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    Quote Originally Posted by Anorak Bob View Post
    Hey Josh,

    Is that expanse of Maus Grey we can see behind the door going to cop a coat of cream porch paint?

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    Bob,

    Well it's behind the door so doesn't that mean it gets indoor paint?

    Honestly probably not, I doubt that I will bothered with repainting behind the covers, All the paint there seems to be in good order, plus I need to be able to leave a clue for next owner in 40 years time to know what the original colour was.

    In the second photo; the one with the door open, you can see where I intend to put the VFD, inside that little compartment where the wires are coming out.

    On another topic: I want to replace the sight glasses for the oil reservoirs, I'm after good suggestions for how to take them out and second where to find replacements, I suppose I could make some.... hmmm i'll think about that one.

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    Are they sight glasses or sight plastics Josh?

    The vernier had plastics, mostly broken or so scuffed they couldn't be seen through. I got new ones from RS. They were standard BSP threads, 1" and 3/4" i think. The old ones had a pair of holes for pin spanners, the new ones had hex heads.

    Ray tried to call before, but didn't answer when i called back, you road tripping tomorrow or not?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ueee View Post
    Are they sight glasses or sight plastics Josh?

    The vernier had plastics, mostly broken or so scuffed they couldn't be seen through. I got new ones from RS. They were standard BSP threads, 1" and 3/4" i think. The old ones had a pair of holes for pin spanners, the new ones had hex heads.

    Ray tried to call before, but didn't answer when i called back, you road tripping tomorrow or not?

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    Thanks Ewan,
    They are plastic and flush mount with no holes for pin spanners (yet ), and I'm guessing they will be a metric thread

    road trip, vice and 4140 on board is that everything?

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    I had that problem with the Sajo as the mounting thread was something like M16x1.25(?) - non standard anyway. I ended up making the sight glasses out of steel and then using gasket goo "gluing" some glass discs into the front. I then used a paper hole punch, scissors and some mylar to make up a star shaped piece and mounted that in a shallow groove in the back of the steel.

    Pictures and a sketch if you like. One advantage of the glass was that it does not discolour with age.

    Michael

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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael G View Post
    I had that problem with the Sajo as the mounting thread was something like M16x1.25(?) - non standard anyway. I ended up making the sight glasses out of steel and then using gasket goo "gluing" some glass discs into the front. I then used a paper hole punch, scissors and some mylar to make up a star shaped piece and mounted that in a shallow groove in the back of the steel.

    Pictures and a sketch if you like. One advantage of the glass was that it does not discolour with age.

    Michael
    Thanks Michael,
    I like the idea of proper glass. Since posting I have had a little bit of a look around online, Albert Kuhn have a nice range of stuff that is feeding me other tangential ideas, I stumbled on this idea which I don't mind telling that I plan to make one adapted to suit a Relaing M4.5 thread so that way I would only need one olier and one grease.. So simple I don't know I had not thought of it, thread the outside of a type K to fit a type D it must be a bit like the cat flap as it requires true genius to put a door in a door.

    threaded type k.jpgthreaded type D.jpg

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    Apologies in advance for the quality - I'm not feeling 100% at the moment. You should be able to get the idea though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael G View Post
    Apologies in advance for the quality - I'm not feeling 100% at the moment. You should be able to get the idea though.

    Scan5.jpg

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    Thanks Michael,
    I hope you are feeling better.
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    Gee Josh - given the speed that the bearing cap was produced I expected to see finished product by now.
    I have some Mylar film if you need some.

    (Getting better thanks - one of those 24hr bugs that make you think you are going 1/4 speed)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael G View Post
    Gee Josh - given the speed that the bearing cap was produced I expected to see finished product by now.
    I have some Mylar film if you need some.

    (Getting better thanks - one of those 24hr bugs that make you think you are going 1/4 speed)

    Michael
    Trust me, I'm itching to have a go, but in the middle of having one of those serious workshop/machine clean ups atm, re-claiming workbench etc from the tittering piles of projects, and from experience if interrupt myself it all motivation evaporates.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brobdingnagian View Post
    ... re-claiming workbench etc from the tittering piles of projects...
    Yeah, my half finished projects laugh at me too. One day I'll show them who is to be laughed at!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael G View Post
    Yeah, my half finished projects laugh at me too. One day I'll show them who is to be laughed at!

    Michael
    ha!, I bit of the slip there I meant teetering, but now that I think about it some of those pesky devils do give a derisive snort from time to time indicating that they should have been finished.

    -J

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