Stuff you have fixed today

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A lot of head work was needed to work out the connections.

This needed addressing as well.

 

[badabec]

What is it?

 

[Seadog]

It's a little test meter made by my grandfather in the 1920s.
It used to have a bell battery to do continuity testing.
I'm pleased to see that it's being looked after.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Take one of theses.

Take to bits and clean years of crud off.

A good clean and lubication.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Dirty, dusty and stiff to operate.
This set of Record 618 needs TYA attention.

Look out for Left Handed Threads.

A good clean with Parraffin and ATF.

All ready to be re-built.

 

[dobbslc]

I had some time today to breathe so went into the garage and tidied up a bit.
I did fit my PCL hose reel to the wall but it leaks like a sieve so that's back in the box and getting returned to Screwfix.

I'm not impressed with that

I then made a 22mm pipe clip into a hydraulic press handle holder so I can find the bloody thing when I need it!


I boshed a couple of coach bolts into the wall to hold the box pan folded up out the washing and off the floor.

I'm on a mission

 

[dobbslc]

Next.

 

[MattF]

I'm on a mission

Same here. I've removed some non-supporting breeze block to make this:



look like this:



That part which remains is a large stone lintel, underneath the plaster & paint. Don't ask. No-one's ever known why it's there. I'm returning it to how it was when I was a nipper.

 

[Dapph2]

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Re varnished after the repair.
The delamination of the ply wood was repaired by glueing the loos parts down and in one case patching it.

All age related dents, ding and scatches were left.



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Waxing the parts.



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I guess that welding box must have been RAF or Navy kit for the Army ones I used May 1966 to Dec 1980 were usually painted in dark green gloss

 

[gaz1]

@dobbslc

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[Dapph2]

A few weeks ago being fed up with moisture getting into my supposed IP67 I/p security camera junction boxes I dried them thoroughly and injected the proper encapsulation goo to keep the rain out. I was annoyed a couple of days ago to see one camera displaying the typical fogged picture. Had a look at it yesterday and to my amusement saw the entire lens covered in what looked like a spider nest, compact and solid.
Poking it to clear it away it turned out to be a HUGE spider, big fat body bigger than my thumb nail with very fat but short legs.
Well that was an easier fix than I’d anticipated!

You can get anti fly /spider aricide ( sp?) impregnated stick on rubber patches to keep the spiders away from cameras , sensors etc . Just put a few very close to what you want to be kept clear .

 

[dobbslc]

£6.39 for 10!
@gaz1 have you gone mad?

 

[Robotstar5]

The front strap that holds the tray onto one of the stables barrows had broken the welds.

I could have ground the galv off and welded it, but getting it in the right place to match the holes in the tray would have been a chore so I cut a bit of flat strip and shaped to suit.

A couple of longer sheeting bolts with locknuts and job's a goodun

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Bit of fun yesterday.

No real issues in dismantling. The 3 screws holding the too handle were damaged, so had to be drilled out.

The holes were filled with PVA and sawdust.

A good clean up.

All ready to be used.

Now sat with Metal and wood chamfering bits.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Tried a method that uses gas flames to remove rust.

I hd alreadu used oil to free up the jaws. This was removed for the next stage.

Using a gas flame, with reduced O2 the pliers were heated u. You can see the red oxid going black. Apart from the areas I missed.

 

[Onoff]

Using a gas flame, with reduced O2 the pliers were heated u. You can see the red oxid going black. Apart from the areas I missed.

Interesting. So you heat the metal, the rust goes black, then what?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Interesting. So you heat the metal, the rust goes black, then what?

In this case I used a wax and oil mix.
Or I let it cool in a dry(as much as I can) air place to cool, then paint.

 

[Onoff]

In this case I used a wax and oil mix.
Or I let it cool in a dry(as much as I can) air place to cool, then paint.

You paint straight over the blackened rust?

I must admit, the pub arch I built, where I applied phosphoric acid is looking great still. Flap disc'd the box section, gave it a coat of 48% strength then washed off with a 10% solution and left to dry before etch priming and top coating with Lidl's Baufix paint.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

You paint straight over the blackened rust?

I must admit, the pub arch I built, where I applied phosphoric acid is looking great still. Flap disc'd the box section, gave it a coat of 48% strength then washed off with a 10% solution and left to dry before etch priming and top coating with Lidl's Baufix paint.

I have in the past, but a rub with a Meths soaked scotchbrite pad will give a good clean key for rattle can paint.