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landowner said:
You wouldn't believe how much time I spend designing and trying to fit a throttle cable to a lawn mower engine;
It didn't have one, just ran at a steady speed.
Having another go today with a new design

Have a good day all :)
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Spring on the throttle lever, bit o string to the handlebar, jobs a good un.
Knew a chef with a Citroen Ami 8 who drove his around for a while like that, had the gear lever sticking out of the dash an all!
So he held both at the same time in the same hand. Was fun going up and down the steep hills around and in Bath with him. He drove it like he stole it!!:):):)
 
DanClarke said:
Morning All. :D
I hope that both you and Mrs. Steamer are better soon @Stanleysteamer :)
Nothing really new to report. Ex DIL is still trying to take half the house "NOW", he is resisting.
Wifey has an eye exam & retina scan this AM so will be in hte dark for the rest of the day.
Have a great day. :D
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Thanks for your kind wishes!
W is OK, ish, I have seen the chiro lady, she was really great and listened well as well as doing stuff none of the others have done, which was intersting.
Appointment next week but feeling a bit better already.
She also gave me a chit to show W, on which is written "No gardening, no DIY!" (No chit but she told me an I told 'er!)
Result!!!
Hope the son has a decent bit of law advice at the minimum.
Hope wifey has a decent result re the eye. I had a dropped or fallen vitreous humour in both eyes. If that is the correct term. At the eye hospital they told me there was nothing they could do but it didn't matter. So when it occurred in the other eye I just ignored it. But a retinal problem is way more serious so crossed fingers for you both. 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
 
...That today I took a bit more off the end of the home made LH threaded nut so that it snugs the drive-plate nice and flat on top of the face of the hub and contacts the inner race of the hub's bearing.
I put some M4 bolts in (round the wrong way to see how they will be in the finished item) so I could check just how well/badly they would fit in the holes in the hub-shell.
I was right in that any degree of misalignment makes it difficult to engage the drive pins into the hub-shell. But, with a small brass drift and a very small hammer the plate went fully home. :)
It may be VERY DIFFERENT when I try it with the bolts round the right way and their head's cut off.

To ensure the best chance of it all fitting I have index-marked the shell and the drive plate so it can hopefully always be assembled with the best matching of stud's to hole's.

TOP VIEW:
IMG-20230607-141152-045.jpg



SIDE VIEW:
IMG-20230607-141129-727.jpg

I quite enjoy the machining side of things, even though I am no expert at it. :D
 
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DanClarke said:
...That today I took a bit more off the end of the home made LH threaded nut so that it snugs the drive-plate nice and flat on top of the face of the hub and contacts the inner race of the hub's bearing.
I put some M4 bolts in (round the wrong way to how they will be in the finished item) so I could check just how well/badly they would fit in the holes in the hub-shell.
I was right in that any degree of misalignment makes it difficult to engage the drive pins into the hub-shell. But, with a small brass drift and a very small hammer the plate went fully home. :)
It may be VERY DIFFERENT when I try it with the bolts round the right way and their head's cut off.

To ensure the best chance of it all fitting I have index-marked the shell and the drive plate so it can hopefully always be assembled with the best matching of stud's to hole's.

TOP VIEW:
IMG-20230607-141152-045.jpg



SIDE VIEW:
IMG-20230607-141129-727.jpg

I quite enjoy the machining side of things, even though I am no expert at it. :D
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Good on you.It looks like you are having fun!:):):)
 
W is now gardening and I am supervising.
So far she has cleaned out/weeded three tubs and planted 6 plants, I think. One tub to go then the battle to get her up onto the patio and indoors.
She made me take a pic of her doing it to show her friends "she's alive"!
Hmmm!
I am supposed to be pulling her around on a wheeled stool thing. With the back I have been told not to do anything with.
:rolleyes:.
So she kind of tools around pulling herself along with her good leg, until a wheel goes in a hole. :rolleyes:
 
@gencybay our resident wordsmith

Saltair na Rann in this excerpt from his 10th century poem entitled ‘Creation of the Winds with their Colours’. (for those who think that the Americans invented this with the Pocahontas song);

