Too much stuff.

[Keith.P]

For two days I have been moving some odds and ends out of the shed, as the shed has had a new roof and everything ended up covered in plaster. It was about time I had some space to actually move around in there and use the lathe once in a while.
I just didn't realise how much junk I did have, I wouldn't mind so much, but I already have a place for my seagull parts elsewhere.

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This is only the stuff off the floor and one shelf, Luckily enough It will all go back in, but this time in some semblance of order, I may even be able to find it when I need it.

[chaldon3]

wow Keith years of collecting no doubt. love the tilley lamps. i have two.

[Keith.P]

Its not so much years of collecting, its just, I don't get rid of anything and when I do, I know I should have kept it.

[headdownarseup]

Swap meet anyone?

And there was me thinking I was the only one that kept "junk" for no good reason at all.

Jon

[flyguy]

Oh no! I see my future, if my Mrs sees this I will never hear the end of it

[Hugz]

That is so cruel of you showing us that. Is that a brass flywheel or painted? and a bayonet tank and cap looking so forlorn.... All these bits are a problem for me too... and yet I accumulate more!

I recently cleaned my workbench, it went from this:

To this:

It must be a spring thing.

[Keith.P]

Spring thing, its been two of the hottest days this year so far, I haven't been able to get close enough to my work bench to do anything, so it was time for a clean up, yes, that's a Brass Villiers flywheel, I converted it to a key-way so it will work on a seagull and it works fine.
That tank cap is far from forlorn, it has a couple of friends.

[Hugz]

As a matter of interest what motor did the brass flywheel come from?

Glad the bayonet tank has family and friends

Sydney hit 41C (105F) in Jan. I almost took my jumper off

[Keith.P]

The flywheel was off a small Ransom mower, they are pretty common flywheels Hugz, I know I have another in that pile, but they don't have a key-way slot, like most of the small villers motors of the time.

[Hugz]

What positions the non keyway flywheel?
hmmm, I know where a Ransom is lurking. Can I swap with a seagull flywheel in the dark of night?

I'm on a mission now...

Edit: Thinking about it, it doesn't matter what position the flywheel is as it is spinning at 360 degrees to plate. Do we need a key way? Or is it precaution to stop it spinning off the crank?

[Sandro Picchio]

Wonderful!
I am also of the kind that never dumps anything but this overtakes me without possible comparison.

The problem is that when you need a part, may be you have it and you don't know.

Best wishes

Sandro

[Keith.P]

Its just a nut holding the timing position and stopping it coming off, but I changed the centre boss to a key-way boss.
I took the centre boss out of an old villiers seagull flywheel, then I fitted the boss onto the brass flywheel, remembering to keep the magnets in the right position as per the seagull flywheel.


When I started finding the odd motor I didn't know I had, it was time to sort things out.

[Keith.P]

Ditto

[Nudge]

What about the cam on the flywheel? piston and spark need to be in the right place at the right time!!

[Keith.P]

Come on Nudge, the cam is on the centre boss, so if you are using a seagull one, the timing will be right.