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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #25 on: February 06, 2009, 12:36:54 PM »
Hi John,

Glad they all got there.... If you look at the top of the first e-mail you should see a document file "Torch build literature" if you click on this and select "save" it will (should?) go into your documents folder and open in your Word package... (If you have one?) If you select open it should open automatically and then you can save it after?


If not I've transfered them to the standard e-mither screen and just sent it, you can see all the info there.  :thumbup:



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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #26 on: February 06, 2009, 08:31:11 PM »
Got them all. I just couldn't open the literature page, don't know why.
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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #27 on: December 26, 2009, 09:29:55 PM »
Well..... I know this topic/post is well past the 120 day warning thingy but I've just spent months thinking this through and then with my current time off work spent a few hours making the torch and filming it all....32 mini films!!

Then over 5 hours editing the first two films to go with the drawings I might be getting some time soon?  :poke:   :wave:   :)


Well here is my little effort to help people to make something simple on their lathe. (and a drill press!)





Second one publishing  and ready tomorrow....


Plans and instructions are in the pipeline too!






Knackered now 2:30am!!! Never good when your up at 7:45!  :doh:





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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #28 on: December 27, 2009, 01:47:42 AM »
Great instructional video Ralph thanks for compiling and showing.  :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Can I nominate it for a madmodder Oscar.   :D :D :D :D :D

Here's a couple of nanas to keep you going

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Have fun

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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #29 on: December 27, 2009, 03:37:30 AM »
Cheers Stew  :thumbup:


Oscars!! I think these are indeed the chaps!!  :ddb:   :lol:




Vid 2 on the upload now..... Got to go out though so will be later before I post it  :)






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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #30 on: December 27, 2009, 04:25:56 AM »
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Great stuff  Ralph!  :thumbup:

Looking forward to the 2nd instalment.....  :wave:

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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #31 on: December 27, 2009, 01:59:10 PM »
Thank you David,

hope it will inspire someone with little experience to have a go..... Maybe even some of the guys who have had my poor drawings and instructions!!?   :poke:    :whip:



Second one, been up since early today but hadn't got enough time to post!

This is basically just the innards of the whole job..... Hopefully clear enough?






Got some serious editing to do on the next few!!





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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #32 on: December 27, 2009, 02:50:47 PM »
Nice going Ralph, enjoyed that mate, thanks


now when's the next one .............. no pressure you understand ............   :smart:

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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #33 on: December 27, 2009, 03:35:01 PM »
Lookin' good Ralph.  :thumbup:

You got me thinking of digging up some brass and giving it a try.

Make note to self: (New Years resolution,FINISH SOME PROJECTS!)  :lol:

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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #34 on: December 27, 2009, 09:56:32 PM »
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now when's the next one .............. no pressure you understand ............   

None felt chief  :thumbup:


Will this do?





One more I think and the set'll be done!



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You got me thinking of digging up some brass and giving it a try.
That was the theory behind the work Bernd  :thumbup:


The round tuit list is one project shorter for me as of this week  :ddb:








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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #35 on: December 28, 2009, 09:26:31 AM »
Very well done Ralph.  :thumbup:

Nice vids too.  :thumbup:

You deserve a couple of   :ddb:  :ddb:  :ddb:  :ddb:

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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #36 on: December 29, 2009, 02:19:31 PM »
Thank you Bernd  :thumbup:

Can't stop.... Going the pub top play pool  :)

Final video in the set......






Hope it all makes sense.... Did most of the editing at 5am!!!  Finished it off this arvo!





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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #37 on: April 05, 2010, 01:32:43 PM »
Right...

Back to the top of the pile with a bit of news....  Someone else finally made some of my torches from following my scrawlings and my videos  :ddb:   :ddb:


The someone else was top bloke John Somers. (Madmodder member and owner/administrator of his own site of which he hosted a page or so on my torches.... http://start-model-engineering.co.uk/home/  )


These are just two of the ones John made, I think he's into double figures!!


The attachments are due to them being for a young female relative and her friend as an Easter gift  :thumbup:


Just thought I'd let you know that they can be done by other people.... Since no one else has ever sent me pic's (if they have made any) even after giving out 20+ sets of details over the years!





