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The New Project Binkie?


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Anyone a bit bored with Project Binkie, now that uit seems to be winding down?    And not satisfied by Bad Obsession's new 'Snail' project?    Then I have another fix for you - Master Milo!

Milo is a crazy Dutchman - well, a bit crazier than the others.          How crazy?   Does buying a Chinese knock-off copy of a T54 Russian tank, one that was used by Saddam's Iraqui army, captured by the British, brought back to the UK and spent the last twenty years in a field, sound crazy?    Does buying it to restore sound crazy?     Milo is completely crackers.

And if you are not convinced, here is his latest video, of starting the  tank's 39 litre, V-12 diesel engine for the first time after a rebuild.     The scene, inside his workshop, just 4 minutes into the video says it all:

Milo speaks Dutch, with some entertaining subtitles.     He has posted dozens of videos on the project already, too many to watch all in a day, but I'm looking forward to working through them when I have time!!

John

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Nice work, Adrian, but I found his 'dry American irony' grated after a while.

I think I've linked before to the series of machining videos from "Abom97".  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw3UZn1tcVe7pH3R6C3Gcng

 Adam is a professional machinist (I got the impression that Tony teaches the subject) and doesn't do the 'humor'.   

 

Meanwhile, I'm puzzled about what Master Milo does, to keep Edam on his toast.    He has a large workshop, equipped with big lathes, gas and electric welders, but he also owns a forklift and a Holmatro "Jaws of Life" rescue spreader, and can pop around to their head office  and buy a 50 ton press, just like that!    I'm guessing he's either a farmer or an agricultural engineer.

See this for how he uses his hydraulic tools:

John

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WhooHOO!    Ignore what I said above!   New Binkie episode is coming - next week!   "Lots of little jobs, a couple of not so little jobs, Nik attempts the improbable and Richard makes a bracket. Ralph makes a long awaited return and the kettle gets boiled" they say.     lets hope no wiring.

John

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  • 9 months later...

Thanks, Paul!    I'd only just discovered this again, and thos two guys hooning thier tank around a field was true LOL time!

The previous video is interesting, in that it shows that the tecniques we've discussed here for finding TDc apply universally.  

Milo and Dirk are using Dutch, but click on the subtitles button for some good translation.   

 

Hey mensen, genieten!

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Milo is an engineer, but he has his own ways.

In the latest episode of his tank saga, after the first test drive they found a LOT of water in the oil.   As they drained it, I learbnt that the Dutch for 'snot'  is ... 'snot'!

But they have fixed the leak, reinstalled the engine and refilled it with oil.  BUt they don't have enough.  Yes we do, says Milo, it just has lots of water in it.

The solution?   A deep chip fryer!    Heat the emulsified oil until the water is driven off!     Opglossing!

See about 15 minutes in:

  

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As notified in the Chatbox column (front page of this site) Project Binkie has a new Episode, No.39 (!).  Thanks, Craig!

But if you plan to watch it, I advise care.  Fasten a security strap around your head, as your mouth will fall open in astonishment.   Indeed, remove false teeth else they shall fall out, as if the whole project was insane, and it was, this is beyond insanity.   Fabrication taken to the Nth degree, coupled with alarming intelligence and dedication to detail,  so much so that I fear that Blackhurst is lost to OCDS, although I have hope that Brunning can recover.

Watch it!

John

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Impressive. And very tastefully done too. Although personally I like the centre dial type dash better. Ergonomically one can complain but then again it's a Mini so what's with sweating about the ergonomics of the dash when there's all the rest going on.

My main concern though is they have been doing this for over 10 years! (says the man with the carbon fibre problem). But don't they ever want to drive it?

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The solder printing idea is very clever for prototyping.

I hope once they finalise the design they send it off to pcbway and get a proper PCB printed.

My concern with what they did is you have to be very careful not to bridge the traces with a bit of metal or even a poorly insulated wire. At least with a proper PCB. The trace is insulated.

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13 hours ago, mattius said:

The solder printing idea is very clever for prototyping.

I hope once they finalise the design they send it off to pcbway and get a proper PCB printed.

This.  I suppose it would also be possible to “pot” the board they have made with epoxy resin, but a proper PCB would be the nicer solution. They could even make their own.

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Another issue is the conductivity of solder, those long traces will be quite resistive, and surely drop a lot of voltage and create heat if they're subject to any significant current (like the ones for the LED modules). I'm not convinced by their light bulb test.

It is true that PCB design has a rather steep learning curve, I'm working on a project at the moment and it's like opening Pandora's box. However, their PCB seems relatively simple, probably could be done single sided, and no RF or high speed issues to deal with. I don't think cost is a reason given what JLCPCB and PCBWay charge these days, and their turnaround time isn't that bad.

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14 hours ago, mattius said:

The solder printing idea is very clever for prototyping.

I hope once they finalise the design they send it off to pcbway and get a proper PCB printed.

My concern with what they did is you have to be very careful not to bridge the traces with a bit of metal or even a poorly insulated wire. At least with a proper PCB. The trace is insulated.

The solder also lifted remarkably easily from the fibreglass board. Great for repositioning individual traces, but a couple of potholed roads, and the whole lot may be slushing around the bottom of the binnacle.

* Expert input from the comfy armchair on the left *

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