Aha; it's obviously intended to break dwarfbread into pieces suitable for throwing at enemies!

To much Terry Pratchett?

 

ID Couldnt get the vid to work mate.

"Too Much Terry Pratchett" is a classic oxymoron!

there is another thread with the vid on because of the 'FORBIDDEN' problem

as a person who is more than one TP character and I used to own another character, have wrote a book which Terry did the intro to I say you cant have too much

internal spacer fitted to cylinder 2 and toolholder, also pipe couplings done.

on the power pack I have replaced the foot switch with one that has a center off position and swapped the connectors to the solenoid valve so the cylinder will go down when I put my foot down and up when I raise it, on the first test it was the other way round.

still need to finish the frame for cy 2 and add anti rotation to the rod and the limit switches but it is moving on a bit.

maybe some pix later

cylinder 2 with tool holder fitted

going back in its frame tomorrow when the rest is added

some new pix of cyl 2

still need to fix cylinder in place and add anti rotation bar / limit switches etc.

needs a little more under the table but most of the heavy bits are added and it is still less than cyl 1 in weight.

cylinder is extended at the moment and when retracted the toolholder goes slightly inside the plate under the cylinder, travel is about 3" 76mm, table is 6" 152mm wide, at a guess it is less than 24" 610mm tall.

hope to do a bit more on monday

 

no new pictures but a little more progress, will give you all an update on saturday hopefully

You old teaser you!

OK, just for Ian

a few more pictures

the anti rotation bar and mounting for the threaded rod that operates the limit switches

awaiting limit switches

still have to fix cylinder in place and strengthen table

ok to add a little to this I now have the microswitches fitted I will use until I get the proper limit switches.

also the first tool I made to enlarge a couple of holes and a piece of 20 by 10mm ( 3/4" by 3/8" ) that formed a cup

  Ooh yes please!

limit switches have arrived, more will be done tomorrow I hope

today welded on the new tool holder, finished side plates, put anti rotation bar on new tool holder.

waiting for new backplate to take switches, present one has holes in wrong place.

less than 28 kg ( about 60 lbs ) at the moment and not much more to add

height 61cm ( 24" )

You really need a picture of a lead dwarf figurine being squashed with it you know...

The tool holder does look the part now, did it require any "fettling" or was it a straight fit?

it was about 1mm smaller than the tool holder, fixed that with the lathe before welding.

got 4 of those 'clamps' but may be looking for more in the future

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Did you check out the big end caps while you were rummaging in the bottom of those engines? Where they the 'wrong' size?

yup, they were much too big on the outside to fit

nothing new to report, waiting for laser cutting to be done so I can get on

Firstly those 'clamps ' are just the biscuit I have 4 of differing sizes and wish I had 4 of each!  dozens of g clamps and some very useful sash clamps but those are the 'go to' jobs.

The press is definitely 'getting there' 

the clamp is a carver rack clamp, I have over 50 of them, the largest is 2m tall and probably 60 kg at least.

 

 

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hope to drill and tap the front plate today and get some paint on it

mostly ready for paint / powder coating now, no new pictures yet

can be seen in person at an event known as TORM see events section for a little more detail or ask me

well today assembled it ready to take to an event here in England, currently it is about ready for use with only the wiring to the limit switches and the cover over them to dochoose files... Click to choose files

weight 66lb 30kg aprox

height 24" 60cm aprox

when I get back from this event I will make some tooling and try it out with the help of my minion