VICKERS MK6B's resto

[colin jones]

Thankyou Dave, I will use modern gasket material as the old ones were paper. I would think it should be very quite when running.
An interesting one came up today. As you can see by the photo, there are two of these lever stands that bolt to the side of the gearbox. They are tapered on 3 sides but straight on the other. I sat there for awhile and tried to think how can I do that on the lathe. Then it struck me.
Any ideas?

[Howard]

Originally Posted by colin jones

...I sat there for awhile and tried to think how can I do that on the lathe. Then it struck me.
Any ideas?

Call Colin Jones. He's good with that sort of thing.

[hrpearce]

My wild guess is; mount it in the lathe off centre by the amount of the taper?

[colin jones]

The box is totally finished including the dipstick entry tube and it's all primed and ready for a coat or two of silver enamel.
I'll give you the answer to the above after I give everyone a bit of time to put their thinking caps on and yes, I did do mine on the lathe.

[Chris Collins]

I'd say you machined the cone out of a solid cylinder then cut the flat faces after laying it on its now tapered side. as long as the cone stays oriented so the two faces remain perfectly parallel while the faces are cut, it would achieve what you are aiming for; but there's probably many ways of skinning that cat.

Do I win a ride in the finished tank?

[colin jones]

Chris, you got the prize. It is so simple when you think about it. I just had to do that first. You can have a drive, not just a ride.

[charlie fitton]

Damn! I didn't even see the question..

[Wayne Henderson]

Geez Colin... that looks brilliant, an amazing bit of engineering.

Now why don't you try something hard, like changing the water pump on a Austin Champ without swearing or getting a 14 year old girl to clean her room...