Stuff you have fixed today

[Porkypine]

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This tired Mamod cam my way the other day.

It needed a lot off attention. Not from abuse. But from a lot of use and the passage of time.

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In bits, more issues have come to light.


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The base was split. Gas brazzing just distorted the frame. So I bribed a friend with Hob Nobs and he tig brazzed it together, dressed the dings and dents out and left it in grey primmer.

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De-scalling the boiler.




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All ready to rebuild.

The piston and cylinder is badly worn. But replacements of the old style are hard to find. The modern ones just don't fit.



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Get the steam pipe repair wrong and it is a pain to rectify.
Get the holes in line. Pin with a small drill to keep them in line. You want the pipe applying a small amout of pressure to the flame. Heat the frame and apply solder to the pipe.
No.
2 tries and I got it right.


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Rebuilt and warming through.

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Bum.
A distortion. The whittness mark is not good.


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In steam and running.

Nice job sir
I tried spraying the base of mine, and like most of my painting attempts, it was disastrous, so I took it off and just "blacked" the base, the firebox and the cylinder/flywheel mount bracket, on the gas stove.. It gives a sort of "olde iron" industrial look to it perhaps . Still it's an improvement on the wrecked state it was in previously

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Nice job sir
I tried spraying the base of mine, and like most of my painting attempts, it was disastrous, so I took it off and just "blacked" the base, the firebox and the cylinder/flywheel mount bracket, on the gas stove.. It gives a sort of "olde iron" industrial look to it perhaps . Still it's an improvement on the wrecked state it was in previouslyView attachment 330194

The superheated one.

Good machines.

Oh the fun of painting a Mamod.

Best I can say, from experiance is.
Get the best match you can for the colour. Ask a hundred Mamod fans for the right paint and you will get board by the amount of variations.

Strip the old paint off, with paint stripper. Go over with a wire brush in a power tool.
De grease.
De grease again.

Key with 1000 grit wet n dry.
Prime.
Let dry.
Light coat of the top coat.

Then build up.


The black is always a pain to get right.
Mamods had so many shades of black, from full gloss to matt.

Pick the one you want and get some EHT temp paint.

 

[Porkypine]

The superheated one.

Good machines.

Oh the fun of painting a Mamod.

Best I can say, from experiance is.
Get the best match you can for the colour. Ask a hundred Mamod fans for the right paint and you will get board by the amount of variations.

Strip the old paint off, with paint stripper. Go over with a wire brush in a power tool.
De grease.
De grease again.

Key with 1000 grit wet n dry.
Prime.
Let dry.
Light coat of the top coat.

Then build up.


The black is always a pain to get right.
Mamods had so many shades of black, from full gloss to matt.

Pick the one you want and get some EHT temp paint.

My plan was just paint all the painted bits black rather than bright mamod colours, i got a tin of heat resistant paint and had a go at the base, but it just looked crap, I'm hopeless at spraying anyway !
I'll probaby paint the flywheel inner bit black, but I reckon the heated steel bits look ok as is... I can always strip it down and try to paint it again in future if i fancy it.

 

[Morrisman]

Leading link, you won't turn a conventional fork setup. Make one for my Vmax while you're at it?

Telescopics worked on my Reliant, but because of the excess trail it took a fair bit of pressure to go round corners, which was good in a way as it stopped me slightly off the side. It cornered as fast as my BMW bike.

 

[Blobber]

Actually managed to achieve something today, not much but its achieving all the same! replacement bearing on a cam belt tensioner

 

[8ob]

Pulled out and repaired two more saws from the container of death, an 044 stihl and an XP390.

044 only needed a coil, blow out and a service

XP needed a barrel,piston and a thorough going through ( these XP`s are the dogs danglers of saws )

New piston in the barrel.

Ready for battle.

 

[dan.taylor.1]

Pulled out and repaired two more saws from the container of death, an 044 stihl and an XP390.

044 only needed a coil, blow out and a service

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XP needed a barrel,piston and a thorough going through ( these XP`s are the dogs danglers of saws )

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New piston in the barrel.

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Ready for battle.

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We've got a pair of 353's on the farm, lovely saws, start second pull every time from cold. Occasionally first if it's warm enough and you give it some.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

@8ob How long they're back in the container?

 

[roofman]

Been busy myself with one of my Stihl TS420 stone cutters...new piston kit today

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This soldering iron cam my way the other day.

Old, dirty but a decent size.

I don't think it would of passed a PAT with this damage.

I didn't plug it in.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A good clean up, new cable and a new PAT.
The cooper tip shwed some nice colours as it heated up.

The handle was cleaned up and sealed with wax.

All cleaned up, all rready been pressed into use.

A decent 240v 240 Watt iron.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This B&D drill and some odd bits came my way last week.

