> Andy Hall wrote:

>> On 2008-05-16 17:52:44 +0100, "The Medway Handyman"
>> nospamblueyonder.co.uk> said:

>>>
>>> I'm assuming this machine has a swash plate pump, unlikely to be
>>> anything else (just looked & it does). There are two parts to the
>>> head, the pressure
>>> head & the crank, called housing 1 & housing 2 on this diagram

>>
>>
>> WHat is a swash plate pump and how does it work? Enquiring minds
>> need to know.
>>
>>

>
> A lovely little animation of how they work:
>
> <http://www.animatedsoftware.com/pumpglos/swashpla.htm>
>
> (A former life with anorak friends and a certain interest in diesel
> hyrdaulic locomotives equipped me with the basic idea. But Google was
> need for anything more.)