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    Quote Originally Posted by HavinaGo View Post
    In my early days visiting the wife's family, I was helping get the old Ford F100 (?) truck going again. Sorted the plugs, points and timing but it still ran rough. Off with the air cleaner. Nothing obvious.

    Father-in-law started it up so I could adjust idle air.
    I had climbed up on the bumper and was leaning forward to reach and see where the put the screw driver.

    Had my head a little too close as a backfire shot a huge ball of flame upwards, filling the space under the bonnet.

    Rather a lopsided hair cut!

    Motto: never put head over/near a carby of a running engine (or one attempting to run)!
    I remember guys back in the day of carby's would insist on changing a few spark plug leads around to blow the crap out of the carby. They would do nothing more than get a back fire

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    I learnt today why a headstock cover is bolted down on the lathes. I finally got the big Servian lathe running and opened the cover for a quick look. I now realise that the input shaft from the motor does the splash lubricating. Splash lubrication is outstanding to watch, even if it is for just a nano-second

    A well oiled Phil

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    hahahahaha

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    I learned that while fussing with the clutch on the SAG. Hard to get the oily taste out of your mouth. But it's funnier when someone else does it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bryan View Post
    I learned that while fussing with the clutch on the SAG. Hard to get the oily taste out of your mouth. But it's funnier when someone else does it.
    Bryan - It's not always true - pulling the gearbox off the back of my Holden 30 odd years ago, wife-to-be was holding the tailshaft end, I was holding the heavy forward end. Her end dropped down first and all the nice, warm, smelly, hypoid oil came out the shaft end and all over her. It was a warm night (and the 70s) so she had a tank top and shorts on and they seemed to soak up all the oil quite nicely. I thought it was funny - apparently it wasn't

    We're still married though so she does have a sense of humour.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gavin Newman View Post
    Bryan - It's not always true - pulling the gearbox off the back of my Holden 30 odd years ago, wife-to-be was holding the tailshaft end, I was holding the heavy forward end. Her end dropped down first and all the nice, warm, smelly, hypoid oil came out the shaft end and all over her. It was a warm night (and the 70s) so she had a tank top and shorts on and they seemed to soak up all the oil quite nicely. I thought it was funny - apparently it wasn't

    We're still married though so she does have a sense of humour.
    she's wrong (probably again as well) I thought it was funny....you and I cant be wrong Gavin

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    I learnt today that theres a hell of a lot of basics people dont know.

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    Well I hope you enlightened them, though I'm sure sometimes it feels like you are hitting your head against the wall.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pipeclay View Post
    I learnt today that theres a hell of a lot of basics people dont know.
    Don't tell them. Ignorance is apparently bliss!

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    I learnt something rather interesting whilst i made my T nuts.....Getting the layout dye i use hot through cutting it on the shaper makes some really nasty fumes
    1915 17"x50" LeBlond heavy duty Lathe, 24" Queen city shaper, 1970's G Vernier FV.3.TO Universal Mill, 1958 Blohm HFS 6 surface grinder, 1942 Rivett 715 Lathe, 14"x40" Antrac Lathe, Startrite H225 Bandsaw, 1949 Hercus Camelback Drill press, 1947 Holbrook C10 Lathe.

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    if you park the trolley mounted surface grinder too close to the table of the mill dont use "fast" power feed unless you know what your doing

    it did mean I had to get a replacement

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    Careful eskimo, those handles hurt more, even if they do look much nicer.

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    I learnt that one too eskimo....many years ago. I just epoxied the whole lot back together. Although those handle look better i actually prefer the round handle for control.
    1915 17"x50" LeBlond heavy duty Lathe, 24" Queen city shaper, 1970's G Vernier FV.3.TO Universal Mill, 1958 Blohm HFS 6 surface grinder, 1942 Rivett 715 Lathe, 14"x40" Antrac Lathe, Startrite H225 Bandsaw, 1949 Hercus Camelback Drill press, 1947 Holbrook C10 Lathe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ueee View Post
    I learnt that one too eskimo....many years ago. I just epoxied the whole lot back together. Although those handle look better i actually prefer the round handle for control.
    i have a plastic one on the other end.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by eskimo View Post
    i have a plastic one on the other end.....
    For the minute

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