Same here but it is turning into something special I've just a couple more things to weld up for it
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He also runs a car service place down there too it's all secure,Does that toolbox have to be put away every day, or is the whole place thief-proof?
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For mounting and adjusting rifle bolts - doing something accurately to the end of?
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Over the last few days I've been knocking this together, working outside when possible in the wind. 
It'll be a small log splitter for a pal [yes, he does have an axe 
but like me he's getting on a bit and less able for some things 
]. Ignore the short lengths of pipe, they're only for setting sizes and will be replaced with longer once I have the scissors jack I've been promised by a local chap.
The log is approximately the size he'll be working with afaik.
It'll be a small log splitter for a pal [yes, he does have an axe but like me he's getting on a bit and less able for some things ]. Ignore the short lengths of pipe, they're only for setting sizes and will be replaced with longer once I have the scissors jack I've been promised by a local chap.The log is approximately the size he'll be working with afaik.
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Absolutely, Remington don't have a 6.5 Grendel ergo 6.0mm ARC rifle bolt in this country and getting one from the US is a non starter so I am going to make my own!
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I don't know what that half tracked vehicle is but I do know I want to have a play in it
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I don't know what that half tracked vehicle is but I do know I want to have a play in it
Thats the combine, the other part of its missing from the photo.
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Proved to my wife that a lathe is an essential tool after the plastic centre broke in our glass topped patio table:
Mine got a bit of old car radiator hose taped around the umbrella pole in a similar situation . . not wasting engineering materials on that!
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Is the welder's table made from an old milling table?
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Yes i believe so... Maybe a planer or grinder.
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Well, bit of a long story this one, it is a bolt head from a Mauser M3, lovely guns and beautifully engineered.
This is how it should look, this is the view down my microscope and the grub screw is 3mm dia. it holds the ejector in place:
Customer had complained that it wouldn't eject properly so this is the view of the one presented "with a problem":
WTF!
This is the same bolt head with a pointer atr the edge of the hole:
It is always the same tired old Sh1t "Oh I have absolutely no idea what could be wrong I hear this every single time, I have taken to telling them: "look, I am not going to hit you, just tell me what you have done, it will save me time and you money". They still deny it.
Someone on here has (privately) asked me why I get involved, but I do like a challenge :-)
Some short while later:
I carefully picked, hammered, battered and coaxed the ruined grub screw out and I was able to get a good quality tap to clean up the threads and insert a new grub screw:
NOW I can replace the ejector and make it work properly. How do you charge for a job like this? You cannot really but I get a great deal of satisfaction from having succeeded, I don't always succeed and that is the nature of it.
This is how it should look, this is the view down my microscope and the grub screw is 3mm dia. it holds the ejector in place:
Customer had complained that it wouldn't eject properly so this is the view of the one presented "with a problem":
WTF!
This is the same bolt head with a pointer atr the edge of the hole:
It is always the same tired old Sh1t "Oh I have absolutely no idea what could be wrong I hear this every single time, I have taken to telling them: "look, I am not going to hit you, just tell me what you have done, it will save me time and you money". They still deny it.
Someone on here has (privately) asked me why I get involved, but I do like a challenge :-)
Some short while later:
I carefully picked, hammered, battered and coaxed the ruined grub screw out and I was able to get a good quality tap to clean up the threads and insert a new grub screw:
NOW I can replace the ejector and make it work properly. How do you charge for a job like this? You cannot really but I get a great deal of satisfaction from having succeeded, I don't always succeed and that is the nature of it.
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There's nothing like a bit of a challenge at times , often it's the only thing you get a bit of satisfaction from .
" I won't be beaten " sort of thing .
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The Wiha screwdrivers are available here:
www.micro-tools.de
Mark over at OnlyQualityTools used to stock them and will source a set if asked but I picked up quite a few sets from him a while back, if you are dealing in really small fasteners these are a must have item I think.
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Mark over at OnlyQualityTools used to stock them and will source a set if asked but I picked up quite a few sets from him a while back, if you are dealing in really small fasteners these are a must have item I think.
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It's also the type of job which can make you wonder why you keep inflicting it upon yourself.
