Stuff you have fixed today

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

To hang myself?

Not at all, I have hemp rope for that.

 

[Blobber]

Engine change finished, good four days work from start to finish.

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This bit was fun, engine attached to forks, not breaking windows or bending balconies.

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Doubt you would be able to do that over here the fluorescent brigade with the clipboards would have 40 fits!

 

[Blue Chips]

The chuck on my old Craftsman drill press was getting worn out, so I just installed a new 1/32"-to-5/8" chuck. The old chuck had a threaded collar above it on the spindle that was designed for removing the chuck by rotating it with a pin spanner wrench to push it off of the MT2 taper. The old collar was too wide for the new chuck, so I turned it down on the lathe. Problem solved. I wish it was that easy to solve my current computer setup issues (!*^%$#ing so-called 'tech support' ).

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After:

 

[Jan-DIY]

Finally got these one back to life.
It was badly repaired by someone else who destroyed power section which caused several additional damage.
Unfortunately they used very rare Mosfets which are hard to find.
Anyway.
Now it’s working again.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This tidy rail lantern was mine the other day.
All original.
The wick was even stamped LNER.

Bit of an over fill.

A quick test burn.

After a good wash and the application of gun black.
Here it is drying out.

Cleaned up.

 

[W.olly]

Snapped the tool post a bit back and as it's a pain to use now I made a new top for it. Yes could of bought one for not much and modifiy it bit this cost nothing.

Just milled the remaining cast off the top and made a new one.

First real usefull project in my machining life.

Next to make the tool grinder

 

[JOEPRO]

Finally got these one back to life.
It was badly repaired by someone else who destroyed power section which caused several additional damage.
Unfortunately they used very rare Mosfets which are hard to find.
Anyway.
Now it’s working again.

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Very cool a German made machine.

Is it 3 phase?

Have you got any pics of the innards just curious as I seen one similar for cheap locally which had let the magic smoke out. I am tempted to take it home and see if I can put the smoke back into it.

 

[Onoff]

There I was enjoying pint number whatever when the landlady sidled up to me and said her and her daughter were in need of my services out back

Turns out the drain hose on their Beko washing machine had split in half, right where it enters the machine.

Made a call to No.1 son who came and took me back home. Came back with the plumbing and leccy bags and took the back off the machine. Rerouted the hose and made a join externally using a cut down 20mm PVC conduit coupler and amalgamating tape. Job's a temporary good 'un.

Looked online and there's two hoses for this machine, one with a straight and the other a right angled connector. Depending on the pump I guess. Got to go back and check before ordering.

 

[KemppiFrog]

Not today, but several years ago. Could be of interest though.

Fireplace outfit that I used to help out occasionally with tech stuff. The did marble surrounds, woodstoves etc I occasionally built non standard wood stoves for them, like a six sided one for a restaurant.
They got into underfloor electric heating, using kit from Holland or scandi.
Anyway, a big living room had been wired and the floor laid with very expensive tiles. The system tripped out to earth and hair was being pulled at digging it up, around 80 sq mt. so a lot of money.
Talking to the factory, they had a bit of kit to find the fault and sort it, so sent it out. Interesting box arrived. The cabling was +ve & -ve twin and the idea was that the machine ran 4,000 volts down the wire and then at the damaged point, it would carbonised the insulation. It then sent a low pulse down the line and one used a detector to follow the the line until the pulse stopped, which would be the point were the cable shorted.
I read the book carefully and we tripped out to the house (a new build and very smart..) and got to work. Owner was there too....
Ran the system with the high voltage (carefully!) and checked the pulse system. Seemed to function, so started with the detector and phones.
After going backwards and forewards over most of the floor, the pulse stopped. Confirmed it with a few passes, then chalked a cross and told the waiting bloke with the tools to dig there. He bust up the tile and chiselled the concrete. Few minutes later a charred cable appeared within an inch of my cross. The atmosphere of relief was pretty solid and the owner extremely impressed. The box had come with repair kits and I fitted one, potting the result, then tested the system, all OK.
I also commented that likely, from the look of it, someone had leaned on a spade and cut the insulation.

They bought their own tester box and applied new MO. Systems were tested after laying and again after concrete laid. After that, any fault was charged to the builder.
KF

 

[KemppiFrog]

Bit more recent Got up at 7 this am, correction, the cat got me up.. Fed the moggy and flicked on the TV to get the news, but says no signal?
Box is OK, so a bit later, when it stopped raining, had a look at the dish. It has been windy, but it is on a pole off my w/shop that would not be out of place at Jodrel Bank, so went up the steps and peeked. One of the two connectors had the inner flange fail, so the screw bit no longer held it to the unit.
Rain was beginning, so just went in and swopped the connections on the boxes, will look for another 'end' bit later. News is on. 'er inside happy!

 

[Johnnybravo]

I fixed the piece of metal that shrank since I cut it. Going to be the motor mount for the grinder. I do love my Kemppi welder

 

[GRW]

Over the weekend I got around to tinkering with my assortment of Electrolux RM212 3-way Caravan/Motorhome Fridges.
These are an old fridge unit now,but they are generally reliable and robust, & in many ways I think better than the new compressor units.

