Stuff you have fixed today

[Arc Tourist]

England, old chap. Pillar drill, not drill press.

Oh ! Pardon me, but I am in Wales, alright ?

 

[My Old Landy]

Oh ! Pardon me, but I am in Wales, alright ?

Perhaps he should have said dril piler

 

[MattF]

Oh ! Pardon me, but I am in Wales, alright ?

A Yank, living in Wales. Who've you p*ssed off in a past life?

 

[Arc Tourist]

A Yank, living in Wales. Who've you p*ssed off in a past life?

If there was someone (?), I could only guess that it may have been a former mother-in-law that was a parasite.

 

[Arc Tourist]

Didn't do much today except some checks and adjustments to make sure the drill head was perpendicular to the table, and the vice which I think will reside on it.

 

[Paui443]

First attempt at making a "third hand". Have left these welding machines at the old folks place. Bought the arc welder at a yard sale in Sweden (loppis) for the equivalent of 15 pounds. Its a German made Philips transformer type welder. Had it for 6 years collecting dust and tried it for the first time this summer Welder was a pleasant suprise, had a nice steady arc to my standards ,did some repair on a garden trolley ( but forgot to take photoes). The Mig is a Biltema unit. Read that someone claimed they are the same as Clarkes. Bought it without a ground cable (luckily could use the Philips ground cable). The dinse connectors were shot and wedged together with a screw. Replaced this this with a jubilee clip and electric tape (intending to fix this with new dinse plugs).
Despite its appearence it did behave like a MIG welder. Made this hurried "third hand" with some rebar found in a ditch and a 5 kilo weight found in the basement.

As to the question if aspiring welders should buy new or second hand welders , I definitely believe that there are circumstanses where buying second hand is a good choice.

 

[Arc Tourist]

Made up a simple fluid drain connection for the pillar drill table to hang a small slop bucket on.

Ran into an issue I haven't had experience with before, and could use some suggestions from anyone here who has had this problem and resolved it ?
I want to remove the existing drill chuck from the Fobco MT3 spindle to use morse taper drill's and also a larger chuck which I have, however, the MT3 chuck adapter extends above and beyond the slot for the knockout wedge to remove it. There is no bolt within the chuck holding it onto the MT3 adapter, so using wedges between the chuck and spindle has me concerned that the chuck may come off ok, but the adapter still remain stuck in the spindle.

 

[Seadog]

Are you sure that there is an arbor? Even though there's a slot it could be that the quill has a male taper and only the chuck comes off. You won't know until you try.

 

[JMS1972]

First attempt at making a "third hand". Have left these welding machines at the old folks place. Bought the arc welder at a yard sale in Sweden (loppis) for the equivalent of 15 pounds. Its a German made Philips transformer type welder. Had it for 6 years collecting dust and tried it for the first time this summer Welder was a pleasant suprise, had a nice steady arc to my standards ,did some repair on a garden trolley ( but forgot to take photoes). The Mig is a Biltema unit. Read that someone claimed they are the same as Clarkes. Bought it without a ground cable (luckily could use the Philips ground cable). The dinse connectors were shot and wedged together with a screw. Replaced this this with a jubilee clip and electric tape (intending to fix this with new dinse plugs).
Despite its appearence it did behave like a MIG welder. Made this hurried "third hand" with some rebar found in a ditch and a 5 kilo weight found in the basement.

As to the question if aspiring welders should buy new or second hand welders , I definitely believe that there are circumstanses where buying second hand is a good choice.

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I visited Sweden a few times with work and holidays. Have some nice Biltema ratcheting spanners and Torque wrenches

 

[Agroshield]

I want to remove the existing drill chuck from the Fobco MT3 spindle to use Morse taper drills and also a larger chuck which I have; however, the MT3 chuck adapter extends above and beyond the slot for the knockout wedge to remove it.

With the photo showing the slot with the quill extended, does anything change as you rotate the chuck through 360 degrees? There should be a slot in the outer, fixed part of the quill (that is visible in the photo), and another slot in the inner, rotating part of the quill. Clearly, the two slots need to be aligned to allow the drift to pass through.

If you need to resort to desperate measures, you could drill through the top of the chuck from below, and tap the arbor for a bolt either to hold chuck and arbor together or with studding, to act as a puller. Then they have no choice but to come out together.

 

[Arc Tourist]

With the photo showing the slot with the quill extended, does anything change as you rotate the chuck through 360 degrees? There should be a slot in the outer, fixed part of the quill (that is visible in the photo), and another slot in the inner, rotating part of the quill. Clearly, the two slots need to be aligned to allow the drift to pass through.
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Rotated the belt pully slowly by hand after changing gears and the opening showed itself. Thanks ! , why couldn't I see it before.

 

[Arc Tourist]

Are you sure that there is an arbor? Even though there's a slot it could be that the quill has a male taper and only the chuck comes off. You won't know until you try.

Didn't think so, as the press was MT3 spec for use with tapered drills. I think I was just having one of those so called "senior moments" today.

 

[qwakers]

fixed the rust on the boot lid of my car by... fitting the boot lid off my other car.

this involved de-badging (and a bit of welding for the badge holes) and a bit of paint..

 

[qwakers]

Lacquer coat 1

 

[qwakers]

Bottom finished, will mask off and pain the top side over the next 2 evenings (2k highbuild takes 12hrs to cure for sanding, no need for high build on the underside)

 

[qwakers]

masked

filled

primed.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

^^ 3 series?

 

[qwakers]

nope.

 

[Lewis_RX8]

nope.

my boots got the same problem as most do i think , Fancy having a go at that aswell

 

[qwakers]

sure. probably be cheaper to buy a good one though