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Post by Mark on Jun 30, 2009 22:03:48 GMT 1
The pies look yummy indeed, but the scale ruler is a bit unusual. What's wrong with the much more acceptable matchstick or sugar cube
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Post by Achtung!! on Jul 1, 2009 8:36:11 GMT 1
In the words of the great Harry Hill:
Sugar cube or Matchstick...hmmm, only one way to find out ....FIGHT!!!!
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Post by russ on Jul 1, 2009 17:15:05 GMT 1
MMM yummy looking pies love to sample some of your cooking looks delicious, Your bissy ios looking great too
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Post by Mark on Jul 1, 2009 23:25:14 GMT 1
Sugar cube or Matchstick...hmmm, only one way to find out.... Could be from an episode of Brainiac Science Abuse !
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Post by Achtung!! on Jul 2, 2009 7:32:31 GMT 1
LOL
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Post by popeye on Aug 16, 2009 21:50:13 GMT 1
I have decided to try using D-cell (the large torch battery size) rechargeable NiMH batteries. Five of these gives 6v. I will probably be using 12Ah ones from America at about £5 each. The total weight of the battery stick in my homemade tube holder is about 1 Kgm, about half the weight of a lead-acid battery of the same capacity. It can also be charged up to a 1000 times, much better than lead-acid. The main details of my homemade tube holder, made from plastic wastepipe and fittings can be seen in the "Battery Packs" section in "Radio Control". Here are a few of the pictures: This shows all the parts for the end caps and at the top, the positive and spring-loaded negative caps. The M6 nuts and bolts are all brass to help conduct the electricity. The part in the middle, used for the negative battery contact, came from my local nut and bolt shop. It is made of brass and has an M6 internal thread and a large, flat end to provide good contact with the bottom of the battery. Instead of this, the my screw could be reversed and the hex head used for the contact, as is done for the positive end (although the head has to be machined or filed flat to provide a good contact) This shows on the left the normal end cap at the top and the lower cap has been internally machined to that the D-cell batteries will go through freely. You can also see the end caps fully made up. This shows the tubular battery holder, made from 40mm plastic waste pipe and 32mm end caps together with a more standard option using Maplin D-cell battery holders in a plastic box. The matchstick is a standard one for size comparison as are the mini plastic clothes pegs (a new standard in size reference, especially for the smaller Bismarck guns !!).
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Post by Achtung!! on Aug 17, 2009 8:29:45 GMT 1
OOo excellent stuff there - have a 'K'.
I assume you could lengthen the plastic tube to accomodate the six batteries configuration?
Also, what was the cash outlay for this build?
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Post by popeye on Aug 17, 2009 11:41:33 GMT 1
;D PROMOTION, AGAIN !! ;D Thanks GuysI've included the German and Japanese (1945) as well as the English Vice Admiral's flags on my submarine, after all, I am building the Bismarck and the Yamato !!!
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Post by nm on Aug 17, 2009 11:49:54 GMT 1
Is that the submarine we all live in?
nm
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Post by Achtung!! on Aug 17, 2009 12:37:18 GMT 1
Nah mines blue....
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Post by russ on Aug 17, 2009 21:20:51 GMT 1
Starts to sing... We all live in a yellow submarine a Yellow submarine a Yellow submerine ohhh we all live in a yelow submarine a yellow submarine...
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Post by eric on Aug 17, 2009 21:30:52 GMT 1
Well deserved promotion Popeye!
We should be whistling you aboard when you sign in.......
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Post by popeye on Aug 18, 2009 10:07:03 GMT 1
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Post by alanv on Aug 18, 2009 11:27:09 GMT 1
Have a k Popeye for your skill and injenuaty? my spelling! Oh and whats the recipe for your pie filling?
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Post by popeye on Aug 29, 2009 21:25:20 GMT 1
I have just ordered my D-Cell NiMh (Nickel Metal Hydride) batteries to go in my homemade plastic tubing holder (see see details above). I got the most powerful ones around, some 12Ah each at 1.2v (they come as a button top, the same as a normal D-cell torch battery but heavier at 165gm - 5.8 ozs or with a solder tag at each end). They are USA $8.55 each (for 4 to 7), so 5 of then, for 6v, costs about $43 and the airmail delivery (4 to 14 days) is about $20, total about $63 or 50 Euro (www.batteryjunction.com). The all-up weight is about half that of a 12Ah lead acid battery.
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