pressbrake1
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Even though the original are silly money and supplied as OEM for the widow sample rig they are badly modified and fail
Note customer was too cheap to let me make a new shaft
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Even though the original are silly money and supplied as OEM for the widow sample rig they are badly modified and fail
Note customer was too cheap to let me make a new shaft
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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A busy weekend.
This lovely hand cranked wet stone, it was a nice simple restoration.
A quick silver solder job on one bracket.
The reservoir was heavily covered in lime scale, the paint was hiding a lot of rust.
A good descale, Tesco own kettle de-scaler and almost followed the instructions. Followed by a dip in hot caustic soda and finally a over night soak in citric acid. The finish you see is after a brush with a scotch-brite pad.
The reservoir is sealed with a rubber based paint, then the normal under coat and top coat to finish. There is a makers mark, but it is too worn to get any details.
The handle was cleaned up in a lathe and dipped into bee's wax.
The stone is a fine grit and has been dressed square. By the simple act off using a power drill in place of the handle and a dressing tool.
This lovely hand cranked wet stone, it was a nice simple restoration.
A quick silver solder job on one bracket.
The reservoir was heavily covered in lime scale, the paint was hiding a lot of rust.
A good descale, Tesco own kettle de-scaler and almost followed the instructions. Followed by a dip in hot caustic soda and finally a over night soak in citric acid. The finish you see is after a brush with a scotch-brite pad.
The reservoir is sealed with a rubber based paint, then the normal under coat and top coat to finish. There is a makers mark, but it is too worn to get any details.
The handle was cleaned up in a lathe and dipped into bee's wax.
The stone is a fine grit and has been dressed square. By the simple act off using a power drill in place of the handle and a dressing tool.
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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The citric acid bath was out and in use, so in went this seized tap wrench.
This is the second bath, after the first one allowed me to dismantle the wrench and the plane. So all the parts can be de-rusted.
Cleaned up and sealed with hot wax and polished up.
This plane went through the same process.
After de-rusting and paint stripping, the blade is in the process of being re-ground and sharpened.
Under the rust and in the hidden places was a hint of the original colour. So, when in Rome.
The oil can was given a clean as well.
This was given a new bit. Well not new as in shop brought today.
But New in 1978, from Old Mills.
A fibre washer.
steviec_lj
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No pictures, and I can’t really say I made it, more started putting it back together, but I’ve got the Kerry almost complete.
Wiring needs refreshing, and I’ll leave the suds pump out of the loop for now as it needs repairing.
I’ve also got my welding bench together and welded, well, apart from the legs anyway..
4 day weekend coming up, so I’ll be able to get a bit more done hopefully
Wiring needs refreshing, and I’ll leave the suds pump out of the loop for now as it needs repairing.
I’ve also got my welding bench together and welded, well, apart from the legs anyway..
4 day weekend coming up, so I’ll be able to get a bit more done hopefully
I have an identical one in the garden I sharpen my knives on ,so will look for a name and tell you.
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Is that for a trailer rig? Looks like it mounts to something with a 2-leg post.
pressbrake1
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It goes on a ground investigation window sampler called a terrier
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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All done.
Blade may need to be either replaced or hardened and tempered. We will see how it behaves when worked harder than just a test use.
selectedgrub
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This is coming along great.
Here’s mine,only had it about 6 years.
This is the view!
I’m happy with the position the hole centres will be 120 in,which is inside one of the rawlbolts and my bolts don’t expand,so put a lot less pressure on the stone,there not taking the full load,that’s taken by the hook at the top and the underslung brace.which is 370 below the top stone the photo hides detail,there’s paint residue,I’m fixing in the centre of the stones marked,certainly not mortar( a sin).
Probably the wrong place for this as no metal was formed in the making of this but...
Started with a Google home mini, 2 old jamo speakers, a computer PSU and a car amplifier. Somewhere between several and many hours later and this is what I've ended up with...
Google home in the top, voice and touch control still work. The rest just makes it louder.
Started with a Google home mini, 2 old jamo speakers, a computer PSU and a car amplifier. Somewhere between several and many hours later and this is what I've ended up with...
Google home in the top, voice and touch control still work. The rest just makes it louder.
I like the design of them, simple and look great. Bet they were a bit weighty lifting into position.
selectedgrub
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Stunning.
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Today. I am making some brackets to hold a pipe. No fancy machinery.
