Stuff you have fixed today

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

One member of MIS was timid, nervous and very shy.

So when stuff was being done in the sun, in the garden, on the drive and back doo steps.
Along with her care worker, we had some time so she could see what she could do.
Bare in mind she has never done any thing like this, was attending as the care home thought it would do her good to see more than the acre home.
A few images of the work were removed, as they showed the care staff or her. But also the teddy.

The sander was firts, as it would be needed.
It worked, it pass the PAT. But the foam on the base was falling off.

So Foam glue was used to fix it back into place.

We showed her how to inspect the tool and make a list of what is needed.

Removing the damaged part of the handle.

Removing the rust and cleaning the metal.

Finishing the tool.

 

[Robotstar5]

A neighbour at my last house used to use a really slow B&D decker drill powered hedge trimmer - he didn't bother with the chopping of the cable . . . went straight for the thumb

One of the guys I knew in St. John ambulance managed to damage 3 fingers on one hand with a hedge cutter, luckily they managed to save the fingers, but he was left with some nasty scars.

 

[JOEPRO]

T'was a couple of days ago but I have a fence on top of a masonry wall and one of the posts had broken and leaning.

Fence still has many years life left in it so I knocked up a repair bracket using some scrap 50x10 bar

 

[Cobbler]

One of the guys I knew in St. John ambulance managed to damage 3 fingers on one hand with a hedge cutter, luckily they managed to save the fingers, but he was left with some nasty scars.

My son’s partner managed to catch her fingers in the hedge cutter. Bit of a mess, not a pretty sight, but luckily healed up ok & no lasting damage.

 

[Dilkris]

Son's partner cutting hedges? She must be a keeper......

 

[dobbslc]

Not today but tomorrow I'll be at least thinking of fixing this floorboard...

 

[brewdexta]

I bought a weight caddy for the Olympic bars in our "gym" a while ago. Very sturdy but our weights are too small/dense cast iron, we think it's probably intended for larger concrete weights. The weights hit the floor as their diameter is too small

So, weld a few bars underneath.

Seems OK with the various sizes of weights

And now with most of the weights.

I may make the stand for the dumbell weights as I can't see anything similar to what we need.

 

[iNf]

Samsung eco bubble washing machine keeps stopping mid program ( lots of complaints online about it) last time I blew out all the carbon dust with the airline and wiped the commutator clean which seemed to work for a while. This time decided more drastic action, so skimmed in lathe, cleaned up and replaced brushes . We'll see how long this lasts

 

[Exuptoy]

Proper repair.

 

[Exuptoy]

@The_Yellow_Ardvark I don’t suppose you have any Sykes Pickavant body hammers you’d like to sell? You regularly seem to get a good haul of used equipment and pass to good causes like men in sheds, and I’m in need to proper bodywork hammers not the usual Chinese rubbish. Already managed to snap the faces off a few of mine through excessive use of force.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I don't have any in the pipeline waiting to be restored by members of MIS or the tool charities.
But I will look out for some.

 

[nickk]

Mixer stopped,thought it strange,1 careful owner,low hours,the belt had detached,the belville washer had cracked causing the drive pulley to slide out of alignment,made a sleeve with an m6 grubscew to push it further back on the shaft.

 

[RichardM]

I bought a weight caddy for the Olympic bars in our "gym" a while ago. Very sturdy but our weights are too small/dense cast iron, we think it's probably intended for larger concrete weights. The weights hit the floor as their diameter is too small

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So, weld a few bars underneath.
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Seems OK with the various sizes of weights

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And now with most of the weights.

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I may make the stand for the dumbell weights as I can't see anything similar to what we need.

Good to see you've put some wheels on it to move it around, maybe a longer handle so you don't put your back out moving it.
I assume the odd one's mate is now a lathe backplate.

 

[Seadog]

Mixer stopped,thought it strange,1 careful owner,low hours,the belt had detached,the belville washer had cracked causing the drive pulley to slide out of alignment,made a sleeve with an m6 grubscew to push it further back on the shaft.View attachment 445069View attachment 445070

That's not a Belleville, it's a push-fix.

 

[Cheesie]

Fuel tank from an e type historic race car that spun rear ended a barrier and the tank shot out of the boot, I don't normally fix things like this, I'll put some air in it tomorrow night I run out of throat depth on my bench mounted bead roller. doh

 

[nickk]

Re attached these limit switches to the opposite side to prevent being hit by falling tree trunks,also made the angle plates above them for additional protection.

 

[qwakers]

dads van failed its mot. again. not something I touched mind. went through emissions fine and for the first time since 2018 there was no oil leak advisory's. this is good....

what it did fail on was a rear control arm bush. they are a git to change, a press fit metalastic bush into the arm.

a slightly modified renault laguna rear subframe bush tool did the job just fine. the small section is slightly too large to sit correctly on the edge of the bush to pull it in square, so i drilled the center hole out so the center tube wasnt being pressed on and flipped it over, which worked fine.

 

[Hitch]

Wife is into building these miniature diorama thingies at the moment...
Scratch built ceiling light, dodgy connections. Just bits of wire twisted and heat shrink over them.
Looked like 2 of the leds had loose connections when finished. Probably from bending into shape.

Ended up cutting heat shrink back, and soldering it all together.

Bit on the fiddly side.

 

[Bullet2012]

Wife is into building these miniature diorama thingies at the moment...
Scratch built ceiling light, dodgy connections. Just bits of wire twisted and heat shrink over them.
Looked like 2 of the leds had loose connections when finished. Probably from bending into shape.

Ended up cutting heat shrink back, and soldering it all together.

Bit on the fiddly side.

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How many brownie points is that worth ?

 

[Hitch]

How many brownie points is that worth ?

Should be in the good books, even bought her a new craft knife while I was in the toy tool shop today.