The odd attachment is a Hammer Drill attachment.
It is not a bad attachment. But back then B&D Hammer drills were very costly for a DIY'er.

The drill was tested and the cable was good, but the sheeth was shot.

A raid of the spares pile had me a decent cable sheeth and a switch.
All but the switch was swoped over.

The sander attachment was almost ok.
But the rubber shocks were stifff and cracking. Another spare piile raid had some decent replacements.

All done and tested.


The saw attachment is in bits beeing cleaned.

Time ran out and beer ran in yesterday.

 

[brewdexta]

Mended my Mirka Deros yesterday. I feared the worst, I thought the motor was dying. Symptoms was intermittent rotation with the odd clanking noise which I assumed was caused by the motor stuttering. So took it apart, a good clean then reassemble and it worked.

No idea what I did to fix it but I'm not complaining. It wasn't particularly dirty or clogged, I always used it with a good vacuum. All electrical contacts were fine.

The wife wants to use it to sand some old oak chairs so we will see if it lasts.

Cheers
Andy

 

[Porkypine]

This B&D drill and some odd bits came my way last week.

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The odd attachment is a Hammer Drill attachment.
It is not a bad attachment. But back then B&D Hammer drills were very costly for a DIY'er.

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The drill was tested and the cable was good, but the sheeth was shot.

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A raid of the spares pile had me a decent cable sheeth and a switch.
All but the switch was swoped over.


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The sander attachment was almost ok.
But the rubber shocks were stifff and cracking. Another spare piile raid had some decent replacements.


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All done and tested.


The saw attachment is in bits beeing cleaned.

Time ran out and beer ran in yesterday.

That's spooky as I found the exact same drill amongst the junk a couple of days ago ! My one looks ok apart from the cable which is entirely shot to bits, I'll just swap it for a heftyish lead rescued from some dead appliance, the sheath bit will be gaffa tape tho
I'd imagine these all metal drills would last pretty much forever, no doubt a bit of new grease in the "gearbox" end would be a good plan.
I also have the orbital sander, and a bench stand thing which holds the drill "lathe" fashion.. Got the drill press stand somewhere too..

 

[sparkysy]

I fondly remember using my dad's one of those years ago for wood butchering projects, very robust bits of kit. He probably still has it squirreled away somewhere, it's most likely still in good condition too knowing dad!

 

[daleyd]

Sorted out my stihl km 85r, it needed a bit of adjustment as it wasn’t idling properly after I switched to aspen fuel.

Ready to get the pole trimmer on and get the hedges trimmed.

 

[indy4x]

Replaced the rear wheel bearings on my Jeep Cherokee today

It's a Dana 35 axle and the bearings were a complete PITA to remove. Much abuse with the slide hammer and they weren't budging

Mr die Grinder came out to play and that sorted them



Knocked up a drift to get the new ones in, I'm guessing this is some sort of stainless as it's been sat in my junk box for ages and no sign of it rusting. Had to turn it down from 66mm to 57mm so made a few chips

 

[bricol]

Replaced the rear wheel bearings on my Jeep Cherokee today

It's a Dana 35 axle and the bearings were a complete PITA to remove. Much abuse with the slide hammer and they weren't budging

Mr die Grinder came out to play and that sorted them



Knocked up a drift to get the new ones in, I'm guessing this is some sort of stainless as it's been sat in my junk box for ages and no sign of it rusting. Had to turn it down from 66mm to 57mm so made a few chips

Had similar before with rather lighter axles - bit of warmth from a blow torch expands the tube enough to make them slide out rather more easily - and similar to get 'em back in.

Admittedly, discovering the axle was bent, and straightening it, made the next years replacement even easier - and haven't destroyed any more bearings since either.

 

[dan.taylor.1]

Finally got round to fitting a new contactor and overload to my union pedestal grinder that's fitted with 2 wire wheels.

Original just stopped working, not sure why but the buttons were a bit iffy anyway so new one it is, unfortunately it's a flush mount box, and I struggled to find any new that weren't several hundred quid. But I have a workshop full of kit, so I set to making a bracket to hold a surface mount one set into the body of the grinder a bit so I'm less likely to bat my knee on it...

Also stuck a shelf/tray I found on the back for putting things in as I often put them on the flat top of the machine so this is a bit safer.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Knocked up a drift to get the new ones in

Did you try sticking the new ones in the freezer for a while before going to that extent?

 

[sako243]

Put a new floor into the trailer acquired from @8ob.

Then had a phone call from a mate who was sending over a digger to sort out the drainage in the old tennis court. Didn't trust the bags to survive the trip from the vegetable garden through the wood so trailer was put immediately to work taking a few tonnes of clean stone down to the tennis court. Mild winching was involved to get back out because bluebells are damn slippery!

Then the wood was treated to a thick coat of finest proper creosote.