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    Camping steam engine

    might I suggest the 900 watt gas generator that Harbor Freight sells. Has a 63 cc 2 stroke engine and sells for abt 109 dollars US. John
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    Junk yard find

    Gary, I am in sunny warm north Dakota hence the handle. I was able to download the manual for the HP 650 some time ago but could not find the 750 manual. What cad system are you using? I believe earlier versions of Acad had the HP plotters built in. I am running win 10 and ame using an...
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    Junk yard find

    Gary, I just junked out an HP 750 and 650 because of windows 10 and driver obsolescence. you can download (maybe) the driver for the 650 from HP. Others in the same boat I was have mentioned using an HP 1055 driver which will work except the 1055 has a 42: platen versus the 750's 36". fpor...
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    Friction clutch for small engines

    Brian: I have been following this thread with interest. When I was on the farm, we had a Wisconsin single lung engine with an enclosed clutch assembly and an exterior lever to engage or disengage the clutch. the lever acted as a snap over center motion and the clutch itself was a cone clutch...
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    DraftSight users: help needed

    Don, I am using draftsight free. I checked the save as option and it allows a large number of choices but not save as pdf. The only place I found the pdf option was under the save as command. I am running acad 2007 and print/plot shows a two pdf engines that I have installed on the computer...
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    DraftSight users: help needed

    Hello all. You can convert a dwg to a raster image file by file - export , export then choose the drop down menu at the bottom of the dialogue select the file type desired . Also, the pdf choice is under the first export command. john
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    Missing issue of Model Engineer

    Mike, please email me so I can send you the pdf files John
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    Missing issue of Model Engineer

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    WWII Question

    I have a recollection that someone did a pedestal mounted german gun in projects in metal or home machinist workshop magazines. It looked far to complicated to make. john
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    HP DesignJet 750C Plus Plotter - Configuring

    Have you checked the paper size in the windows printer set up? Do you use print preview to see how much paper the plotter will use for a plot? check the acad 97lt plotter settings. Also go to the console on the 750 and check the plot size and other printing features. I am somewhat stumped by...
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    Solid Edge 2D issue

    Hello, I have solid edge 2d and have played with it a bit. I am more versed in AutoCAD than solid edge. If SE 2d has a properties window open it, select a dimension and use it to check the scale of the text and arrowheads. If set too small, it will appear as though there is no text or...
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    HP DesignJet 750C Plus Plotter - Configuring

    Harry, What are you using for cad? I think the issue lies in how you are identifying the plot area in the drawing. If you are plotting PDF's the paper size is determined by the PDF, not the plotter. I have some experience with the plotters from my profession as an engineer (autocad)...
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    Northumbrain boiler

    Please send me the issue numbers you need via pm, I will see if I have them for you John
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