Shuttleworth Collection Special Open Workshop Day 2012

Many thanks to the Shuttleworth Collection for opening up their restoration workshop just before the end of 2012. See: http://www.shuttleworth.org/

It was an amazing day - I am an Engineer, as is my father who also came, to us this day was like being a pair kids in a sweet shop!

It was an honor to be allowed so close to the record breaking De Havilland Comet Racer DH.88 "Grosvenor House" G-ACSS, of which we were very grateful (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.88). Having such a close peek inside a Spitfire and Gloucester Gladiator was also a unique opportunity.

Engineers were on hand to go into detail about their restoration projects, the Shuttleworth staff and members were very approachable, helpful, and enthusiastic.

It was interesting to learn about the history of the Shuttleworth family and how the collection formed came to be.

Thanks again to the Shuttleworth Colelction for a fantastic day out, and I look forward to their being another open workshop day in the future!
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Bristol Fighter:

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DH Comet G-ACSS:
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Gloucester Gladiator:
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Supermarine Spitfire Mk5:
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Around the rest of the collection:

Info about donations... Talking with the staff, the trust needs to raise about £1Million each year in order to keep the aircraft flying, and to restore non-flying aircraft back to flight!
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Bristol Scout:
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Westland Lysander:
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Engines on display:
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Grumman Wildcat:
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De Havilland DH-51
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Drummond 4" Round Bed Lathe

Many thanks to my good friend 'Beany' for finding this lathe for my 30th birthday!

A little more research is to be done to date this one, but these lathes were produced between 1908 and 1943.

Made in Guildford near London, it's nice to be looking after another little piece of British history!

In need of some light restoration (cleaning, lubrication, and alignment), also need to re-mount the motor so it can fit on my bench top (came on it's own stand).

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Raspberry Pi operating at 4Vdc

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This is taken with a true RMS FLUKE multimeter. No Scope at the time, so can't comment on ripple. Measurement taken at TP1 and TP2.

Load = bog standard Dell USB keyboard and optic mouse, Ethernet and HDMI, Debian OS running.

Power Supply = HTC Desire phone charger

Cable = cheap coiled lead off ebay, so quite possibly losing some voltage across the cable

Debian operates fine, able to run Geany, Terminal and file explorer while completing exercises from "learn python the hard way" without a hitch!