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We'll Call it Metisse......

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Stilldrillin:
Time for another, orphan rebuild session!

This, distressed non runner. A Seig HAE 03/ Grizzly H8104, arrived last September.........

http://madmodder.net/index.php/topic,7625.msg81675.html#msg81675




I pulled it out of the orphanage a couple of days ago.
Couldn't think what to call it. A pal suggested Metisse.

As it will be a bit of a mongrel, by the time it's done. I thought, that will fit nicely!  :ThumbsUp:

Apologies to any bike men out there who were hoping for a different project. I don't think the Rickman Brothers should be too concerned!


It's been mangled together, by a bad tempered gorilla. Nothing is in line/ square. Even the factory installed displacer bush is leaning!




The cooling fins had been jammed on at half mast. Then someone has tried to "unscrew" them. Breaking the swaged joint......
A few days soaking in WD40, allowed the ring to be pulled off. Giving access to the displacer, cylinder flange screws.

The square flange would spin, like a ball bearing.......




M5 screw, to drive the flange. Plus a digging in tool.........




Came apart nicely........




Silver soldered........




Thanks for the dip n dab, fluxing tip Jo!  ;)  Wicked through, nicely.......




A 3 thou' flick across the face. Near enough........




That's the first bit, straight and square.......




Shouldn't take too much to sort..... Mebbe!

David D

Jo:
Hey I had a Stuart beam with similair properties: nothing was machined square on that either  :-\.

Nice to see another orphan being loved  :ThumbsUp:

Jo

b.lindsey:
It's already looking better David. It should make a fine display model once restored too.

Bill

Ian S C:
Can't find it at the moment, but one of the lads on the Model Engineer web site built one of these a year or so ago, I think some of the drawings for it are on the thread.   Ian S C

sshire:
Well done! Should be a beauty now that it's in the right hands.
What is Jo's dip n dab technique? I'm hoping it refers to soldering and not one of her suitors.

Best
Stan

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