I had one that wouldn't work on gas, one that wouldn't work on 240vac, and neither were proven on 12vdc.

I'd also picked up a couple of others over time, unworking for parts, which were also the electronic ignition model (my partly working pair were pushbutton Piezo ignition).

Both igniter boxes proved functional & were transferred onto the better, most complete units. A wiring fault correction & a blocked gas body sorted the faults, & tests proved the 2 fridges chilled-down on all 3 supply sources.

I now have a fridge to fit into the new van when I can get to it, and a spare (which I might sell on).

 

[Jan-DIY]

Yes. It is a German 3P Machine. Tbh you will not get any

Very cool a German made machine.

Is it 3 phase?

Have you got any pics of the innards just curious as I seen one similar for cheap locally which had let the magic smoke out. I am tempted to take it home and see if I can put the smoke back into it.

Hi,
yes of course it is 3P because it is a 300A machine.
Unfortunately they went bankrupt a few weeks ago. Very nice machines with a phenomenal ignition.

 

[roofman]

Had the same problem that @Rannsachair had with a motor shaft not fitting a hole...I had machined the motor shaft down for another project and now using the same motor i had to bring the size up again to fit a washer pump,this shaft into this hole.

Let's machine a bush

Now it needs a slot for the key to pass through, 8mm end mill and fit to shaft.

Choose the correct key and mount the pump.

This is one i have made including the frame from left over bits i had, 100 BAR and nice and quiet. Normally i am using these/fixing/building/selling and buying this more industrial type.

 

[DAPPH]

Not today, but several years ago. Could be of interest though.

Fireplace outfit that I used to help out occasionally with tech stuff. The did marble surrounds, woodstoves etc I occasionally built non standard wood stoves for them, like a six sided one for a restaurant.
They got into underfloor electric heating, using kit from Holland or scandi.
Anyway, a big living room had been wired and the floor laid with very expensive tiles. The system tripped out to earth and hair was being pulled at digging it up, around 80 sq mt. so a lot of money.
Talking to the factory, they had a bit of kit to find the fault and sort it, so sent it out. Interesting box arrived. The cabling was +ve & -ve twin and the idea was that the machine ran 4,000 volts down the wire and then at the damaged point, it would carbonised the insulation. It then sent a low pulse down the line and one used a detector to follow the the line until the pulse stopped, which would be the point were the cable shorted.
I read the book carefully and we tripped out to the house (a new build and very smart..) and got to work. Owner was there too....
Ran the system with the high voltage (carefully!) and checked the pulse system. Seemed to function, so started with the detector and phones.
After going backwards and forewards over most of the floor, the pulse stopped. Confirmed it with a few passes, then chalked a cross and told the waiting bloke with the tools to dig there. He bust up the tile and chiselled the concrete. Few minutes later a charred cable appeared within an inch of my cross. The atmosphere of relief was pretty solid and the owner extremely impressed. The box had come with repair kits and I fitted one, potting the result, then tested the system, all OK.
I also commented that likely, from the look of it, someone had leaned on a spade and cut the insulation.

They bought their own tester box and applied new MO. Systems were tested after laying and again after concrete laid. After that, any fault was charged to the builder.

I could do with one of those here at the bungalow in South Wales , we had a lightening strike several years back, , The insurers paid for a new under floor tiles wet room trace heat cable system , three years later it gave up on us . I do have a high impedance signal generator and a listening coil device but I couldn't locate the break or breaks caused by a bad installation of the electrician or tiler. The bulb thermostat in a copper capped soldered up pipe appears to be OK . The new with the new floor wall thermostat appears to be OK too .

I

 

[Barking Mat]

Did some fiberglass and gel coat repairs, then tried to fit the new balcony, but....

So I chopped it off, got a ratchet strap on it, realigned it, and welded it back together.

 

[Barking Mat]

It doesn't look like it's welded, but it you zoom in, the bottom inch on the left isn't as shiny as the rest, cut it tacked it, with arc stainless rods, then decided to tig it.

Had completely the wrong settings dialled in, cooked a hole in it.

Chopped a bit of same size diameter pipe, from dead balcony, slit it, hammered it inside, built back up the hole, welded the joint, looked a dogs dinner, got my finger (B&D) file going, cleaned off raised puddles, and then 800 grit to attempt to polish it up.

You have to look for it, it's fairly tidy, I am no tig pro.

 

[roofman]

It doesn't look like it's welded, but it you zoom in, the bottom inch on the left isn't as shiny as the rest, cut it tacked it, with arc stainless rods, then decided to tig it.

Had completely the wrong settings dialled in, cooked a hole in it.

Chopped a bit of same size diameter pipe, from dead balcony, slit it, hammered it inside, built back up the hole, welded the joint, looked a dogs dinner, got my finger (B&D) file going, cleaned off raised puddles, and then 800 grit to attempt to polish it up.

You have to look for it, it's fairly tidy, I am no tig pro.

great job you made of that Mat

 

[Barking Mat]

great job you made of that Mat

Thank you, even my wife said it looks good, I've been asking my company for years to send me on tig training course.

 

[roofman]

Thank you, even my wife said it looks good, I've been asking my company for years to send me on course.

you need to be asking them for a pay rise looking at that repair