Stuff you have fixed today

mtt.tr · Jan 16, 2021

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Isn't everything more reliable than a Vivaro? how many gearboxes have you changed.

Came with a replacement when i bought it, other than lots of small non stop issues its been really rather good

mtt.tr · Jan 16, 2021

Ton-up said:
But probably only cost about a tenner to fix!!

Full bearing kit seals the works £11 a side, swivels new pins the works £160 hardly great expense as you say they are the most frugal thing to own

mtt.tr · Jan 16, 2021

minimutly said:
Tonight I connected up the inverter to my (too fast speed - ie 2800rpm) motor on my Myford Ml7. It (the inverter) went bang, but amazingly the motort still ran. One of the little green supply capacitors - I may have one somewhere.
Anyway, the motor ran the lathe beautifully, I even cut some metal with it - probably the first time in 20 years - I must have had it 10.
So the next job is to replace the capacitor, then rewire a grubby, but good 1400'rpm motor to delta, get a pulley and the it's for sale.
One quick question for Myforders - is there any point having a reversing facility?

Yes reverse is worth having, just dont have the stop and ramp up too violent, though ive never lost a screw on chuck on my dads myford and i have no clue at 12 what i was doing

Also if your drive will do it set it for sensorless vector control you'll get much greater torque at the low end

mtt.tr · Jan 16, 2021

DAPPH said:
What Model & Mk is it ?
Is it an ex military Landrover ?

1972 lwb used daily from last year and was prior to my van used daily for about 4 years.

The gap of not driving it ive had 2 ford rangers give up, and a vivaro that wants to give up

slim_boy_fat · Jan 16, 2021

cardiffrob said:
20 past 1 this morning. Wife wakes me and says that there is water coming through the kitchen ceiling. Ballcock valve in the loft split off at a joint. Fixed it and went back to bed.

This morning it isn't looking very good. Water EVERYWHERE upstairs.

Can we assume your insurance will cover the work/materials? Assuming the appropriate trades are allowed to call because of 'the dreaded'.... :rolleyes:

Still not pleasant though. :mad:

nickk · Jan 16, 2021

I was given a wheelbarrow and some 205litre drums,and all the barrow required,were wheels,a spreader bar in the skip and bolting back on ,some people eh,lazy?
Giving these solid,but slightly squishy tyres a go,if they prove themselves then I’ll get more,just can’t get the old quality 3.5x8” tyres and tubes nowadays.

DAPPH · Jan 17, 2021

nickk said:
View attachment 269751 View attachment 269752 I was given a wheelbarrow and some 205litre drums,and all the barrow required,were wheels,a spreader bar in the skip and bolting back on ,some people eh,lazy?
Giving these solid,but slightly squishy tyres a go,if they prove themselves then I’ll get more,just can’t get the old quality 3.5x8” tyres and tubes nowadays.

I lament the passing of my 15 yr old two wheeler muck barrow . Passed it onto a friend for £15 which is about what I paid for it.

I could move far more heavier loads in total control than I ever could in a brickies barrow ... just had to use two sets of scaff boards to get it up to empty it in to the skips . I modified the hollow axle using four Delrin bushes and a length of studding four big brass washers & two nylock nuts to keep the wheels on the axle as the press on caps rusted enough for them to keep coming off.
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DAPPH · Jan 17, 2021

It pays to take time out and fit one of the check/stop valves at the incoming point of your rising main so if there is a sudden pressure drop in the rising main it seals off . Especially good if there is pipe work in the roof void etc. that might freeze and blow joints in minus 10 0c or so .

MysterG · Jan 17, 2021

Today I got around to fixing the rear fog light on my truck.
It's been loosely ratting round ever since I've owned it, and never worked. That would be down to the fact it was rusted to hell and falling apart. Luckily I had an identical one from somewhere in one of my "come is useful one day" crates.
Ironically I'll probably never use it anyway, I've never felt the need in 3 years :laughing:

bricol · Jan 17, 2021

MysterG said:
Today I got around to fixing the rear fog light on my truck.
It's been loosely ratting round ever since I've owned it, and never worked. That would be down to the fact it was rusted to hell and falling apart. Luckily I had an identical one from somewhere in one of my "come is useful one day" crates.
Ironically I'll probably never use it anyway, I've never felt the need in 3 years

Mine mostly work for a few seconds once every 12 months . . .

Jim Davey · Jan 17, 2021

Today I upgraded a clients pair of air cooled Lincolns to water cooled. They had been stood idle for a while and like most welding shops with multiples of the same machines they got robbed of anything vaguely useful so everything was busted or missing.
New cooler and umbilical cable on one, flush and clean and service on the other, repair the broken wires in the control cables (spot sneaky differences in colour codes and pin-outs before switching on and having something go bang, lucky me)

Test and home for tea. Oh, and I cleared the top of a toolbox I haven’t closed the lid on in years and managed to lock it with the keys inside...

AndersK · Jan 25, 2021

Cleaning filter on the hot side of a cramped geothermal pump ...

In the worst corner, at 1,8 m high 60cm in, there's a ball valve bit a strainer that had to be cleaned. Could barely reach in to get it out. Thing is it's held in place by a circlip, needless to say I practised my whole swearing vocabulary at least twice...

Up and running again without alarms on the display :thumbup:

cheb · Jan 25, 2021

A Silverline wet and dry vacuum I was given. The vane had come loose so there was no airflow. I had to make a small adapter to fit the enlarged hole in the vane.

Jim Davey · Jan 25, 2021

Finally finished making an adjustable torch holder for a mechanised welding rig I’m putting together to weld 16” stainless pipe flanges.

DAPPH · Jan 26, 2021

Fixed an annoying round tuit that been present for several weeks . Weakened muscles ( 2nd covid dose related ) made it impossible for me to turn the thumbwheel to lock the angle on the mitre fence on my band saw . It's always been difficult since I had the first Covid event back in Nov 2109 . So I turned up & threaded a steel one that used one of those small knobs of steel you often get left over after parting thngs off inthe lathe . That's small 6 mm three inch long fixed tommy bar in the top ( bit of an old Phillips screwdriver shaft ) . Jobs a good'un

DAPPH · Jan 26, 2021

I forgot to add ... look closely at the degree pointer , I've given the point a nick with a 12 inch hacksaw blade and bent it very close to the protractor , so that when you look from above it's like looking down a Vee back sight to the foresight of a rifle . Once done it was set and the first cut checked with a precision square from the last face cut ..it took four attempts to get it spot on . Then spent a few attempts to get it cut vertically square , rechecked the transverse cut . Yeah success all round .

nickk · Jan 26, 2021

In celebration of selling my old house today,short of dining out ,the local Indian came up trumps.

slim_boy_fat · Jan 26, 2021

nickk said:
In celebration of selling my old house today

Well done!! :thumbup:

Jazzy Jag · Jan 27, 2021

Hi
Newbie here and loving the work in this thread so thought I would share my modest efforts.

While clearing out my 83 year old father's shed, I came across his first tool box from when he was an apprentice.
Unfortunately as I lifted it up the bottom and the tools within stayed firmly on the floor

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Rather than consign it to the skip, I decided to have a go at restoration, after all, I've watched the Repair Shop and it looks easy enough. :laughing:

Once I had used my shop vac to remove the remains of the base, it became apparent that I was peeling an onion and each laver just uncovered more rot and woodworm.

Looking around the garage, I had some 12mm ply and some battening so set about making a reproduction.

Before