Stuff you have fixed today

[sako243]

This monster

4m cut @6mm

CNC Controller died on it last week so I ripped out the old one and a lash up has been made using some development boards I had lying around and a custom PCB to get them back up and running. Bought myself some time to design and build a proper controller.

Lashed together is the right word because the power supplies I had to hand were not powerful enough so was testing using two old car batteries to flick solenoids and contractors. New DIN rail PSUs should be arriving with me today.

Then to sort out the back gauge.

 

[Jan-DIY]

Got my good old bonebreaker back on track.
Took only 18 months to discover these broken carburetor clamp.
Tried several times but then needed to recover from kicking my ass of.
Runs good when she is alive but starting was a pita.
Now it comes up with one stroke.
Forgot how dangerous these thing is.

She has to leave here before she forced me to hospital again.

 

[Barking Mat]

Fixed this situation.

Clients are very spécial....

Those green buoys indicate keep left, that Island in thé middle of thé river indicates an Island, those lillipads indicate it's not deep enough.... Etc....

My van clutch suffered.

No mentioning company names please.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@Barking Mat
Why didn't you walk out with a few extra cans of "Floaty Boaty"?

 

[Barking Mat]

@Barking Mat
Why didn't you walk out with a few extra cans of "Floaty Boaty"?

Spray cans, I like your style.

 

[Seadog]

After putting up with an ever more difficult to get hot water system, I finally plucked up the courage to attack my boiler.

Could this have been the reason, I wonder?



A little bit of crud, but nothing too serious.



What a bugger to work on, Ravenheat HE120. The heat exchanger was also removed and plonked in some 45% phosphoric acid, as were the diverter parts. Were there any leaks. Of course there was. The most inaccessible nut, which is on the DHW HE has a very slow weep. It can put up with it, I'm not stripping the bugger again. The whole days efforts were not helped by the fact that Ravenheat supplied mostly the wrong sealing washers, despite having their model number, the serial number, and the GC number. Also a reminder from me that this was an early mishmash of parts from a couple of other ranges. Useless tw**ts.

 

[Barking Mat]

After putting up with an ever more difficult to get hot water system, I finally plucked up the courage to attack my boiler.

Could this have been the reason, I wonder?

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A little bit of crud, but nothing too serious.

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What a bugger to work on, Ravenheat HE120. The heat exchanger was also removed and plonked in some 45% phosphoric acid, as were the diverter parts. Were there any leaks. Of course there was. The most inaccessible nut, which is on the DHW HE has a very slow weep. It can put up with it, I'm not stripping the bugger again. The whole days efforts were not helped by the fact that Ravenheat supplied mostly the wrong sealing washers, despite having their model number, the serial number, and the GC number. Also a reminder from me that this was an early mishmash of parts from a couple of other ranges. Useless tw**ts.

Looks rude to me.

(Looks like something from a sex catalogue).

Probably just me.

Must stop posting after a few drinks, but why change habits of a lifetime ?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Looks rude to me.

(Looks like something from a sex catalogue).

Probably just me.

Must stop posting after a few drinks, but why change habits of a lifetime ?

How would you know that?

 

[Maker]

Looks rude to me.

(Looks like something from a sex catalogue).

Probably just me.

Must stop posting after a few drinks, but why change habits of a lifetime ?

You're not the only one, I thought I was on the wrong forum for a second.

 

[Barking Mat]

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What a bugger to work on,

 

[Geoffm]

Not today, but a couple of weekends ago. We had a tree fall dwon months ago, and it knocked one of the outsdie lights of the post, broke the glass and a couple of the joins and bent it. It is copepr, and circa 1977 when my parents moved the house on site. It took a few months but finally got around to it. The bulb holder was a bayonet fitting on the top of a piece of 3/8 in galv pipe with what looks like a BSP thread. The replacement holders have a 1/2" brass threaded base - = 1/2" OD with a fine thread. I realised this after I bought it. The solution was turn an adapter with a grub screw so it didn't rely on the thread and the new holder is fixed with high strength JB weld to the turned adapter.
Pulled the lamp straight, resldered the joins, got some new glass and good for another 45 years. No before pics sorry, I forgot to take them until I was halfway through .

 

[awemawson]

We lost the top of one of those street lamps in Storm Eustice, the cap blew completely off and it took us days to find it.
When the power came back (we were off for six days) the capless light was causing RCD trips in the rain.
My temporary solution (which is still in place !) was an inverted pint beer glass over the bulb.
Refixing the cap needs the copper folded hinges to be resoldered in situ which in turn needs a scaffold platform as the design doesn’t allow it to be lifted off without major engineering at the top of a ladder!

