Stuff you have fixed today

[Keith 66]

Just fixed my Meddings Flott pillar drill, after it conked out & was repaired for the second time i made up a new sensor cable for the speed controller, fitted it & no joy. Had another look & found a track on the circuit board to a large transistor had broken. Scraped it all clean & resoldered & away it goes again!
Its a good modern machine variable speed from 500 to 3000 rpm & very handy for small stuff like instrument work & drilling tiny holes.
Problem with these is the motor & quill moves up & down as a unit within the casing, all the electronic control gear is inside the front casing & fixed solid, so there is a long run of cables that flop about & hit sharp bits on the castings, cable runs are now all clipped up & armoured so they wont chafe through again.
So its repreived from the skip for the third time!

 

[Olderisbetter]

Not so much fixed today more cleaned up, this 3 metre antenna is for about 450 mhz, it is carbon fibre made i think mid 80's but the carbon finish was weathered so some sanding and my goto lacquer and ithas already started to look better.

 

[Cheesie]

Little bracket of a 1970 Honda not sure what it's a friends project material unknown it's like aluminium but melts way different I've basically glued it if it works all is good, part maybe not available anymore

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A few minutes ago I received a package.

In it was two Mamod whistles.

I wsted no time in fixing two shortfalls on two of my Mamods.

Some time back I restored this very early Mamod Steam Roller,.

It bugged me that I could not find a old whistle in the UK at a decent price. I found a good site, but the cost put me off.

So I brought a modern unit.

You can tell it is a new item, as it has a nut and bolt fixings.

Fitted.

I think it is in keeping with iut's age.




This one of my other Mamods. It always bugged me that the box was from a older item. But this one was a Factory rebuild and sold through a Mamod outlet.
The Whistles is not the same as the box and dates from a few years after this engine was built.
Yes, it is an approved rebuild. But The picture on the box shows an old style whistle.
But the cost in the UK put me off doing much about it.

Yes I have the chimmley.
The box shows a old style, but the original paper work shoews this style.



Looks the poart as well.

The deatails on the box.

Old style and the new replacements.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Oh yes.
Both work.
Just tried them on compressed air, supplied by the item below.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This has been waiting for some TLC for too long, so have the other two foot pumps I have.

Had it in bits, as far as I could go.
With out loosing the original fixings.

Painted, in rebuild.

Yes there is another one behind.

Done, been used already.

 

[bricol]

My Kismet Lorry (ex my dad, probably ex his dad) has a Shrader valve fitting end for a tyre pressure gauge to be used - never seen another "Lorry" like it.

Both my Lorry and the Trolley, while having new leather washers, non-perished air hose etc, look the age they are - rather than new shiny paint and polish - just seems to fit better with their life history.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

My Kismet Lorry (ex my dad, probably ex his dad) has a Shrader valve fitting end for a tyre pressure gauge to be used - never seen another "Lorry" like it.

Both my Lorry and the Trolley, while having new leather washers, non-perished air hose etc, look the age they are - rather than new shiny paint and polish - just seems to fit better with their life history.

The first image does not show the issues with the pump.
Mainly it was only as good as a door stop.

By the time I had it in a state to set it to work, it was in need of more tlc.

 

[JMS1972]

A friend was struggling to find someone to sort out the old flue after her boiler was moved.

A bricklayer I am not but it is at least a bit less draughty

Wall is a mess of imperial and metric bricks so used a couple old bricks that were lying around in the back yard.

 

[Arc Tourist]

My Kismet Lorry (ex my dad, probably ex his dad) has a Shrader valve fitting end for a tyre pressure gauge to be used - never seen another "Lorry" like it.

Both my Lorry and the Trolley, while having new leather washers, non-perished air hose etc, look the age they are - rather than new shiny paint and polish - just seems to fit better with their life history.

I find that certain items look great showing they're history and natural patina, and others look better with a fresh restoration, as sometimes it feels depressing if every item is looking old and dreary; kind of like me.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A friend was struggling to find someone to sort out the old flue after her boiler was moved.

A bricklayer I am not but it is at least a bit less draughty

Wall is a mess of imperial and metric bricks so used a couple old bricks that were lying around in the back yard.

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Looks good from my house.

 

[JMS1972]

Looks good from my house.

Mine too

 

[8ob]

Mine too

Better on google earth, is that Brook bond on that brickwork

Bob

 

[JMS1972]

Better on google earth, is that Brook bond on that brickwork

Bob

The whole wall is a disaster, part of it was pointed up with 100% cement applied with a stick

 

[dobbslc]

Better on google earth, is that Brook bond on that brickwork

Bob

It is an odd looking bond! I think its probably Tetley though

 

[pedrobedro]

Bit short on headers, the brickie should be on a stretcher

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Yay.
Time, coffee to my self.
Saw a good friend to day.
Drank some of his coffee.
Came home, had a wee dram with a nice neighbour. Her two puppies were free and fighting.

Then finished a few more jobs.

Dug this one out the other day. I got it for spares for the first Kismet Lorry pump. Turns out this one was in better condition than the first.
Freed it up, a lick of paint. I mean a lick, the tin was all but empty.
New hose, new washers etc.

The brass would not clean up, I need to get some brass restoring fluid.

This led on to me kicking the third pump around.

This has been abused for years, it used to be used to pressurise MOD small extinguishers. But they are all gone now.
I knew it was complete, I had a spare hose.

Get the metal nice and hot and applied many coats of wax/oil mix.

The trio of pumps.



This beastie cam my way.
I didn't have it for a few days, as it had to be made safe by the senisble people.
Or in this case, I explained to them what it was, how it worked and why they needed to do it.

 

[MattF]

Her two puppies were free and fighting.

Is that a euphemism?

 

[dobbslc]

Is that a euphemism?

I was wondering the same!
Vark , photos or they don't exist!!!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Is that a euphemism?

Don't know what you mean