Whilst working on the Singlo's from the previous post we have also been working on the Singlo's double action brother, the Duplo.
MFS was called to Cardiff the beautiful and capital City of Wales, to attend to the glass doors at the entrance of Simply Bare, a luxury city centre beauty salon which can be found in the 1902 Duke St/High St arcade http://www.simplybare.co.uk/
MFS was called to Cardiff the beautiful and capital City of Wales, to attend to the glass doors at the entrance of Simply Bare, a luxury city centre beauty salon which can be found in the 1902 Duke St/High St arcade http://www.simplybare.co.uk/
The Duplo is in lots of ways similar to the Monarch/400 but the parts, as we discovered, are not interchangeable which caused somewhat of a headache for us as we had no spares for them.
Both Singlo and the Duplo were manufactured by William Tonks and Son Ltd ("Star" brand builders hardware products), prior to the buy out of Tonks by William Newman which formed Newman Tonks Ltd.
As can be seen from the shots the Duplo has a square ACME pin and an unusually low piston compared with one from a 400.
Both Singlo and the Duplo were manufactured by William Tonks and Son Ltd ("Star" brand builders hardware products), prior to the buy out of Tonks by William Newman which formed Newman Tonks Ltd.
As can be seen from the shots the Duplo has a square ACME pin and an unusually low piston compared with one from a 400.
The yoke is also completely different to the 400 as is the pivot area where yoke and pivot meet.
We were informed that the Duplo's had been a problem for 25 years so we are particularly pleased they are now functioning correctly and will do so for many, many years to come.
Thanks to Tony, Leah and staff at Simply Bare (well worth a relaxing visit in a luxurious setting).
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