Stuff you have made today

dan.taylor.1 · Apr 5, 2021

bloody autocorrect!!

mechman · Apr 5, 2021

Dcal said:
Today I made a puller for removing the alignment bush from a propshaft.

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And a punch for putting it back on after I installed a new donut and rubber boot.

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Dcal
Good job with the puller, I have same type of Donut couplings ( forget proper name) on my machine, are they readily available? (Just remembered LAYRUB).

dan.taylor.1 · Apr 5, 2021

The_Yellow_Ardvark said:
Sounds promising. I will wait for the pictures.

Thanks you.

dan.taylor.1 · Apr 5, 2021

Mostly cheaper ones, some jacobs, keys to fit some in that pile. I'll never use them as I've a range of decent jacobs ones on taper arbours to suit my machines.

Dcal · Apr 5, 2021

mechman said:
Dcal
Good job with the puller, I have same type of Donut couplings ( forget proper name) on my machine, are they readily available? (Just remembered LAYRUB).

What car / machine?
Mine is an Alfa 75 and they are available.
I can measure them if you need
There are 3 on my prop, all different, but the same PCD (I'd guess.)

mechman · Apr 5, 2021

Mine are on the prop of a 1 &1/2 ton dumper, hard to tell if they are the same size , but a very interesting source. :thumbup:

Dr.Al · Apr 5, 2021

Somewhat simpler than the last thing I posted, today I made a very basic tray out of some offcuts of beech and a bit of plywood:

It's got some 18 mm dowels as "feet":

They drop very loosely into holes in the top of my new portable workbench to stop it sliding around too much. The idea is that it gives me a convenient place to put stuff I'm using that is away from my main bench. I wanted the rim so I can be sure that any round objects won't roll away onto the floor and disappear under a drawer unit or wherever:

Made in a quick and lazy way (nailed together) with no consideration of wood expansion. If it breaks, I'll make another one: it only took me about 1/2 hour.

RWD3M · Apr 5, 2021

Dcal said:
What car / machine?
Mine is an Alfa 75 and they are available.
I can measure them if you need
There are 3 on my prop, all different, but the same PCD (I'd guess.)

Didn't Triumph and Hillman use these back in the 60's and 70's?

Dcal · Apr 5, 2021

mechman said:
Mine are on the prop of a 1 &1/2 ton dumper, hard to tell if they are the same size , but a very interesting source.

Are they rubber?
Some of them were made out of "conveyor belt" type material.

mechman · Apr 5, 2021

Not sure, Didn't know there were 2 types, what ever type they are the prices are eye watering.

Migmac · Apr 5, 2021

Didn’t make but got an old ratchet back working again. It had been left out in the elements for 4 years. Being next to the coast it’s a very harsh climate for anything metal. It was left soaking for a few days in various solutions. Today we had a wee bit of movement. The button for releasing the socket became free! The circlip that holds the ratchet into the body refused to move but the switch for changing direction came off very easily and allowed me to get more releasing fluid in. A bit of time spent wiggling things and it’s back working again.

spaffmonkey · Apr 5, 2021

More tinkering in the shed today making use of 2 old steel hanging baskets that my son found in a skip a few days ago.

northwest · Apr 5, 2021

RWD3M said:
Didn't Triumph and Hillman use these back in the 60's and 70's?

Yes they Bl**dy well did. For my sins I raced and Hillclimbed Hillman Imps (no, I don't know why either) and these were always an absolute nightmare. I would always struggle with one or more on the day.

Anyhow, today's effort, a long time finishing as I started this a good few years back. A rotary broach tool:

Melvyn Best · Apr 5, 2021

Remember as an apprentice two of us being sent out to a local pub to an Imp van that had a broken driveshaft coupling, there was 6 inches of snow on the ground at the time .

8ob · Apr 5, 2021

roofman said:
I bet that's expensive to buy new

They are, got this one at a reasonable price but still makes your eyes water.

Blue Chips said:
What kind of roofing material will you be using?

Very heavy vinyl Mr Chips.

Got it finished today.

northwest · Apr 5, 2021

Melvyn Best said:
Remember as an apprentice two of us being sent out to a local pub to an Imp van that had a broken driveshaft coupling, there was 6 inches of snow on the ground at the time .

I changed the gearbox in one in a pub car park in Mansfield with a thick frost on the ground. Will never forget that experience.

Dr.Al · Apr 5, 2021

I'd left this far too long, so this was a lot of work, but...

Today I finished making a whole new section of my website with most (all?) of the woodworking projects I've done in the last year:

CGTK - Dr Al's Woodworking Pages

www.cgtk.co.uk

If you bother reading any of it then please let me know if you spot any typos or mistakes!

Shox Dr · Apr 5, 2021

More a repaired than made. My dads for the last 40+yrs. Its been bent for most of it. Seamed tube replaced with a bit of 4130 from a scrapped Airframe

nickk · Apr 5, 2021

A bench extension on the right end,makes the table up to 10’,although it’s 40mm solid,there’s a slight dip,about 1-1.5mm along the length.then some longer grinder hooks,replaced the short ones of 1 grinder capacity.