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If I can keep my hand steady I will give it a go!Sorry, but I'd have had to heat up a pin and poke an exit hole in the end of the gun barrel
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As it's a forum where we promote tool purchases, you need a pin chuck and a selection of small/tiny drills
My Old Landy
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I expect I have those already, somewhereAs it's a forum where we promote tool purchases, you need a pin chuck and a selection of small/tiny drills
ajlelectronics
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I expect I have those already, somewhere
You also need to 3D print a "steady" so that you introduce the drill at the correct position.
My Old Landy
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Now that is a good ideaYou also need to 3D print a "steady" so that you introduce the drill at the correct position.
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As it's a forum where we promote tool purchases, you need a pin chuck and a selection of small/tiny drills
You're slacking. We should be suggesting an old English sensitive drill, jigs for getting correct angles etc. & turning this one tiny task into a several hundred pound project.
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Wow that's impressive!
My Old Landy
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It's why I am hereYou're slacking. We should be suggesting an old English sensitive drill, jigs for getting correct angles etc. & turning this one tiny task into a several hundred pound project.
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this is the enforced xmas project coming near to its conclusion after my last 3 days of pulling the old engine and moving everything over to the new one...
knock.knock.knock.knock.knock.knock.knock.knock.knock.knock.knock.knock.knock.knock... yes rodney, can i help you? (sorry very old joke, couldn't resist...)
Took 5 mins to pull the sump and cradle off the old engine today. notwithstanding the piston that rattles in the bore, it has spun 2 MAIN bearings, not rod bearings. the rod bearing on number 1 has clearly been hammered into the crank and is ovaled and wider than the rod, however the rod bearings are in 'good' condition, but the middle two mains had chunks missing (not pictured, didn't take time to turf it out of the pot) and the rest are... rather worn.
remember this is a van with 60k miles showing on the odo (after what i suspect is a massive haircut) and this engine has been apart before and badly reassembled.
because the mains had spun, it had removed all the oil feed to at least those two bearings and so i think this van was mere 10's of miles from seizing and trashing the crank.
however it IS rebuildable, and it might get rebuilt.... depending if i can get the head fixed.
knock.knock.knock.knock.knock.knock.knock.knock.knock.knock.knock.knock.knock.knock... yes rodney, can i help you? (sorry very old joke, couldn't resist...)
Took 5 mins to pull the sump and cradle off the old engine today. notwithstanding the piston that rattles in the bore, it has spun 2 MAIN bearings, not rod bearings. the rod bearing on number 1 has clearly been hammered into the crank and is ovaled and wider than the rod, however the rod bearings are in 'good' condition, but the middle two mains had chunks missing (not pictured, didn't take time to turf it out of the pot) and the rest are... rather worn.
remember this is a van with 60k miles showing on the odo (after what i suspect is a massive haircut) and this engine has been apart before and badly reassembled.
because the mains had spun, it had removed all the oil feed to at least those two bearings and so i think this van was mere 10's of miles from seizing and trashing the crank.
however it IS rebuildable, and it might get rebuilt.... depending if i can get the head fixed.
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Working around some appalling weather (even inside the van a heater & dehumidifier on so there's no condensation).....
I've bunged sound deadening mat all over the place already & today it was to start & try to do a half-tidy & effective job of cutting & glueing-in of the wall insulation.
To maximise width fit the planned "across-ways" raised bed I'm using the recess in the inner frame for headroom - so that section has been fully covered in Dado Mat, & I've tried to keep the insulation nest so I can (try to) carpet the recesses rather than ply over that bit.
Barely scratching the surface.... but its a start.
I've bunged sound deadening mat all over the place already & today it was to start & try to do a half-tidy & effective job of cutting & glueing-in of the wall insulation.
To maximise width fit the planned "across-ways" raised bed I'm using the recess in the inner frame for headroom - so that section has been fully covered in Dado Mat, & I've tried to keep the insulation nest so I can (try to) carpet the recesses rather than ply over that bit.
Barely scratching the surface.... but its a start.
My Old Landy
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I didn't quite get it finished but it's on the way 
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Have a few chunks of Titanium lying about the place so I decided to make at least one of them into something useful:
It is now a block to use when reloading. An odd number and would have been better if I could have drilled five in a row but it will be fine for my purpose. Carbide and slow-ish speed and feed.
It is now a block to use when reloading. An odd number and would have been better if I could have drilled five in a row but it will be fine for my purpose. Carbide and slow-ish speed and feed.
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Couldn't find anwhere suitable for this but I thought perhaps a thread by @roofman was appropriate. This guy obviously had this as his Christmas project but I couldn't believe my eyes and had to leave before he got back up there, not good for me:
He was using the gutter as a support for the catladder
I was absolutely horrified.
He was using the gutter as a support for the catladder
I was absolutely horrified.
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When I was about eleven I bought the Airfix sets of 'Second World War British and German infantry 96 fi ]gures in all and handprinted the lot. Where I found the patience I've no idea. I certainly wouldn't/couldn't do it again.
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Sweet jesusCouldn't find anwhere suitable for this but I thought perhaps a thread by @roofman was appropriate. This guy obviously had this as his Christmas project but I couldn't believe my eyes and had to leave before he got back up there, not good for me:
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He was using the gutter as a support for the catladder
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Do not let @Parm notice this one .
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He also probably wouldn't like this step ladder I had to "fix" for work before xmas.Possibly the biggest bodge I've had to do for work and totaly pointless as all the rivets are worn so it sways from side to side, I mean step ladders are expensive bits of kit!
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It won't last, for many reasons.
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Succeeded in stripping it down, and getting the old bearings removed from everything. Looking forward to working with new/clean parts during the reassembly.
