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Making some posts and plinths and stuff. It's gonna be a deck, with a roof! The plinths go all the way down so to speak. It's about 1 - 1.2 meters down, not below frost depth in other words. But I hit solid bedrock when I got that far down so that makes frost depth irrelevant! They're cast straight on the bedrock. No frost heaving thus.
Cad preview of where I am going with this, there's a roof too of course but not rendered here.
And the Saab gets used as it's meant to be used. It's a practical car despite it's age. More practical IMO than some modern rolling ipad which should just be driven straight out of the factory into a trash compactor.
Cad preview of where I am going with this, there's a roof too of course but not rendered here.
And the Saab gets used as it's meant to be used. It's a practical car despite it's age. More practical IMO than some modern rolling ipad which should just be driven straight out of the factory into a trash compactor.
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And that's why I love older cars...
I hope my 23 years old Fiat Punto despite all its little problems keeps going for many years yet .
It's from a car era when yes it was already electronic controlled but mechanically easy to maintain and work with.
That's why I've been able to do everything by my own with practically just
An half and quarter inch Lidl sockets set.
Few screwdrivers, a pair of poligrip pilers , and a lever
Brakes, timing belt, service belt, clutch, transmission joints, control arms , engine mounts, crank seals, injectors, various gaskets, electrical , bodywork.
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Today I made a 316l stainless adapter to offset the lid on my watermain stop valve "Toby" so it would fit beside the BT connection manhole.
Very rough and ready and my thin stainless welding isn't up to much, but it will do the job.
It was needed because the BT cable and watermain came across the same road trench when it was put in over 30 years ago.
They are too close together but I'm not opening up the road again so needed a work around.
I noticed a wet spot in the garden and thought I needed to install a french drain but when I started digging I found a leak.
To fix it I clamped off the pipe and installed a joint.
When looking at the leak it became obvious the leak started where the pipe had been clamped before.
So, to prevent the same thing happening again, I used a die grinder to take out the internal stop ends and installed a second jointer.
When the clamp was removed I slid the second jointer down over the crimped section and tightened it up.
I hope that's the end of the leak.
Anyway, adapter in place.
It allows me to turn the water off, but might cause issues if they ever want to fit a water meter.
To seal it I mixed up some weak lightweight concrete.
It's in a grass verge so I'll cast a thin concrete slab around them so they don't get lost in the undergrowth. (again)
Very rough and ready and my thin stainless welding isn't up to much, but it will do the job.
It was needed because the BT cable and watermain came across the same road trench when it was put in over 30 years ago.
They are too close together but I'm not opening up the road again so needed a work around.
I noticed a wet spot in the garden and thought I needed to install a french drain but when I started digging I found a leak.
To fix it I clamped off the pipe and installed a joint.
When looking at the leak it became obvious the leak started where the pipe had been clamped before.
So, to prevent the same thing happening again, I used a die grinder to take out the internal stop ends and installed a second jointer.
When the clamp was removed I slid the second jointer down over the crimped section and tightened it up.
I hope that's the end of the leak.
Anyway, adapter in place.
It allows me to turn the water off, but might cause issues if they ever want to fit a water meter.
To seal it I mixed up some weak lightweight concrete.
It's in a grass verge so I'll cast a thin concrete slab around them so they don't get lost in the undergrowth. (again)
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You're going to get me started!...we are looking for a new car at the moment and my top requirement is I want physical buttons for the air con/Fan.
I really didn't think it was much to ask
..if it wasn't for ULEZ tax I'd buy an old Volvo !Just go old old volvo then, pre 1984 lolYou're going to get me started!...we are looking for a new car at the moment and my top requirement is I want physical buttons for the air con/Fan.
I really didn't think it was much to ask
Classic Vehicles and the ULEZ
www.london.gov.uk
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This!!! My 2010 mazda6 is otherwise great except for the smart controlled air. Change any setting and it will decide to blast the fan on full at my face.
I like to set it split face and feet, and the fan only on low.
Change of temperature, it will increase the fan for you. Turn the aircon on or off, face only on full.
I can understand full fan, aircon and changing it to window only for the demist button but the rest is very irritating.
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Also today, I made a template of the scale from an Alba Shaper that @God mode restorations wanted so he could get a new one made.
It only took a year to get around to doing it.
To make it I needed to take the scale off my shaper but it was made of monkey metal and the pins holding it on were solid so even though I ground the head off, I broke it into several bits.
It was bent and grubby so I didn't mind as it had to come off at some stage.
I cleaned it up, stuck it together with epoxy glue, made a box and stuck it to the bottom with double sided tape.
Then mixed, degassed and poured in silicone to make a mould.
The negative came out ok.
