Stuff you have fixed today

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This hammer was not happy, nor was it is one of the other seven lill buggers.

It was in a sad way.



More hole than wood, plus till active.
FIRE.



No idea how this happens.

But as the handle mas making a fire.
This was heated to red heat and then left in crushed coke and charcoal.
Cheep skate method of case hardening.



Shiny.

Fitted to the handle I made this morning.

 

[DAPPH]

Crushed coke .. I hope the coppers aren't looking in on the thread
Doing the coke & charcoal thing for a day or so is IIRC called a form of pickling . The apprentices had to man the pickling oven through the nights with several 1 cwt. sacks of coal dust and even more of charcoal that they had to turn into powder in a small hand powered grinder

 

[lchris21]

... moving on from the today I acquired thread......not so much fixed, but in the process fitting.......the acquired flooring.
Screwfix all out of sky hooks to lift the lathe

 

[Screwdriver]

How did you straighten it then @Screwdriver

Here's a mock up:

Put the crank up on some V blocks and found the runout. How much there was and where it starts/stops. IIRC it was about 4-5mm but perfectly straight after the outside web. So we marked the exact high spot and took t to the flypress.

Again up on V blocks and luckily we were able to bolt it down right through the offset crank, not at the end as in this reconstruction. Then using a little marker on the left in this picture, gave it a good bonk until I felt it move. It will always "move" but with the flypress, you can feel when it "gives" and goes just beyond the elastic limit and permanently yields.

Then take it back to the surface plate and measure it properly. Did that three times and on the third time, I didn't like how far it had to go to yield because the gears were beginning to move so we called it a day. It wasn't perfect but I didn't want to risk snapping the thing off!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

From this.


It had a blade, but it was like a Black dragon.
Toothless.

Bit of fun.
White wine vinegar, on a low heat for a few hours had the rust away.



The handle was treated to a good sanding, polishing and waxing.
The stain is coffee, mixed with meths.

 

[mtt.tr]

Put the E39 back together after it sprung a leak as the coolant return pipe had split.




Annoyingly after a year drive I find a considerable oil splat which I think was because I had the dipstick out and hadn't fully put it back.

 

[bricol]

Here's a mock up:

Put the crank up on some V blocks and found the runout. How much there was and where it starts/stops. IIRC it was about 4-5mm but perfectly straight after the outside web. So we marked the exact high spot and took t to the flypress.

Again up on V blocks and luckily we were able to bolt it down right through the offset crank, not at the end as in this reconstruction. Then using a little marker on the left in this picture, gave it a good bonk until I felt it move. It will always "move" but with the flypress, you can feel when it "gives" and goes just beyond the elastic limit and permanently yields.

Then take it back to the surface plate and measure it properly. Did that three times and on the third time, I didn't like how far it had to go to yield because the gears were beginning to move so we called it a day. It wasn't perfect but I didn't want to risk snapping the thing off!

You know vee-blocks don't allow you to measure run-out properly?
That statement caused some consternation in our design team the other week . . .! But proven to be true.

Put a 50 pence piece in a vee block and clock it as it you rotate it . . . it'll show bugger all run-out . . .

 

[Screwdriver]

You know vee-blocks don't allow you to measure run-out properly?
That statement caused some consternation in our design team the other week . . .! But proven to be true.

Put a 50 pence piece in a vee block and clock it as it you rotate it . . . it'll show bugger all run-out . . .

I know a seven sided coin will actually exhibit a considerable amount of runout in a 90 degree V block.

Your confusion is due to the (well known) constant height radius, that only works diametrically opposite to a single point of contact. In a V block it will display considerable runout.

As for the general principle that a V block will not "necessarily" always reveal runout in a shaft, I concur. However in this case, it certainly did.

