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Aug 16, 2009 20:15:47 GMT
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dipped a skip outside a dentists gaff this morning and got this odd looking thing    thought it might come in handy for something - once i find out whats its for - a quick web search has yeilded nothing really, the B.E.N. name pops up on american Stationary Engine forums and pre-war product catalogues can anyone enlighten me?  |
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room. |
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Aug 16, 2009 20:21:29 GMT
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compressor that runs the dentist's drills and stuff.
thing on top's a motor hooked straigth to a single cylinder compressor by way of a pretty sweet little bellhousing. the other bit off the side with the heatsink is perhaps an oil trap. surgical air has to be 100% oil free.
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Aug 16, 2009 20:44:13 GMT
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Wanna sell it as it???
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Aug 16, 2009 21:33:57 GMT
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do bears sh1t in the woodserr, could do |
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room. |
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Aug 16, 2009 23:04:51 GMT
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lol, your locations are even similar, although a good few miles apart.
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Broom and Wade, which went on to be part of CompAir, were based in High Wycombe, my dad used to work there. A quick google of B.E.N. air compressor seems to show that they were made by them...
Well actually it just brings up one guy cross-posting on some air compressor forums that he needs spares for one, but it's a start. ;D
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1989 Peugeot 205. You know, the one that was parked in a ditch on the campsite at RRG'17... the glass is always full. but the ratio of air to water may vary. |
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Well actually it just brings up one guy cross-posting on some air compressor forums that he needs spares for one, but it's a start. ;D Air compressor forums?! My god, some people really do have no life! |
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Aug 17, 2009 15:16:07 GMT
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do bears sh1t in the woodserr, could do Not if its a Polar bear  PM'ed  |
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Aug 18, 2009 19:54:59 GMT
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I come from high wycombe, but havn't met one of these before!!
Lewis
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Aug 19, 2009 20:00:55 GMT
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Is there a Low Wycombe??
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Aug 19, 2009 22:44:49 GMT
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Well High Wycombe actually sits in a valley, which seems to have a strange psychological effect on many of its residents making them prone to misery and voting Tory.
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megzy
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Aug 20, 2009 11:08:55 GMT
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Well High Wycombe actually sits in a valley, which seems to have a strange psychological effect on many of its residents making them prone to misery and voting Tory.  there a west wycombe and a curse word wycombe ;D |
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Aug 21, 2009 13:23:28 GMT
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daveeaston, thats a great shot in your sig. Is your house on such a hill or is it just a distortion. Nice view.
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This is my piece of dentistry beauty  Again rescued from a skip, runs like clockwork, and when the top cover is on its almost silent. Made by a company called Ritter, which I think, are W German, and finished in mile deep gloss black with gold pinstriping. |
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MX5 mk1 - now Turbo'd
Austin A35 van
Suzuki SJ 16v
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yes the compressor maybe silent but the drill makes that dreadfull high pitched sound.  guess it drowns out the screams of pain |
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Aug 22, 2009 21:07:51 GMT
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There's one of the Ritter comps on US flea bay for 800 squid....
Hang on to it I say..
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There's one of the Ritter comps on US flea bay for 800 squid.... Hang on to it I say.. got a link, I can't find it!! |
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MX5 mk1 - now Turbo'd
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Aug 23, 2009 12:05:45 GMT
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270368810054 or goggle image Ritter vintage dentist compressor.
My goof its 500 dollas not 800quid.
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Aug 24, 2009 22:26:39 GMT
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daveeaston, thats a great shot in your sig. Is your house on such a hill or is it just a distortion. Nice view. The drive is quite steep which is fun when it snows ;D The distortion only exaggerates it slightly. |
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