Stuff you have fixed today

JMS1972 · Dec 30, 2021

8ob said:
Better on google earth, is that Brook bond on that brickwork

Bob

The whole wall is a disaster, part of it was pointed up with 100% cement applied with a stick

dobbslc · Dec 30, 2021

8ob said:
Better on google earth, is that Brook bond on that brickwork

Bob

It is an odd looking bond! I think its probably Tetley though :thumbup:

pedrobedro · Dec 30, 2021

Bit short on headers, the brickie should be on a stretcher :thumbup:

The_Yellow_Ardvark · Dec 31, 2021

Yay.
Time, coffee to my self.
Saw a good friend to day.
Drank some of his coffee.
Came home, had a wee dram with a nice neighbour. Her two puppies were free and fighting.

Then finished a few more jobs.

Dug this one out the other day. I got it for spares for the first Kismet Lorry pump. Turns out this one was in better condition than the first.
Freed it up, a lick of paint. I mean a lick, the tin was all but empty.
New hose, new washers etc.

The brass would not clean up, I need to get some brass restoring fluid.

This led on to me kicking the third pump around.

This has been abused for years, it used to be used to pressurise MOD small extinguishers. But they are all gone now.
I knew it was complete, I had a spare hose.

Get the metal nice and hot and applied many coats of wax/oil mix.

The trio of pumps.

This beastie cam my way.
I didn't have it for a few days, as it had to be made safe by the senisble people.
Or in this case, I explained to them what it was, how it worked and why they needed to do it.

MattF · Dec 31, 2021

The_Yellow_Ardvark said:
Her two puppies were free and fighting.

Is that a euphemism? :whistle:

dobbslc · Dec 31, 2021

MattF said:
Is that a euphemism?

I was wondering the same!
Vark , photos or they don't exist!!! :whistle:

The_Yellow_Ardvark · Dec 31, 2021

MattF said:
Is that a euphemism?

Don't know what you mean

Onoff · Dec 31, 2021

The_Yellow_Ardvark said:
Her two puppies were free and fighting.

Late Christmas pressie?

brewdexta · Jan 1, 2022

Desk cleared and a 2nd coat of Osmo polyx oil applied to the top. It's the first time in about 6 months that I've seen the desk top, usually buried in bills, cables and bits of projects.

The Mirka Deros sander packed in while doing this, fix one thing and break another....

Hitch · Jan 1, 2022

Both of my car keys.

One went through the wash ages ago and stopped working.

Second one had the rubber come away from the buttons.

No big deal, I'll swap the cases over, and make a good one out of the two.
Bit of fiddling, and now both are working.

Dr.Al · Jan 1, 2022

This is definitely not in the realms of interesting, but fixing the washing basket gets me some brownie points and more justification that buying a 3D printer was a good idea

Farside · Jan 1, 2022

Dr.Al said:
This is definitely not in the realms of interesting, but fixing the washing basket gets me some brownie points and more justification that buying a 3D printer was a good idea

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If one broke, the other one won't be far behind it, surely.
Extra kudos for making two of them.

Dr.Al · Jan 2, 2022

Farside said:
If one broke, the other one won't be far behind it, surely.
Extra kudos for making two of them.

Good point - I've saved the model so I'll be able to make another one easily.

The_Yellow_Ardvark · Jan 2, 2022

This little Gem came my way.
The Mini Auto Mini Max.
Theses units are not rare, but finding one with the bracket is.
The Auto was designed for cars and small lorries.

It was never popular as the larger units cost less and freely available from The RAC and the AA.

These units are simple to rebuild, if you can find the parts.
This one was rebuilt with a steel "poppet" valve. Steel, water and fire aditive not a good mix.
So I made a new one.

I have filled it with water and 6% AFFF mix.

The bracket was cleaned and repaired.
LHS on the base is a bracket with a hole. That part is new. The old one was rusted. That part is the main clip that secures the unit.

This bracket, I think was never fitted. As the fixing holes are still 3 BA. If it had been fitted they end op about 1/4" or 3/8.

All done, all working

Mick Annick · Jan 2, 2022

The_Yellow_Ardvark said:
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This little Gem came my way.
The Mini Auto Mini Max.
Theses units are not rare, but finding one with the bracket is.
The Auto was designed for cars and small lorries.

It was never popular as the larger units cost less and freely available from The RAC and the AA.

View attachment 326092

These units are simple to rebuild, if you can find the parts.
This one was rebuilt with a steel "poppet" valve. Steel, water and fire aditive not a good mix.
So I made a new one.

I have filled it with water and 6% AFFF mix.

View attachment 326094

The bracket was cleaned and repaired.
LHS on the base is a bracket with a hole. That part is new. The old one was rusted. That part is the main clip that secures the unit.

This bracket, I think was never fitted. As the fixing holes are still 3 BA. If it had been fitted they end op about 1/4" or 3/8.
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All done, all working

Nice work! I worked in the warehouse at the Minimax factory in Feltham in the summer of 1974 (by then part of Chubb Fire), we had a skip just for those (and the Pyrene ones) brought back in by the service engineers, even in my short time there I binned hundreds of them.

The_Yellow_Ardvark · Jan 2, 2022

Mick Annick said:
Nice work! I worked in the warehouse at the Minimax factory in Feltham in the summer of 1974 (by then part of Chubb Fire), we had a skip just for those (and the Pyrene ones) brought back in by the service engineers, even in my short time there I binned hundreds of them.

99.99% of all the units I replace are never used.
They are either.
Damaged. Being used as door stops.
Or out of date. It is cheaper to repace than do a Discharge. Test. Refill.

Damage on the internals are hard to see or calculate what will happen when used.

I tested a door stop unit, the linning collasped and blocked the discharged tube, 2 seconds of use. Not good in a real situation.

Recently there was a "Idea" that using the gas to give you a high was wise. But then it was found you could get a bigger high if it was taken" Not orally or through the nose, but lower down.

The guy did not invert the unit before his personal use.

Arc Tourist · Jan 5, 2022

Today, I had to fixed my attire. I've put a bit of weight on during the holidays and was unable to button up the trousers ( with my shirt tucked in ) on my go to a funeral suit. Had to tie my shirt around my waist in a knot like Mary Ann on Gilligans Island, and keep my coat buttoned up to look presentable and pay my last respects. I think my childhood friend, who was quite a joker would have seen the humour in that.

Lewis_RX8 · Jan 5, 2022

Sharpened a knife for a mate , nice Victorinox , the edge looked like it had been using for masonry or something all blunted and dinged so used my plywood bench grinder sharpening wheel with some white polishing compound to get the edge back up to mirror sharp and cut up a catalogue to test it

KimB · Jan 6, 2022

I fixed my MacBook. It’s 9y old I think now, the battery swelled so much it deformed the case and I couldn’t close my laptop. So I ordered new battery and keyboard because the caps lock key stopped working.