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14th December 2023, 11:10 AM #16Bushmiller;
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17th December 2023, 06:08 AM #17
The plane has quite a lot of greasy gunk around it as you can see in this pic. The good side is that everything has come apart very easily. The frog screws were tight and I needed a more powerful screwdriver to persuade them to release. Other than that it has been good so far.
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There is still grease around the logo on the lever cap, but the textured background mentioned in the links is visible.
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When I get a moment, I will hit these bits with degreaser. I think this plane will come up fairly well for a tool that is only just shy of 100 years old, if 1925 is correct.
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17th December 2023, 09:07 AM #18
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17th December 2023, 02:15 PM #19
Nice. You will need to start saving your pennies for a bottle of port for its one hundredth birthday.
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17th December 2023, 07:23 PM #20
Oh! Sounds expensive. I might wait for some bad weather...... "Any port in a storm"
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17th December 2023, 11:11 PM #21
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18th December 2023, 07:29 AM #22
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18th December 2023, 08:02 AM #23
Yairs, been a bit less than ideal in my shed the last few days - we were a little 'cooler' down here at only 38, but the humidity probably more than made up for the difference! It's the sort of weather that makes you break out in a sweat just thinking about doing anything other than stand in front of a fan.
The discomfort level finally provoked me into mounting my big shed fan on a swing-arm instead of its fixed position on the wall, so I could direct it wherever I was working - it is something I've been getting around to for about 10 years. Anyway, I started in the cool of the morning, expecting the job to take no more than an hour, but it managed to spin out to more than 2 hours which included turning the shed upside down looking for one of the bolts that attach the fan cage to its wall-mounting bracket, becoming increasingly frustrated & heat-stressed. I eventually found it, stuck to the motor housing - my heat-fogged brain forgot about the permanent magnets in the motor. It can clutch a small bolt quite firmly!
Today promises to be another stinker, but at least I can point my fan where I want now...
Cheers,IW
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18th December 2023, 11:05 AM #24
Ian
I think the humidity you experience in your neck of the woods would more than counteract the lower temperatures.
On the subject of fans, I have one in my shed that I set up a few years ago. Last year I did not use it once and I don't really know why because there was ample justification with the weather. Yesterday I was up early and outside just after 0530Hrs in an attempt to get some welding done on a steel frame before the heat of the day set in. It was > 30°C by 0830hrs and I was starting to melt. I went inside to cool down for a while and then returned to the shed and decided to turn on the fan. I had forgotten how powerful it was. Even with the bench grinder partially obscuring the wind flow it was still good.
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Perhaps you and I should start a fan club.
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PaulBushmiller;
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