 

[lincoln2013]

Back in the day, we used to make silage in a pit, but repairs and issues with environmental approvals with the water runoff, so changed to plastic wrapped bales. It costs around $10-15 per bale and then you have to get rid of the plastic, and the price is going up as well. I am no tree hugger, but it always struck me as wrong to have so much plastic wrap, recycled or not.
By the simple expedient of throwing money at it, the old silage pit has been extended, drainage fixed, and partly waterproofed waiting for a week of fine weather.
We didn't have the handling equipment for pit silage any more so oursharemilker bought a second hand silage shear since buying new brings out an allergic reaction. This is a fork for the front end loader with a big blade that takes a slice and leaves a clean face. It has had a Dulux reconditioning by the previous owner.
I don't know what it was set up for, but today's job was to blow away the lugs and prepare it for adding Eurohitch brackets. Thanks to the lock down and no deliveries, this is as far as I can get until we are allowed out on parole so,I can get the brackets and some paint color matched.
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Don’t know if you have checked yet but it is worth turning it over & checking where the sides of the grab meet the base at the back. Probably worth welding in some wear strips as they wear thin where it rubs the concrete, I have repaired a couple of these & if they are left to long the force of the grab closing will twist the box section.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This was given to me the other week.
But sadly its days as a plane is long gone, due to the worm damage.
But it was used to show how to treat worm, use of cabinet scrapers and how to use wet stones.



Once you know how to put an edge on the scraper you soon get a very good finish.

The blade was sharpened and took an edge very well.
The finish is linseed oil and it was buffed up with cotton rags.
It can be used to plane wood, but you can see it flexing as you use it. The worm is so bad it sounds hollow.



We know who owned it.

 

[Onoff]

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This was given to me the other week.
But sadly its days as a plane is long gone, due to the worm damage.
But it was used to show how to treat worm, use of cabinet scrapers and how to use wet stones.

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Once you know how to put an edge on the scraper you soon get a very good finish.


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The blade was sharpened and took an edge very well.
The finish is linseed oil and it was buffed up with cotton rags.
It can be used to plane wood, but you can see it flexing as you use it. The worm is so bad it sounds hollow.

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We know who owned it.

They have loads of these old wooden planes above the bar in my local. My niece 41(actually a dab hand at woodwork) didn't know what they were. Old wooden spokeshaves too from memory.

 

[MattF]

I *used* to have some wooden planes & spokeshaves.

 

[mtt.tr]

Oil sucked out a replaced, this is a tool I wish I bought sooner.

 

[finyuk2005]

Oil sucked out a replaced, this is a tool I wish I bought sooner.

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I keep meaning to get one of those, they do save a lot of mess!
where did you get yours?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Just a bit of fun.



Decent size G clamp.

After cleaning with warm water and washing soda.



The original Woden sticker was found, but it could not be saved.



Fresh paint, bit of bling.

 

[mtt.tr]

I keep meaning to get one of those, they do save a lot of mess!
where did you get yours?

Sealey S01169 Vacuum Oil & Fluid Extractor Manual 6.5ltr

The Sealey S01169 has a 6.5ltr capacity and is constructed from composite materials. It is suitable for the extraction of all types of engine, transmission and lubricating oils from cars, motorcycles, marine engines, stationary engines and industrial machinery. It is also suitable for low...

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Found that to be the cheapest at the time

 

[Brad93]

Oil sucked out a replaced, this is a tool I wish I bought sooner.

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I've just been looking at them. What make is it?

 

[mtt.tr]

I've just been looking at them. What make is it?

Seleay

 

[mtt.tr]

Think work has about 7 only failures seem to be abuse

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I got this Cart jack the other week.
It was seized with rust, but worse was some one took a hammer to it, in an attempt the free it.

It is hand forged.




This is the area were it is seized.
Heat and oil had it moving.



The two end fixings are original and are not a standard thread form. The middle one is a modern metric one and will be binned.



Heat, hammer and gentle force had the lifting beams straight and free to move.

Reading up on this tool told me they were locally made, by the village blacksmith. In their day they were an expensive item. So each farm would identify theirs with paint. That would normally match the livery on the cart.

I am going to paint mine in paint I have to hand.


Finished, working. 2 new \Whitworth bolts fitted.