The old picture collection

[berger]

How to melt ally in your own personal forge

testing testing my fire and big drill poker , note the crucible in front of fire. I used to take the damper off and use hair dryer for air flow. I am trying to learn so if this works more piccies of bikes etc to follow

[berger]

The start of the re-build

how the crank web came out and the followers after coming back from silverston races about 1980 ----and the start of the re build , these are photos of photos

[berger]

Pieces of scrap

this is how I found things after coming back from silverston races around 1980

[berger]

Betsy in the kitchen

this picture is all because my girlfriend will not have betsygetting cold--- all the  better for me

[berger]

the rebuild is on

[berger]

Now shes taking shape

trial and error getting tank and seat on

[berger]

Crowded workshop

my dad on the grinder , he just had paths like you find in woods to and from different parts of the workshop-- I tried building the crank up in there and gave up , moving on to another big place where my  brother had built his kiln .cleaned up a bench that had a big vice and got it done in comfort that's all for now folks I will have to try and find the reverse head beezer amongst too many piccies

[Greybeard]

I like the soft focus, Vaseline on the lens effect; very romantic!

[berger]

I like the soft focus, Vaseline on the lens effect; very romantic!  yes greybeard steam age phone taking pics of pics, but I am a happy bunny because I now have an upgrade of computer thing that I can get pics up on. and maybe will have an upgrade of phone if my mate doesn't forget. YES I am now in the 20th century - wait till I get into the 21st

[Swarfcut]

Bergs, the real fire in yours cosy backwoods cabin in Chesterfield proves it was not a doll's house fireplace with a 5mm Masonry Drill to show the scale.  I enjoyed the other pictures, and my shed is a bit like your dad's, a bit full.

 For entertainment in a quiet moment YouTube has some videos of guys melting alloy wheels in backyard homespun furnaces powered by old engine oil. Truly awesome what they do with no thought of safety. With apologies to our US members I also find the "Redneck" antics entertaining but also tragic proof of Darwin's Theories. Big circular saws, lethal bandsaws, killer log splitters, wood fired hot tubs, jacuzzi on a pick up...they are all there. Search for redneck whatever. They've done it.

 Swarfy

[berger]

the bergs lathe that brother did many modifications on including scraping top and cross slide , new mandrel,- bushes and bearing cap because at some time in its life it had a nasty accident and got smashed , all pully work , extension in lead screw to take all screw cutting gears, toggle reverse thingy and gears, new cross and top slide screws- clever shit . pity I haven't a clue how to use its full potential-- *dunno        forgot saddle used to go towards tail stock when you wound it anti-clock---so he did a little gear work and made it NORMAL- maybe that was why someone smashed the head stock bearing cap--- the now square block

[Greybeard]

This picture gives me abdabs!

[berger]

greybeard you should have seen my face when I pulled the drive side case and the crank fell on the floor leaving that web in the timing side bush all the engine was trashed even super sunk valve seats and a flat camshaft

[berger]

 my apprentice workshop puddy

[berger]

I have NOT been to the pub. this is the start of featherybed project and the oldie morris eight that will be sold for funding the project