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DavidR8's shop shenanigans

Mike R said:
Where did you get the diamond drag bit? My Tormach came with a holder but no bits, takes 1/4" bits - not sure about the diamond angle (60, 90 or 120 degrees).
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Finally got my birthday gifts hung up in the shop.
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Back at getting the Honda up and running today.
Sorted out my running problem... Let's call it operator error.
I neglected to connect the fuel line to the right side carb. DOH!
After rechecking point gaps and timing, she fired right up.
Tach is reading low and responding very slowly, Not sure what's going on there.
 
My RD200 was doing the same thing. I tried just pulling the cable out from the jacket but that didn't help. Ended up pulling the whole cable off the bike and soaking it in varsol and then using one of Dads gun cleaning rods to clean out the gunk, he was not impressed but hey, I was 17 at the time and knew better than him. LOL
 
YotaBota said:
Pull the cable out and clean and lube. It's possibly just all gummed up and has to much resistance to spin freely.
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DavidR8 said:
Yup that’s my first plan of attack.
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YotaBota said:
My RD200 was doing the same thing. I tried just pulling the cable out from the jacket but that didn't help. Ended up pulling the whole cable off the bike and soaking it in varsol and then using one of Dads gun cleaning rods to clean out the gunk,
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That Honda has a cable driven tach??? How stone age is that!
 
Tachometer fixed.
The cable was completely free to move. The problem was the actual tach. Decades old grease was gumming up the works.
Applied a bit of Kroil to the gap between the tach cable mount and the square drive center piece. Spun the cable with my cordless drill. Rinse and repeat till the needle responded quickly.
Job done.
 
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whydontu said:
Gosh! Using an analog device to display an analog property? But it doesn't display to four digits, how will you know exactly how fast the engine is rotating? And it's not WiFi enabled? How will it log data to the server?
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Hey, lest you forget, I'm the guy who prefers analog over digital. I just couldn't resist!
 
nice score, thats $300 at PA not on sale without any hold down clamps, buttons etc. I picked mine up a few years ago for ~$160 on sale and its good enough for what I do, plus if tried making it myself I'd still be drilling holes...
 
Mike R said:
nice score, thats $300 at PA not on sale without any hold down clamps, buttons etc. I picked mine up a few years ago for ~$160 on sale and its good enough for what I do, plus if tried making it myself I'd still be drilling holes...
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Oh is it from PA?
I couldn’t find a label.
I have to decide what to do with it as I already have a 24” x 36” x 1/2” table that I built. No holes though.
 
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