Stuff you have made today

[Memmeddu]

Very nice.

I'm repairing a similar drill. Similar as in, big drill with a three speed gearbox, however it's a wet core drill.
I suspect it's had a far harder life that yours and I need to change every bearing in it. There's lots and every one is fighting me.
I'll do a post when I get it back together but I won't be going into the detail you do.
Also, I won't be improving the aesthetics.

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That's huge compared to my Bosch, didn't know they spin that fast.
Mine have been only neglected but it was mechanically fine, a part of the missing speed selector lever.
It was already quiet before taking it a part with the intention to get the spindle out and solve the grease leakage from the spindle, but ended up leaving it there because I'd need an hydraulic press to do that.
So I've pretty much cleaned it up painted and polished, then I've used modern thicker grease and hopefully it will not leak that much.
It's more dictated by the niche, restoration videos have to be a complete transformation but off course I avoid to repair what's not broken like the bearings which are perfectly fine for example

 

[Dcal]

That's huge compared to my Bosch, didn't know they spin that fast.
Mine have been only neglected but it was mechanically fine, a part of the missing speed selector lever.
It was already quiet before taking it a part with the intention to get the spindle out and solve the grease leakage from the spindle, but ended up leaving it there because I'd need an hydraulic press to do that.
So I've pretty much cleaned it up painted and polished, then I've used modern thicker grease and hopefully it will not leak that much.
It's more dictated by the niche, restoration videos have to be a complete transformation but off course I avoid to repair what's not broken like the bearings which are perfectly fine for example

The gearbox in this one was completely dry, it has loads of oil seals in it so I think it was oil filled.
Maybe @Pete. might know?

 

[Pete.]

The gearbox in this one was completely dry, it has loads of oil seals in it so I think it was oil filled.
Maybe @Pete. might know?

They were surely filled with oil or liquid grease. I don't know bit I will find out and report back.

 

[Pete.]

As I suspected it's a rebadged Weka motor.

Manual says gear oil 160ml

https://tyrolit-construction.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Weka_DME20UW_Spare_Parts_Manual.pdf

 

[Dcal]

They were surely filled with oil or liquid grease. I don't know bit I will find out and report back.

Excellent
I was sure if you didn't know, you'd know a man that does.

 

[Kram]

If you can , would you let me have a few lumps of the baytree if they are two inches or more thick & over a foot long for my pen turning hobby .
Happy to pay costs etc.

I'll likely be removing other bay trees and many other varieties in my work if theres any you want me to keep an eye out for. It will be conifers this week

Sharpened pickaxe again after finding a brick. I dont believe they are hardened but the wdge lasts ages if its only hitting soil, clay and wood.

Pickaxe was stored outside and after todays abuse as a lever, the handle has started to split. Im tempted to soak it in glue and clamp it tight but probably time to replace the handle.

Started up the engine auger first pull after shortening the split fuel hose. It is a great tool, first two post holes drilled in seconds. I was expecting to have more issue with roots/stumps/bricks or concrete!

Rest of afternoon smashing ivy roots and stumps out of the way, as due to the slope, most of the gravel boards will be half buried to get a level fence.

The post is an old 6 foot short one and will need 8 foot for these. Plan to cut it up in two or three lengths to prop gravel boards on the lower end.

 

[Onoff]

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Today I made someone unhappy
Yesterday he brought round his father's BT test meter so that I could show him how to use it.
It's a Robin SA9083 line tester, but still has other useful functions. In really mint condition, with a perfect case.

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The first thing was to take back of. Surprise, surprise a grotty Everready PP3 that was rusted to buggery. The battery connector was broken, but not enough to stop a replacement battery going in. Things looked good, the LED lit up as it should, but impossible to get a deflection.
Today I took it apart. Oh dear, that doesn't look good

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Blackened tracks and, when tested, a burnt out movement.

Might just have a meter for that. Robin I think made similar meters for British Gas where my old man worked. Will look.

 

[Hood]

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Might just have a meter for that. Robin I think made similar meters for British Gas where my old man worked. Will look.

No I didn't.

 

[Screwdriver]

Sharpened pickaxe again after finding a brick. I dont believe they are hardened but the wdge lasts ages if its only hitting soil, clay and wood.

It will definitely be hardened and looking at the above, that shadow line on the edge suggests where the steel jacket transitions into the hardenable steel core.

It does look like you have sharpened that to a fine knife edge. For an instrument like this, it's well worth forming that into a convex profile. It will last a LOT longer.

Something like this:

Looks "blunt" but the very edge is as sharp as you like.

 

[Kram]

It is a convex profile much like your first example. The line you are seeing is a change in the reflection due to the curve, nothing more.

