Stuff you have fixed today

[Migmac]

Rayburns are great, we had an oil fired one in our old house. Then oil was 7p a litre, cheap to run. We had no electric oven, all cooking was done on the Rayburn. Only the wife’s good clothes got ironed, the rest got folded and put on top of the hot plate lid to get ironed!

 

[Barking Mat]

Rayburns are great, we had an oil fired one in our old house. Then oil was 7p a litre, cheap to run. We had no electric oven, all cooking was done on the Rayburn. Only the wife’s good clothes got ironed, the rest got folded and put on top of the hot plate lid to get ironed!

Rayburns / Agas rock.

But they do need to run 24/24 in my experience. And take a minimum of 24 hours to start to warm the house up. But what's the expression, makes a house a home?

The hot plates in the lower oven too.

Up to 8.6 degrees in here, a way to go.

 

[Dr.Al]

Rayburns / Agas rock.

I imagine it's better if you put them on a sturdy base so that doesn't happen.

I'll get my coat...

 

[Barking Mat]

I imagine it's better if you put them on a sturdy base so that doesn't happen.

I'll get my coat...

Ho, ho...

Temporary installation, needs to be 10 or 11 cms off the floor to come up to the same height as the rangemaster stove going next to it, all very temporary.

Vague attempt to warm up this end of the house, our bedroom is glacial in the morning.

Dogs installed...

 

[Migmac]

Rayburns / Agas rock.

But they do need to run 24/24 in my experience. And take a minimum of 24 hours to start to warm the house up. But what's the expression, makes a house a home?

The hot plates in the lower oven too.

Up to 8.6 degrees in here, a way to go.

Ours was run all the time. It did everything, heating, hot water, cooking

 

[Migmac]

Ho, ho...

Temporary installation, needs to be 10 or 11 cms off the floor to come up to the same height as the rangemaster stove going next to it, all very temporary.

Vague attempt to warm up this end of the house, our bedroom is glacial in the morning.

Dogs installed...

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Ours was on a concrete plinth. That got it the height of the worktops, the plinth was a tile thickness less than the Rayburn. We put tiles on that were very nearly the same colour as the kickboards on the units. Dogs will love it

 

[jordhandson]

Ho, ho...

Temporary installation, needs to be 10 or 11 cms off the floor to come up to the same height as the rangemaster stove going next to it, all very temporary.

Vague attempt to warm up this end of the house, our bedroom is glacial in the morning.

Dogs installed...

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Thats pic take me back to when I was a kid yeh I know not that long ago to you oldys we had the exsact same one and same color. It never went out over winter in all the years I can remember, father evan hade some radiators plumbed on it, also had great time loging father always said 3 warms.

Cheers

 

[Barking Mat]

Ours was run all the time. It did everything, heating, hot water, cooking

Steam has stopped pouring out of the back boiler pipes. Thinking about running central heating to the back of the house, as I've no idea how to heat the back shed.

 

[Barking Mat]

Thats pic take me back to when I was a kid yeh I know not that long ago to you oldys we had the exsact same one and same color. It never went out over winter in all the years I can remember, father evan hade some radiators plumbed on it, also had great time loging father always said 3 warms.

Cheers

Warms three times, and the rest...

Fell, cut, transport, stack, (wait for it to dry), drag in, burn...

 

[Germanmachinist]

Fixed this one today

 

[RichardM]

Well it didn’t. I hadn’t noticed a ball bearing when stripping the jets and and acc pump out of the main body, as I turned it over the ball fell out. It must be a check valve, and put it back in the acc pump, truck starts and runs but bogs on even the slightest touch of the throttle. So I guess it doesnt belong in there. It’s an Indian clone of a Zenith (USA) 28/228.

There’s no ball in the original carb, and I’m getting no joy for a schematic from the seller.

ANy suggestions

Sealing ball for one of the airway drillings?

 

[Agroshield]

Steam has stopped pouring out of the back boiler pipes.

Just a query, is it OK to heat it without water passing through those pipes?

I am thinking of a steam engine boiler. You would not light a fire in that without water in the boiler.

 

[Shox Dr]

Sealing ball for one of the airway drillings?

Possibly, I need to take it off the pickup and have a better look. I’ll take some pictures

 

[Barking Mat]

Just a query, is it OK to heat it without water passing through those pipes?

I am thinking of a steam engine boiler. You would not light a fire in that without water in the boiler.

I tried filling our other rayburn with sand (the backbox), but gave up, never been an issue, so far.

 

[bricol]

I think only an issue if you capped the connections - you'd build up pressure, especially if there was any water left in.

 

[Welderpaul]

I am on a bit of a forcing myself fixing mission, two or three small items a day for the last few weeks

My favourite HD 8mtr long jump leads have needed a make over for a long while, got a bit spendy and bought some decent brass croc clips.

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Thought I would try heat shrink instead of tape to keep the leads together.

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Hellerman boots



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Bolted on the new croc clips.

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Not a hope in hell of these grips staying on the clips so I drilled a bleed hole and loaded them with silicone.


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Leave to cure and should be good for a few more years.

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Nice job Those Hellerman sleeves are a much better job that winding a bit of insulation round, pliers are a bit pricey though.

 

[4String.]

Fitted the 700w microwave on a wedge shaped wooden platform onto the top bunk of my new ride this morning:




With plenty of straps to keep it secure:




Apparently the previous incumbent of the wagon couldn't understand why the onboard 2kw inverter struggled to run his ancient 1.2kw microwave...

 

[Maker]

Not for the first time I've had to fix my knives because feckless housemates use them and put them in the dishwasher.

I can just about shave with the big one now but I never seem to get a good edge on the little one, I'm almost tempted to try one of those Lansky things.

 

[VeryFEDUP]

Not for the first time I've had to fix my knives because feckless housemates use them and put them in the dishwasher.
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I can just about shave with the big one now but I never seem to get a good edge on the little one, I'm almost tempted to try one of those Lansky things.

I use the Lansky kit. They are excellent for micro bevels but you would need to luck out with the angles otherwise. Got to sharpen the kids' university knives later. I'll take a photo.

 

[Fraserb]

Started fixing this.