Stuff you have made today

[Memmeddu]

I've decided to work on my little punto for 10 minutes...
Well it was supposed to last 10 minutes.
So the only job which shouldn't take more than 10 minutes, it turn out to be a nightmare.
Spark plug broken in its seat.
I've had to accurately remove any single ceramic fragment prior to replace it preventing a disaster.
Imagine the amount of damage a little piece of ceramic can do if going inside the cylinders

 

[northwest]

Made a couple of bushing wrenches and snapped a cutter while I was at it ()

 

[Munkul]

Made a couple of bushing wrenches and snapped a cutter while I was at it ()

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I know that pain. On paper, slot profiling steel with a small end mill works great... in practice not so great If you're patient enough maybe... but I always try to push the DOC and feed too hard

 

[Melvyn Best]

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I've decided to work on my little punto for 10 minutes...
Well it was supposed to last 10 minutes.
So the only job which shouldn't take more than 10 minutes, it turn out to be a nightmare.
Spark plug broken in its seat.
I've had to accurately remove any single ceramic fragment prior to replace it preventing a disaster.
Imagine the amount of damage a little piece of ceramic can do if going inside the cylinders

That was a common problem on some Fords that had tempered seats , also VW air cooled engines if Champion spark plugs had been fitted

 

[Hood]

Made a couple of bushing wrenches and snapped a cutter while I was at it ()

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Ha ha did that a couple of days ago, brand new 8mm extra long aluminium cutter, forgot to disable the lead out transition so it did a nice wee arc into the vice and snapped like a carrot

 

[dobbslc]

The ones I took out of the boys Fiat 500!

The gaps were huge,

 

[JMS1972]

I know that pain. On paper, slot profiling steel with a small end mill works great... in practice not so great If you're patient enough maybe... but I always try to push the DOC and feed too hard

Stefan Gotteswinter did a YouTube video on cutting sheet recently he suggested doing many light cuts with fast feed rates.

He recommended using end mills with a slight corner chamfer and keeping depth of cut below the chamfer height.

Dramatically reduces endmill wear.

 

[Onoff]

You know when you have this idea, don't think it through fully, then have a sudden realisation you're an idiot?

I have a whole bunch of redundant 24VAC valve actuators. They have an M8 thread for a little aluminium bracket that attaches to the 4-port valve. The valves get stiff, the aluminium bracket shears and they bin the whole lot. Perfectly useable for "something". With a quick mod they'll happily run along a bit of M8 studding at low speed in fwd/rev as they have a 3 wire cable. Been trying to think of a use for them. This with the lid off:

So...as they're M8 I figured get my lad to reproduce the final gear with the M8 centre thread upped to M10:

Test print on the right looks pretty good:

If I now say this was for a rotator device to turn an M10 bolt whilst I weld it, maybe someone can see the issue?

https://flic.kr/p/2pHcxEr

 

[Memmeddu]

That was a common problem on some Fords that had tempered seats , also VW air cooled engines if Champion spark plugs had been fitted

What could be the cause of that?

 

[RichardM]

Made some brackets up to upgrade the depth gauge I had fitted to the TS head.

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Also made fittings for the lathe compound and ordered an encoder head and more magnetic tape from AliExpress.

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Slotted a piece of alloy bar to take the magnetic tape and stainless cover.
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More pics when the new read head arrives.

Finished, although I may change the cable routing.

 

[Memmeddu]

I've officially replaced every single electric component under the hood.
Tomorrow I'll buy a battery charger and hopefully my loved Punto will run again.
If not,I have no regrets and I'm happy anyway because I've done everything I could do to save it.
Finished to reassemble it an hour ago.
I've fitted the new wire harness with little struggle because of FIAT engineers who designed so bad the harness layout,long cables where not needed,short where they should be.
Plus they made it pass through a lot of areas I personally prefer not to.
Anyways fingers crossed wish me good luck .

 

[DAPPH]

You know when you have this idea, don't think it through fully, then have a sudden realisation you're an idiot?

