[SEL] Life happens!!/ cable ends.....OT

[peter ogborne]

Hi Jerry ,I spent a few weeks in Tasmania,sorry i missed that '' 
Incident'',I'll try and find it on the archives.Wish I still had that 
Lambretta ,I had the open engine model,125cc .My latest is a 1923 Raleigh 
,250 SV complete with Carbide lamp ,original.

BTW my two sons who have just about been everywhere surfing are planing 
their next trip to SA.They have heard about your Great Whites ,we have them 
here too so they have bought the latest electronic repeller.Have a good Xmas
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Evans" <jerrye at databak.co.za>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 4:35 AM
Subject: [SEL] Life happens!!/ cable ends


> At 07:00 PM 21/12/2007, you wrote:
>>From: jlb94 at juno.com
>>Subject: Re: [SEL] Life happens!!
>>To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
>>Hello Joe,
>>         Building a ball using silver solder (not the stuff that looks
>>like lead
>>solder) will work if the cable is stainless.
>>=        =        =        =        =        =
>>Thanks Rupert,
>>I don't have any Silver Solder but I can probably get some.
>>I'll need to do more experimenting.
>>I can't do much machining but, I just might try to get a couple
>>cable clamps that "squeeze" on the cable and make that work.
>
> Hi Guys,
>         Been away from the computer a bit lately so I've missed most of
> this thread but here's my "tuppence ha'penny" worth.
>         My first means of transport was a 4th hand Lambretta scooter -
> most of the cables (in fact most of the scooter)  were "stuffed". In those
> days I had no money (nothings changed), no tools and not much else. The
> only thing I did have was an overwhelming desire to visit my girlfriend 
> (50
> miles away) every weekend !!
>         In a pinch the brass pin from an old electric "plug" (the bit with
> a screw in that grips the electric wire) makes a good (if temporary) cable
> end stop. It does not last very long if you are rough with the cable
> control but is also great for getting the final adjustment made. If I had
> the ability and tools in those days I would have put one on, adjusted it
> and then soldered it to the cable. As it turned out I could only cut it to
> size with a hacksaw and file it to a shape that fitted (did you know that
> you can use a hacksaw to file with? It's possible if you have enough of 
> the
> above mentioned "overwhelming desire" :-)
>
> Keep the revs up (or down)
> Jerry Evans
> Near Johannesburg in Sunny South Africa.
> Etched Brass Engine Plates made to order:
> www.oldengine.org/members/evans/plates/index.htm
>
>
>
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