Mr Dawe's Centurion.

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Phil Woollard
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Re: Mr Dawe's Centurion.

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Busy day in and out the workshop.
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This center piece needs to go
This center piece needs to go
Removing the kit machining marks
Removing the kit machining marks
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Following the numbers
Following the numbers
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This milling machine was well worth the investment
This milling machine was well worth the investment
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That lock works well
That lock works well
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Lots of brass pieces to cut, file and fit
Lots of brass pieces to cut, file and fit
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A few look see photos to see how she's coming along
A few look see photos to see how she's coming along
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Re: Mr Dawe's Centurion.

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Love is Centurion shaped :lol:

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It's becoming one of my favorites of all time!
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That's a lovely looking Cent there Phil. Great work!

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The don 10 reel is all but finished
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Squaring the bracket stock
Squaring the bracket stock
Milling the tricky little handle bracket
Milling the tricky little handle bracket
Handle blank
Handle blank
2 pairs of glasses are needed for this work
2 pairs of glasses are needed for this work
I've milled the square end and drilled the pin hole
I've milled the square end and drilled the pin hole
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Turning the final handle diameter
Turning the final handle diameter
Working handle......
Working handle......
..........folds out and folds back in
..........folds out and folds back in
Final adjustment for the cable pay out arm
Final adjustment for the cable pay out arm
Thread lock as this could be the last time the spindle is fitted
Thread lock as this could be the last time the spindle is fitted
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We will be loading the reel with a don 10 cable in 1/6
We will be loading the reel with a don 10 cable in 1/6
For Muttley, your webbing mate.
For Muttley, your webbing mate.
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Hi Phil
Thanks, good bud. It's very much appreciated.
Im hoping to round up this last house renovation within the next couple of weeks and get back to the 251
Loving the build mate.
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Re: Mr Dawe's Centurion.

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Made a start on the turret basket. The winky pot arrived today thankyou Didier great service my friend, more on that very soon.
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Nice sunny day in Cornwall so I can paint outside
Nice sunny day in Cornwall so I can paint outside
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The turret basket is basically very good
The turret basket is basically very good
The search light mount is to narrow and will need some adjustments
The search light mount is to narrow and will need some adjustments
The mesh is the correct size
The mesh is the correct size
With a little work this will tidy up nicely
With a little work this will tidy up nicely
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Paint removal
Paint removal
Whilst the paint is soaking in meths I can get on with this
Whilst the paint is soaking in meths I can get on with this
There's a long way to go with the search light
There's a long way to go with the search light
The weld is now up the right way
The weld is now up the right way
Nice bit of top coat and it blends in nicely
Nice bit of top coat and it blends in nicely
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The searchlight is a big piece.
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Lots of material removed.
Lots of material removed.
Turing the searchlight lense / filter end piece first
Turing the searchlight lense / filter end piece first
Nearly done with the paint removal
Nearly done with the paint removal
My new toy
My new toy
I don't want to take the main searchlight body out the first chuck, it's a bugger being so over sized to true up again.
I don't want to take the main searchlight body out the first chuck, it's a bugger being so over sized to true up again.
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Easy maths
Easy maths
Five more slots to go
Five more slots to go
The winky pot, just propped up for scale, would anyone ( Michael) have a good photo of the winky pot mounting post please?
The winky pot, just propped up for scale, would anyone ( Michael) have a good photo of the winky pot mounting post please?
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Re: Mr Dawe's Centurion.

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Did the Winky pot fold over and lay flat on the roof when not required?

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This we need to know I think Mr Dawe. There's a wing nut involved somewhere me thinks!
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Something else we need to think about is the Morris engine, often referred to as the "donkey engine", stl files would be fantastic! It's a simple straight four overhead valve petrol motor used in the Morris Minor, it drives a generator.
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Re: Mr Dawe's Centurion.

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Phil, a couple of things which might help.

Flashing light. I wonder whether Centurion gun tanks actually had flashing lights in service, other than the ones which survived into later service with the Gunners and Sappers. I say that because I can remember the flashing lights coming into service on Chieftain as a result of German legislation, probably in the mid seventies. The fitting was a local modification, a simple tubular stalk fitted onto what had been the IR detector stalk to the rear of the cupola. It was nothing more than a piece of tubing with a rubber bung at the top and contained the power leads. It certainly didn't fold or anything fancy like that.

GUE (never heard it referred to as a "donkey engine") - this was a simple Morris USHNM Mk 3 engine. Photos from the handbooks attached. See also my thread (you probably already have) for photos.

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Thankyou Stephen! I have found an engine on line as an stl file but they want money for it.
More milling and turning of the searchlight components.
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Gently does it
Gently does it
All done but for some filing
All done but for some filing
Squaring the slots while it's fixed in the chuck is a little easier
Squaring the slots while it's fixed in the chuck is a little easier
Final cuts from this side while it's still fixed
Final cuts from this side while it's still fixed
Parting off is my least favorite job
Parting off is my least favorite job
Phew it's off and in one piece
Phew it's off and in one piece
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I'm very happy with my ring piece!
I'm very happy with my ring piece!
All this from that ring piece.
All this from that ring piece.
This is sketchy, the front piece of the searchlight is very close to scale thickness, well as close as I dare and so is very springy and compresses when nipped up in the chuck. I have to take very fine and gentle cuts or I could damage the thing irreparably and have to start again.
This is sketchy, the front piece of the searchlight is very close to scale thickness, well as close as I dare and so is very springy and compresses when nipped up in the chuck. I have to take very fine and gentle cuts or I could damage the thing irreparably and have to start again.
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I am nearly 100% sure that this won't work with a filament printer.
Food or Liquid container
Food or Liquid container
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Re: Mr Dawe's Centurion.

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Looks lovely, if the clamps and lifting handles are to fine they could be printed separately but it's worth a go first. Alternatively the furniture could be made from wire and strip , or go slightly over scale on the thinner parts.
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