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scorpion2nz
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 Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:55 am Post subject: Great waste of time now with video |
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it works but not as good as I hoped for
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scorpion2nz
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I did a video of it but other half and kids decided to come home and all you can hear is 2 yr old todder at top of her voice   |
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Hello Scorpion 
This may seem obvious but did you lube all the gears and bearing surfaces?
Every single electrical Meccano model I have constructed, without exception, would barely run until I lubed it. After that, they all ran outstanding!
Love this project, can you pm or email me the plans?
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scorpion2nz
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I did oil all surfaces seem like I went through a gallon of the stuff !!
I don't particularly like the design as in order to reverse you have to stop engine and restart so am thinking about next 1 and will leave engine in 1 direction and have all gear reversing should be a lot simpler I hope |
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I need to get into Meccano, like there are not enough things to spend money on.
I like that a lot, real good job.
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sure does look impressive.
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It does look impressive and it is not a waste of time as you have learnt something from it.
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That's not a waste of time. That's a damned good use of anybody's time. Well done.
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That is really cool! As complex looking as it is, I'd be surprised if it worked at all.
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TheOperative
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| scorpion2nz wrote: | I did oil all surfaces seem like I went through a gallon of the stuff !!
I don't particularly like the design as in order to reverse you have to stop engine and restart so am thinking about next 1 and will leave engine in 1 direction and have all gear reversing should be a lot simpler I hope |
If you oiled it good then I imagine it should "run in" after a few hours.
All gear reversing sounds like the way to go to me for a single cylinder, non-self starting engine.
Stay on it, I know you can do it.
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Minor1PJG
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This is very impressive and far from a waste of time. It's reading about other's endeavours that inspire us to try something new.
It looks great, now where is my Meccano 
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| I've only recently got back into meccano and started on simple models. But that looks like a work of art whether it works properly or not. |
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