desertyank said...


Several here, but I have no idea what it would cost to get them there.

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/KeywordSearchCmd?storeId=10001&catalogId=10002&langId=-1&Nty=1&Ntx=mode+matchboolean

I have 2 made out of plastic that you can have for free, but I need to research the shipping also. PM me if you are interested, and can wait a little to get mine.... cheers



I'll donate the seats and the shipping for a good cause like this one....

Thank you so much for the seats you are donating to us. We are so appreciative.
Once you have found the price of shipping we would be more than happy to pay for the freight costs
Thank you so much once again

desertyank,

Now who wouldn't accept an offer like that. It is a most generous offer and I'm buggered if it didn't bring a little tear to my old eye. to be sure it has nothing to do with me but just when I think the Human species is a lost cause someone like you comes along and makes a liar of me. More Power to you
Ron

PS; Past experience says that they could be here in 3 to 4 weeks, not long to wait, Hey??

Troops are excited after the excellent response from you guys out there!
We had a build session after school in my workshop.......can you believe it, our school does NOT have a workshop!!!
Issac showed Bodie how to drill holes....hummm. Bodie said it was ..."boring!". He got a "hole" lot of experience.



These are fabricated from Duragal, the next size down from the main beam in the chassis. They "hopefully" will strengthen the area inside the beam where the seat lugs are tightened up and stop distortion.....could be interesting. We positioned them and spot welded them in place.
We also placed a similar bit inside the area where the steering pedals are located.
This facilitated a discussion on whether or not extra weight equates to an increase in speed......they were still arguing this when they went home. Me thinks we need to investigate sprint cars and high performance yachts tomorrow.
Will be fun ....I'm sure.
Oh.....we are supposed to be doing History!!!

OK, plan 'b'; I was unaware that jet fuel is $10000000000000000000000000.00 a friggin pint. The least expensive shipping i could find was $688.00 US. I could get a round trip ticket, and carry the fkrs with me for that much. thats 9 times the cost of the pair of seats....NEW!!!!!

If anyone has a suggestion that's within reason, I will still gladly donate the seats..... otherwise, Plan 'b'.....

I do actually have a plan 'b', but would rather surprise fubar (how appropriate on this occasion) .......

options?????

Well that would see their lodgings covered both ends of the island et both Bases to work from and probably a little Fly Fishing thrown in To Boot.
Ron

Do the troops win some sort of prize if they get 5000 hits on their thread?
Welding the linkages for the steering today.....cut off and end bit of an old gal rigging screw and welded it to some 15mm x .08mm chrome moly aircraft grade tube. Seemed to go quite well......though for building aircraft the don't seem to weld the stuff. Perhaps somebody could enlighten us as to why
Started on the other end and got a crappy....bubbly weld.....checked the shed for draughs etc...seem to fix the problem a bit......then it got worse......checked the gas.......seemed OK, needle in the correct position. Tried again....even worse!!! Pressed the Mig button while looking a the guage...needle dropped to zero...then rose again. Guess this is what happens when you run out of gasTRAP for stoopid player!
Got Tara and O'Sully to sit in the front seat while I manipulated the steering from the back seat, (taped at the front end with duct tape!) All seemed fine , not too heavy and got quite a nice amount of travel with the set up. Went for a bomb around the yard....the turning circle appears quite large. Is this normal for this style of steering? The bicycle set up on the other 2 yachts have really tight turning circles.

Who gets the cane this week? The student or the teacher?? LOL

Me please[}:)][}:)I love a good beating!

Yu just gotta love bent nails and split pins, they just weren't meant for Shear Stress and if they ain't bent properly they jump out of their holes.
Damn! tassiefubar why don't you guys use Threaded Bolts and Castellate the Nut then drill the bolt strategically to suit the nut when it holds the correct tension??? That way the Pin will not be under Shear at any point, just like on a Trailer or Car front wheels.
Ron

NYLOCS or minsup clips

"Nylocks can be dubious as well unless you throw them away after a couple of reuses."

Now now Ron, thats not true,with some maintance!!!

Just lay them face down on something hard (nylon up) and give them a tap to slightly swell the nylon insert and they are good to go again. This gives them lots more lives, till you cant flatten them anymore.

I know, I know, I'm just a tight arse.

Hi Danny
The troops have come up with a plan for the front axle. We are using the Fallshaw wheels...4.80/4.00-8. These are running standard deep grove bearings which allow a 20mm axle. They appear to be 110mm through the hub. If we allow 3mm bearings plus a mill. each side for play this would mean 117mm of bright 20 to be used. We were thinking you could drill through from each side and tap some thread in. A bolt could then be screwed in from each side. Don't know if this is silly or not
Hope you can help
Cheers Nick

Ron from the diagram there is no side pressure to the bearings as the holes through the 40 x 5 flat bar is only the bolt diameter.

Let me know Nick, if the tyre clearance is enough or we need to increase the spacer width up from 3mm each side and make the axle a bit longer.

I'll turn it up this thursday for you out of 20mm 1040 bright shafting (when you confirm the spacer widths)

Really nice drawing by the way. Most of the ones I work from are on the back of an old envelope and the dimentions are only on the blue print. (that is in their bloody head still, ha ha.)

Keep me posted lads.

Hi again Danny
Just went and pulled an axle and wheel off.......you can do that when it's not yet welded together!
Ran a ruler along the spacer/washer. Seems to be about 5mm clearance. If I was to put the lugs on the forks on the inside of the forks I think we would have plenty of room.
See what you think from the photos.
Cheers Nick


Yum... just noticed a nice blob of sheep poo on the tyre.......from last night's escapade!
The way we see it there is no side pressure on the bearings......the bolts tighten up on the axle.

Hi Danny
The bearings are 20mm
Seems like more traps for young players
Will run with them until we wear them out.......then we will buy some sealed high speed bearings.
Mounting dual forks for strength seems to me to be essential. If so, using 20mm pipe as an axle may not be feasable as we have to be able to tighten them up from both sides.
My brain hurts
Cheers Nick

Hi Ron
The retaining pins/axle were upside down because It was the only way to get the ruler and bearing in the photo!
What do you think of the deep grove bearings?.....Falshaw recomended them...humm!
Would we be able to retro-fit sealed bearings at a later stage?...Not rocket science, new to us though.
Troops had a run in the new billycart....had trouble getting them out of it. They think it is great for pulling chicks and does not need masts!



Jess Cole....our PE teacher was one of the first guinea pigs.......she has had a big grin on her face all day