Stuff you have fixed today

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This sales man Automatic Pig feeder demo unit came my way.

There is no information on the WWW, so I don't know if it is complete. But I soon found out it had been messed around a lot.

The item on the RHS seams to be a geared timer, it also showed me it was a 240Vac unit.

All the moving parts were taken apart, freed up, lubricated.
It was a good mental work out.

This item should do something, but it seams to have no function. Hence why I think parts are missing.

Even the box was cleaned up.

I got it working.
The horizontal motor turns, the worm gear moves and the cam (RHS) operates the vertical arm(spring one) and this pulls the cross bar.

That moves this drop arm what engages the wheel with the 4 brass studs.

That drives, through 2 gears the feed dispenser. A slotted tube in the brass tube on show.

It even has the feed tray.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

The transport box came out of the vapor tank in good clean condition.

French polish and wax. I also replaced the felt feet on the bottom.

A new suitable mains connector is on order.

 

[Stupoty]

Not quite fixed yet but very nearly !

I found this in the spindle of a thingy i've been cleaning up and removing grinding grit from. I was worried all the balls were just going to pop out as I got it removed from the spindle sleeve. So far total luck has prevailed !

Stu

 

[minimutly]

It's taken a few weeks, but I've started fixing this mess.
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That's a 5 year old kitchen end panel from the supplier that advertises themselves as the UK's No1 kitchen retailer, and whilst that ones really bad, all of the doors and panels have delamination to some degree.

I'd normally be blinking annoyed about these failing so soon. But, as I've had almost the entire cost of the kitchen refunded due to supplier errors and mistakes, I'm not complaining (as much).

I've tried resticking them before, but the laminate appears to be slightly shrunk on, so you end up with gaps, and it never fully comes off either, so getting it stuck back down properly never works.

So, in a first step to putting it right, I got some paint matched in the same colour (costly, and I had my doubts on how good a match it would be), and as a bit of a trial run I made a couple of new panels from a sheet of MDF which was knocking around.

Handily, these ones go down the side of the washing machine, so that seemed like a good place to see what was achievable, without it being obvious if my efforts were a disaster.
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Which today finally got fitted.
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I'm pretty pleased with that. In fact I know they're not the originals, but I still can't tell the difference (excuse the rubbish photo). Credit where its due to the paint shop guy. That's the most I've ever spent on a tin of paint, but it went on beautifully (sprayed with a Wagner FLEXiO electric spray gun), and the colour match is spot on, plus there's enough left to do the rest of the house, so it was well worth it in my book.

Now I know what's achievable, my plan is to wait until the others unstick themselves a bit more (which they will!) and then try removing any remaining laminate and reusing the door blanks to save making new, and if I can't get a decent finish on them, I'll just make replacements as above.

When we got married we fitted a new kitchen in our refurbished bungalow. Some time later Jewsons phoned us to tell us there was an issue with the glue used in the doors - bit like yours. They changed them all foc...

 

[Barking Mat]

Welded some brackets to gates for some bloke.

I asked the bloke where he wanted them welding on, then he realised he'd got them in the wrong place, so welded some more on.

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

Made! Another item on the list has been crossed out.

An attempt to convert a large band saw into a vertical one

I took some measurements, and there is a good chance that I could get by with a spacer ring to give the saw blade a vertical position. Luckily, I found an old brake rotor and a lathe in my scrap pile. You may have to saw off the protrusion into which the bolt is screwed in to limit the lift of...

www.mig-welding.co.uk

 

[Robotstar5]

The generator "shed" roof at the stables has only lasted 11 years so made and fitted a new one.

Before

After

 

[qwakers]

to fix this....

i painted a bit of my spare parts pile...

just gotta bend the car a bit straighter and fit them now...

 

[Blobber]

Its getting to that time of year when the gutters keep filling with moss/leaves so a regular clear out is needed, my ladder stand off has never been brilliant as I felt the hooks were too close together which gives a bit of a wobble when your up top which was ok 30yrs ago but not now! got some ally flat from hotponyshoes to move the hooks right to the sides of the ladder which makes it loads more stable

 

[Moose McAlpine]

A very rusty MK1 Focus..

 

[Keithmac]

We were given this for free when we moved into new units at work.

Filled it up with 25l diesel (half full) today and fired it up, for about 2 minutes lol!.

Spent an hour messing about cleaning and checking stuff before finally finding the "photoelectric sensor", covered in soot, removed and cleaned and it works a treat now!.

Apparently these are £1500, gave it a good clean afterwards and it's come up like brand new.

Happy days!.

 

[bourbon]

We were given this for free when we moved into new units at work.

Filled it up with 25l diesel (half full) today and fired it up, for about 2 minutes lol!.

Spent an hour messing about cleaning and checking stuff before finally finding the "photoelectric sensor", covered in soot, removed and cleaned and it works a treat now!.

Apparently these are £1500, gave it a good clean afterwards and it's come up like brand new.

Happy days!.

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Bet that's on for 5 minutes before you are down to your underpants!!

 

[Pete.]

Bet that's on for 5 minutes before you are down to your underpants!!

I mean yeah it's a bargain but it shouldn't get someone that excited.

 

[Barking Mat]

I mean yeah it's a bargain but it shouldn't get someone that excited.

Depends how cold you are.

 

[Keithmac]

Bet that's on for 5 minutes before you are down to your underpants!!

To be fair we did joke about similar at the time!.

 

[Blobber]

To be fair we did joke about similar at the time!.

Is it stinky when its running? looks quite good but not sure its £1500 good?

 

[KemppiFrog]

Friend turned on his central heating boiler. It made a fizzing sound from the control panel and smelled.... Techi said ' New printed circuits and edge connectors' Well that's a grand! So, I pulled them, found the one with the ICs all over it just needed a clean, but the smaller one had burned along one edge. Prob from a bit of water ingress. Cut out the cremated section and soldered fly leads further along the printed bits. Fitted it and Bingo, it worked.
Friend delighted.

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

I made a machine/jig for a hell of a job to sand deep and even grooves.

A cross vice handles the X and Y coordinates; for the Z coordinate, I will sequentially place plates under the clamp with the part.

As we increase the height of the floor with the part, we cut deeper.

Anything you can think of to avoid buying a milling machine, oh yes.

 

[KemppiFrog]

I would love a milling machine, but cannot justify it at any level. Might steal some ideas off your effort

 

[Keithmac]

Is it stinky when its running? looks quite good but not sure its £1500 good?

No it's smell free. We had a different diesel heater a long while back and it did stink but this one burns really clean.

I was surprised they cost £1500 but to be fair it's a great bit of kit.