Member postings for Brian H

Hello Andrew and welcome.

I'm afraid that I won't be of much use in your deliberating process but I too have a Boxford, in my case an AUD. I also have an ancient mill/drill with DRO and a Senior ELT horizontal mill with DRO.

I had a look at the spec for the 2 machines you mention and, personally, I thought that the SX3 was the better machine because of the lack of a swivelling head, they are a bit of a nightmare to tram whereas the SX3 is fixed and so no problem or danger of it moving.

Please let us know what you decide and why.

Brian

Hello Tony. If the pictures are in your album then they can be added to a post by clicking on the black camera icon that appears when you add a post. Then you can navigate to the picture within your album. I hope I've made that understandable!

Brian

Just had a look at your album..VERY impressive

Edited By Brian H on 14/01/2021 22:41:15

Hello Tony and welcome. I have previously built a 3" Marshall 'S' Type road roller and an own design Fowell-Box engine.

Current projects are a Burrell-Boydell engine in 1 1/2" scale ( I'm not as strong as I once was) and a 1/4 scale model of Henry Fords 1896 Quadricycle.

An 8" Burrell is going to be impressive, please keep us up to date on progress.

I'm probable not that far from you in North Derbyshire.

Brian

I certainly bow to the superior knowledge of Keith. The main reason that I use a pickle is because most of my rivets were purchased in a job lot many, many years ago and are now a very dark brown colour.

I use a pickle to remove this and give the flux the best chance.

Brian

I always wash them in soapy water to remove any oil or grease and then give them a pickle along with the plates to be silver soldered.

Please let us know how you are getting on with the project.

Brian

Hello Tim and many thanks once again for your input. I'm very comfortable with electrics and your description of the original Ford system is very useful.

I'm not looking to getting the engine producing lots of power or even to drive the car. If I can just get it to tick over on axle stands I would be more than happy.

If it were possible to achieve this whilst using Fords system, that would be wonderful but if not then I'll go with the more modern way of doing it.

I will still put the visible parts into the engine whichever path I go down.

Brian

Thanks Tim, yes I remember the piece about ICS and I saved it as a favourite. And thanks for the reference to Lodge etc.

Brian

Me again! I've now found the drawing for the original ignition system on the Quadricycle in The Henry Ford Museum.

This was obtained from "The Early Ford Register" who have a full set of drawings and sketches and will make them available to anyone who pays the very modest joining fee.

Brian

Jason, I found the English version button thanks but I am actually learning Dutch as Netherlands is favourite holiday destination (when we get the chance again)

Brian

Again, many thanks Jason for the info and link to Jan Ridders. Now I can study it and add to my Dutch language learning at the same time!

It will be some time before I'm able to start on the ignition side but I'll post on here with details.

Brian

Many thanks to all for the useful information. I need to sit down and work through the possibilities.

Brian

Many thanks Tim and Jason, I shall have to compare the details I have with the systems described, Fortunately, the vehicle has a large box at the front which housed the original battery cells so that may be big enough to hide the electrics.

Brian

All of his feedback is for items he has purchased. There is none for sales. I don't know if that makes him/her a scammer though.

Brian

Many thanks for your comments Martin. I have a drawing of Fords carb and intend making it as a sale model to suit the Quadricycle. I'll try it on pump petrol. I don't want it to power the car, just to run for at least a few minutes.

I've just realised that I have a drawing for the ignition system which will give me a starting point, my main worry is the strength of the spark but I usually live in hope with these projects.

My 1/4 scale model of Fords 1896 Quadricycle now has the outline of an engine installed.

I'm hoping to get the engine running but am unsure of the carburettor and ignition.

The carb I am not too concerned about and will try it to Fords original specification. Would lighter fuel be OK to use? I'm assuming that it may be purer and more volatile than pump petrol.

More of a problem may be the ignition. The Ford one was a very basic idea but the details are a little hazy and I'm wondering to tackle the ignition.

Any help much appreciated and I would like to stay as authentic as possible.

Brian

Edited By Brian H on 11/01/2021 15:34:27

Welcome Jeff, there seems to be quite a number of bike rebuilders on here so hopefully one will be along soon with advice.

My advice would be to go for the biggest bar that will fit your lathe and the size of hole you wish to bore.

Is the material that the carbs are made from aluminium or Mazak?

What sort f lathe do you have?

Brian

Hello Richard. Do you have any drawings associated with the engine or the traction engine wheels that may help in identifying what they are?

An approximate location may also help if anyone wants to see them once this lockdown is over.

Brian

Hello Anthony and welcome.

All the best with you quest to track down articles by The Carpenters Mate. There are people on here sometimes who have old copies of M.E. for sale or to donate to a good home.

You might also try;

**LINK**

or

**LINK**

Brian

Hello David and welcome. The first machine for a workshop just has to be a lathe, you can do so much with one, including light milling.

The most obvious lathe is a Myford such as the ML7 or Super 7 but these come at a premium because of their popularity. My own Lathe is a Boxford AUD which means it is a model A with screwcutting gearbox and power feeds and the UD stands for underdrive meaning that the motor is underneath in the cabinet. One of those would fit you width requirement as would the slightly smaller Myford.

As you are looking at any lathes (or other machinery) an excellent source of information is

http://www.lathes.co.uk/

Of course there is also the option of a far Eastern product from the likes of ARC UK etc.

A lot depends on your budget as well as the space available.

It may help if you could give an approximate location such as county, there are likely to be people on this forum who would be willing to show you their own workshop machinery.

Brian

Edited By Brian H on 10/01/2021 17:49:56

I'm with Brian (that's such a good name) on the subject of Mrs Brown. Utter rubbish!

Brian