…. King who fashioned the colours of the winds,
who fixed them in safe courses,
after their manner, in well-ordered disposition,
with the varieties of each manifold hue.
The white, the clear purple,
the blue, the very strong green,
the yellow, the red, sure the knowledge,
in their gentle meetings wrath did not seize them.
The black, the grey, the speckled,
the dark and the deep brown
the dun, darksome hues,
they are not light, easily controlled.
King who ordained them over every void,
the eight wild under-winds;
who laid down without defect?
the bounds of the four prime winds.
From the East, the smiling purple,
from the South, the pure white, wondrous,
from the North, the black blustering moaning wind,
from the West, the babbling dun breeze.
The red, and the yellow along with it,
both white and purple.
the green, the blue, it is brave,
both dun and the pure white.
The grey, the dark brown, hateful their harshness,
both dun and deep black.
the dark, the speckled easterly wind
both black and purple. …


Each of these winds and colours has its own place in Irish culture, and these cultural connotations have shaped the modern language...

For example, you would never refer to a person of African descent as ‘an fear Dubh‘ (the black man) in Irish, since that name is reserved for Satan.
‘An fear Donn‘(the brown man) is used to refer to a man with brown hair.
Stuck between a cultural-linguistic rock and a hard place, the Irish language uses the term ‘an fear gorm‘ (the blue man) for people of African ancestry. And that’s just the beginning...

Source: Eleanor Hull, (Ed.) The Poem-book of the Gael: Translations from Irish Gaelic Poetry Into English Prose and Verse (1913)
 
Stanleysteamer said:
Spring on the throttle lever, bit o string to the handlebar, jobs a good un.
Knew a chef with a Citroen Ami 8 who drove his around for a while like that, had the gear lever sticking out of the dash an all!
So he held both at the same time in the same hand. Was fun going up and down the steep hills around and in Bath with him. He drove it like he stole it!!:):):)
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Ha been there done that :)
Managed to put throttle on an unequal pivot so 6 inch pedal travel is converted to 0ne inch at the carb, sorted :cool:
 
landowner said:
Well the cab fits the chassis, bolting it down tomorrow after bleeding the brakes :)
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So it's controlled all from the flatbed? 🚛
Dippypud said:
@gencybay our resident wordsmith

Saltair na Rann in this excerpt from his 10th century poem entitled ‘Creation of the Winds with their Colours’. (for those who think that the Americans invented this with the Pocahontas song);

…. King who fashioned the colours of the winds,
who fixed them in safe courses,
after their manner, in well-ordered disposition,
with the varieties of each manifold hue.
The white, the clear purple,
the blue, the very strong green,
the yellow, the red, sure the knowledge,
in their gentle meetings wrath did not seize them.
The black, the grey, the speckled,
the dark and the deep brown
the dun, darksome hues,
they are not light, easily controlled.
King who ordained them over every void,
the eight wild under-winds;
who laid down without defect?
the bounds of the four prime winds.
From the East, the smiling purple,
from the South, the pure white, wondrous,
from the North, the black blustering moaning wind,
from the West, the babbling dun breeze.
The red, and the yellow along with it,
both white and purple.
the green, the blue, it is brave,
both dun and the pure white.
The grey, the dark brown, hateful their harshness,
both dun and deep black.
the dark, the speckled easterly wind
both black and purple. …


Each of these winds and colours has its own place in Irish culture, and these cultural connotations have shaped the modern language...

For example, you would never refer to a person of African descent as ‘an fear Dubh‘ (the black man) in Irish, since that name is reserved for Satan.
‘An fear Donn‘(the brown man) is used to refer to a man with brown hair.
Stuck between a cultural-linguistic rock and a hard place, the Irish language uses the term ‘an fear gorm‘ (the blue man) for people of African ancestry. And that’s just the beginning...

Source: Eleanor Hull, (Ed.) The Poem-book of the Gael: Translations from Irish Gaelic Poetry Into English Prose and Verse (1913)
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That's very interesting I bet it's good reading if not confused 📙📙
 
Stone56 said:
So it's controlled all from the flatbed? 🚛🚚
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Yes, engine behind headboard and then steering and seat, not got time to put sides on so going naked
Be more interesting to look at when you can see how the Pug 205 steering rack is utilised etc
Brake and accelerator pedals are from a TVR, cut short and fitted upside down
Second axle is chain driven and third axle is fully floating with up down movement and oscillation
 
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