Stuff you have fixed today

[harveyp6]

See, all those years as a gynaecologist finally paid off!

 

[RichardM]

Friends are moving house and gave me the old brass tree I made to look after. It was a water feature we gave to them when we moved.
A few leaves and branches needed repairing so as it was wet yesterday it was repaired as well as a new base plate made.





It's currently pickling in a very weak solution of citric.

 

[Farside]

A few months ago now (!) we took a tile off the side of the bath to sort a leak, last night with some some careful use of a borescope and some string we managed to re-attach a pipe to the overflow.

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Quite proud of that, been disconnected for years, apparently a plumber had previously said it couldn't be done without taking the bath out, and he'd blanked off the where it tees into the waste. Tested, all dry under the bath, jobs a goodun.

An hour later, the ceiling downstairs is all soaked. I think the bath waste must be completely disconnected from the soil stack for so much water to have escaped.

Cue an hour stuffing the borescope down beside the bog, under the basin, etc. Lots of water but no idea where the leak is. I think it's going to be a case of cutting some strategic inspection holes in the ceiling below next weekend.

There's a seal missing in pic2.

 

[Maker]

There's a seal missing in pic2.

Good eye, I didn't spot that until the fitting was back into position ready to tighten. Luckily I was able to stuff it through the hole in the bath rather than wrestle the fitting all the way back out.

 

[Onoff]

Actually did something tonight! Fitted a new 6400k porch light. It's like daylight in there now. Amazed myself, it was only delivered yesterday.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This 1959 Road side lamp was mine the other day.

Complete as well.

A few tests and checks showed me the following.
Tanke was in good condition.
Wick gear was not original.
Wick was rotten.
Glass was mould blown.

The tank was cleaned with wire wool, meths and wax.
The wick was replaced.
The wick gear is not a 1959 but a 1949 unit.
How do I know?

Easy it is stamped WD 1949.

The body was left in a vapour tank with citric acid mixed with alcohol. This allows the Citric acid to kill the rust.
The Alcohol to evaporate, bringing the acid with it, then cool dragging down the oil, dirt and grime.

Then washed and dried in an oven for 3 hours.

Then my Bee's wax and oil mix applied when hot.

New wick is an imperial size, new old stock. I need to trim it here.

I coould of painted it, but it would have lost the history.

There are a few stamps on it as well.
Noy just the manufacture ones.
The tank has a WD Arrow stamp and some numbers, but I can not make them out
The door has another Broad arrow on it.

 

[Porkypine]

I wonder what 'T' Urban District Council it was ?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I wonder what 'T' Urban District Council it was ?

Me too.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Was not working.

There should be a white line, in the inner middle sqaure when the shutter is coked. The winding mech was in the cocked position.

Not the best image, but the issue is the small pin LHs, was bent.


Investigation showed the plastic case was broken and the bits long gone.
I got it working by building a hot glue dam round the pin. Not a good fix, but it will do.

 

[Porkypine]

Can you still get 120 roll fillum for that kind of thing ?

 

[OJCar]

Can you still get 120 roll fillum for that kind of thing ?

Yes! introduced 1901 and still on the go

Ilford Photo

Stuck in Film

 

[Farside]

Can you still get 120 roll fillum for that kind of thing ?

Yes, but 620 is harder to get. Not impossible.
Kodak made a lot of their cameras in 620 to drive refills their way.

 

[Porkypine]

Yes, but 620 is harder to get. Not impossible.
Kodak made a lot of their cameras in 620 to drive refills their way.

I think the way round that if you have a 620 camera is rewind 120 film on 620 spools as the spools are the difference, the film itself is the same dimensions

 

[Cheesie]

When i first got my chinese diesel heater it came with a tank that held around 4 liters, the main shell of this one i made was kicking around the garden for around a year and a half, i repurposed it folded some 1.5mm new sheet and now have around 50 liters

 

[Seadog]

Hopefully this will slow the low-lifes down if they take an interest.

 

[Farside]

I think the way round that if you have a 620 camera is rewind 120 film on 620 spools as the spools are the difference, the film itself is the same dimensions

Oh yes, you can do that, but how many people are going to want to do that? Not many, which is why you can still buy 620 from a few sources that have done just that for a small markup on the film.

 

[Melvyn Best]

Hopefully this will slow the low-lifes down if

Hopefully this will slow the low-lifes down if they take an interest.

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It was suggested to me not to make security too obvious on my lock up by a local crime prevention officer

 

[Dr.Al]

It was suggested to me not to make security too obvious on my lock up by a local crime prevention officer

Buy one for everyone in the street but give some of them cheaper padlocks

 

[Seadog]

It was suggested to me not to make security too obvious on my lock up by a local crime prevention officer

I did consider that. I suppose we'll find out

 

[Puglet1]

Hopefully this will slow the low-lifes down if they take an interest.

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I did similar to my garage door back in the 80’s and also reinforced both sides of it to prevent them from being gemied open with a pry bar.