Onoff
In the land of the unfinished project I am King!
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Late Christmas pressie?
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Late Christmas pressie?
brewdexta
The biggest tool in the box
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Desk cleared and a 2nd coat of Osmo polyx oil applied to the top. It's the first time in about 6 months that I've seen the desk top, usually buried in bills, cables and bits of projects.
The Mirka Deros sander packed in while doing this, fix one thing and break another....
The Mirka Deros sander packed in while doing this, fix one thing and break another....
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Both of my car keys.
One went through the wash ages ago and stopped working.
Second one had the rubber come away from the buttons.
No big deal, I'll swap the cases over, and make a good one out of the two.
Bit of fiddling, and now both are working.
One went through the wash ages ago and stopped working.
Second one had the rubber come away from the buttons.
No big deal, I'll swap the cases over, and make a good one out of the two.
Bit of fiddling, and now both are working.
Farside
Badly Welded Man
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If one broke, the other one won't be far behind it, surely.
Extra kudos for making two of them.
Dr.Al
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Good point - I've saved the model so I'll be able to make another one easily.
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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This little Gem came my way.
The Mini Auto Mini Max.
Theses units are not rare, but finding one with the bracket is.
The Auto was designed for cars and small lorries.
It was never popular as the larger units cost less and freely available from The RAC and the AA.
These units are simple to rebuild, if you can find the parts.
This one was rebuilt with a steel "poppet" valve. Steel, water and fire aditive not a good mix.
So I made a new one.
I have filled it with water and 6% AFFF mix.
The bracket was cleaned and repaired.
LHS on the base is a bracket with a hole. That part is new. The old one was rusted. That part is the main clip that secures the unit.
This bracket, I think was never fitted. As the fixing holes are still 3 BA. If it had been fitted they end op about 1/4" or 3/8.
All done, all working
Mick Annick
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Nice work! I worked in the warehouse at the Minimax factory in Feltham in the summer of 1974 (by then part of Chubb Fire), we had a skip just for those (and the Pyrene ones) brought back in by the service engineers, even in my short time there I binned hundreds of them.
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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99.99% of all the units I replace are never used.
They are either.
Damaged. Being used as door stops.
Or out of date. It is cheaper to repace than do a Discharge. Test. Refill.
Damage on the internals are hard to see or calculate what will happen when used.
I tested a door stop unit, the linning collasped and blocked the discharged tube, 2 seconds of use. Not good in a real situation.
Recently there was a "Idea" that using the gas to give you a high was wise. But then it was found you could get a bigger high if it was taken" Not orally or through the nose, but lower down.
The guy did not invert the unit before his personal use.
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Arc Tourist
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Today, I had to fixed my attire. I've put a bit of weight on during the holidays and was unable to button up the trousers ( with my shirt tucked in ) on my go to a funeral suit. Had to tie my shirt around my waist in a knot like Mary Ann on Gilligans Island, and keep my coat buttoned up to look presentable and pay my last respects. I think my childhood friend, who was quite a joker would have seen the humour in that. 
Lewis_RX8
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Sharpened a knife for a mate , nice Victorinox , the edge looked like it had been using for masonry or something all blunted and dinged so used my plywood bench grinder sharpening wheel with some white polishing compound to get the edge back up to mirror sharp and cut up a catalogue to test it
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I fixed my MacBook. It’s 9y old I think now, the battery swelled so much it deformed the case and I couldn’t close my laptop. So I ordered new battery and keyboard because the caps lock key stopped working.
So bellow is 95 little screws I put in on the new keyboard
Cleaned all the boards, re assembled with new battery.
It lives
So bellow is 95 little screws I put in on the new keyboard
Cleaned all the boards, re assembled with new battery.
It lives
Morrisman
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I bought my daughter a Mac when we lived in the Philippines. Its probably 9 years old now, as well. 3 years ago it had some issue and I went to the Apple shop in Brum, asked about getting it fixed, and the nice man told me it should have had the factory recall new screen fitted. He sent it away and it had a new main board, keyboard, screen, top cover and battery. I had to pay £150 for the battery, but we basically got a new Mac back off them.
I bought her a new one 18 months ago and it has recently developed the flickering light bar disease, so I shall probably take that to Brim and ask them to fix it, for free.
Morrisman
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I installed the heads on the Chevy that's been in bits for a couple of years. New gasket set from real Steel, delivered in less than 24 hours after ordering on the phone.
I have two intakes, one came with the motor, one is, apparently, a quite rare early Corvette intake. Not sure which one to use.
I have two intakes, one came with the motor, one is, apparently, a quite rare early Corvette intake. Not sure which one to use.
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I was going to buy an. We mac but I heard so many issues with that top bar, I see they’ve resorted back now though. I’ll probably buy a new one later this year. I need bigger storage than what I have. Otherwise my mac would be fine.
JMS1972
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Which one gives better driveability? Or POWER! Depending on how Clarkson you are
Morrisman
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I have no idea actually. With 350 horsepower on tap I doubt I could tell the difference myself.Which one gives better driveability? Or POWER! Depending on how Clarkson you are
Jim Davey
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Today among other things I tackled a rather beaten up ArcGen Weldmaker 165 SP1. Cracked chassis on every corner, broken exhaust, broken exhaust mounting framework. What a sod of a thing to work on.
The revised MK2 and later variants have a much more sensible casing which allows better access.
The revised MK2 and later variants have a much more sensible casing which allows better access.