I have a whole bunch of redundant 24VAC valve actuators. They have an M8 thread for a little aluminium bracket that attaches to the 4-port valve. The valves get stiff, the aluminium bracket shears and they bin the whole lot. Perfectly useable for "something". With a quick mod they'll happily run along a bit of M8 studding at low speed in fwd/rev as they have a 3 wire cable. Been trying to think of a use for them. This with the lid off:

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So...as they're M8 I figured get my lad to reproduce the final gear with the M8 centre thread upped to M10:

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Test print on the right looks pretty good:

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If I now say this was for a rotator device to turn an M10 bolt whilst I weld it, maybe someone can see the issue?

https://flic.kr/p/2pHcxEr

Weld heat melting the plastic ?

 

[Onoff]

Weld heat melting the plastic ?

Exactly!

Did think about setting the geared section in a water bath and remotely mounting the motor:

Or...just turn it upside down and set the gears in a shallow bath:

How to earth the bolt?

 

[Kram]

A lump of copper or alu threaded on the bolt would make a heatsink and with wire wrapped make a slip joint for earthing.

 

[DAPPH]

Top photo wrap a decent length of Terry Towel / old bath towel round the bolt and wet it with cold water leave 3/4 inch above the towel free of towel ?????? CO2 weld them as there is a lot less heat involved to tack it up ?
Or
Make a long extension , say 6 " s screw it in place and lightly screw the bolt in it , you could still use a wet cloth to suppress hot sparks ?
Set it up in a vice so you weld at 25 or so degrees that way falling sparks will tend to drop away from the motor & cables and it's fairly easy to weld on a rotating slope

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

Made a round bale lifter. A wee bit to finish off but nearly their. View attachment 444526

to transport a refrigerator, freezer and two washing machines, I made removable forks for a trolley for a gas cylinder. There was very little time.

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[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

After helping a friend, fix the leak in the bath room, he showed me his new toy.
A small CNC mill, for wood, with a host of pre loaded plans.
So I made this.

The salvaged Black plastic which was under the feet of the bath.
The white is just Airfix white paint.


But we need something to put them in.

 

[Melvyn Best]

What could be the cause of that?

With the Fords I think it was over tightening, not sure about the Champion plugs in VWs but I’ve come across the problem loads of times but never with any other spark plug manufacturers

 

[Memmeddu]

With the Fords I think it was over tightening, not sure about the Champion plugs in VWs but I’ve come across the problem loads of times but never with any other spark plug manufacturers

Spark temperature? Maybe to high for the amount of fuel, compression ecc?

 

[GRW]

I've been plugging away weekends on my Camper conversion.

I've got all the insulation (floor & walls, plus overcab area) in except the main ceiling (going in last after my elecrical conduit and cables); most of the furniture made (sofa base in as it doubles as the dc electrics base, loo walls, plus the bed base/garage segregation).

Kitchen base made bespoke (as I had to offset the fridge 90mm from the grill & hob above to clear a bodywork rib for the flue & vents - holes not cut yet )
Overhead cupboards I've made 2 of 3 ready to fit.

Yesterday I started on the (DC) electrics. The Split Charge supply to my Habitat Batteries. It should be a simple, quick circuit - except it turned into a PITA as I didn't have 12vdc after I routed the (fused) +I've off the main starter battery.
I checked continuity- all good.
I re-checked my Earth for the Hab batteries (using one of the vacant Load Securing floor bolts for the Earth) - all good.
Turned out that the main battery -ive post connection was grand - but the piggy-back connector off that (which also has the main vehicle Ground connected to it) - was poor.... so despite the van working fine, I was getting less than 9vdc metered (the SPR won't power up at all below 8.8vdc - hence it all seeming to be dead or defective).
Wasted loads of time on what should gave been the simplest circuit going in!
Still - it's all working now.

Today... trying to work out all my internal wiring distribution, switching & fusing arrangement & placement etc.
Then - wiring it all up and fitting stuff.
Then - AC Dis & cabling.
Then........