Stuff you have fixed today

[8ob]

been there......I drain mine now every time. Mine actually split the casing

I read somewhere about a guy that built a small outside cupboard for his pressure washer, it was insulated with the tap inside and had a small bulb inside working off a frost stat. He reckoned that produced enough heat to keep off a freeze, I suppose it saves draining it down/packing it away and its available to use at all times.

Bob

 

[dobbslc]

I needed a good really good seal on this pipe fitting so used some
Flowmaster pipe seal. I've used it before on radiator tails etc and it's good stuff.

This should do...

 

[Maker]

I needed a good really good seal on this pipe fitting so used some
Flowmaster pipe seal. I've used it before on radiator tails etc and it's good stuff.View attachment 319075

This should do...












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Baylis & Harding? Wouldn't a bottle of Swarfega be a better fit for such an industrial chic roll holder?

 

[Gragson]

Been painting inside of new work shed, so booooring anything else was a release.
Big puncture on wheel barrow, loads of evo, ancient patch, its holding stingy Jim!



Will balance and add required weights tomorrow

 

[nickk]

Mounted a solar panel on my telehandler at last,always keep them covered until all wires are in place.

 

[dan.taylor.1]

Mounted a solar panel on my telehandler at last,always keep them covered until all wires are in place.View attachment 319122View attachment 319123

Trickle charger?

 

[redlig]

Been painting inside of new work shed, so booooring anything else was a release.
Big puncture on wheel barrow, loads of evo, ancient patch, its holding stingy Jim!

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Will balance and add required weights tomorrow

Your going to balance a wheelbarrow wheel . How fast do you push it. I really hope you were joking.

 

[nickk]

Trickle charger?

Yes,there brilliant,got them on the forklift,campervan and soon to be on the digger.

 

[Gragson]

Your going to balance a wheelbarrow wheel . How fast do you push it. I really hope you were joking.

They don't call me "Usain Borrow Bolt" for nothing, I even adjust PSI dependant on load/mud track condition - I was joking mate

 

[Dcal]

Today I fixed, or to be more precise, nearly fixed my mates wood chipper infeed roller.
Green Mech stopped feeding so I said I'd have a look.
The feed roller is supported on one end by 4 bolt bearing housing and on the other by the hydraulic drive motor.

The bearing had collapsed so I had to remove the motor which was easy enough, however the feed drum was seized solid to the bearing. Also the mounting bolts would not slacken.
After the application of a few strokes with a BFH, the outer bearing race broke and the roller come out.
This showed the drive was stripped which apparently is a common problem and a repair piece is available.

Inner bearing race was also stuck solid so I welded a bit of pipe and angle to the race and put it in the press.
It took a couple of attempts but with a lot of weld to heat it up and a load of pressure it let go.

To be able to line it up in my small lathe, I made an adapter that would fit in a Weldon MT2 slugger bit adapter and the inside of the motor drive repair piece.
The adapter and Weldon would fit in the tailstock and the bearing end would fit in the chuck.

Also turned down a 10mm bolt to center a slugger bit to clean up the shaft.

I could then mount in my Boxford to line everything up and weld the repair section to the roller.

When I was welding it my tig welder developed a mind of its own and started switching randomly so I got a few horrible arc strikes.

Turns out the torch switch was faulty so I had to call it a day until I get a new switch.
So near and yet so far.
I'm sure @8ob will think I'm making a meal out of it but it's more about solving the problem with what I have at hand.

 

[JMS1972]

Yes,there brilliant,got them on the forklift,campervan and soon to be on the digger.

Have you got a link could do with one for the car.....

 

[8ob]

So near and yet so far.
I'm sure @8ob will think I'm making a meal out of it but it's more about solving the problem with what I have at hand.

No, I think you are doing well there

Bob

 

[northwest]

Have you got a link could do with one for the car.....

Just be a bit cautious with these. A couple of years ago (2019) a chap I know was woken by "Fireworks", they were actually aerosol cans exploding in what was left of his garage. Later the video footage (cameras in garage, DVR in house) showed that the solar charger he had connected to his motorbike started to give off a few sparks then set the wooden window frame alight.

