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[r04DiE]

Some sort of venturi thing ? Looks interesting

It's an Air Intake Restrictor for a racing car, apparently. The poor lathe was holding onto it with it's fingernails at one point!

 

[gbb]

Basically this machine but our product is in punnets ...

The rollers that form the bottom seal of the film

keep seizing, juice from occasional crushed grapes builds up and gets like glue so a simple problem that required a 3 to 4 hour strip down. .

Cleaned, bearing all checked, running freely. New cylinder fitted that automatically opens and closes the rollers.

Just got the covers to refit. Rollers all adjusted to run on line...continued after with as much of an annual service as I could fit in, drive chains lubed and tensioned and various other condition checks. Service to continue next week, machine back working for now.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Yesterday I had to do safety training at a factory after a worker had an accident.

These are corrugated fasteners, "wrigglys" or "zaps", used to connect two bits of timber together and fired through a pneumatic tool at 100psi. Somebody wasn't paying attention so this happened (not for the squeamish)

Spoiler: ouch

That's the back of his hand and you can just see one of the two fasteners at the very bottom of the wound. Lucky guy, no tendons were severed.

 

[r04DiE]

Basically this machine but our product is in punnets ...

Fascinating machines!

 

[r04DiE]

That's the back of his hand and you can just see one of the two fasteners at the very bottom of the wound. Lucky guy, no tendons were severed.

Gruesome stuff - hope he recovers quickly.

 

[gbb]

Fascinating machines!

Plenty of manufacturers of flow wrappers out there and the Redpack is relatively easy to set up and generally reliable but they'e funny things, the slightest thing can send the film wandering off and they'e fustrating as hell when they go wrong, it' all about setup and experience.
I never liked flow wrappers, never got topside of operating them (not that I have to) but mechanically they'e relatively simple.
Priced up two of the drive shafts sticking out in the first photo and four sleeves that fit in the alloy blocks...over £1000.00, but not needed now I've inspected it all.

 

[keithmac]

Had the pleasure of working on this this week, 1983 CB1100R one of only 150 brought into the UK.

Had new tyres and full service with valve clearances etc, fitted orignal exhaust system back on (nice and standard!).

I've got this to put back together on Tuesday when the valve shims turn up, just like a big jigsaw really!.

 

[r04DiE]

Wow! That 1100R is mint Always been a big fan of Honda, thanks for sharing the pic.

 

[plantfit]

Working at home in my retirement on a 56 year old Lister diesel engine restoration, nearly finished

 

[Salty seadog]

Working at home in my retirement on a 56 year old Lister diesel engine restoration, nearly finished

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I wouldn't want to hitch that trailer up to the bike.

 

[keithmac]

Wow! That 1100R is mint Always been a big fan of Honda, thanks for sharing the pic.

He said he's always wanted one but never had the money until now.

It is in very nice orignal condition, he was chuffed to bits with it.

Nice to see something different!.

 

[Datum2]

Very busy few days for arable farmers making the most of the drier field conditions and sunshine. I've been applying nitrogen fertiliser to winter wheat with this kit.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

I saw farmers putting down lime today - what's that for?

 

[Datum2]

I saw farmers putting down lime today - what's that for?

Usually applied to neutralise acid soils.

 

[gbb]

Very busy few days for arable farmers making the most of the drier field conditions and sunshine. I've been applying nitrogen fertiliser to winter wheat with this kit. View attachment 404900

I saw a tractor , same setup as that somewhere near Folksworth or in that area. Wasn't you was it ?