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Did some cylidrical grinding for @badabec for his Citroen DS renovation. These suspension parts are no longer available so the only option is to fix up existing ones. The roller bearing races are ground as part of the trumpet so we set them up in my little myford grinder to grind out the dips. It was a little oversized for the little MG9 but we made it fit byremoving the stops on the table swivel and going slowly. The finished grind was not perfect becuse of the long overhang but it's 10x better than it was.
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Finally got the wiring to add reverse to my lathe motor straight in my head, and tested. New 4 pole switch was the missing bit. Now "all" I have to do is fit it properly, and I'll finally be able to learn how to use the thing.
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That's really impressive.
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This has been ongoing for a couple of weeks.
Nephew No.2 was round and was curious to what’s been happening in the garage. He’s always been keen to try and be involved. Recent discussions have been about engines, so I thought getting this old chainsaw going would be as good an introduction as any.
It’s a late 50’s/ early 60’s Clinton D55. I got it for my birthday 2 years ago (don’t ask!), and it’s sat on a shelf ever since. For whatever reason I’ve always had a notion to restore an old saw. With good fortune, I managed to source a seized second (more upmarket ‘Super’) saw, too, so handy for reference/spares/further restoration.
The saw was free, had good compression, but no spark, so we stripped off the outer cases and flywheel, and cleaned the internal points. Upon reassembly, we took time to re-tap the securing holes for the recoil unit, as someone had ‘used’ (forced!) some m6 roofing bolts in the past.
Once a spark was confirmed, and the saw would run with a drop of fuel in the cyclinder, we moved on to cleaning the carb. Fortunately I had bought a carb kit some time ago. It transpires the original diaphragm was hard and perished. Who would’ve thought!
I decided to strip the paint of the carb now, to save rebuilding the carb again if the saw does get restored in future; that said, I’m not a fan of painted carbs in any case.
Once reassembled, the saw was fuelled, and started with some coaxing. Roll on today, I finally managed some cuts with it using the chain as received. It did produce chips, but does seem to be a bit on the blunt side. I’ll give it a sharpen and see how it goes. It’s certainly not a saw you’d want to be using for any length of time!
Nephew No.2 was round and was curious to what’s been happening in the garage. He’s always been keen to try and be involved. Recent discussions have been about engines, so I thought getting this old chainsaw going would be as good an introduction as any.
It’s a late 50’s/ early 60’s Clinton D55. I got it for my birthday 2 years ago (don’t ask!), and it’s sat on a shelf ever since. For whatever reason I’ve always had a notion to restore an old saw. With good fortune, I managed to source a seized second (more upmarket ‘Super’) saw, too, so handy for reference/spares/further restoration.
The saw was free, had good compression, but no spark, so we stripped off the outer cases and flywheel, and cleaned the internal points. Upon reassembly, we took time to re-tap the securing holes for the recoil unit, as someone had ‘used’ (forced!) some m6 roofing bolts in the past.
Once a spark was confirmed, and the saw would run with a drop of fuel in the cyclinder, we moved on to cleaning the carb. Fortunately I had bought a carb kit some time ago. It transpires the original diaphragm was hard and perished. Who would’ve thought!
I decided to strip the paint of the carb now, to save rebuilding the carb again if the saw does get restored in future; that said, I’m not a fan of painted carbs in any case.
Once reassembled, the saw was fuelled, and started with some coaxing. Roll on today, I finally managed some cuts with it using the chain as received. It did produce chips, but does seem to be a bit on the blunt side. I’ll give it a sharpen and see how it goes. It’s certainly not a saw you’d want to be using for any length of time!
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An excellent couple of sessions with the grinder.
If only my workshop was as neat and tidy...
Thanks again
Peter
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This came my way the other week.
It was in a sorry state.
The main issue was the boiler had split.
But as it is a odd boiler, in it's construction, meant a suitable replacement was not going to be an easy thing.
Dismantling was held up, die to the poor attemps at fixing the leaks.
The repair was done by silver soldering a patch on the outside. Hose clips held the boiler tube together.
Ready to paint.
Only new items, are the rivets.
Sealed end copper rivets seal tyhe boiler and sight glass.
New scuttled, made by me. A friend laser cut the metal out and I bent it into shape.
First steam.
No issues.
The new seals needed to bed in and the throttle needed to be tweaked.
Finished.
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Yes you can.
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Fixed ? Well, dealt with some horizontal trees in the garden, after the storms recently.
From this:
To this:
The bloody branches were half the work, Leylandi's which have been dead for 3 - 4 years,
Never had the Rayburn, so hot so quick, Oak on now.
From this:
The bloody branches were half the work, Leylandi's which have been dead for 3 - 4 years,
Never had the Rayburn, so hot so quick, Oak on now.
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More to the point I'm trying to pull my finger out, find some motivation and get back at things after a year of losing my get up and go and being a self declared and indulgent lazy sod, it was too hot last summer, too cold up until this week, and you can't just spend all your time working, so I had a self declared break from it all, now, back at it.
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I know that one well. Lost last year to the blues. So really working on the aroundtoit list, which is closed until it's much shorter.
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It's a bugger when you lose your mojo, for a period of time.
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Its finding it again which was worrying me.
MattF
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Feels so nice when you do get it back though, doesn't it.
Barking Mat
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Yup, me too.
Well also just years of working full time, then doing odd jobs at weekends, and just 'always' being at it.
There's a French comedian Coluche, who said, what is a life, if you're always working.
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It's not so much the amount that's important, but rather just the doing. Any amount achieved is a step forward.
