Today I acquired...........

[Kram]

today i aqquired a sandvic TNS 32X424 silent boring bar rescued out a skip , it has an adjustable modular head
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Very nice find and expensive to buy. Im still not quite sure how they work other than they have a fluid filled cavity.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

I have some EP85-90 gearbox oil here somewhere - am I right in thinking that's fine to use?

I have 90-grade gear oil (not 85-90 or something else) in the wheel drives and axles on the Unimog - and that's exactly what it has to be in there!

Many long-distance Mogs have broken down because it can be used up throu the vent, which is not entirely cheap.

It's this stuff with its very own smell, different from normal gear oil.

If that's what's required, then that's what I put in ... although it's less likely that you'll break down with your machine 5,000km from home ...



Carsten

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[arian]

Euros, not dollars.

Isn't the Irish dollar at parity with the Euro?

 

[Blobber]

Ball joints for the land rover discovery of doom, a job thats going to go one way or the other!

 

[Shox Dr]

Ball joints for the land rover discovery of doom, a job thats going to go one way or the other!
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Easy They cant be as bad as the bushes in the 'Hockey sticks'. It took heat and a 20t press to get mine out

 

[Erie Fred]

Paranoia about knackered worm drive gearbox set in about my newly aquired, 38yo Sealey SM5 after a warning - so decided to take a look before even cleaning it and any tinkering.
Removed the cover, and carefully eased off the (Cork!) Gasket to reveal as pic.
Not removed the old oil yet, but initial impression us that the worn drive and saw drive gear are OK.
(I doubt the gear hasn't been seen since the first time the cover was fitted - but at least it seems to have retained its SAE90).
I have some EP85-90 gearbox oil here somewhere - am I right in thinking that's fine to use?

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I would caution against.
You mention "EP" which stands for "Extreme Pressure" and many times that lube has anti-weld additives in it that will destroy light metal (brass in your case).

 

[25.4_mechanic]

I have some EP85-90 gearbox oil here somewhere - am I right in thinking that's fine to use?

I would caution against.
You mention "EP" which stands for "Extreme Pressure" and many times that lube has anti-weld additives in it that will destroy light metal (brass in your case).

That seems to be the right stuff you easily can get on the island:

THIS

Non EP, SAE90 only, low API GL# - and in a nice looking can ...



Carsten

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[RWD3M]

One of many fine reasons for buying the odd Takeaway
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@Erie Fred is right, just make sure you use GL3 or lower.

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

A bit of metrology and a cast-iron welding table.

 

[Johnnybravo]

Paranoia about knackered worm drive gearbox set in about my newly aquired, 38yo Sealey SM5 after a warning - so decided to take a look before even cleaning it and any tinkering.
Removed the cover, and carefully eased off the (Cork!) Gasket to reveal as pic.
Not removed the old oil yet, but initial impression us that the worn drive and saw drive gear are OK.
(I doubt the gear hasn't been seen since the first time the cover was fitted - but at least it seems to have retained its SAE90).
I have some EP85-90 gearbox oil here somewhere - am I right in thinking that's fine to use?

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Be careful of EP type oils. Not all are yellow metal friendly. Unless it specifically says it’s bronze/ brass safe,don’t use it.

 

[MattF]

Just turned up. One of these:

10 Tonne Bench Mounted Workshop Hydraulic Press

Bench mounted 10 tonne workshop hydraulic press supplied with a hand pump, gauge and v-blocks.

www.sgs-engineering.com

A tool/drawer cabinet should be able to support around 50kg easily enough? I'm assuming a fully loaded topbox could easily reach that type of weight?

 

[Scalarocco]

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A press is on my shopping list and I like the SGS ones. Let us know your thoughts on it once you cracked a few castings got it working.

 

[MattF]

Will do.

 

[DAPPH]

Bl00dy disgusting and they want more money ! I'd chase them up and give them a verbal bashing

What's the point ?
They know people are seriously ill and still give them middle finger and want more money for doing less. Kick up a stink and your appointment is likely to mysteriously get cancelled ?

Then you get " Oh you've fallen through the net " , Then get a new one ..........I'm 18 stone and five 10 , your net is full of enormous holes .

 

[DAPPH]

Pineapple! its pretty posh up your way!

It fell off the back of the scrappies lorry along with the BBQ bits .

 

[Erie Fred]

5' x 10' CNC plasma table is in final position:

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

Unpacked the rest of the tools. Some devices came in excess. Granite table and cast iron table, no place to put yet.

 

[DAPPH]

Thanks for the advice. It needs a good clean and get all the metal filings and grime off it and off the bearings etc - so I'll give it a good look over.
The bearings on the blade guides are covered in filings, and gack inside the blade casing - so it needs a good going over.

I'd read that they things were damned heavy and unwieldy and need 2 men to lift - but actually it wasn't that bad and I was able to lift it and unload it solo without any drama.

I've had to replace all the blade guide bearings and sort out the safety switches & replace all the wirings on mine to get it to work as it should , it had been seriously neglected and abused by various PO's .
Then sod's law arrived and killed the on off switch leaving it filled with water after a vicious storm removed some of it's coverings ( it has to stand outside under 1 mm thick plastic DPM .)

Purchased three switches from China , hope to fit one in a few days time , new home for the saw is a cut to height dead industrial chest freezer that now swallows almost all of the machine , new water resistant end doors about to be made this week with any luck .

 

[Tangledfeet]

Today I acquired...

...a day or two wearing, in the same vein as a dog wearing the cone of shame, the wheel of shame!

 

[DAPPH]

Not  quite  as cluttered as my first pic suggested.... but you can see why I need stuff on wheels (including the 6x4 Saw).
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I've made the handle for the portable band saw to about five inches off the floor out of tube and 50 x 50 angle iron so when not in use the handle drops down to the floor . the extra leverage is very handy . Got ro=id of the flimsy wheels too and put in a pair of inch wide home made bolt on 6 inch dia Delrin wheels with greased up stainless steel bushes in them . Again the axle is 50 x50 sturdy angle iron .