paulmitchell1984
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Dieselman 63
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If it's the same as the one on my ex (bt? AA? - yellow anyway) van it had a positive cable to the battery via a relay and switch in the cab.
Put water in the top, switch it on.
Boiling water when you park up
Then jump start needed, cos I always forgot to switch it off when I switched the engine off.
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If it's the same as the one on my ex (bt? AA? - yellow anyway) van it had a positive cable to the battery via a relay and switch in the cab.
Put water in the top, switch it on.
Boiling water when you park up
Then jump start needed, cos I always forgot to switch it off when I switched the engine off.
garage fella i work for has the same in his van stays hot for quite a while comes in handy sometimes when needed
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I know a man who currently has a spare Eberspacher water heater in his boot.
The sort they fit to Trannys and Land Rovers to get the cabin warmer quicker its just a diesel powered water heater really
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Dad picked this up today at a local auction...
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Complete with its torch, earth lead and an ancient regulator for all of £20
Needs a wee bit of work tidying up the holder for the wire spool but otherwise seems OK.
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Can anyone tell me what the top pair of controls are for?
Wow, haven't seen one of those since mine got stolen back in 93. Bought it SH for £250 in 88 IIRC.
It was my first welder and despite its weedy duty cycle was a very well built machine, the Cebora that replaced it was no where near the same quality
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You can't tell for certain (Not cheaply anyway) but you can get an idea by testing things like it's density and melting point (poke with a temp controlled soldering iron), how it machines (What's the swarf like?), how it cuts with a knife (You'll hear any glass reinforcement, I'd guess it doesn't have any though), how it burns (Does it stay burning? Is it smokey? Does it stink of chlorine?).
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No wasnt from any sales...it was to be scrapped from the van it was removed out of..it needs a really good clean out from stagnate water but then going to give it a whirl on a spare car battery and see what happens..
Its not to go in vn or car its to go in my garage to get most of crud off my hands before going in
Its not to go in vn or car its to go in my garage to get most of crud off my hands before going in
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Hard to tell from the pics but looks like it is either Nylon or Delrin (Acetal), I am thinking the former. If you turn it and it comes off in strong ribbons then it is most likely Nylon, if it comes off in shortish bits or even if longer but breaks easily then Delrin. One sure fire way to know if it is Delrin/Acetal is light the edge and let it burn for a second or two then blow it out and smell the fumes, you will get a sharp smell from it which will catch the back of your nose/throat.
Being too cheap to purchase an anvil, (and realistically not having a justifiable need for buying one just for the odd bit of weekend tinkering with whatever) I went cap in hand to the engineering department at work to ask if they had a nice solid piece of steel i could have to beat on (i did offer to pay).
They let me browse some off cuts, pointed me to some pieces of 4 inch round bar which probably would have sufficed, but my eye was drawn to this.
its 250mm diameter 210mm high (about 10x8.5in if you prefer) and i think about 80kg.
I know its not hardened like an actual anvil would be but i'm no blacksmith so this should suffice.
I could have probably had a larger piece if i wanted, and although they offered to load it for me at work I decided to decline that kind offer on the basis that if i couldn't get it in the car on my own i wasn't going to be able to get it out either. Fortunately i did manage without breaking the car or myself.
They let me browse some off cuts, pointed me to some pieces of 4 inch round bar which probably would have sufficed, but my eye was drawn to this.
its 250mm diameter 210mm high (about 10x8.5in if you prefer) and i think about 80kg.
I know its not hardened like an actual anvil would be but i'm no blacksmith so this should suffice.
I could have probably had a larger piece if i wanted, and although they offered to load it for me at work I decided to decline that kind offer on the basis that if i couldn't get it in the car on my own i wasn't going to be able to get it out either. Fortunately i did manage without breaking the car or myself.
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Nice!!!
Get some hard facing rod on your buzzbox, and lay a 1/2" layer on one end.
Grind it smooth, and you'll have your hardened face.
Or...
Coat it in clay+pulverised BBQ charcoal, and throw it in a bonfire until it's red hot.
Keep it hot for an hour, then drop it in a pond.
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bigegg
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Apparently, that's how anvils were traditionally heat treated.That sounds like a doddle80kg of very hot metal
The interior held enough heat to temper it.
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This vid is Nylon, horrible bleeding stuff with very strong ribbons that will slice your fingers off it you get caught up in them with the lathe spinning. Also can be bad enough to pull tools out the turret on the CNC lathe on occasions.
This is Acetal (Delrin) Beautiful to machine and the swarf breaks easily even if coming off in ribbins.
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Depends what you're doing.
Think how a hardened cold chisel deforms with a lump hammer.
If you're going to be flattening 1" bar with a 14lb sledge, it's not going to last long *at all*
my use is probably going to be significantly more modest than that but i take your point