 

[Geoffm]

Another job from a few weeks ago. My garage door opener has been playing up for a while. It was I suspect the relay that takes the push button input to operate it, as the original remote worked ok. I have an Banggood relay that "pushes the button" since the original 27MHZ remotes are large and unobtainable. The relay I have on it is a wifi one so you can open from your phone connected to the WLAN. Great since I always lose remotes. Works well.

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It was around 40 years old, and apart from the push button issue, worked fine. around 18 months or more ago, I bought a replacement opener from one of the Chinese tool importing emporiums, left it by the push button until I could fit it. It then started working fine... It started playing up again, and after a couple of weeks on the first day of a long holiday weekend, I decided I would fix it before going into the office. Should only be a couple of hours... Everyone else is away but I won’t need someone to hold it up as I work on, surely.

Open the box up, read the mainly legible instructions, look at the assembly diagram, look in the box and count the rail sections, look in the box again, measure how long they are, measure the chain, mutter rude words as you realise that you are 1 piece short of the proprietary rolled channel the opener chain and connector runs in.

Out of warranty, the box was damaged, everyone was closed so what to do? The chain pitch is the same as the old one – so I can use the old rail, right? Except the old rail was a piece of tubing. No problem to a farmer with a mig welder. After some careful measurements to make sure I had enough movement and travel distance, I cut the new rail that fits onto the moto. I then found I didn’t quite have it centred, so one side of the traveller catches on the cut channel. Apply hammer. Go to set it up, then wonder why up is down. Being “down under” is no reason – the motor turns the opposite way. Mutter rude words and disassemble the rail again. Fortunately, the traveller is symmetrical so I was able to flip it over so it is running on the other side. Stand on wobbly ladder, trying to read the instructions while programming remotes and setting limits.

It was finally finished – most of a day later.

 

[500e]

Bet your language was not as bad as 2 of our lads fitting electric gates looked the same as instructions spent 3 hours trying to program with alarm connections and phone it worked but not as programed after being told they were thick I tried, it did something different ( much laughter and rude comments) rang supplier to be told tech go home at 1600bst it is now 1605 on a Friday call again Monday. (even more laughter)
Monday arrives to be told sorry instructions for an older software version of same unit,

 

[Blobber]

Bet your language was not as bad as 2 of our lads fitting electric gates looked the same as instructions spent 3 hours trying to program with alarm connections and phone it worked but not as programed after being told they were thick I tried, it did something different ( much laughter and rude comments) rang supplier to be told tech go home at 1600bst it is now 1605 on a Friday call again Monday. (even more laughter)
Monday arrives to be told sorry instructions for an older software version of same unit,

I used to find even with the good stuff like Came, BPT and the likes it didnt matter how many training courses you went on but at crunch time there always seemed to be something missing in the set up manuals to make you look like you dont know what your doing!!

 

[Tigman]

A little job , stihl chainsaw case , magnesium ! I'm hopeful , the hole is for the tank mount , foam bush sits in so looks good

 

[4String.]

Had a couple of very hot and sweat inducing hours in the yard this afternoon so Sweden's finest now has a clean fifth wheel:



And the chain tray has finally been painted and tidied up, much to the amusement of the fitters, bless 'em :



Roll on the arrival of a shiny new pvc cover for it that will keep everything out of sight and safe from the elements, and then the aluminium locker might get some much needed attention .

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This 40/60 fast laoding clip was aquired by me the other day.

I was thinking, for empty case is a bit dull, so.

So I refilled it.
From left to right.
HE, with prox and timerd fuse.
AA shot with base charge.
Empty case.
Full weight drill round.

Plus a few emptiers to the side

.

3 of the empties were cleaned.
The forth is going away, soon.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This Concentrate AFFF(Ox Blood) Fire pump was aquired by me.
It was compete, well I was told it wasn't. So it was cheep. More later.

Valve handle waiting paint.

The seeler told me the washer assembly was missing. Ad you can see it was not.
A design fault with these is this.

If you rotae the handle to the left, it un-screws the washer assemby and it says in the pump tube.
With care you can re fit it and exstract it.

I know that trick.

I* was worried the handle was not going to be safed. But a week in the bath room had it re-seasoned. It did clean up, but time has taken the toll.

The messy bit.

The rebuild was started.
New seals, new washers. Oddly they are avaiable from the USA.

Finished and working Can for scale as the coffee mug was in use.

The Nozzle did not come through the cleaning.
It was some plastic that just crumbled to flakes.

Oh well.

 

[Anguz]

Shamelessly stole and learnt from @KimB s misfortune and tethered my box to the wall
Also put a bit of packing under the front wheels so the drawers now want to shut