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You mean you've not been caught yet Dave.... there's a difference, ask me how i know!

It's not ready yet Mr Barker.....

Bonfire lit at 7, fireworks commence 7.30. We'll probably be there around 5 ish mate as only camping just up the road. Going on the Fri so will sample the beer tent then also.

Anybody going this Sat then? See ya there if so, hopefully in the beer tent!

I really ought to get over to the workshop with you one day Rich. Still never been and shouldn't mind having a play. It'll be like my apprenticeship days going back on a manual.

You'll be able to lift the engine out with that flange!

Had to share this peeps.... pure Genius! Now that's poker! Two couples were playing poker one evening.... Jim accidentally dropped some cards on the floor. When he bent down under the table to pick them up, he noticed Les's wife, Sue, wasn't wearing any underwear under her dress! Shocked by this, Jim upon trying to sit back up again, hit his head on the table and emerged red-faced. Later, when Jim went to the kitchen to get some more refreshments. Les's wife followed and asked, 'Did you see anything that you like under there?' Surprised by her boldness, Jim admitted that, well indeed he did. She said, 'Well, you can have it but it will cost you £200.' After taking a minute or two to assess the financial and moral costs of this offer, Jim confirms that he is interested. Sue told him that since her husband Les played golf Friday afternoons and Jim didn't, Jim should be at her house around 2pm next Friday afternoon. When Friday rolled around, Jim showed up at Les's house at 2pm sharp and after paying Sue the agreed sum of £200, they went to the bedroom, and closed their transaction, as agreed before. Afterwards, Jim quickly re-dressed and left. As usual, Les came home from golf at 6pm and upon arriving, asked his wife, 'Did Jim come by the house this afternoon?' With a lump in her throat Sue answered 'Why yes, he did stop by for a few minutes this afternoon.' Her heart nearly skipped a beat when her husband further enquired, 'and did he give you £200?' Sue, using her best poker face, replied, 'Well, yes, in fact he did give me £200. Les, with a satisfied look on his face, surprised his wife by saying....... 'He came by the golf club this morning and borrowed £200 from me. He promised he'd stop by our house this afternoon on his way home and pay me back!' Now THAT, my friends, is a poker player.........

Look at the chuck jaws on the lathe Bob. It's a 4 jaw chuck and all 4 are independent of each other. This allows off Centre turning. The Centre of the Dia Rich is turning is the centre of the spindle. Optical illusion mate.

Aaahh.... I'd assumed from the photo you where arching the top prior to turning the spigot.

Welcome aboard Grant, you'll certainly get your answers on here mate. This club is just like one giant extended family, full of knowledge and banter in equal measure. If you become a full member you'll quickly realise this forum is bigger than you can currently see! You'll also get access to the member map where you'll notice there's an ever growing Scottish membership. Whiz is actually one of the clubs Area Secretary's! Nutty as Nutty thing but we love him to bits anyway! There's a trip being planned for Scotland again next year, have a look on the forum for info.

Told you to arch it in the 4 jaw! Ner, Ner.

Mmmhhh.... CCMT boring bar.

Put some masking tape either side of the void to be filled, at least 2" (5.08cm) wide. Then you can flat it back with some 180grit without scratching the surrounding gel coat. One done you'll be down to the thickness of the tape. Remove the tape and flat flush using 600 / 800 grit.

POLICE! And do it today.

You certain the leads are correct? what else has changed since it last ran?

Could've been worse mate...... It's only a piece of metal.

Have you fitted the HT leads correctly as per your other post?

I will be there!

Inches and millimetres in the same sentence! Ya gotta love an Engineer!

Man after my own heart!

Find the lead that's on No1 spark plug (front of engine) and its other end on the distributor. No 3 lead (2nd from back of engine) goes next to No1 on the distributor then No 4 lead. (The above is I'm assuming you still have leads 1 and 2 on the distributor)

Sorry all, just 3/4 way through writing an in depth article on this weekend for here and the magazine and somehow pressing backspace to clear a couple of words resulted in the browser going back to the previous page and i lost the lot! an hours worth of typing! God, whoever invented Windows 8 wants crucifying! I'll write it again when i've found all my toys i've just chucked across the conservatory! :aggressive: Brilliant weekend though!

Campsite filling up quickly, Marquee up, stage built for the band, BBQ area sorted, Archery area all at up, kids bouncy castle up and tested and most importantly..... The barrel of beer has been collected from Nobby's brewery!

How old are the tyres though? They may have been fitted 3 years ago but how long where they made before that? Have a look for a 4 digit number on the side wall, usually in a ring. 3409 for example means Week 34 in 2009.