Stuff you have made today

[Barking Mat]

No I didn’t make the chassis it’s a Wasp F350 kit. https://www.offroadkartplans.com/store/F350-Kart-Rolling-Chassis-p149205747

It has a centrifugal clutch running a chain and sprocket on one side and a cable operated disc on the other. They do have an option for a variomatic transmission as well.
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nice welds, arc?

 

[mechman]

Time to bottle the elderberry wine...
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Just had a bottle of my own from god knows when yum yum.

 

[mechman]

Lovely to see those skills (way beyond mine) being used; I fear that in years to come they'll wither and die away.

I agree, I can bend most light sheet but when it comes to putting a return edge on it, well that's someone else's dept. I go the long way round and weld a return on but that's me.

 

[Tupers]

nice welds, arc?

I’m not sure I only bolted it together. It came with my big stack of milling machines and workshop gear.

 

[Dcal]

Today I made a puller for removing the alignment bush from a propshaft.

And a punch for putting it back on after I installed a new donut and rubber boot.

 

[dan.taylor.1]

Yesterday I got this nice single speed B&D drill. It worked, but failed the PAT.

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Now, I don't have access to my works PAT machine, the machine used was a cheep one in MIS. That just gives you a pass or fail.
So it is not that useful.

I have had a few of this type of drill go through my hands, so I am familiar with them.
First item to test/replace is the capacitor in the handle, below the trigger. On this one there was some corrosion on the contacts, soon cleaned.

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Rear bearing, this always seams to attract dirt and crud. Mostly the dust from the carbon bushes.

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Cleaned up and the bearing oiled up. I have bottle of B&D bearing oil from my visit to B&D in Slough.
I took time to clean the cooling fins as well.
The Bushes were looked and are fine.

The gear box grease is always hard and spread out on these old drills.
A good tip here.
When removing the box, hold the small spacer that is fitted between the elec. motor and box. That way the rotoe stays put and the bushed do not pop out at the other end.


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Just clean out the old grease and replace with bearing grease.

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Assembled, chuck cleaned and lubricated and a replacement chuck key supplied.

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Re tested this morning and it passed.
It will be given a MIS asset number and added to the tools.

I have found out some members seam to like using the old tools and will gravitate to them.
This is why I like to acquire items like this.






Got a few spares chuck keys.

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I have a stack of old chicks for this type of drill if they're of use? I'll snap a pic later when I'm at the workshop

 

[selectedgrub]

I have a stack of old chicks for this type of drill if they're of use? I'll snap a pic later when I'm at the workshop

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I have a stack of old chicks for this type of drill if they're of use? I'll snap a pic later when I'm at the workshop

Sounds promising. I will wait for the pictures.

Thanks you.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

They are not old chicks

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Sort of made but more erected, made space and levelled an area for SWMBO`s extra stabling.

All I see when I look at your pics are LOADS of Brownie points.

 

[dan.taylor.1]

bloody autocorrect!!

 

[mechman]

Today I made a puller for removing the alignment bush from a propshaft.

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And a punch for putting it back on after I installed a new donut and rubber boot.

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Dcal
Good job with the puller, I have same type of Donut couplings ( forget proper name) on my machine, are they readily available? (Just remembered LAYRUB).

 

[dan.taylor.1]

Sounds promising. I will wait for the pictures.

Thanks you.

 

[dan.taylor.1]

Mostly cheaper ones, some jacobs, keys to fit some in that pile. I'll never use them as I've a range of decent jacobs ones on taper arbours to suit my machines.

 

[Dcal]

Dcal
Good job with the puller, I have same type of Donut couplings ( forget proper name) on my machine, are they readily available? (Just remembered LAYRUB).

What car / machine?
Mine is an Alfa 75 and they are available.
I can measure them if you need
There are 3 on my prop, all different, but the same PCD (I'd guess.)

 

[mechman]

Mine are on the prop of a 1 &1/2 ton dumper, hard to tell if they are the same size , but a very interesting source.

 

[Dr.Al]

Somewhat simpler than the last thing I posted, today I made a very basic tray out of some offcuts of beech and a bit of plywood:

It's got some 18 mm dowels as "feet":

They drop very loosely into holes in the top of my new portable workbench to stop it sliding around too much. The idea is that it gives me a convenient place to put stuff I'm using that is away from my main bench. I wanted the rim so I can be sure that any round objects won't roll away onto the floor and disappear under a drawer unit or wherever:

Made in a quick and lazy way (nailed together) with no consideration of wood expansion. If it breaks, I'll make another one: it only took me about 1/2 hour.

 

[RWD3M]

What car / machine?
Mine is an Alfa 75 and they are available.
I can measure them if you need
There are 3 on my prop, all different, but the same PCD (I'd guess.)

Didn't Triumph and Hillman use these back in the 60's and 70's?

 

[Dcal]

Mine are on the prop of a 1 &1/2 ton dumper, hard to tell if they are the same size , but a very interesting source.

Are they rubber?
Some of them were made out of "conveyor belt" type material.

 

[mechman]

Not sure, Didn't know there were 2 types, what ever type they are the prices are eye watering.