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brightspark
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Can't have it any other way, I simply don't get enough time in the mancave to be anything else. Being away all week in the wagon means I have limited time for projects so I prefer to spend that time usefully rather than wasting it looking for tools or tripping over junk that's littering the floor. And in my opinion walking into a clean and tidy workshop is much more conducive to maximum efficiency and productivity.
I managed to rescue a chuck adaptor that I've been making (A2-6 to A2-5 including two hydraulic oil galleries.
I's broken a long series 6 mm drill 60 mm below the surface, but eventually succeeded in burning it out using my sinker EDM - a long process!
I's broken a long series 6 mm drill 60 mm below the surface, but eventually succeeded in burning it out using my sinker EDM - a long process!
Gragson
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Got this wee 25l Kaeser compressor off @eLuSiVeMiTe
Sorted the pressure gauge & air intake, new oil, splodge of paint running sweet. Fits under the bench
Sorted the pressure gauge & air intake, new oil, splodge of paint running sweet. Fits under the bench
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Sorted the pressure gauge & air intake, new oil, splodge of paint running sweet. Fits under the bench
Nice work, looks like a completely different machine!
Gragson
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TBH I pretty much stripped it, then as well as the above, redid the wiring to the start cap, valves checked, some odd additions to the air intake set back to standard and a lot of polishing/cleaning.Nice work, looks like a completely different machine!
Emailed Kaeser in Germany and their distributor in the UK sent me parts lists, diags, manuals, the lot.
Imagine trying to get that for a 40yr old machine from China!
Danez
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Original switch for my draper pillar drill gave up the ghost years ago and couldn’t find one online so bought a generic one which was a bit too small.
so using this as an excuse to practise my welding skills i made an adaptor plate for it. first time welding with gas
the bolts in the plate arnt aligned as the original tapped holes in the drill itself were way out!
started with some CAD (cardboard aided design)
so using this as an excuse to practise my welding skills i made an adaptor plate for it. first time welding with gas
the bolts in the plate arnt aligned as the original tapped holes in the drill itself were way out!
started with some CAD (cardboard aided design)
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Nice work.
But I have a spare.
They are good drills, the V bely is a 10mm wide belt at the top.
Danez
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can't complain, inherited it from my grandad, it's served me well! and good to know in case i need a new belt
next job is to weld a little bracket I can secure to the bench to hold me welding gun
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Far too tidy
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We did it at gcse level CDT (craft design and technology as it was called in 1990) Also did mechanical and electrical engineering national diploma for 2 years after that, sadly never touched a lathe ever since, wouldn't know where to begin to use one now.
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The new to me bandsaw has had some TLC.
Gear box had some goop in it that didn't look much like grease
worrying amount of flakes too. Cleaned it out and added some Moly.
I'm hoping that will slow down the demise of the gears..
Need to replace the blade as it has a dodgy part somewhere but still cuts
Gear box had some goop in it that didn't look much like grease
worrying amount of flakes too. Cleaned it out and added some Moly.I'm hoping that will slow down the demise of the gears..
Need to replace the blade as it has a dodgy part somewhere but still cuts
Hopefuldave
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Forgot to take pics, but a mate dropped in to see whether I could look at one of his Bluetooth earbugs and on-the-handlebars wireless phone charger... that had both gone intermittent. Blimey those earbugs are cramped! Usual thing, bad solder joints on the only bits done by a human, and a component lead cut *just* too short... Fiddly-simples 
Solder wick works a lot better with flux, when it's years old!
Dave H. (the other one)
Solder wick works a lot better with flux, when it's years old!
Dave H. (the other one)
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As I've just relocated the contents of our storage unit to the new garage, presently there's nowhere to put a workbench. Your photo here has given me the inspiration
to think out of the box and put it in front of the roll up door. 
Why didn't think of that.I recently put new 80w transmission oil back in mine. Is moly better?The new to me bandsaw has had some TLC.
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Gear box had some goop in it that didn't look much like grease
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I'm hoping that will slow down the demise of the gears..
Need to replace the blade as it has a dodgy part somewhere but still cuts
JMS1972
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Moly is better than nothing which is what it had in it!
I have no idea if its better than transmission oil but I had a big tub of Moly to hand so that is what it got.....
Maker
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Fixed my Raspberry Pi.
It runs "Raspotify", which claims to be A Spotify Connect client "that just works", and to be fair to them, it did for nearly a year. For no apparent reason it stopped connecting last night. Tried rebooting it, reinstalling Raspotify, reflashing the OS, flashing the latest OS, (desktop and headless). After about six hours it just happened to start working again.
Still, far cheaper than a proper network streamer.
It runs "Raspotify", which claims to be A Spotify Connect client "that just works", and to be fair to them, it did for nearly a year. For no apparent reason it stopped connecting last night. Tried rebooting it, reinstalling Raspotify, reflashing the OS, flashing the latest OS, (desktop and headless). After about six hours it just happened to start working again.
Still, far cheaper than a proper network streamer.
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