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10 hours ago, Alister_G said:

Oh well done mate, that's a cracking bit of modelling.

 

Agreed.

 

Ps: For the uninitiated, what does the full size version make? 

 

Pps should we suspect the 1:25 version makes miniature widgets as well??

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14 hours ago, chuffinghell said:

I’m still here, I’ve not given up I’ve been working on another project.

 

It’s our managing director’s 70th at the end of the month and the sales manager challenged me to use my modelling skills? to make a scale model of one of the presses we manufacture

 

As much as I dislike the idea of takin my work home I accepted the challenge and here it is


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As usual I’ve gone too far and made transfers for the handpump and printed off a dial for the gauge, I don’t think our sales guy is expecting something this accurate :lol:

 

Unfortunately because we only use 2D cad at work I’ve had to redraw all the components in 3D so I could print them out hence why Warren has taken a back seat for the last couple of weeks

 

Anyway It’s a 1:25 scale of one of the small manual filter presses we manufacture:- 

 

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A feed pump and pipework is an option extra :lol:

 

Absolutely brilliant Chris.  No idea what it is, or does but every home should have one.

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5 hours ago, Fishplate said:

 

Agreed.

 

Ps: For the uninitiated, what does the full size version make? 

 

Pps should we suspect the 1:25 version makes miniature widgets as well??

 

5 hours ago, sb67 said:

Nice bit of modelling there Chris, it looks familiar to me but I'm not too sure, you could start a thread guessing what it does ;)

 

Not wanting to bore anyone more than I usually do I've found something on the web that might help explain what it does

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_press

 

The statement "filter presses are utilised in marble factories" is not entirely accurate, although this is correct they are used in any industry that require the separation of suspended solids in liquids

 

Breweries

Distilleries

Quarries

Mining

Ceramic cutting

Galvanising plants

Dewatering plants

Water Treatment plants

Chemical industry

Food industry

Precious metal refineries

Petrochemical

Pottery Industry (which is why most of the filter press manufactures are/were based in Stoke-on-Trent)

 

The list goes on and on

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said:

 

Glad you stopped when you did, then. :jester:

 

fortunately for you lot I'm a engineer not a salesman otherwise there would be paragraphs of bulls.. information

 

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I decided to get off my bum and do something on Friday so I looked at adding the signal pulleys

 

Unfortunately I noticed that one of the point rodding has broken off


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I had to remove the ‘ramp’ and make up a new piece

 

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but with a bit of patience and weathering it’s back to how it was now

 

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Also extended a sleeper either side to mount the pulley and ground signal

 

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Its actually two sleepers glued side by side and then the width cut down to suit the point sleeper

 

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Just got to decide where the other pulleys are going

 

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