Stuff you have fixed today

[Stueeee]

Some weeks ago I dropped my Le Creuset frying pan on the stone floor in our kitchen -the result was a frying pan with the entire handle section of the casting broken away. This was closely followed by disbelief at the £££ cost of a replacement. So I bought a bog standard cast iron frying pan from Amazon for ££, reasoning that once it was seasoned it would be non-stick without any fancy coatings. however, the inside of this pan had a noticeable dome in the centre.

Resulting in one of my more unusual milling jobs....

Not really looking for a surface plate degree of flatness but needed to get an idea of what was doable with the dial gauge.

Blended the milling work with a 40 grit disc in the DA sander before seasoning it with some cooking oil and returning it to its natural environment.

 

[123hotchef]

good job

 

[Luggsey]

Some weeks ago I dropped my Le Creuset frying pan on the stone floor in our kitchen -the result was a frying pan with the entire handle section of the casting broken away. This was closely followed by disbelief at the £££ cost of a replacement. So I bought a bog standard cast iron frying pan from Amazon for ££, reasoning that once it was seasoned it would be non-stick without any fancy coatings. however, the inside of this pan had a noticeable dome in the centre.

Resulting in one of my more unusual milling jobs....

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Not really looking for a surface plate degree of flatness but needed to get an idea of what was doable with the dial gauge.

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Blended the milling work with a 40 grit disc in the DA sander before seasoning it with some cooking oil and returning it to its natural environment.

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I have an induction hob at home, if I use a cheap frying pan that's not 100% flat on the bottom the pan gets hot spots!
I suspect the bottom being flat is just as important as the inside?

 

[bricol]

I have an induction hob at home, if I use a cheap frying pan that's not 100% flat on the bottom the pan gets hot spots!
I suspect the bottom being flat is just as important as the inside?

My Granny had an old saucepan that burnt in one spot on the bottom - she blamed jam making in 1697 for it - sugar stuck and burnt. She had a Rayburn with flat hot plates on top - I noticed it wobbled slightly in 1990 - quick tap with a hammer in one spot . . . no more burning.

I still use the same saucepan

 

[Maker]

My Granny had an old saucepan that burnt in one spot on the bottom - she blamed jam making in 1697 for it - sugar stuck and burnt. She had a Rayburn with flat hot plates on top - I noticed it wobbled slightly in 1990 - quick tap with a hammer in one spot . . . no more burning.

I still use the same saucepan

My mum had a frying pan with a huge bulge in the bottom of it, she blamed me for putting water in it while it was hot. I'm pretty sure I'd never used it before but I do do that and it's never damaged any of my pans. Anyway when I did use it the rocking was really annoying (no idea how she put up with it) so I went outside and have it a thump with a rawhide hammer, good as new.

 

[Luggsey]

My Granny had an old saucepan that burnt in one spot on the bottom - she blamed jam making in 1697 for it - sugar stuck and burnt. She had a Rayburn with flat hot plates on top - I noticed it wobbled slightly in 1990 - quick tap with a hammer in one spot . . . no more burning.

I still use the same saucepan

Your Granny sure is old!

 

[Stueeee]

I have an induction hob at home, if I use a cheap frying pan that's not 100% flat on the bottom the pan gets hot spots!
I suspect the bottom being flat is just as important as the inside?

With the oil fired range cooker we have, having good contact between the pan and the hotplate is the only way to get stuff to cook OK. The underside of the pan I've just machined is pretty flat, so from that perspective was OK. It Just needed a lot of oil/fat to successfully fry stuff before I machined the dome off it.

 

[bricol]

Your Granny sure is old!

Or my fingers are running a different driver update than my brain . . .

 

[Luggsey]

One of those jobs that have been waiting a very long time to complete!
These are very heavy chunks of hardwood banded at the ends. Someone may recognize their provenance....?
I like having a portable vice as well as a bench vice.

 

[qwakers]

my dad lent me his mixer to do the floor.

gave it a spot of paint...

always return tools in better condition than when you received them.

 

[lincoln2013]

Welcome to borrow my mixer.

 

[indy4x]

Finally getting stuck in to my compressor refurb, I picked it up from the local scrap yard and needed a few bits sorting out

Came from a carpentry shop and they had run it with no air filter and inside the pump was a bit of a mess



Cleaned up ok, very little wear and is now all back together

Stuck the 3D printed repair part to the motor box



Rewired and all back together



Just need to pickup a new drive belt and start using it

 

[Mr Fro]

Finally fixed the Bridgeport x & y feeds and connected everything up to a VFD through the original control panel.

I scooped decades of gunk out of the motors. Oddly, they had new brushes in so someone had had a go in the past.

The boards were busted so I cobbled some stuff together to get it running so I'm a happy boy...

Well I was until, having moved the table around a bit, the knee to table axis developed a serious amount of play. Checked the gib and it's wound all the way in. I guess it's time to have a go at shimming the gib.

Anyone know the best way to do it? I thought I'd wind it out a bit and poke in some feeler guages to size the gap then cut an appropriate thickness shim for the back of the gib. Any good?

 

[Barking Mat]

Finally fixed the Bridgeport x & y feeds and connected everything up to a VFD through the original control panel.

I scooped decades of gunk out of the motors. Oddly, they had new brushes in so someone had had a go in the past.

The boards were busted so I cobbled some stuff together to get it running so I'm a happy boy...

Well I was until, having moved the table around a bit, the knee to table axis developed a serious amount of play. Checked the gib and it's wound all the way in. I guess it's time to have a go at shimming the gib.

Anyone know the best way to do it? I thought I'd wind it out a bit and poke in some feeler guages to size the gap then cut an appropriate thickness shim for the back of the gib. Any good?

Dunno nothing, but bound to be asking you questions in April...

 

[badabec]

If the gib is adjusted with screws, can you buy longer screws? Or doesn't a Bridgeport work like that? I used that trick on my 1940s Geo. Taylor mill.

 

[Edward Teach]

Varnished the bench and unpacked some toys!

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Snap,
XR938H
Mine is a vast improvement over my 10 year old eBay cheapy

 

[Mr Fro]

If the gib is adjusted with screws, can you buy longer screws? Or doesn't a Bridgeport work like that? I used that trick on my 1940s Geo. Taylor mill.

Yeah but the screw has a shoulder which bottoms out in the recess in which it sits.

I'll grab some pics when I have a go at it.

 

[The Artilleryman]

Yeah but the screw has a shoulder which bottoms out in the recess in which it sits.

I'll grab some pics when I have a go at it.

A new gib, if the old one is worn, an oversize - but you'd probably have to make it, or shim it.
I shimmed a Hartford (Taiwanese Bridgeport) on x & y, quite tricky due to the oil ways.

 

[chrisbeee]

All mended

 

[doubleboost]

Found these on a old hard drive
Temporary repair
sSill in daily use after 4 years