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What I learned from my Dad
My Dad who is now 95 used to fix Spitfire engines after WWII as he was trained by RR.
As a fireman in civvy street, he built me a 8.5 reflector out of plywood that he made into a telescope, plus an observatory and motor drive for it, a garage and extension bedroom on top all wired in and with a fire sprinker. https://goo.gl/maps/5ap1QeBts6u He could tune 4 pot bike engines by ear with a screwdriver held to it and he rebuilt his Alfasud boxer by hand after wrecking it by redlining it. He tried to teach me about engine maintenance, but my scientific mind was more into Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry where I made my 40 year career, but bits of his talent have been passed on thankfully which I now employ around the place. Not his woodworking skills though. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CxdUVBuWgAA2cVd.jpg |
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Simon Mason wrote: He could tune 4 pot bike engines by ear with a screwdriver held to it and he rebuilt his Alfasud boxer by hand after wrecking it by redlining it. Must be a really crap design if you can't 'redline' it. Surely you should have learnt by this and gone for a better make? -- *Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Thursday, 17 November 2016 11:20:01 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , Simon Mason wrote: He could tune 4 pot bike engines by ear with a screwdriver held to it and he rebuilt his Alfasud boxer by hand after wrecking it by redlining it. Must be a really crap design if you can't 'redline' it. Surely you should have learnt by this and gone for a better make? He was on his way to a fire, overevved it and the pistons hit the valves on the way down. |
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Simon Mason wrote: On Thursday, 17 November 2016 11:20:01 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , Simon Mason wrote: He could tune 4 pot bike engines by ear with a screwdriver held to it and he rebuilt his Alfasud boxer by hand after wrecking it by redlining it. Must be a really crap design if you can't 'redline' it. Surely you should have learnt by this and gone for a better make? He was on his way to a fire, overevved it and the pistons hit the valves on the way down. That doesn't happen by 'redlining' any engine. It's the sort of thing that happens if you select a silly low gear at speed and *vastly* overspeed the engine. -- *He who laughs last, thinks slowest. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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What I learned from my Dad
On Thursday, 17 November 2016 15:18:20 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
He was on his way to a fire, overevved it and the pistons hit the valves on the way down. That doesn't happen by 'redlining' any engine. It's the sort of thing that happens if you select a silly low gear at speed and *vastly* overspeed the engine. He actually missed a gear and floored it in neutral. |
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Simon Mason wrote: On Thursday, 17 November 2016 15:18:20 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: He was on his way to a fire, overevved it and the pistons hit the valves on the way down. That doesn't happen by 'redlining' any engine. It's the sort of thing that happens if you select a silly low gear at speed and *vastly* overspeed the engine. He actually missed a gear and floored it in neutral. Still a bad design if that broke it. -- *Why 'that tie suits you' but 'those shoes suit you'?* Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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What I learned from my Dad
On 11/17/2016 10:39 AM, Simon Mason wrote:
My Dad who is now 95 used to fix Spitfire engines after WWII as he was trained by RR. As a fireman in civvy street, he built me a 8.5 reflector out of plywood that he made into a telescope, plus an observatory and motor drive for it, a garage and extension bedroom on top all wired in and with a fire sprinker. https://goo.gl/maps/5ap1QeBts6u He could tune 4 pot bike engines by ear with a screwdriver held to it and he rebuilt his Alfasud boxer by hand after wrecking it by redlining it. He tried to teach me about engine maintenance, but my scientific mind was more into Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry where I made my 40 year career, but bits of his talent have been passed on thankfully which I now employ around the place. Not his woodworking skills though. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CxdUVBuWgAA2cVd.jpg is the headroom in there not a bit low?...nice story though -- Beat fraud ... tug a wig I like to live as a poor man, but with lots of money The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive Creativity in retirement is knowing how to spend time without spending money |
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On Thursday, 17 November 2016 10:39:42 UTC, Simon Mason wrote:
My Dad who is now 95 used to fix Spitfire engines after WWII as he was trained by RR. As a fireman in civvy street, he built me a 8.5 reflector out of plywood that he made into a telescope, plus an observatory and motor drive for it, a garage and extension bedroom on top all wired in and with a fire sprinker. https://goo.gl/maps/5ap1QeBts6u He could tune 4 pot bike engines by ear with a screwdriver held to it and he rebuilt his Alfasud boxer by hand after wrecking it by redlining it. Which four pot bike engine would that be? |
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On Thursday, 17 November 2016 15:45:23 UTC, harry wrote:
On Thursday, 17 November 2016 10:39:42 UTC, Simon Mason wrote: My Dad who is now 95 used to fix Spitfire engines after WWII as he was trained by RR. As a fireman in civvy street, he built me a 8.5 reflector out of plywood that he made into a telescope, plus an observatory and motor drive for it, a garage and extension bedroom on top all wired in and with a fire sprinker. https://goo.gl/maps/5ap1QeBts6u He could tune 4 pot bike engines by ear with a screwdriver held to it and he rebuilt his Alfasud boxer by hand after wrecking it by redlining it. Which four pot bike engine would that be? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CB400F |
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What I learned from my Dad
I remember my Dad making a # telescope out of the mirror from a tv projector
light box. It was rather impractical, as the mirror was about a foot across but was almost 3 quarters of an inch thicksurface silvered lead glass. Very heavy for mounting anywhere. It was hard to find a lens for the eyepiece as the curvature of the mirror must have been not a true parabola. Bit like the issue with the Hubble only smaller! Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "Simon Mason" wrote in message ... My Dad who is now 95 used to fix Spitfire engines after WWII as he was trained by RR. As a fireman in civvy street, he built me a 8.5'' reflector out of plywood that he made into a telescope, plus an observatory and motor drive for it, a garage and extension bedroom on top all wired in and with a fire sprinker. https://goo.gl/maps/5ap1QeBts6u He could tune 4 pot bike engines by ear with a screwdriver held to it and he rebuilt his Alfasud boxer by hand after wrecking it by redlining it. He tried to teach me about engine maintenance, but my scientific mind was more into Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry where I made my 40 year "career", but bits of his talent have been passed on thankfully which I now employ around the place. Not his woodworking skills though. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CxdUVBuWgAA2cVd.jpg |
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