Stuff you have fixed today

[Welderpaul]

I am on a bit of a forcing myself fixing mission, two or three small items a day for the last few weeks

My favourite HD 8mtr long jump leads have needed a make over for a long while, got a bit spendy and bought some decent brass croc clips.

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Thought I would try heat shrink instead of tape to keep the leads together.

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Hellerman boots



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Bolted on the new croc clips.

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Not a hope in hell of these grips staying on the clips so I drilled a bleed hole and loaded them with silicone.


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Leave to cure and should be good for a few more years.

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Nice job Those Hellerman sleeves are a much better job that winding a bit of insulation round, pliers are a bit pricey though.

 

[4String.]

Fitted the 700w microwave on a wedge shaped wooden platform onto the top bunk of my new ride this morning:




With plenty of straps to keep it secure:




Apparently the previous incumbent of the wagon couldn't understand why the onboard 2kw inverter struggled to run his ancient 1.2kw microwave...

 

[Maker]

Not for the first time I've had to fix my knives because feckless housemates use them and put them in the dishwasher.

I can just about shave with the big one now but I never seem to get a good edge on the little one, I'm almost tempted to try one of those Lansky things.

 

[VeryFEDUP]

Not for the first time I've had to fix my knives because feckless housemates use them and put them in the dishwasher.
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I can just about shave with the big one now but I never seem to get a good edge on the little one, I'm almost tempted to try one of those Lansky things.

I use the Lansky kit. They are excellent for micro bevels but you would need to luck out with the angles otherwise. Got to sharpen the kids' university knives later. I'll take a photo.

 

[Fraserb]

Started fixing this.

 

[Justme]

Steam has stopped pouring out of the back boiler pipes. Thinking about running central heating to the back of the house, as I've no idea how to heat the back shed.

If you are running it with no water in you will burn out the mud hatch gasket if it has one.

 

[Barking Mat]

If you are running it with no water in you will burn out the mud hatch gasket if it has one.

The mud hatch gasket ?

I'll have to Google that, do what? Politely.

 

[Justme]

The mud hatch gasket ?

I'll have to Google that, do what? Politely.

Sorry mud lid.

https://www.harworthheating.co.uk/product/rayburn-royal-regent-back-boiler-mud-lid-gasket/

 

[VeryFEDUP]

@Maker here you go. I think this is the slightly larger kit. I attached it to the base:

Bottom angle is 17. Search out the YouTube video by Gough Custom (might be Gough Knives) on how to get the best from it.
My dad was a butcher for a while and still prefers stone and steel for speed. The Lansky is capable of a scary sharp finish though. I have the leather as well which works in the same way.

 

[Moose McAlpine]

Not for the first time I've had to fix my knives because feckless housemates use them and put them in the dishwasher.
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I can just about shave with the big one now but I never seem to get a good edge on the little one, I'm almost tempted to try one of those Lansky things.

What's the deal with them going in the dishwasher?

My mum and dad have Globals like that. Can't say i like them. I have Victorinox that were a fraction of the cost and i find them much better.

 

[mtt.tr]

What's the deal with them going in the dishwasher?

My mum and dad have Globals like that. Can't say i like them. I have Victorinox that were a fraction of the cost and i find them much better.

biggest issue with global are the amount of fakes



but my taylor eye are better than out globals

 

[Maker]

What's the deal with them going in the dishwasher?

It said not to on the box. Not sure if its actually the dishwasher that blunts it, wouldn't be surprised if someone was just cutting against a plate or something stupid like that.

As to Global, they're nice knives but they don't feel special any more. My G2 (the big one) is about half a millimetre thinner than my friends one, hadn't occured to me one of us might have a fake, I'd assume my thinner blade is genuine but the text faded much faster on mine, his still looks brand new. I vaguely remember him saying he only paid about thirty quid too now I think about it...

I do prefer the western style chef knife with a bolster (I think that's what its called) at the back of the blade, no functional reason, I just think it looks nicer.

 

[DAPPH]

Rayburns are great, we had an oil fired one in our old house. Then oil was 7p a litre, cheap to run. We had no electric oven, all cooking was done on the Rayburn. Only the wife’s good clothes got ironed, the rest got folded and put on top of the hot plate lid to get ironed!

The last time my wife saw an iron she had to be rushed to hospital with deep shock , her motto is , " If it washes & creases it gets thrown away or given to me for rags "

 

[DAPPH]

I think only an issue if you capped the connections - you'd build up pressure, especially if there was any water left in.

Saw the result of a so called "Plumber " capping off a redundant back boiler .

It made a hell of a mess in the peoples kitchen diner , lounge , blowing out a lot of stone & the fireplace from the massive chimney breast & chucking scalding water everywhere . . Thank god the wife & kiddies were in the bathroom getting ready for bed , hubby was outside bringing in more wood for the night .

 

[DAPPH]

It said not to on the box. Not sure if its actually the dishwasher that blunts it, wouldn't be surprised if someone was just cutting against a plate or something stupid like that.

As to Global, they're nice knives but they don't feel special any more. My G2 (the big one) is about half a millimetre thinner than my friends one, hadn't occured to me one of us might have a fake, I'd assume my thinner blade is genuine but the text faded much faster on mine, his still looks brand new. I vaguely remember him saying he only paid about thirty quid too now I think about it...

I do prefer the western style chef knife with a bolster (I think that's what its called) at the back of the blade, no functional reason, I just think it looks nicer.

We found similar probs with decent knives in the dishwasher. They would always be blunt even if I had sharpened them before putting them in the washer . Had a look at the keen edge afterwards using a 10 x magnifying glass the edge was gone , I came to the conclusion that it's the chemicals in dishwasher tablet that errode a decent sharp edge if they are left in the washer to dry & cool . Now they get sterilizing boiling water carefully poured over them after they have been washed with a cloth soaked in dish drops & hot water .

 

[Agroshield]

...I came to the conclusion that it's the chemicals in dishwasher tablet...

Quite right. Why would you put your best knife in something that will clean 20 years of road gunk off an oily two-stroke crank case?

 

[Barking Mat]

Sorry mud lid.

https://www.harworthheating.co.uk/product/rayburn-royal-regent-back-boiler-mud-lid-gasket/

Thanks !

 

[bigegg]

It said not to on the box. Not sure if its actually the dishwasher that blunts it, wouldn't be surprised if someone was just cutting against a plate or something stupid like that.

I have a *really* nice Sabatier[1] chef's knife which I bought 20 odd years ago.
It will sharpen to shaving sharp, and hold its edge for ages.
It never goes in the dishwasher.
It doesn't even get put in the sink. (Too many scars on my fingers to do that again!)

I keep it locked away:
Between Mrs Egg using a glass "chopping board", and my mum wanting to use it to chop soup bones it wouldn't last a day.

[1] yes, I know that's a generic name for "French" knives, but this is a good one.

 

[Cobbler]

Glass chopping board ........ awful things. My wife had one for a short while & I mean short while. I put in the dishwasher & the plastic backing with the picture on & the plastic feet came off, that was the end of that! There was a fashion for them years ago, luckily it didn’t last long, I thought they were all long gone.

 

[Maker]

When I was little we had a glass chopping board but we knew it as "The play dough board", only found out a few years ago it was actually a chopping board (Or, that there was such thing as a glass chopping board), who on earth would want to use that! I don't even use plastic boards.