Stuff you have fixed today

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

The fun of restoration of tools has bitten someone at The Shed.

They found this and asked if they could have a go.

Why not.

It had some original paint.
So after a good clean up.

Some one made a silly remark.
How do you find it in the dark?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This was a pig all the way.

It worked, but as it waited in line. The glass on the meter worked loose.

The meter is outlined in Red. 4 hours to get to it. Fix the glass and put it back together.

Everything was Loctite into place. The fixings were all imperial, plus a good selection of sizes.

Original instructions.

In it's past life. Some one had removed the french polish and applied a water based varnish.
It cloged the sander, dulled the cabinet scraper and was a pain to remove.

Building up the new french polish.

First coat of wax.
12 in total.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This rust lump, in the shape of a Bowman 135 was mine for a good price.

This was the killer. The safety valve was dead.

So drill out the old boss, tin the hole and fit a Mamod safety valve.

This allowed me to steam it up. Good news, no issues.

So we took it to bits.

The steel parts came up well, a few dings to sort out.

The rebuild is on the way.
The brass needed to be hit hard.


I was able to locate a Meths burner.

It needed a cap, so we modified the old dead one.

Plus an oil can.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

The Gun black did not take well.

The fiber washers are not original.

Thee first steam showed that a few issues needed to be addressed.

Level plug new seal was shot.
The gears needed tweaking.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

15kg of rust. But is a nice shape.


I will call a Supplier of ale at my local.

Clean, apply heat and oil and they will be free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Not a blood chance.

Each one is a different thread form, same size, but different.
5 Spanners needed on that side alone.

Made worse, they were not studs or bolts. Threaded rivets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is rust and grease.

Out of the citric acid, plus a random clamp.

They are castings, so the need a good drying out. This puts enough heat in to draw the water out.

This shows the different metals used.

Few more coats of Hot wax and oil needed.

It is still a Bar Steward.

 

[dobbslc]

Nice job!
Hand made threads must mean it's very old?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Nice job!
Hand made threads must mean it's very old?

Old or a hand made teat peace.

It is solid, and heavy.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

It is still a Bar Steward.

I'd call it an abortion.

 

[Seadog]

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15kg of rust. But is a nice shape.


I will call a Supplier of ale at my local.

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Clean, apply heat and oil and they will be free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Not a blood chance.

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Each one is a different thread form, same size, but different.
5 Spanners needed on that side alone.


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Made worse, they were not studs or bolts. Threaded rivets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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That is rust and grease.
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Out of the citric acid, plus a random clamp.

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They are castings, so the need a good drying out. This puts enough heat in to draw the water out.


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This shows the different metals used.

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Few more coats of Hot wax and oil needed.

It is still a Bar Steward.

I see that you worked out which way to fit the fixed jaw

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I'd call it an abortion.

You wouldn't if I dropped on you.

I see that you worked out which way to fit the fixed jaw

No.
It was easier to fix it that way to allow me to attack the burr.

 

[qwakers]

my rear camera stopped working. bummer.

so i went all the way through the wiring checking and hardwiring the inline connectors. still didn't work. then I looked at the camera...

cut out, shortened and repaired.

works again.

 

[Hitch]

Found this little squirt on some pipework while doing a hydrostatic test.
One of the apprentices positional welds apparently.

Purged up and rewelded.

 

[Seadog]

A little squirt from a little squirt?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Some times spares parts take up space.

So when this came my way I thought it would be a good idea to use the spares I have for theses Bialladin style lamps.


Then a off the cuff remark along the lines off.
Can you make it work?

Normally in this state it cost too much to get parts and spares. I break them for parts and sell them on.

I thought, well hoped I had enough spares to rebuild it for little or any new out lay of funds,

Test one.
Check pump washer. They dry out.
many make the mistke of using minerale oil. This is not advised. Vegetable oil, ground nut oil is advised.
The washer was dry and a dip had it brought back to life.


Put some Lamp oil into the tank.
Give it 30 full pumps.

This proves the pump, non return valve and if any leaks are present.

Take it out side and open the control and a jet of fuel should shoot out.

This is not good.

The non return valve is not working.


Some lamps, stoves and heaters the pump body can be removed. Not on this type, the tube is fixed in place.

Not th best shot, but you can just see the NRV.

Poking around showed that there was the remains of 3 old pump washers.

You can spend a fortune on the right tool to remove the NRV.
Or you can use a old tool.
Like the screwdriver shown here.

Remove the valve and strip it down.
A bit of blue tack will hold it into place as you refit the valve.


Using the spares I had i rebuilt the lamp.
The glass is original manufactures design.
The top is from a earlier version, but it will work .

The mantle is a generic type, the original ones are a bit bigger. But this type give out the same amount of light.

There was no real need to restore or rebuild this, other than the fun

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Local Company made the canopy.
My friend stained the wood with many coats of wood stain and varnish.

When we came to fit it to the wall. We hit a few issues.
LHS is 32mm out of line.
The vertical runs are 19mm out of square.

Nipped to a salvage yard, 2 old scaffold planks.
Theses we planed to take out the distortion. This meant the canopy now sits flush with the wall.

Just the inside of the roof to stain a lighter shade, add some linseed oil to the lot and the job is done.

 

[500e]

Nice !!

 

[8ob]

Power steering return on the truck lost its newness

Bent up a new bit of hydraulic tube.

swaged the ends

New clips, jobs a goodun

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This thing on my Aladdin T15 stove.

The nasty red rubber bung.

But I also don't like paying daft money for replacement.

So when I found a replacement for £0.50 I was happy.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I do like a nice classic drawing set.
Like this one.

Theses are in good working order. But do need a service.

Some one has tried oil to lubricate the pivot points.

The silver plated name plate is polished almost through to the brass.

The leather is in a bad way.

But some wax/oil mix and some buffing we have saved it.

Each item was stripped down cleaned and assembled with the smallest amount of wax possible.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This clone.

The Fake aging coating was a pain to remove.
That is Nail varnish remover and talcum powder.