So I turned the mould over and put it back in the box, mixed and poured in some polyurethane casting resin.
Came out ok but there's a couple of small air bubbles that ruined it.
I thought the vacuum pump I used wasn't pulling enough of a vacuum for degassing, so I fixed that and had another go. (I need to post that fix in the "stuff you fixed today" thread.)
A definite improvement and probably good enough for the job.
I'm sure a 3d printer would have made it in next to no time but where's the fun in that. (And I don't have a 3d printer or know how to draw or use one and I don't need another hobby)
Alba 1A shaper strip and rebuild
Gear selection...pull fast....push slow Very nice. I could do with one of those, mine is broken in half. I didn't know the instructions were on the knob.
www.mig-welding.co.uk
It only took a year to get around to doing it.
To make it I needed to take the scale off my shaper but it was made of monkey metal and the pins holding it on were solid so even though I ground the head off, I broke it into several bits.
It was bent and grubby so I didn't mind as it had to come off at some stage.
I cleaned it up, stuck it together with epoxy glue, made a box and stuck it to the bottom with double sided tape.
Then mixed, degassed and poured in silicone to make a mould.
The negative came out ok.
So I turned the mould over and put it back in the box, mixed and poured in some polyurethane casting resin.
Came out ok but there's a couple of small air bubbles that ruined it.
I thought the vacuum pump I used wasn't pulling enough of a vacuum for degassing, so I fixed that and had another go. (I need to post that fix in the "stuff you fixed today" thread.)
A definite improvement and probably good enough for the job.
I'm sure a 3d printer would have made it in next to no time but where's the fun in that. (And I don't have a 3d printer or know how to draw or use one and I don't need another hobby)
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Here's something to print you might find useful, if your tank has the modern type of operating mechanism. I called it a " Flushroom ".My first 3d print, just getting used to it all but knew it had to be a classic. View attachment 456201
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It was an idea I had a few years back, but never got around to pursuing as a product, and unfortunately someone recently had. Anyway, it makes a toilet easier to flush with just a bump of the palm of the hand, and is more hygienic than pushing one's finger into a funky recess. Here are a some photos and a rough sketch.
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So rather than a nice smooth wipeable button, it's a textured 3D print full of little crevices to hold the poo particles.Here's something to print you might find useful, if your tank has the modern type of operating mechanism. I called it a " Flushroom ".
It was an idea I had a few years back, but never got around to pursuing as a product, and unfortunately someone recently had. Anyway, it makes a toilet easier to flush with just a bump of the palm of the hand, and is more hygienic than pushing one's finger into a funky recess. Here are a some photos and a rough sketch.
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Not a rough texture, and simple to clean on the rare occasion we have an uncivilized visitor. We have evolved to use toilet paper, and not our hands to wipe.So rather than a nice smooth wipeable button, it's a textured 3D print full of little crevices to hold the poo particles.
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Coincidentally I was looking at old (ish) Volvo V70’s yesterday and they ARE ULEZ compliant..,I really didn't think it was much to ask
Nice, that would be a handy thing for elderly people!Here's something to print you might find useful, if your tank has the modern type of operating mechanism. I called it a " Flushroom ".
It was an idea I had a few years back, but never got around to pursuing as a product, and unfortunately someone recently had. Anyway, it makes a toilet easier to flush with just a bump of the palm of the hand, and is more hygienic than pushing one's finger into a funky recess. Here are a some photos and a rough sketch.
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And those with knackered hands like me
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Yea i had the xc70 2.5t that was ULEZ...like a fool I got rid of it!
That xc70 (1 owner/82k fsh) cost me £2k about 4 years ago...now more like £5k+...if you can find one!
They are expensive to run too...25mpg, high road tax, high insurance unfortunately!
Been looking at the Dacia jogger hybrid...I just need a cheap big estate car for the allotment and the various hobbies I get up to. Just needs to be simple...no stupid lane keep nonsense and AC via buttons!
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An FSM Polsky FIAT 126P might be right for you.
You have either a pair of mechanical control levers on the dashboard.
Or a little physical butterfly valve on the transmission tunnel.
If you want cold air the valve is closed.
You have to switch a fan which takes air from the trunk in the front of the car.
If you want hot you have to open the valve in relation of how much heat you need.
Here comes a stream of oily and gasoline aromatics directly from the engine air cooling conveyor .
The speed depends directly on the throttle and the heat too really.
You can select the output from the windshield base or the front of the dash.
Few things can go wrong and everything is fixable with an hammer and duck tape
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Yeah, I fell into that classification years ago.
The supporting ring was attached to the tank using bits of "White Tack".Same here, and simple devices can make life just a little bit easier.And those with knackered hands like me
