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Dr.Al
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Shed is also looking tidier than it has in years (I just didn't take a photo of it yesterday):
Quite chuffed with the result of a thorough tidy. Shame it'll only last until I next turn the milling machine on and send swarf all over the garage!
Memmeddu
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Back to work after 2 months of lockdown
A new customer hired me for job yesterday evening ,this morning I went there , dismantled an industrial mixer (very big KitchenAid kind of a thing)
Discovered the fault in the transformer which had a burnt primary (it has 3 windings 2 primary and 1 secondary )
Replaced the board mounted transformer with a new one after had to travel to another city to buy it
4 hours in total counting the travel
I've charged only for the work (about 2 hours maybe 2 and a half)
Anyway 50 euros , easy repair ,the customer is happy I'm back working again ,I think that is ok
Ps the customer paid the transformer separately
A new customer hired me for job yesterday evening ,this morning I went there , dismantled an industrial mixer (very big KitchenAid kind of a thing)
Discovered the fault in the transformer which had a burnt primary (it has 3 windings 2 primary and 1 secondary )
Replaced the board mounted transformer with a new one after had to travel to another city to buy it
4 hours in total counting the travel
I've charged only for the work (about 2 hours maybe 2 and a half)
Anyway 50 euros , easy repair ,the customer is happy I'm back working again ,I think that is ok
Ps the customer paid the transformer separately
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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It is water tight.
I even had a "local" taking advantage of it/
Oh yes.
I also knocked up a lower steady for the old lathe.
Also, converted big bits of timber into:
Saw dust.
Smaller bots of timber.
wyn
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Bodged a ball joint for a compact tractor.
End of a socket head cap cap screw that i turned down to fit in the ball joint.
The ball joint didn't want to be drilled any bigger to get a step for the screw head.
The bolt welded in.
The nut was welded on to hold it in the lathe to drill out the centre
Back together with the cap welded back on and a grease nipple fitted
End of a socket head cap cap screw that i turned down to fit in the ball joint.
The ball joint didn't want to be drilled any bigger to get a step for the screw head.
The bolt welded in.
The nut was welded on to hold it in the lathe to drill out the centre
Back together with the cap welded back on and a grease nipple fitted
Hood
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Cut another sheet of 1.5mm 316 for the chute part of the Mackerel stripper boxes I am making.
Got one welded up ready to attach once I get the stripper box finished.
Just before I headed home I decided to turn/thread some 50mm dia Alu.
It is for this 1 1/4" BSP valve.
Bored a hole in the new plasma table and welded it in.
Got one welded up ready to attach once I get the stripper box finished.
Just before I headed home I decided to turn/thread some 50mm dia Alu.
It is for this 1 1/4" BSP valve.
Bored a hole in the new plasma table and welded it in.
Olderisbetter
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Used up a few more left over timbers after giving them a sand with the orbital to create more shelving on the left hand side of the last lot i did for my car books.
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I need to source a ball valve to fit our table.
Hood
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They are not too expensive, you can get a 1 1/4" brass valve for about £15 or less.
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Made some little wooden doors to enclose my consumer unit and other bits. There was some originally when I bought the house but they had a twist in either door and I hated it. £25 in material and I had to buy a pocket hole jig (I bought a trend one) and a router bit which cost me £60. Very pleased with the outcome. The knobs match the colour of the switches, sockets and door furniture throughout my house 
before someone asks, I had to put the pocket holes on the front because I routed in the bit above on the back so the wood panel sat flush.
before someone asks, I had to put the pocket holes on the front because I routed in the bit above on the back so the wood panel sat flush.
arther dailey
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thats bang tidy , but there again wouldnt expect anything differant, gaps spot on.
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Cooking pasta, I always burn it
a trick i learned is that you can cook pasta in the microwave
These transformers outlive the inverters so many times ,but I’ll keep my IFL for occasional use.
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Glad you are liking it still, loads of history that machine dad bought in his 20s hes 70 now.
