Met A Guy Who Witnessed The Cutting Of The Prototype

Post by **Innovator** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:28 pm

I was at Silverstone last week judging the Formula Student competition and was talking with one of my fellow judges and he worked at the Morris factory on the Minor.

He told me how they cut the Minor in half with a big band saw Laurel and Hardy style to widen it when the management team decided it was too narrow.

I didnt realise they used a big band saw and would have thought it would have been done by hand.

Post by **d_harris** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:44 pm

Did Sussex have an entry? They've been trying for years, but waaaay to disorganised to do owt.

I have to say I'd never really thought about how they would have cut it in two, but I guess a giant band saw makes sense - if, they happened to have a suitable one kicking about...

Post by **rayofleamington** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:30 pm

A band saw? Erm, I'd be a bit sceptical unless the guy had actually seen it done.
No offence meant in any way, but stories can get 'expanded'.

The bandsaw method is still used today - We know of a Korean firm that bandsawed a hydraulic power supply unit to see the internals. The bandsaw operator freaked out when they got to the 24bar gas accumulator!

Post by **polo2k** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:34 pm

rayofleamington wrote:
The bandsaw method is still used today - We know of a Korean firm that bandsawed a hydraulic power supply unit to see the internals. The bandsaw operator freaked out when they got to the 24bar gas accumulator!

Hehe! must have been a new one, i hear those are notorious for leaking.

Post by **rayofleamington** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:52 pm

Hehe! must have been a new one, i hear those are notorious for leaking.

you're not too wrong.
It was a CF4 one, not nitrogen so keep pressure 10 times longer.

Post by **polo2k** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:13 pm

I dont use them but ive seen them in the catalogues at work (be build a machine based on a pressure washer principles)
do they actually work in eliminating what ever water hammer is called in a hydraulic system?

Post by **rayofleamington** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:54 pm

do they actually work in eliminating what ever water hammer is called in a hydraulic system?

no idea - they should work if the design is tuned correctly.
Ours were used to get short bursts of high pressure/flow, allowing a smaller/sensible sized pump.

Post by **polo2k** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:35 pm

Ill have to get my hands on one some time and have a play.