Stuff you have fixed today

[Arc Tourist]

I am deeply envious - lovely piece of kit.

I consider myself lucky to to have acquired this, and yes, a lovely piece of kit as you say. It wasn't cheap, but the quality exceeded my expectations; so thankfully, I got my money's worth.

 

[Windy Miller]

Unloaded the drill press into the garage, and got the scissor mechanism working for the belt tensioner, which was froze up. The previous owner said he had acquired the Fobco as part of a job lot of machinery about 20 years ago, and rarely ever used it. I also spent some time cleaning off the dried oil and grease on the head which revealed a nice paint finish beneath. I just need to get some help or a bottle jack to put on top of the column with a sling to raise it up. The drill came with a 5/8" capacity chuck, but I think I'll install a 3/4" Jacobs super chuck on it.

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Looking very nice!

 

[Seadog]

I've a Progress bench drill. The only way that I've ever raised and lowered the head is with the quill. If it needed anything other then that don't you think that the manufacturer would have provided the means?
Lightly oil the column and you should be fine.

 

[Arc Tourist]

The very smooth column was oily, so much so that I wiped a lot of excess off as I raised the head; and also when raising the table support afterward. No idea what method the manufacturer used, but trying the quill didn't work, and I wasn't going to force it.

Would be interesting to know how old this press might be, or at least when they went out of production ?

 

[Seadog]

There's little difference between yours and mine. There might be a little stiction to overcome, but I really can't see why the quill won't do the job. I'd make it

You've the luxury of a table rack which I don't have.

 

[Arc Tourist]

There's little difference between yours and mine. There might be a little stiction to overcome, but I really can't see why the quill won't do the job. I'd make it

You've the luxury of a table rack which I don't have.

The table rack mechanism is a nice feature for us old folks.

 

[MattF]

Would be interesting to know how old this press might be, or at least when they went out of production ?

England, old chap. Pillar drill, not drill press.

 

[Arc Tourist]

England, old chap. Pillar drill, not drill press.

Oh ! Pardon me, but I am in Wales, alright ?

 

[My Old Landy]

Oh ! Pardon me, but I am in Wales, alright ?

Perhaps he should have said dril piler

 

[MattF]

Oh ! Pardon me, but I am in Wales, alright ?

A Yank, living in Wales. Who've you p*ssed off in a past life?

 

[Arc Tourist]

A Yank, living in Wales. Who've you p*ssed off in a past life?

If there was someone (?), I could only guess that it may have been a former mother-in-law that was a parasite.

 

[Arc Tourist]

Didn't do much today except some checks and adjustments to make sure the drill head was perpendicular to the table, and the vice which I think will reside on it.

 

[Paui443]

First attempt at making a "third hand". Have left these welding machines at the old folks place. Bought the arc welder at a yard sale in Sweden (loppis) for the equivalent of 15 pounds. Its a German made Philips transformer type welder. Had it for 6 years collecting dust and tried it for the first time this summer Welder was a pleasant suprise, had a nice steady arc to my standards ,did some repair on a garden trolley ( but forgot to take photoes). The Mig is a Biltema unit. Read that someone claimed they are the same as Clarkes. Bought it without a ground cable (luckily could use the Philips ground cable). The dinse connectors were shot and wedged together with a screw. Replaced this this with a jubilee clip and electric tape (intending to fix this with new dinse plugs).
Despite its appearence it did behave like a MIG welder. Made this hurried "third hand" with some rebar found in a ditch and a 5 kilo weight found in the basement.

As to the question if aspiring welders should buy new or second hand welders , I definitely believe that there are circumstanses where buying second hand is a good choice.

 

[Arc Tourist]

Made up a simple fluid drain connection for the pillar drill table to hang a small slop bucket on.

Ran into an issue I haven't had experience with before, and could use some suggestions from anyone here who has had this problem and resolved it ?
I want to remove the existing drill chuck from the Fobco MT3 spindle to use morse taper drill's and also a larger chuck which I have, however, the MT3 chuck adapter extends above and beyond the slot for the knockout wedge to remove it. There is no bolt within the chuck holding it onto the MT3 adapter, so using wedges between the chuck and spindle has me concerned that the chuck may come off ok, but the adapter still remain stuck in the spindle.

 

[Seadog]

Are you sure that there is an arbor? Even though there's a slot it could be that the quill has a male taper and only the chuck comes off. You won't know until you try.

 

[JMS1972]

First attempt at making a "third hand". Have left these welding machines at the old folks place. Bought the arc welder at a yard sale in Sweden (loppis) for the equivalent of 15 pounds. Its a German made Philips transformer type welder. Had it for 6 years collecting dust and tried it for the first time this summer Welder was a pleasant suprise, had a nice steady arc to my standards ,did some repair on a garden trolley ( but forgot to take photoes). The Mig is a Biltema unit. Read that someone claimed they are the same as Clarkes. Bought it without a ground cable (luckily could use the Philips ground cable). The dinse connectors were shot and wedged together with a screw. Replaced this this with a jubilee clip and electric tape (intending to fix this with new dinse plugs).
Despite its appearence it did behave like a MIG welder. Made this hurried "third hand" with some rebar found in a ditch and a 5 kilo weight found in the basement.

As to the question if aspiring welders should buy new or second hand welders , I definitely believe that there are circumstanses where buying second hand is a good choice.

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I visited Sweden a few times with work and holidays. Have some nice Biltema ratcheting spanners and Torque wrenches

 

[Agroshield]

I want to remove the existing drill chuck from the Fobco MT3 spindle to use Morse taper drills and also a larger chuck which I have; however, the MT3 chuck adapter extends above and beyond the slot for the knockout wedge to remove it.

With the photo showing the slot with the quill extended, does anything change as you rotate the chuck through 360 degrees? There should be a slot in the outer, fixed part of the quill (that is visible in the photo), and another slot in the inner, rotating part of the quill. Clearly, the two slots need to be aligned to allow the drift to pass through.

If you need to resort to desperate measures, you could drill through the top of the chuck from below, and tap the arbor for a bolt either to hold chuck and arbor together or with studding, to act as a puller. Then they have no choice but to come out together.

 

[Arc Tourist]

With the photo showing the slot with the quill extended, does anything change as you rotate the chuck through 360 degrees? There should be a slot in the outer, fixed part of the quill (that is visible in the photo), and another slot in the inner, rotating part of the quill. Clearly, the two slots need to be aligned to allow the drift to pass through.
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Rotated the belt pully slowly by hand after changing gears and the opening showed itself. Thanks ! , why couldn't I see it before.

 

[Arc Tourist]

Are you sure that there is an arbor? Even though there's a slot it could be that the quill has a male taper and only the chuck comes off. You won't know until you try.

Didn't think so, as the press was MT3 spec for use with tapered drills. I think I was just having one of those so called "senior moments" today.

 

[qwakers]

fixed the rust on the boot lid of my car by... fitting the boot lid off my other car.

this involved de-badging (and a bit of welding for the badge holes) and a bit of paint..