Wednesday 16 October 2013
Monday 14 October 2013
Friday 11 October 2013
Thursday 10 October 2013
Wednesday 9 October 2013
Tuesday 8 October 2013
Optima - cold smithing
Debadged and ready for cleaning |
Aluminium: 90mm x 9mm x 2.5mm |
First bond |
Second bond an hour later - masking turned out to be a good idea |
Left paint removed using a wire brush, the right with a sandpaper flap-wheel, each attached to a drill |
What crack? |
Monday 7 October 2013
Optima Elite 3
Thursday 3 October 2013
National Poetry Day
Footnote: Young Casabianca, a boy about thirteen years old, son of the admiral of
the Orient, remained at his post (in the Battle of the Nile), after the
ship had taken fire, and all the guns had been abandoned; and perished
in the explosion of the vessel, when the flames had reached the powder.
Wednesday 2 October 2013
Tuesday 1 October 2013
Lexi-Graphi-kon: smokin' tabs
The carriage brake and the arm that releases it |
The link which trips the carriage brake to OFF and the escapement to ON when a tab stop is reached |
How the link pictured above looks like when removed from another Graphika.
Monday 30 September 2013
Sunday 29 September 2013
Graphika strap repair
End of strap folded over the hook and tapped flat |
I punched a hole into a piece of wood for the solder to fall into when melted through the hole in the strap. Sort of a well to make a rivet-type head. |
Top of the solder. Not enough hands to actually show the soldering process but if you have a soldering iron, you'll know how it works. |
Bottom of the solder. Makeshift rivet head flattened (carefully) with a hammer. |
Saturday 28 September 2013
Graphika journey
Upside down carriage |
Note the three register slots. Two on the left, one on the right. |
The alternate spacing lever (on left) has to be removed before the cover. Bike spoke indicates its screw hole. |
Fire basket meets word processor |
'Spare parts' from the bottom of the box. L-R: strap hook, broken piece of strap, random spring |
Pretty obvious where the random spring had to go |
Don't say "pistachio", say "mushy peas" |
Next time... how to fix broken steel carriage strap/drawband...
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