Well, I'm happy about it anyway  :D








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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #38 on: April 05, 2010, 06:40:24 PM »
Ok, guilty as charged.  :wack:  :hammer:

I'm one of the 20 that asked and hasn't done any. (were's the red faced smiley?)  :)

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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #39 on: April 08, 2010, 06:12:22 AM »
Hi Ralph   :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:


Very nice work  :clap: , i really liked the video build  :thumbup:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, now were can i get one  :D


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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #40 on: April 08, 2010, 02:31:37 PM »
Than kyou Rob  :thumbup:  Very happy you like them  :D


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You have the technology. You can..... Erm, Build one!     :dremel:      :lol:



Shouldn't take you long, LEDs from e-blag, Chinese ones for a few pence each, super/ultra bright anything should do.... Just choose a colour!

A brass bar (hex or round), a bit of nylon, a piece of plastic packaging, 2 'O' rings and 2 batteries..... Shouldn't be too hard to find should they?   :scratch:




Of course pictures of any made would be mandatory!   :)




One for the roundtuit list?   :dremel:






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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #41 on: April 19, 2010, 11:56:18 AM »
Hi Ralph

The outcome of another senior moment  :scratch: was the purchase in error of a length of 7/16th hex to make another batch of your famous mini-torches (should have been 9/16th !). Undeterred I reduced the thread size from M12 to M10 and found that AG3 battery cells were a perfect fit  :thumbup:

Original in the centre flanked either side by the new mini-mini versions


mmmmmm, wonder if I can go down to M8 ?  :scratch:

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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #42 on: April 19, 2010, 12:38:47 PM »
Nice work John Proper bit of modding   :nrocks:   


Have you managed to keep one for yourself?


I never quite got around to miniaturising my miniatures  :dremel:  I'm going to have to have a go now aren't I?


M8 thread.... Good luck! AG1's maybe?  I haven't taken any measurements, that's just the smallest cell I know off the top of my head.





Thank you for the pic's too  :thumbup:







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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #43 on: May 12, 2010, 06:30:34 AM »
Can't seem to shake off a serious bout of brass torchtitus which has got so bad I've even started making them in plastic - is there no known cure ? That Ralph chap sure has a lot to answer for.

Anyway this is the result of recent workshop activity


There's a bit more info at http://start-model-engineering.co.uk/2010/05/12/opus-proximum/torch-variation/

Has anyone else had a go at making these little torches ? Surely someone must have been tempted.

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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #44 on: May 12, 2010, 08:31:13 AM »
John,

I've got Ralph's plans and am a bit ashamed that I haven't made one yet. Ralph did a nice job getting the info together and then sending me the plans.

You know the saying, some day.  :ddb:  :nrocks:

BTW, nice looking torch. That balck and brass look nice.

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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #45 on: May 13, 2010, 11:00:37 AM »
Gotta love the look of the new torch John....   :bow:


It's such a difference to the original ones   :thumbup:



Bernd.... The plans/description  I sent out to you (and quite a few others) are an old draft now.... The up to date version are posted on Johns site along with a C-o-C to make life easier  :)




Truly   :nrocks:  I love seeing what others can do with the same starting idea. Each mind is a mine of ideas and personal preferences just waiting to be transformed into the wonders you see posted here  :smart:   (Has everyone seen Johns Rocking engine???? ..... Stunning  :bugeye: http://start-model-engineering.co.uk/category/rocking-engine/   )








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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #46 on: May 13, 2010, 07:11:34 PM »
Thanks for that link Ralph. Lot's of nice stuff on there.

I like the torch write up. Nice and easy to follow.

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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #47 on: June 16, 2010, 05:44:40 AM »
are the drawings available yet please



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Re: Brass torches....
« Reply #48 on: June 16, 2010, 08:45:53 AM »
Hi Colin

Theres a drawing with dimensions together with build notes and videos at http://start-model-engineering.co.uk/category/brass-torch/

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« Reply #49 on: June 16, 2010, 08:26:10 PM »
Colin.....



What John said  :)





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