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A few more pics for your delight, I reckon between me and @Tangledfeet we are doing a cracking job of the stick welding 
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Clearly not a ticketed welder. But if I am wrong and this guy should have his ticket pulled and sent back to school. That is an embarrassment.
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Is that suppose to be funny. Maybe he should learn how to weld and fix it properly. Or is he trying to kill somebody?
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He may well have a ticket but I think it will be for parking.
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It is not a first go.
It is not in service yet but it will be at some point.
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Hood
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That is one way of putting it
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That is one way of putting it
I commend the bravery, take the Russian approach i"will only kill you if you think it will kill you"
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Roof vent on the container, proper scrapheap challenge job from offcuts. Welding is rough as so don’t zoom in too much 
think I got it waterproof though the next shower will answer that one. Need to fit some seals on it.
It started off as what was going to be a roof light as I had some offcuts of polycarbonate sheet but it didn’t let much light in cue it being transformed into a vent.
A lash up of 50x3mm flat bar, 10mm square bar, some 3mm sheet and some 30x30 angle.
Currently in the process of fitting the 15inch vortice fan to the other end to drag a lot of air through.
Topside open
Underside closed
Topside in stealth mode
think I got it waterproof though the next shower will answer that one. Need to fit some seals on it. It started off as what was going to be a roof light as I had some offcuts of polycarbonate sheet but it didn’t let much light in cue it being transformed into a vent.
A lash up of 50x3mm flat bar, 10mm square bar, some 3mm sheet and some 30x30 angle.
Currently in the process of fitting the 15inch vortice fan to the other end to drag a lot of air through.
Topside open
Underside closed
Topside in stealth mode
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Been struggling to get there doors aligned for the last 3 weeksKnowing what I receive from fitted door manufacturers I would vote for the latter...
In the same category as dropping a door on its corner, throwing some soft wax in and hoping we don't notice,
Or overtrimming vinyl and throwing some soft wax in and hoping we don't notice,
etc
etc
Was waiting to see the hinges put on the wrong sides of the doors by the manufacturer so they bind on the ceiling, but at least they did not do that to you
I know the units a level in all 3 planes.
Got the roofing square out the other day to find a 600mm w door 3mm out across the top.
At least I know I'm not going mad.
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One of the air cylinders on the Chiron had started to leak, basically it meant the compressor was constantly on which is not good. I removed the cylinder a few days ago to get the seal out and it was absolutely knackered. I called a local pneumatics place and they said they should be able to get me a repair kit and they would email once they had a price. It was nearly 4pm the next day before they got back saying they had been struggling to match up the part number but eventually they had found it was made under licence for Chiron so they could not supply. I contacted Chiron who passed me on to their UK partner who, after asking the machines serial number, came back with a quote. The quote was for a complete cylinder and it came in at nearly £1300 of which £40 plus VAT was for packaging and £43 plus VAT was for postage
I said I was only needing a seal and asked if it was available but so far no reply. Today I decided to refit the cylinder but just blank off the air pipe to the side that was leaking. There are two cylinders and also springs that lift the tool basket up so I wondered if the springs and one cylinder would be enough, at least until I get something sorted such as possibly adapting a cheaper cylinder. Well I am happy to report it works fine, very slightly slower but as I am not in a hurry an extra 1/10th of a second every tool change will not bother me
As that was done and dusted I thought I better try and do some catch up with work.
Plasma cut some 6mm Alu and welded up a couple of monitor stands for a fishing boat, alu had been out the back for a while so was a bit manky, I need to see if I can find something like the machine that @henry Kadzielski has just got for cleaning up plate
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I then had two hauler knives to fill.
The first one is steel and was worn both sides. I tigged up the first side and ground it down.
Tig however was slow for such a lot of filling so the second side I got out the stick welder and filled it up.
Ground down and knife is ready to be refitted.
Next up was a stainless knife cover I make for the bronze knife on a different make of hauler, it is much cheaper and easier to fill the wear on the stainless than it is to fill up the bronze.
Just tigged this one then ground smooth.
Headed home and just got in the house when the rain started pouring down and thunder and lightning, the dog is presently hiding
I said I was only needing a seal and asked if it was available but so far no reply. Today I decided to refit the cylinder but just blank off the air pipe to the side that was leaking. There are two cylinders and also springs that lift the tool basket up so I wondered if the springs and one cylinder would be enough, at least until I get something sorted such as possibly adapting a cheaper cylinder. Well I am happy to report it works fine, very slightly slower but as I am not in a hurry an extra 1/10th of a second every tool change will not bother me
As that was done and dusted I thought I better try and do some catch up with work.
Plasma cut some 6mm Alu and welded up a couple of monitor stands for a fishing boat, alu had been out the back for a while so was a bit manky, I need to see if I can find something like the machine that @henry Kadzielski has just got for cleaning up plate
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I then had two hauler knives to fill.
The first one is steel and was worn both sides. I tigged up the first side and ground it down.
Tig however was slow for such a lot of filling so the second side I got out the stick welder and filled it up.
Ground down and knife is ready to be refitted.
Next up was a stainless knife cover I make for the bronze knife on a different make of hauler, it is much cheaper and easier to fill the wear on the stainless than it is to fill up the bronze.
Just tigged this one then ground smooth.
Headed home and just got in the house when the rain started pouring down and thunder and lightning, the dog is presently hiding
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It actually looks like the pics I have seen of other Norgren seals and I have a sneaking suspicion it will just be a standard seal. I will take some dimensions and ask the local place if they can match it up with anything, if not I can probably do something like you said. I certainly won't be paying £1300
aye, I figured that at 1300 for a seal..
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unlikely it's a custom made seal though, seals and bearings etc most designers rely on the standards and adapt to suit, unless they really have no other choice or it's a prototype etc. but for a pneumatic cylinder I doubt if it's anything exotic... might be best to remove it and take it with you to them.
... unlikely it's a custom made seal though, seals and bearings etc most designers rely on the standards and adapt to suit, unless they really have no other choice or it's a prototype etc. but for a pneumatic cylinder I doubt if it's anything exotic... might be best to remove it and take it with you to them.
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It is a bit different to cylinders I have seen. It has a shock absorber on the end (right in pic) but the rod itself only hits the shock absorber when it is almost fully up.
The seal itself which is the rod end is just a push fit in but it has a moulded ring on its outer circumference which locks into a groove in the cylinder body, the more pressure the more it will grip.
I don't have a pic of the seal itself but it looks just like the one in the pic below.
The seal itself which is the rod end is just a push fit in but it has a moulded ring on its outer circumference which locks into a groove in the cylinder body, the more pressure the more it will grip.
I don't have a pic of the seal itself but it looks just like the one in the pic below.
