Stuff you have fixed today

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This Welsh Slate hammer was in poor condition.
The tangs hard gone work soft, or were never hardened and tempered in the first place.



Even the shaft hole is an odd size.




So a claw hammer handle was shaped to fit. The wedge is white oak. Only for the simple reason is it was the right size.

Fitted, French polish and waxed.

As we don't have much, if any slate down here. I shaped the tangs to be a useful chipping hammer.







This pre WW1 hose nozzle was used as a trail fro a of the shelf brass restorer.



Not bad, but if you leave it on to long it will leech the cooper out,.
So you have to work harder to polish it out.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Bit of fun for me.



This 1976 Mamod Roadster was complete, minus the rare 3 prong rubber coated steering rod.

Close inspection showed the car has bent steering rods and beams. The boiler passed a pressure test with air.



A hot test showed a massive leak.

To get to the boiler the rivets have to be drilled out, in short all but a complete strip down.



As part of any Mamod restoration I always replace the seals and washers.
The yellow item is one of the original drive bands from the car. Home made, but the worked.
On This car, there are 2 drive bands, one per side. Later cars had the drive bands on one side.



Rebuilt.
The boiler cover came up better than I hoped. The steering arrangement was coaxed back into a working condition.
The piston, rod and cylinder were honed out. The steam pipes were full of hard water build up.
This meant that forward drive was good, but reverse was not.



I have "Meths", as it was designed to run on. I have a burner tray to convert it to solid fuel as well.

But This time I tried a Gel fuel. Why not.



I may replace to boiler.
This is a classic example of running a Mamod with little or no water in the boiler.
In this case it lead to the end caps solder had melted. So I had to remove them both and tin and re fit.
The Rivets are genuine Mamod rivets. You can use of the shelf ones, but they are either a loose fit, or you have to open the holes up a fraction.

Finished and in full steam.
There are only 2 speeds, forward and reverse. Later Roadsters had a progressive speed control.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

SWMBO wanted another wine rack! So that got squeezed in

I'd like to see how you manage when you are thirsty and the very last bottle is in the top section.....
Loads of potential for when you have to climb up to retrieve it.

 

[Dr.Al]

I'd like to see how you manage when you are thirsty and the very last bottle is in the top section.....
Loads of potential for when you have to climb up to retrieve it.

Ah, short person problems...

 

[nickk]

Broken fulcrum levers ,which adjusts the ride height of this self powered topper,made a quick fixture to ensure original position was maintained.

 

[indy4x]

Recovered our Renault Master camper today, it was in storage up until Sept 2020, moved it out of storage and dropped it at a mates garage and asked him to sort out the exhaust leak and replace one of the front ball joints.

This was all part of my cunning plan, he's always busy so when you say no rush you know it's going to be a while before he gets round to it so effectively I've was getting free storage

So a year later and still no sign of him making a start I brought it home and squeezed it on the drive.

It's booked in for an MOT this week and as the weather was rubbish I did the usual checks on lights etc and gave it a jetwash

Side lights and hazzards not working but with a bit of wiggling on the switches they would occasionally work

Removed them from the van, squirted loads of contact cleaner into them and wiggled them some more and they are now working again

Squirted some ACF50 into them for good measure and then spent 3hrs with the jetwash getting all the green gunk off the van

 

[Edward Teach]

Take the paper label off the plug-top pins, it is a fire risk !

Really
That is how it was presented to me when I collected it from the previous owner.
Though yes, it could be a fire hazard, in the worse case scenario,
Thank you for your concern

 

[Edward Teach]

The screw heads are recessed in a counterbore,so either I try drilling or gouge into the moulding to create a slot.

Edward Teach said:
@Edward Teach ,I repaired the element in this Dualit Toaster
Interested in how you dismantle these as mine seem to have screws without access heads,requiring drilling,I started a thread recently.

The Dualit Architect Toaster I repaired, has cross head screws holding most of it together, though the base metal work was held in place with the twist tabs, the same as your toaster.

All of the inside metal panels making up the element 'body/frame' were of the twist tab type, and came apart with a little effort.

 

[Prajna]

Did some more fixing-up on Ant-on-knee's tractor. The hand break had a bit of toilet chain welded to an arm that was welded to the handle. The other end of the chain was welded to the foot brake pull rod. I replaced the chain with a pull rod. All from bits in my will-come-in-usefull pile. Dunno what the folded-sheet handbrake handle is made from but I welded some 5mm plate to it with a 2mm 6013 @ 60A and I think I could have gone hotter and not burned holes in it even though it looks thinner than 1.5mm

 

[Arc Tourist]

My only good deed for today. I fixed the noisy drip for a neighbour which keeps them awake at night. I didn't even have to climb out the window.

 

[Prajna]

Next job on Ant-on-knee's tractor: Brake release spring looked like this:

Now it looks like this:

That's a nice bit of bungee cord, adjustment and spares are easy and it is much more effective. Before, Ant had to wear steelies to be able to lift the brake pedal after breaking, now break release is automatic and there is a nice positive spring in the pedal. He's happy and I'm happy to have his tractor to practice on.

 

[Arc Tourist]

Great stuff bungee's, adaptable for many uses.

 

[Prajna]

Fixed or fitted? Ivor the Tank Engine is now in his new home.

 

[nickk]

A Ferguson drawbar,early ‘50’s,still in daily use,can’t imagine anything from the past 20 odd years claiming that statement in the future.

 

[sparkysy]

@Prajna

That looks like a lovely home for Ivor!
Do you own it? My O/H would love a yurt!

 

[MCKDAVID]

A Ferguson drawbar,early ‘50’s,still in daily use,can’t imagine anything from the past 20 odd years claiming that statement in the future.View attachment 312933View attachment 312934

interested in that hose? is it heat and fire resitant?. I have the nederman arm for the fume extraction, and pull it over to the table lift when I need to run any engines indoors, but there's always blow by and the garage gets fairly smokey if I have to run it for a while, made up a temporary lash up with a bit of aluminium gas boiler flue, and that worked ok, but would like to make up a more permanent solution. Something more flexible would be ideal, also like the mag mount too... nice idea..

draw bar looks good too....

 

[Tangledfeet]

Those of a sensitive disposition look away NOW!

We barely have enough metalwork vices in the workshop at school and certainly don't have any BSW machine screws so when a jaw fell out of a Record #2 vice and we couldn't find the screws there was only one solution... it isn't as if we'll ever be replacing the jaws anyway.

Took it home and used some stainless filler to TIG it on for good...

 

[My Old Landy]

Those of a sensitive disposition look away NOW!

We barely have enough metalwork vices in the workshop at school and certainly don't have any BSW machine screws so when a jaw fell out of a Record #2 vice and we couldn't find the screws there was only one solution... it isn't as if we'll ever be replacing the jaws anyway.

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Took it home and used some stainless filler to TIG it on for good...

That made me shed a tear

 

[Lewis_RX8]

Those of a sensitive disposition look away NOW!

We barely have enough metalwork vices in the workshop at school and certainly don't have any BSW machine screws so when a jaw fell out of a Record #2 vice and we couldn't find the screws there was only one solution... it isn't as if we'll ever be replacing the jaws anyway.

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Took it home and used some stainless filler to TIG it on for good...

vandal

 

[Tangledfeet]

That made me shed a tear

Yes, I can understand that'll grate many but it was sheer necessity; my job is to teach, not to fix workshop equipment (something I do too much of anyway), and we're under-resourced and constantly pushed as it is - needs must I'm afraid.