tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482192236285620357.post1676902685056583394..comments2023-10-26T10:19:21.251+01:00Comments on Beer and Buckjumpers: Stumped by a Coffeepot...Flymohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06830364621909116784noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482192236285620357.post-19784999064480701442012-10-29T08:15:00.183+00:002012-10-29T08:15:00.183+00:00Hi Phil,
Thanks very much for the confirmation of...Hi Phil,<br /><br />Thanks very much for the confirmation of how it should work. If you have a quick look at my very next post, you'll see both the issue and the fact that it can be easily solved.<br /><br />I do have a very good pillar drill - a Proxxon 220 - which I bough a year or so ago when I saw at a Missenden Modellers' Weekend just how easy they made tasks. Thankfully, in this case it won't be needed.<br />Flymohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830364621909116784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482192236285620357.post-45205746415737721872012-10-27T09:42:56.693+01:002012-10-27T09:42:56.693+01:00Whin I built mine (http://philsworkbench.blogspot....Whin I built mine (http://philsworkbench.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/mineral%20engine) I just put the cast pin through the connecting rod. I don't recall any problems - but then it was a long time ago. <br /><br />Your photo would seem to suggest something has changed. Personally, I'd find someone with a tiny pillar drill and replace that pin with a brass dressmaking one. You'll struggle to go trhough without power, hence the pillar drill.Phil Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673614093646938053noreply@blogger.com