 22:07:42 GMT
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not a tool as such, but I was quite pleased with the fact it worked:  needed to remove the pistons as i suspected a leak, so held the one nearest the 'line' in place with a clamp, pumped the pump, the other popped out, then removed the 'line' and pushed the remaining one out with a screwdriver  pure fluke that the thread on my footpump is the same as an MG brake line  |
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purplevanman
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Way too orangey for crows
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Mar 25, 2009 22:14:53 GMT
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used that method on my old bike calipers when needed ;D
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Welder, fabricator, general resto work
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oldone
Part of things
www.exile-rotorsport.com
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Mar 25, 2009 22:59:17 GMT
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Will take orders now gents LOLOLOLOL,
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Oldone's disclaimer: "It is very difficult to convey sarcasm, humour, inuendo and other subtleties of speech over what is essentially a text-only-communication tool. please take all posts with a pinch of salt" www.oldones.co.ukwww.oldones.co.uk |
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The designs been around for ages...  |
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Porsche 924 - gone
Citroen Saxo VTR - not very retro but I loved it - now gone...
MK4 Golf GTi 1.8T - gone but hardly remembered...
Mini Cooper S R53 - gone
BMW 125d Coupe - gone (mostly sideways)
Ford Focus RS Mk1 - hello low MPGs and "wanna race me" at every set of lights...
1973 BMW 2002 - Twin 40's, 284 Cam, Revolutions, E21 Recaros + more
Porsche Cayman 987 3.4S - here and due to cost me more money than I have
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Mar 26, 2009 12:22:56 GMT
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I have a six foot breaker bar that I made for Mini hub nuts. It started life as the bar from a set of dumbells and is really heavy thick wall steel. I welded up the joint on an old 1/2" breaker bar (at a slight angle to give clearance in use) then built up the handle with weld so it was a really tight fit in the bar. I hammered in into the end and welded it up. Hey presto, one breaker bar that you can crack Mini hub nuts with using two fingers and not a single swear word.
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Jaguar S-Type 3.0 SE
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Tim
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Mar 26, 2009 14:13:04 GMT
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I have a six foot breaker bar that I made for Mini hub nuts. It started life as the bar from a set of dumbells and is really heavy thick wall steel. I welded up the joint on an old 1/2" breaker bar (at a slight angle to give clearance in use) then built up the handle with weld so it was a really tight fit in the bar. I hammered in into the end and welded it up. Hey presto, one breaker bar that you can crack Mini hub nuts with using two fingers and not a single swear word. Done similar using a scaffold pole to remove a siezed bottom bracked from a mountain bike :-) surprised it didnt tear the frame apart :-) |
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Mar 26, 2009 19:49:48 GMT
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akin to above i have two lengths of 11' hollow tube that sits nicely over a ratchet handle. you don't even notice the torque then!
and i made a bmw windscreen glue cutter tool like the autoglass man had by grinding and twisting an old screwdriver into the shape and giving it a cutting edge. not good enough to warrant a pic though!
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Mar 26, 2009 21:09:45 GMT
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I think it was Peter Cushing that was the book shop owner in Top Secret. Sooperb film
I have a selection of different diameter scaffold poles and bike frame tubes to put over spanners and ratchet handles to give more leverage
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Mar 26, 2009 21:20:54 GMT
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Jesus, why didnt I know about said Rotary specialist <25 miles from my door when my Rotary Engined Skoda was having issues?  |
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BiAS
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Super Home made tools - Show us.BiAS
@cheeqi
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Mar 26, 2009 21:36:24 GMT
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Another use for scaffold bar, my home brew spit, no more crawling around on the floor with globules of molten steel dripping into my crotch!   |
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Last Edit: Mar 26, 2009 21:36:44 GMT by BiAS
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Tim
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Mar 31, 2009 12:22:24 GMT
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Bias - on the spit, what is weight of the car supported on/ Bumper brackets?
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markbognor
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Mar 31, 2009 16:14:47 GMT
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