 

[minimutly]

First time I've heard an axe refered to as an "instrument" - is it really a pickaxe? I thought they were things you dug trenches with?

 

[My Old Landy]

Trying to come up with new products so made a few iron on patches. My slate place mats sold out on Sunday so I am doing something right

 

[oldbikedavey]

Mostly , good progress on the sand muller project, which is now showing its paces a bit.
About as complex as a Mesopotamian ox - cart , but the subtlety of the task is quite interesting.
There's good ox - carts , and ox - carts that are less obviously so.....

 

[Screwdriver]

First time I've heard an axe refered to as an "instrument" - is it really a pickaxe? I thought they were things you dug trenches with?

Yes, thanks, implement is the word I was looking for.

 

[DAPPH]

They were surely filled with oil or liquid grease. I don't know bit I will find out and report back.

If you can get it helicopter rotor head bearing red grease should do well in the gear box , we used to use dozens of 5 litre cans of it in 1973 when I was repairing tank transporters & their big Dyson & tasker trailers it's high temp , thick & treacly .

I'll likely be removing other bay trees and many other varieties in my work if theres any you want me to keep an eye out for. It will be conifers this week

Sharpened pickaxe again after finding a brick. I dont believe they are hardened but the wdge lasts ages if its only hitting soil, clay and wood.
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Pickaxe was stored outside and after todays abuse as a lever, the handle has started to split. Im tempted to soak it in glue and clamp it tight but probably time to replace the handle.

Started up the engine auger first pull after shortening the split fuel hose. It is a great tool, first two post holes drilled in seconds. I was expecting to have more issue with roots/stumps/bricks or concrete!
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Rest of afternoon smashing ivy roots and stumps out of the way, as due to the slope, most of the gravel boards will be half buried to get a level fence.

The post is an old 6 foot short one and will need 8 foot for these. Plan to cut it up in two or three lengths to prop gravel boards on the lower end.

Yes please for any decent diameter wood 3 inches in diameter about a foot long as I have to trim and seal all cuts to stop it splitting as it dries out , at the rule of the thumb rate of 1 inch in diameter per year when stored under cover but outside .

I love those H section posts I actually used ( 9 footers set in quick set concrete , all tops laser aligned and clamped , set with scaff boards above a shallow trench clamped to the posts once a slightly over sized cross braced angle iron frame which was clamped in place between each post.
The trench and boards were then filled with water proofed concrete & floated ....having a three mm run off to next door , so it stands four inches above the mean soil level & goes well below to help secure the posts .

On top of that three pavior blocks per bay on their edges a few inches away from the post and one in the middle , to allow small animals to pass through and more importantly to allow wind to blow below through not only dry the bottom of the panels but to relieve wind stress on the panels , for if they didn't have the air gap they tend to get blown out if the panels are sopping wet or bone dry when it's blowing a hoolie

I 've been here 22 years my first panels lasted four years , they rotted at the bottoms, side rails & top rails due to not being able to dry out sufficiently

After the 22 panel replacement programme the replacements are still as good as the day I put them in .

Each panel got coated both sides with coarse spray , of one coarse of Cuprinol clear wood preserver both sides & three coats of Finnigan's water proofer both sides using five x 6 litres for the 24 panels ( had to remake two panels to fit two non standard an end runs.

It also means I can also weed kill anything low down coming over the cill or through the fence slats from next door especially their rambling roses and ivy .

 

[DAPPH]

First time I've heard an axe refered to as an "instrument" - is it really a pickaxe? I thought they were things you dug trenches with?

If you get smote by someone using one , such as a " Labouring corrosion expert " they will state at your inquest , " You were smote with a blunt or sharp instrument " ,depending if Kram has had his angle grinder on it or not as the case maybe .

 

[DAPPH]

If you get smote by someone using one , such as a " Labouring corrosion expert " they will state at your inquest , " You were smote with a blunt or sharp instrument " ,depending if Kram has had his angle grinder on it or not as the case maybe .

Years ago in another life I chopped a 28 in diameter fallen oak into three parts using a British Army pick axe so I could recover a stranded 3 ton Bedford RL GS cargo full of batteries . They had a nice sharp cold chisel cutting edge not an apple seed edge .

 

[Newlands]

After many years of struggling, I've finally got round to making a fence for my Gabro guillotine - it didn't have one when I acquired it.
I also managed to locate a user manual/ spares list in pdf format, so if anyone else wants one let me know.

 

[MysterG]

Part of something bigger I'm working on.

 

[My Old Landy]

Part of something bigger I'm working on.

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How did you do the letters etc? They are very crisp, great work.