Stuff you have made today

[selectedgrub]

Started fat cap

 

[RWD3M]

Didn't have to consider it for long, power went off about 5pm and is still not back, so no heating and no internet and even the mobile signal is non existent. Down at the workshop now looks like power has been ok here.

No harm done then!

 

[Hood]

No harm done then!

Aye but back home now, still no power, so no heating either but at least I remembered to get a lighter so we can light the gas cooker :-)

 

[Blobber]

Aye but back home now, still no power, so no heating either but at least I remembered to get a lighter so we can light the gas cooker :-)

I bet its a bit bleak, do you not have any other form of heating? I can do without most things but do like a bit of warmth indoors!

 

[Memmeddu]

Completely assembled my car and put it back on the road.
Clutch and crankshaft seal
Cost less than 70 euros instead of 300
I believe that a week spent on my car and under the rain has been worth

 

[James1979]

Completely assembled my car and put it back on the road.
Clutch and crankshaft seal
Cost less than 70 euros instead of 300
I believe that a week spent on my car and under the rain has been worth

Nice one. Well done

 

[Hood]

I bet its a bit bleak, do you not have any other form of heating? I can do without most things but do like a bit of warmth indoors!

Aye we have warm jackets and thick socks

 

[roblane65]

What was it billy connelly said " no such thing as bad weather , just the wrong clothes "

 

[Memmeddu]

Nice one. Well done

I believe that other than the money saved , it has much more value to have learn something during the process.
And also the time involved has been worth because it allowed me to not think much about other things that are going on in my life.
(Not great things)

 

[selectedgrub]

 

[selectedgrub]

I seen a enough cans to know this is going to be a bit of fun.

And work.
Scale is about 4:1

 

[Am333rcr]

hi

just a wee anvil stand made from scrap. will see what its like when i use it vibration wise. which prob wont be used that often..

 

[selectedgrub]

Yes, it will probably crack the weld after a few decent whacks

 

[Am333rcr]

i had the arc welder arc jacked up. we will see. wont be getting used for stuff that heavy duty.

anvil was in the corner not getting used now it has a better place now.

 

[DAPPH]

Didn't have to consider it for long, power went off about 5pm and is still not back, so no heating and no internet and even the mobile signal is non existent. Down at the workshop now looks like power has been ok here.


No need for a passport, hopper still more or less where it was

I've wired secondary emergency sockets independent of the mains in our bungalow and changed the hard wired boiler feed to a plug & socket job. When the mains dies after a four minutes outage I plug the boiler in the emergency socket adjacent to the boiler , pull the genny out on it's wheeled doored box , get it running , then open an enclosure box on the back of the bungalow & plug the genny in on a heavy duty fly lead . So far I've only needed it for a three hour outage , caused when someone trashed themselves , their car and two electricity poles that took out three stretches of three phase cables

A good friend made this setting up much easier for me as they supplied me with some portable maintained emergency lights , as soon as the power fails they come on giving me a light source to set things up by .

 

[Olderisbetter]

I've wired secondary emergency sockets independent of the mains in our bungalow and changed the hard wired boiler feed to a plug & socket job. When the mains dies after a four minutes outage I plug the boiler in the emergency socket adjacent to the boiler , pull the genny out on it's wheeled doored box , get it running , then open an enclosure box on the back of the bungalow & plug the genny in on a heavy duty fly lead . So far I've only needed it for a three hour outage , caused when someone trashed themselves , their car and two electricity poles that took out three stretches of three phase cables

A good friend made this setting up much easier for me as they supplied me with some portable maintained emergency lights , as soon as the power fails they come on giving me a light source to set things up by .

We always fit LED emergency lights by the fuse boards and at the top of the stairs in domestic settings now just for added safety, after all no one wants to wandering around in the dark in the nip looking for the fuse board do they?

 

[DAPPH]

Thinking things through aloud on line.. I have an antique back shaft lathe circa 1942/3

Recently I've become aware of the lathe chuck slowing & almost stopping even when under the lightest of loads .
I thought I'd cured it by replacing a known part shorted motor .

I've removed & part stripped the headstock shaft to clean out the old greased taper roller bearings that get a shot of grease out the hand held grease gun at the start of each lathe session . Happy to say in the dissolved grease no particles of metal or plastic were found. So binding problem is elsewhere.
The motor is still under warrantee but it runs so quiet you'd think it not on .

That only left the back shaft bearings which are sintered bronze bearing running on a mild steel 3/4 inch shaft . I'd ordered a metre of 3/4 inch drill rod several months ago so it was an easy change out . my biggest problem is that it's so easy to reassemble the simple shaft arrangement . I put one of the bearing mounts back on the wrong way so the oiler cap cannot be accessed to oil up at the start of each session .. will rectify that tomorrow . The old back shaft is full of groves where it's been scoured by something like cast iron dust or abrasive wheel grinding dust , they have both lost almost 2.5 thou on the mild steel bearing surfaces . ( It's not down to me yer Honour )
One thing that confused me is that two of the steel drive dog bosses are held on with tapered pins . I don't have a tapered 1/4 " drill so I step drilled the holes from 1/2 then down in 0.5 mm steps to the smallest size of the taper pin .. they nearly fit well. Might just drill right through them in the proposed future proper re-fit out & use rolled pins if I can get them long enough .

