We walked up to Golden Cap today, it is quite impressive, even on a grey and slightly misty day. Apparently it’s 191 m above sea level.
Ben did kindly print out the speedo case: I think that I’ve worked out how it is going to connect the cable to the gearbox, but the middle gear doesn’t allow enough backlash, so I have ordered two more gears, which are slightly smaller by 2 teeth and 4 teeth, these won’t arrive here till Jan 20th, so I must practice patience.
Abigail asked for an electric car quite some time ago, so this Christmas we thought we’d make that one happen. I bought an old mobility scooter and set about seeing how it could be modified into something she could use around the garden. I bought an 2.4 x 1.2 meter sheet of 12 mm thick hardwood ply to make the body from. I used timber I had salvaged from our old bed and an old sofa mainly for the structure. I modified the seat, and dropped the handle bars down to suit her height. She chose this colour in B&Q and we got it mixed for her. It was all a bit of fun really both for me and her getting it. She’s learning fast how to reverse and maneuver it. All in all it was less than £200 to build, but took 15 to 20 nights of a couple […]
I had some wire wool and tried to shine up those two pennies. Then I applied a coat of lacquer in an effort to make them shine a little. You can now clearly see the date on that one. I’ve probably increased the value of the vehicle by a factor of 2 or more.
We visiting Ringstead Bay last weekend, it’s a very pretty part of the world, we also happened to catch a lovely sun set too. Don’t go and visit, as it’s currently quite unspoilt!
I have set about designing and making a gearbox to correct the speedo in the Land Rover. The speedo currently reads about 5/8th the speed which it should, this is due to having the LT77 5 speed box rather than a series box. So I need to increase the speed by about 1.6 times. I have chosen some brass gears off ebay, I have a 45 and a 30, which gives me 1.5, so that speedo reads slighly lower than my real speed similar to what car manufactures do. I have put a 28 tooth gear between the two gears to make the output turn in the same direction as the input. I set about getting Ben’s 3D printer out and trying to get it print well, but it was taking ages, this was my best result, which was about 96% the size it needed to be. As you can […]
I had a hole in the wing, guessing it was there for the wing mirrors, had it not had the later type mirrors. It’s covered over now, nicer than the rubber grommet on the other side. Hopefully that two pack epoxy glue sticks them solid.
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