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| Intro |
Over the years, I've built a succession of 'slightly eccentric' - but
usually fun electric things as well as loads of more practical solutions
& tools. This is a showcase for some of this work, for some of the
tools and technology developed and as an on line notebook for daft ideas
as they pop into my head. |
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| Background |
For a bit of background, my
name is Simon Rafferty.
Originally from Tunbridge Wells in Kent, I now live in Horsham, West Sussex.
I'm pretty active on the LR4x4
Land Rover (which sums up one of my lines of interest) forum. I like the
LR4x4 forum because of how technically clued up many of the members are,
but they are still very friendly and don't batter you with their knowledge!
I'm on there as 'SimonR' if you want to drop me a line (or find some more
'unusual' ideas!). |
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If you'd like something 'unusual' designing, building or even just that hard to find custom part machining - just drop me a line, I'm always (time permitting) pleased to help! Click here to mail me! |
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| Content | Land Rover | Endo-Skeleton
Wings (Fenders) Thanks to Ian Patterson for the idea. Protect your Land Rover's wings from trees & other sticky-out things and prevent 'farmers corners' |
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| Disk
Brake Handbrake Hand brake drum always clogged with mud? Shoes only last minutes? Perhaps this is the answer! |
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| Ball
Jointed Rear Radius Arms Alternative to cranked radius arms, but giving more extreme rear articulation. |
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| Self
Leveling Air Suspension No more cornering like a Blamange! Two different attempts at self leveling air suspension with computer and gyro control. You can see in the photo, the Land Rover is raised at the front and is sitting fairly level on a very steep hill! |
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| LED
Lights Indestructible side lights! Filled with epoxy resin they are very tough and don't look too bad either! |
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| Electric |
Barber-ous
- Robot Wars |
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| Electric
Skateboard Watch out for the prickly bushes! Alarming to ride! |
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| Electric
Mountain Board Much more civilized - NOT. 4kW, 25mph electric death machine. |
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| Electric
Folding Triangular Framed Bike Ideal for commuting - to the pub. Prickly bushes hurt less on the way home. Fully road legal. |
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| Electric
Anthrotech Recumbent Trike My first proper attempt at an electric vehicle. Loads of detail about the drives & motors. This lead to almost everything on this page. |
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| Electric
Folding Recumbent Bike The follow up to my electric Anthrotech. Folds to fit in the back of a car. Underseat steering is 'interesting'. Definitely not one for coming home from the pub. |
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| Workshop
Air Conditioning My contribution - and solution to (at least for me) Global Warming. |
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| Tools | |||
| Spanner
Torque Extender Reasonably safe torque multiplier for regular combination spanners. The 'Snap-On' man will not be your friend if you use this! |
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