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Barking Mat
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They gone from 10 to 20 years I believe.
DAPPH
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Water in fuel problems confused my Local Citroen dealers , I was self employed and couldn't affort the time out to sort it so hired another car and let them at it . They reckoned they had removed the fuel tank & steamed it clean .
" Boad of Lollocks , the securing screws still had my white Snopake sealant on them . Got the £ 78 plus Vat refunded
I took the tank of myself and got a gallon or more of water out , the fuel tank had a raised ridge down the middle . every time I braked firmly some water came over the ridge and was sucked up the suction pipe . All the garage were doing was removing the sender unit & syphoning off the water in the rear shallower compartment .
Eventually months later I found out the local Q8 garage I'd been using for convenience had had numerous excessive water in petrol refills , I was using nearly a tank of juice a day .
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This came my way, from a Forum Member.
It needed some TLC, mainly fixing the handle.
The handle has been cleaned and 3 coats of French polish applied. The tang was cleaned up and now is ready to be fitted.
Handle filled with Sulpher.
Smoking.
This blow torch is being fired on dirty lamp oil, why waste it.
The tang is heated so spit boils on it. Then fitted to the handle.
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Theses planes are great for working manmade timbers. I use them on MDF a lot. The cutting angle needs to be 15Deg.
Modern Stanly planes will rust at the drop of a hat.
8mm Plate glass, 600 and 800 grit grinding paste and linseed oil is all you need to clean the rust up.
Use circle motion on the base and straight on the sides.
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Theses Cabinet Screwdrivers are nice tools, but they do get a hard life.
The wood is good stuff, but it does soak up oils.
Some will sand the stains out and expose the clean wood. I have done, but this one had a interesting pattern.
Drying the French polish in the sun.
When the polish is hard it gets a wax finish and the blade is heated and wax applied.
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As I said, they get some abuse.
Getting new handles is getting harder and more costly. But they can be saved.
Don't use a plane, the beech will tear out. Use a bench belt sander and remove the same amout from bothy sides.
Sanding sealer before french polish.
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Theses scapers are good tools, but are let down by the poor paint on the handle.
Not to worry.
The paint comes off very easy.
I also replaced the steel rivets with copper roves.
My Old Landy
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It was my fathers. He was an engineer, he is still breathing but sadly has dementia so wouldn't remember. I am glad that it will live on rather than rusting away in my shed
OUR fitters know what they are doing - it's the customers fitters and maintenance guys who just use a longer length of scaffold pipe - and when you have hundreds of machines around the world, with a massive variation in the plants people mechanical abilities . . . I'm in a plant in the US now where most of the day shift are good, experienced people, with the odd one who isn't. The night shift however . . .Sounds like your company hires Baboons
However, its not actually a weak point, rather the other way around - thread runout concentrates stress at one point - an undercut distributes the axial stress evenly. If your threaded fasteners survive without it . . . you're wasting money and material by making them too big
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A lot of my stuff is replicating old parts. So for the “ originality “ part of it, it’s better to run it out , as it looks like the part was made with thread chasers or a nut.OUR fitters know what they are doing - it's the customers fitters and maintenance guys who just use a longer length of scaffold pipe - and when you have hundreds of machines around the world, with a massive variation in the plants people mechanical abilities . . . I'm in a plant in the US now where most of the day shift are good, experienced people, with the odd one who isn't. The night shift however . . .
However, its not actually a weak point, rather the other way around - thread runout concentrates stress at one point - an undercut distributes the axial stress evenly. If your threaded fasteners survive without it . . . you're wasting money and material by making them too big
Thought that was going to be a crossbow for a moment...
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nice work
Olderisbetter
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We managed to start the A35 for the first time in 55 years, yesterday and thats when we found out it only has an exhaust pipe the went just under the car sounded like a dragster
sounded like a dragsterMartin Hocking
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The job was simple…
My young daughter would like one of her fairy’s in the garden to have her head back, following a distressing incident involving her younger brother…
2 minutes later and I am the best dad in the world…
And then the welding helmet comes up!
Oops! Total job time is increased to 30 minutes due to having to convince my little girl that fairy’s can have beards! Phew!
Mr fairy is returned to the garden to happily rejoin his friends!
My young daughter would like one of her fairy’s in the garden to have her head back, following a distressing incident involving her younger brother…
2 minutes later and I am the best dad in the world…
And then the welding helmet comes up!
Oops! Total job time is increased to 30 minutes due to having to convince my little girl that fairy’s can have beards! Phew!
Mr fairy is returned to the garden to happily rejoin his friends!
Farside
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Fairies have beards and you gotta believe it...The job was simple…
My young daughter would like one of her fairy’s in the garden to have her head back, following a distressing incident involving her younger brother…
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2 minutes later and I am the best dad in the world…
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And then the welding helmet comes up!
Oops! Total job time is increased to 30 minutes due to having to convince my little girl that fairy’s can have beards! Phew!
Mr fairy is returned to the garden to happily rejoin his friends!
Barking Mat
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I fixed a bow thruster today.
Took 6 hours.
Had to get lunch, spare bit which didn't fit, drive boat for 1.5 hours to pull it out, as clients didn't feel safe driving it, then took a couple of hours to pull boat out, bodge the propellor back on the bow thruster and run away.
You may need to zoom in on the middle to see the problem.
Took 6 hours.
Had to get lunch, spare bit which didn't fit, drive boat for 1.5 hours to pull it out, as clients didn't feel safe driving it, then took a couple of hours to pull boat out, bodge the propellor back on the bow thruster and run away.
You may need to zoom in on the middle to see the problem.
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Errrrr why cant they drive a boat with out bow thrust…..only used for parking!
