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Melvyn Best
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The straight six engines suffered badly from cracked cylinder heads , done quite a few of them years ago
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I have failed....
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Confession time. I finished the splitter and went to test it with a bit of properly season wood, using both my drill and impact driver as the motive power. Got about 1.5" in and the jack buckled where I've shown in red in the following pic.
Wedge then turned sideways a good bit and looking at it, the jack isn't up to the job
and I'm just going to 'rescue' the bits of pipe and scrap the rest. Not going to attempt any 'rebuild'/redesign. Cost me only the MIG wire, gas and time so no great loss. A bit disappointed to be honest, but Hey...Ho
.Confession time. I finished the splitter and went to test it with a bit of properly season wood, using both my drill and impact driver as the motive power. Got about 1.5" in and the jack buckled where I've shown in red in the following pic.
Wedge then turned sideways a good bit and looking at it, the jack isn't up to the job
and I'm just going to 'rescue' the bits of pipe and scrap the rest. Not going to attempt any 'rebuild'/redesign. Cost me only the MIG wire, gas and time so no great loss. A bit disappointed to be honest, but Hey...Ho
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The man who never made a mistake never did nowt. Valliant attempt mate keep at itI have failed....
Confession time. I finished the splitter and went to test it with a bit of properly season wood, using both my drill and impact driver as the motive power. Got about 1.5" in and the jack buckled where I've shown in red in the following pic.
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Wedge then turned sideways a good bit and looking at it, the jack isn't up to the job
Exactly where a couple of scissors jacks I've had have gone - I trust them rather less than how far I can kick them in bare feet on a very cold day.I have failed....
Confession time. I finished the splitter and went to test it with a bit of properly season wood, using both my drill and impact driver as the motive power. Got about 1.5" in and the jack buckled where I've shown in red in the following pic.
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Wedge then turned sideways a good bit and looking at it, the jack isn't up to the job
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"Trying is the first step to failure" Homer SimpsonThe man who never made a mistake never did nowt. Valliant attempt mate keep at it
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Surprised you haven’t got a ring roller tucked away somewhere
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English wheel work
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Surprised you haven’t got a ring roller tucked away somewhere
He’s an artist, he does it all freehand…
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Nice work what are they?
Hate those pins and washer spring loaded clips can be a pain to fit especially if access is poor. I dunno why more manufacturers don't just fit the handbrake cables to the calipers like the volkswagons do so much hander and it can't be a cost thing as having shoe drums and discs surly more expensive than just pad and disc. I feel your pain though anyone who has replaced handbrake shoe on a Toyota landcuiser knows the struggle is real no access and fiddly stings to align thank god the last nearly 250kToday.... I made myself extremely annoyed.
Went to replace the rear discs & pads on the OH's Kia Rio - and had a right 'mare.
It's got brake shoes that use the inside of the disc as the drum (handbrake shoes) - and on one side the retaining pin (that has those nightmare spring half-turn retainer thingies) had corroded and sheared - so the shoes twisted and jammed the disc so I couldn't get it off.
Much swearing and struggling later - I got it off - but the lining on the shoes is damaged.... and no shoes and retainers in stock locally either.
The retainers are horrible to refit on the front face especially, cos the Diddy shoes are obstructed by the wheel bearings & wheel stud assembly.
AARGH! I could have cheerfully torched the damned thing
One mm tungsten electrodes u shaped.
Did these freehand (mark, heating with tig, bend and correct) but migth need to do a lot so would like a consistent shape.
Tried bending around a ceramic tube but where it touches the ceramic it cools down immediatly.
Maybe I'll waterjet the shape from an ovenbrick?
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Many moons ago I was taught how to beat these things round on wooden blocks by an old fabby at the mechanical services company I worked at , we made hundreds of the these when building access ladders with safety hoops for fire escapes or access to roof top plant rooms. Sign went up on a 400mm diameter at the end of a pier, it had the marina owners name on it, I will take a snap of it in situ. Had to wait and install the thing at high tide which was a bit of a challenge.
Bob
