Stuff you have fixed today

[qwakers]

fixed my overcrowded scrap pile and got rid of the rest of the metal sorento parts, about half my spare rx8 wheels and a hgv battery. total received £150, £70 of that was the wheels.

to add to that there was the bonnet and doors on the roof bars of the car, and the interior is going tomorrow.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Bit of fun the last few days.

Plus This.

Bit of time, lots of coffee.

The Mushroom head was removed, then then it was Hardened and tempered.

The Coal hammer.

Head removed, cleaned up. The shaft was cleaned and a new wedge was made.

Thee socket set is a Draper Imperil set, all it needed was a good clean.

Just a good clean and lots of Linseed oil.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Cleaned up, then the rivet was tightened up.
Then they were warmed up and a bramble fed bees wax applied.

These have been well used, but the teeth are in good shape. The bend in the hand was left. Now on my van for use on Fire Hoses.

This East German Entrenching tool is going to be used by a friend who has taken up Metal detecting.

The paint was a rubberised type, so it was burnt off.

Then a clear coat applied to the metal and a clear varnish to the handle.

I also got this for the above friend.

The head was not a tight fit, but I was given a set of circular wedges.

The nsty black paint was removed and the burrs were sanded off.

What is fake hickory?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Just to keep @Parm Happy. a hammer.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Not coffee, but hot citric acid.

 

[mechman]

Bit of fun the last few days.

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Plus This.
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Bit of time, lots of coffee.


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The Mushroom head was removed, then then it was Hardened and tempered.

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The Coal hammer.

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Head removed, cleaned up. The shaft was cleaned and a new wedge was made.


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Thee socket set is a Draper Imperil set, all it needed was a good clean.

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Just a good clean and lots of Linseed oil.

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I was given a draper set same as above but the drive hex is rounded off so it's sort of handy.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Nice set of British Army Post scales.

This is a bit of Lead sheet, it is there to tune the beam, so it sits level when not in use. Disturb this at your own risk.

I had to refill all the weights to bring them up to the correct weight. Lead from old car wheel weights was used.

The modern varnish was sanded off, then French polish was used.

The cales were never polished when in use, as it felt that it could upset their balance.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Hope you enjoyed the above.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Small bench sheer. It almost moved.

Heat, oil a hammer and a coffee had it moving.
The issues were a lot of small burrs.

The culpults.

Rattle can primer, after de-rusting and a good going over with a wire brush.

All ready to rebuild., a small human was helping. Hence why we are inside.

threads have been cleaned up with BSF Taps and dies.

The finish on the fixings is not good. But getting replacements locally is now very difficult.

 

[MattF]

The finish on the fixings is not good. But getting replacements locally is now very difficult.

I usually run over the faces of old damaged/grubby nuts & bolt heads with a fine file. Knocks the burrs/damage off, & makes the faces cleaner, whilst still keeping them within acceptable tolerance on size.

 

[northwest]

Sorted my "new" press out today. Didn't dismantle it to bring it home and it just didn't work. I studied it for a while and thought "that's the wrong way up"! Looking at the pump it was upside down on the frame and my thinking was that it would then allow the air in the free space to occupy the valve mechanism and maybe that could be the issue. The instructions have the pump level and not how it was, the other way up. Sure enough I turned it right way up and it works perfectly. SOD (and he really is) that I bought it from said it never worked properly from new. Well it does now:





Also much easier to top up the oil, which I shouldn't really need to do as the cap is at the top and as you see from the pic I changed out the oil when I had it off the press and filled with new Hydraulic oil. I also took the opportunity to throw away the franken bolts with 12mm heads? and replace them with bog standard 8mm bolts.

 

[MattF]

Which oil do you use in those pumps?

 

[m_c]

Which oil do you use in those pumps?

Ideally some form of mid-weight hydraulic oil, but anything liquid will work that won't damage the seals.

 

[Melvyn Best]

Ideally some form of mid-weight hydraulic oil, but anything liquid will work that won't damage the seals.

60 years ago the school minibus got a puncture when we were miles from anywhere , the bottle jack wouldn’t work until the driver (science teacher) topped the jack up from his thermos flask

 

[Cobbler]

60 years ago the school minibus got a puncture when we were miles from anywhere , the bottle jack wouldn’t work until the driver (science teacher) topped the jack up from his thermos flask

More tea Vicar?

 

[OJCar]

More tea Vicar

 

[tigdlo]

Which oil do you use in those pumps?

I use this for all my jacks, hydraulic press and engine crane, https://www.westwayoils.co.uk/products/hydraulic-oil-iso-32?variant=31226474561676

 

[awemawson]

Not quite fixed yet but 'FIXING' !

(Welding content as I'm using welding clamps on the wood

We have a 'curved bridge' over a stream (yes the wife and daughter went to Monet's garden and wanted one ) and when built the curved handrails had to be laminated from shorter pieces as at the time I couldn't source 16 foot lengths of 6" x 2". Over the years the weather hasn't been kind to it and the rail is rotting but I have been able to source two 16 footers to replace them. Original 'curve' - more a series of straight lines wasn't ideal so this time I'm trying to get the replacement 'set' into a proper curve before removing the original (otherwise there'd be nothing to fix it to.

Now I've had it clamped into the curve for a couple of weeks - ideally I'd steam it but no suitable steam generator or tube to put it in - but then I thought of my Karcher steam cleaner.

So with the wood clamped in place I gave it a really good going over with the pressure set low to avoid raising the grain, and the temperature high. I've done this several times now but will it work ???

Have some pictures:

Place your bets and answers on a post card please

 

[dobbslc]

Twang mind your chin...

 

[Keithmac]

Been for a lovely ride on the old Norton this morning, runs like a dream!.

Ready for customer to pick it up tomorrow hopefully.