Stuff you have fixed today

[brewdexta]

Following on from my repairs on our chicken shed due to rat action, the local dog ratting club paid a visit today. I must say they were thorough, their Jack Russell terriers were ruthlessly efficient. I don't want to go into detail, I don't take killing any animal lightly, but I don't think we will have a problem for a while. I've just ordered some Mk 4 fen traps and enclosures to keep it that way. One did get away, got into a dry stone wall, no way of getting it out without taking the wall apart.

 

[brightspark]

the riverbank near us was infested with rats me and mate took the dogs a ferret and guns down .in popped the ferret out popped the rats the fisherman sh.it themselves dogs and rats flying all over. shot a few rats swimming the river it was fast and over in a few mins

 

[hermetic]

Not so much fixed, as reassembled. Okay, I had to dab some weld on one of the bolts which had fretting, allowing the moving jaw to misalign.
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It's been in pieces for, perhaps, a couple of years. Phil @hermetic I finally used the nut and bolt that you were good enough to send me
The whole was given a generous coat of Zebo. I'll polish that tomorrow then give it a smothering with a wax Polish to seal it.

Excellent news, its great when a plan comes together, and a bolt that doesn't match will bug you for evermore! Glad could help!!
Phil

 

[GRW]

Yesterday I fitted a Dashcam with rear cable reversing camera combo into the campervan. Initially I was just thinking reversing cam just as insurance against the cost of just one slight error, but as I needed a screen, and with the idiots and scammers out there, it made sense to go Dashcam route.

There was an old kaput "Brigade" screen unit make & reversing camera & cable run through the van when I bought it - and I did thr internal conversion with the idea that I'd be able to use the existing camera & cable. Nope.

I knew that Running a new cable & cam would be a royal PITA.... and so it proved. Disassembly of an overhead cupboard, trim removal/refit, fishing & drawing cable in with coathanger wire, cursing and sweating in awkward cramped spaces etc.

It's one of those where you wish you'd had the foresight to just bite the bullet and do it as one of the first tasks.
Live & learn. At least it seems to work well.

 

[Migmac]

Grabbed this before it got thrown into the skip. It’s broken but I’ll try and fix it. Someone has tried before and failed. Don’t know what make it is, it did have a plate on the side but it’s been taken off

 

[droopsnoot]

^ That looks quite like my Kamasa bench vice, I'll try to take a photo of it if I remember tomorrow. That one seems to be missing the bit that bolts to the bench, if those two holes in the base are threaded.

One of the threads has gone in mine, I was using it to form ribs in a panel before I had by bead roller. Unfortunately I was hammering over the open jaws, I didn't think of clamping a suitable piece of wood between them. The jaw doesn't flap about, but it's not great.

 

[Migmac]

^ That looks quite like my Kamasa bench vice, I'll try to take a photo of it if I remember tomorrow. That one seems to be missing the bit that bolts to the bench, if those two holes in the base are threaded.

One of the threads has gone in mine, I was using it to form ribs in a panel before I had by bead roller. Unfortunately I was hammering over the open jaws, I didn't think of clamping a suitable piece of wood between them. The jaw doesn't flap about, but it's not great.

I did think there might have been a base, not sure if the holes threaded. I’ll go look, the holes aren’t threaded

 

[RWD3M]

It also looks much like my Sealey:

TBF, I suspect it'll look a lot like, a lot of vices!

 

[Migmac]

It also looks much like my Sealey:

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TBF, I suspect it'll look a lot like, a lot of vices!

That’s it, the wee plate is missing from the side on mine

 

[droopsnoot]

I looked at mine and forgot to take photos, but it's not the same - the Sealey is much more of a match.

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

Plant Trailer.

Not the ramp which needs some thought, but the load securing hooks.

I had one crack with fatigue last year, which I had been meaning to replace, and figured if one was duff I'd better check the others.

Sure enough two others had signs of fatigue (but not yet cracking), so replaced those too.

 

[nickk]

I have a few of these Chinese pullers,work well,forged legs,never bend,however the link plates are crap,this one was beyond.

 

[RWD3M]

That’s it, the wee plate is missing from the side on mine

I've found it to be a bl00dy good vice. I must have had it 30 years and it's only broken once. I managed to break the nut thing inside it, though I was probably tightening it up with the aid of a mallet at the time Fortunately I was able to source a couple of spares from Sealey for very little cost. I still have the other one, somewhere

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A neighbour asked if I could fix this Kenya Carved Lamp. After it took a tumble.

A simple fix, a new lamp holder, the old metal one had no earth connection.

Bit of glue to level up and hold the new lamp holder in place.

A few weights.

A PAT was carried out, a new bulb and we are done.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This was finished the other day. I needed new gold leaf.

Nice, but old and tired plane came my way.
It was in dire need off attention.

It was odd that the plane was made up of differant ones, same type. As there was 3 hades of blue.

After a good cleen up, primer was applied.

Solvent wood dye was applied.

The about 5 to 8 coats of French polish.

Gold leaf.

Finished.

The sole and sides have been clear coated and a engineering wax applied.

 

[Migmac]

I've found it to be a bl00dy good vice. I must have had it 30 years and it's only broken once. I managed to break the nut thing inside it, though I was probably tightening it up with the aid of a mallet at the time Fortunately I was able to source a couple of spares from Sealey for very little cost. I still have the other one, somewhere

I was hoping to get this one done this weekend but other stuff has cropped up.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A few small, but fun jobs.

Rust and seized Parallel vice.

Boiled in citric acid and polish paste had the parts clean.

I do like theses small drop oil cans. So versatile and handy.

This one was full of a sludge, boiling in wash up liquid, then Citric acid had it clean.

Now it is in use with my smoke cloak tools, it allows me to add the correct dye to the fluid in the smoke cloak devices.

One of two Brick bolsters, Well I had the Citric acid boiling.

I also had some paint on the go, so.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A few more nice simple jobs.

Three old school multi tools. Now all filled with the correct items.

Top one finished in French polish, middle one tea stained bees wax and the bottom varnish.

A nice half round Surform. I even had a spare new blade for it.

Home made French polish, coffee ground was the colouring.

This set was paid for, a whole £0:50p.

Not much was needed to be done.

De-burr both ends and grind a new point on.


Then a hard wax finish.

 

[RWD3M]

I was hoping to get this one done this weekend but other stuff has cropped up.

Story of my life!!!

 

[Gragson]

Got this lovely old Stanley Electric Victor bench grinder from @Seadog the other day - made in New Britain USA..
Apart from the centre band, its all cast iron and weighs over 21kg which is a lot for a 6" grinder compared to anything today.
Working great but though I'd give it a bit of a spruce up.



Stripped a bit and sorted some iffy motor wiring in the base, bit of prep and paint, wire wheeled fasteners and socked in acf50, some new brass fasteners for a bit of bling and in keeping with the motor plate which I removed and had to modify some punch through brass rivets but went well. Bit of kitchen oak worktop offcut for base.



Buttoned up, so smooth & quiet, it barely moves. The rests are really nice nice chunky cast iron design.



I've 5 various bench grinders & polishers but this is definitely my fave 6" now, will dress the wheels tomorrow and cover it in sh*t