I've now got to consider either re-bushing the two steel phosphor bronze bearing sleeves with Olite bushes or try to accurately turn up two x two ( 4 x 3/4 ID " bearings in two carriers for proper sealed roller bearings .
My problem is that the drill rod is a very fine tolerance precision shaft and is exactly 3/4 of an inch in dia , the ID of the bearings being considered is also a precision 3/4 " which will be a hard interference fit on a ground to 3/4 " dia drill rod shaft . I have to mess around for a few minutes setting bearing sleeves precisely in there mountings so having them rock solid on the shaft is not going to work , grinding or turning off a thou or so on the shaft will also caused problems in a couple of places where precise bored to 3/4 ID driving dogs have to fit . They will slop about if I turn anything off the drill rod .

Hmm .... Just had a thought can you get 3/4 ID bearing plus 2 thou or so oversize ID for situations like this ?

Off to explore sintered phossy bronze , Olite and the Bearing Boys web site.

 

[Dave-sparks]

We always fit LED emergency lights by the fuse boards and at the top of the stairs in domestic settings now just for added safety, after all no one wants to wandering around in the dark in the nip looking for the fuse board do they?

Whilst it's a good idea in principle it will also require the proper maintainence regime to keep it in working order. If the maintainence isn't kept up then they won't stay illuminated for very long in a power cut.
How many of these domestic customers will ever test emergency lights or replace the batteries? And how do they feel about those damn green lights?

 

[JMS1972]

Thinking things through aloud on line.. I have an antique back shaft lathe circa 1942/3

Recently I've become aware of the lathe chuck slowing & almost stopping even when under the lightest of loads .
I thought I'd cured it by replacing a known part shorted motor .

I've removed & part stripped the headstock shaft to clean out the old greased taper roller bearings that get a shot of grease out the hand held grease gun at the start of each lathe session . Happy to say in the dissolved grease no particles of metal or plastic were found. So binding problem is elsewhere.
The motor is still under warrantee but it runs so quiet you'd think it not on .

That only left the back shaft bearings which are sintered bronze bearing running on a mild steel 3/4 inch shaft . I'd ordered a metre of 3/4 inch drill rod several months ago so it was an easy change out . my biggest problem is that it's so easy to reassemble the simple shaft arrangement . I put one of the bearing mounts back on the wrong way so the oiler cap cannot be accessed to oil up at the start of each session .. will rectify that tomorrow . The old back shaft is full of groves where it's been scoured by something like cast iron dust or abrasive wheel grinding dust , they have both lost almost 2.5 thou on the mild steel bearing surfaces . ( It's not down to me yer Honour )
One thing that confused me is that two of the steel drive dog bosses are held on with tapered pins . I don't have a tapered 1/4 " drill so I step drilled the holes from 1/2 then down in 0.5 mm steps to the smallest size of the taper pin .. they nearly fit well. Might just drill right through them in the proposed future proper re-fit out & use rolled pins if I can get them long enough .

I've now got to consider either re-bushing the two steel phosphor bronze bearing sleeves with Olite bushes or try to accurately turn up two x two ( 4 x 3/4 ID " bearings in two carriers for proper sealed roller bearings .
My problem is that the drill rod is a very fine tolerance precision shaft and is exactly 3/4 of an inch in dia , the ID of the bearings being considered is also a precision 3/4 " which will be a hard interference fit on a ground to 3/4 " dia drill rod shaft . I have to mess around for a few minutes setting bearing sleeves precisely in there mountings so having them rock solid on the shaft is not going to work , grinding or turning off a thou or so on the shaft will also caused problems in a couple of places where precise bored to 3/4 ID driving dogs have to fit . They will slop about if I turn anything off the drill rod .

Hmm .... Just had a thought can you get 3/4 ID bearing plus 2 thou or so oversize ID for situations like this ?

Off to explore sintered phossy bronze , Olite and the Bearing Boys web site.

Not sure about the bearings but you need a taper reamer to finish off the holes for the taper pins.

 

[Hood]

I've wired secondary emergency sockets independent of the mains in our bungalow and changed the hard wired boiler feed to a plug & socket job. When the mains dies after a four minutes outage I plug the boiler in the emergency socket adjacent to the boiler , pull the genny out on it's wheeled doored box , get it running , then open an enclosure box on the back of the bungalow & plug the genny in on a heavy duty fly lead . So far I've only needed it for a three hour outage , caused when someone trashed themselves , their car and two electricity poles that took out three stretches of three phase cables

A good friend made this setting up much easier for me as they supplied me with some portable maintained emergency lights , as soon as the power fails they come on giving me a light source to set things up by .

We have been here 20 years and it is the first power cut we have had, well for any more than a few minutes anyway. If it becomes more frequent I may have to invest in a small generator but as I live in a built up area it would have to be a silent one.