He wa well insured fortunately but one of the motorbikes he is still arguing the toss over.

 

[nickk]

Have you got a link could do with one for the car.....

No ,sorry,I bought the first one ,for the camper at a show,10 years ago,that has since gone onto ,either the forklift or telehandler,due to getting a bigger one for the camper,just pick a reputable seller from amazon or eBay,with UK stock ,they’re all made in China ,once you go larger than about 5 watt,you need a charge regulator and use secure and insulated terminals.

 

[DanZac]

I've partially fixed the ABS light MOT failure on my boys runaround. It got picked up because it didn't come on.

Well I've fixed that by undoing someone's previous fix.

Now I just need to get the light to go back off again like it should.

Can you guess which ones the ABS light?

 

[Dcal]

Today I fixed my tig torch
New switch



and new head,



The head started leaking coolant a while ago so I ordered a cheap replacement and just used it as an air-cooled torch.
Had to get it sorted when the gas started coming out of the handle.
You can see why these are a consumable.

This at least let me finish the weld to the chipper feed roller.





Rubbish welding, but it was a pain to get at. (That's my excuse anyway)

 

[James1979]

I've partially fixed the ABS light MOT failure on my boys runaround. It got picked up because it didn't come on.

Well I've fixed that by undoing someone's previous fix.

Now I just need to get the light to go back off again like it should.
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Can you guess which ones the ABS light?

I may have wired them into the oil light before now….

 

[Dr.Al]

Two fixes, although neither of them were today, I just didn't get round to posting them until today.

1. Had a split in the pipe from the suds pump on my lathe. Replacing the pipe would have meant removing all the metal bar stock that's stored behind the lathe and the rack its all on, then removing the back panel of the lathe and it still would have involved some gymnastics to get to the motor. It seemed simpler to turn a couple of bits of steel tube and use it to splice some pipe I had lying around in the middle:

I don't use the pump much to be honest (the pipe broke more than a year ago and it hasn't bothered me enough to fix it), but it's handy for knurling as the continuous flow (at a very slow rate) stops bits of crud from clogging up the teeth and ruining the knurl.

With that fixed, I could get on with

2. A new screw for a hand plane:

I recently acquired a Stanley #45 with one screw missing. After some research (for which read: asking on a woodworking forum), it turned out that the thread is a 60° #10-28. According to my thread table, that's not a standard thread, but it should be the same diameter as a UNF #10-32 (4.83 mm), so I made the screw above as 4.82 mm × 28 TPI. I based the depth of cut on being halfway between what my thread cutting table says for 0.8 mm pitch and what it says for 1.0 mm pitch (28 TPI is about 0.91 mm pitch) and it fitted first time, so that was quite satisfying. It goes in the fence and is used to lock the fence position fine adjuster:

 

[Maker]

My boring head. Turns out the arbor is just glued into the head with a grub screw to stop it falling off should the glue break, which it did when I crashed it the other day. Easy repair, dismantle, soak in thinners then reglue. Good as new.

Of course by glue I mean Loctite 638.

 

[Prajna]

I didn't fix it today but today was the first chance I had to photograph it. Sgt Ze gets a little frustrated with logs that are just a tad oversized for the space available in the wood burner sometimes. And sometimes he will give them an encouraging kick before trying to close the doors on them. The result was a dented back plate to the firebox and a big split between the back and the floor.

I set to with a chunk of 4mm channel, which I cut a length of angle from with my 4" cordless grinder. I had also brought with me a handful of 2.5mm Bohler Fox 6013s that a friend gave me.

Prepping was very messy. Even cleaning out the firebox with a vacuum cleaner didn't prevent the dining room from choking with ash when I set to with the angle grinder. In the end I had to use my resperator an I pity Bea, who was left to clean up and dust down.

So I welded the angle over the crack and then cut out a few plates to cover the dents above the angle. Ze says it works great and no fumes.