Stuff you have fixed today

[dobbslc]

The older Yams have the chain in the middle
I once bought a near mint Kawasaki KR1S for £400 with a knackered 2nd gear and was preparing the have the whole thing apart but then for out it had a cassette gearbox
Some second hand gears and a gasket and it was fixed! Bloody lovely.
Image what one of those would cost today

 

[m_c]

Got my old CNC lathe's tool tool disc on this evening, and everything appears to be working.

 

[lchris21]

Arguably the most used domestic work tool in most households.......started switching itself off just before boiling
Turns out most modern kettles have some sort of bimettalic switch....?
After finding it buried inside, quick tweak with a pliers....another piece of landfill saved

 

[Tangledfeet]

Colleague (well, boss - head of faculty) was replacing some tines on his scarifier and he managed to crack a part prising off an E-clip so I said I'd have a go at repairing it... it was magnetic so ferrous but it didn't occur to me until after that it was, I'm pretty sure, die cast - it smoked and spat like hell!

 

[Migmac]

Youngest son and I have replaced the headlight on my oldest sons connect. Easy enough job but the wing had to be pulled out and the bumper sewn together with cable ties. All the end result of a visiting camper van stopped in the middle of the road on a corner! Son took to the verge and hit a fence post at 15mph. I disbelieved him but witnesses agreed with him.

 

[AndersK]

End cap of solar heating tube cracked and fell off. Instead of trying remove it completely, and probably make it worse, I printed a new cap in petg and glued it on last night. Put the water on this morning and no leaks so far.

 

[4String.]

Moved the drill press off of the bench top:



Which means that not only is it at a perfect working height for me, it's also cleared the top of the bench so I can now use the chop saw as well

 

[Anguz]

Far too tidy

 

[brightspark]

Moved the drill press off of the bench top:

not much clearance by the time you lift the vice up and you put a drill bit in for metal to clear the bench top

 

[4String.]

Far too tidy

Can't have it any other way, I simply don't get enough time in the mancave to be anything else. Being away all week in the wagon means I have limited time for projects so I prefer to spend that time usefully rather than wasting it looking for tools or tripping over junk that's littering the floor. And in my opinion walking into a clean and tidy workshop is much more conducive to maximum efficiency and productivity.

 

[awemawson]

I managed to rescue a chuck adaptor that I've been making (A2-6 to A2-5 including two hydraulic oil galleries.

I's broken a long series 6 mm drill 60 mm below the surface, but eventually succeeded in burning it out using my sinker EDM - a long process!

 

[Gragson]

Got this wee 25l Kaeser compressor off @eLuSiVeMiTe
Sorted the pressure gauge & air intake, new oil, splodge of paint running sweet. Fits under the bench

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Sorted the pressure gauge & air intake, new oil, splodge of paint running sweet. Fits under the bench

Nice work, looks like a completely different machine!

 

[Gragson]

Nice work, looks like a completely different machine!

TBH I pretty much stripped it, then as well as the above, redid the wiring to the start cap, valves checked, some odd additions to the air intake set back to standard and a lot of polishing/cleaning.
Emailed Kaeser in Germany and their distributor in the UK sent me parts lists, diags, manuals, the lot.
Imagine trying to get that for a 40yr old machine from China!

 

[Danez]

Original switch for my draper pillar drill gave up the ghost years ago and couldn’t find one online so bought a generic one which was a bit too small.

so using this as an excuse to practise my welding skills i made an adaptor plate for it. first time welding with gas

the bolts in the plate arnt aligned as the original tapped holes in the drill itself were way out!

started with some CAD (cardboard aided design)

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Original switch for my clarke pillar drill gave up the ghost years ago and couldn’t find one online so bought a generic one which was a bit too small.

so using this as an excuse to practise my welding skills i made an adaptor plate for it. first time welding with gas

the bolts in the plate arnt aligned as the original tapped holes in the drill itself were way out!

started with some CAD (cardboard aided design)
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Nice work.

But I have a spare.

They are good drills, the V bely is a 10mm wide belt at the top.

 

[Danez]

Nice work.

But I have a spare.

They are good drills, the V bely is a 10mm wide belt at the top.

can't complain, inherited it from my grandad, it's served me well! and good to know in case i need a new belt

next job is to weld a little bracket I can secure to the bench to hold me welding gun

 

[Nick DV]

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Can't have it any other way, I simply don't get enough time in the mancave to be anything else. Being away all week in the wagon means I have limited time for projects so I prefer to spend that time usefully rather than wasting it looking for tools or tripping over junk that's littering the floor. And in my opinion walking into a clean and tidy workshop is much more conducive to maximum efficiency and productivity.

Far too tidy

 

[Bobupndown]

Screwcutting is not difficult. You just need to understand what it is you're trying to achieve and the steps you go through to get there.

I felt the same as we were not allowed to do it at O level metal work. You had to wait until A level for that, which sadly I never did.

We did it at gcse level CDT (craft design and technology as it was called in 1990) Also did mechanical and electrical engineering national diploma for 2 years after that, sadly never touched a lathe ever since, wouldn't know where to begin to use one now.

 

[JMS1972]

The new to me bandsaw has had some TLC.

Gear box had some goop in it that didn't look much like grease worrying amount of flakes too. Cleaned it out and added some Moly.

I'm hoping that will slow down the demise of the gears..

Need to replace the blade as it has a dodgy part somewhere but still cuts