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

[4String.]

Was getting fed up of brushing chips out of my trainers

Crockery young man, works every time .




And stops you getting vinegar in any cuts on your fingers .

 

[slim_boy_fat]

What kind of coal do you reckon they were using it on, in order to break that bit off the round end?

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Well it lasted 5 minutes before I covered it an Ali.
Needed to turn a mandrel down to fit a collet.
Felt guilty and cleaned up behind myself again.

 

[brightspark]

dunno the colour but I got one from autojumble for a tenner. nice little vice

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

What kind of coal do you reckon they were using it on, in order to break that bit off the round end?

Welsh steam coal?

 

[MBB]

@eLuSiVeMiTe
You have a floor, I've got one somewhere.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Welsh steam coal?

Back in the day they started to import Polish coal - my Mum refused to allow the coalman to deliver any as it was almost invariably 30% stones.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

@eLuSiVeMiTe
You have a floor, I've got one somewhere.

Yup found it last month
Lost it again last week but it materialised again.
Most of it's piled in the shed.

 

[Tomfromuk]

Looks too irregular [to me] to be that. Aren't they generally on the block, too? [genuine question ]



I like how you phrased that, as if it wandered in off the street, unsolicited.

Yeah, I've looked at it further today. The holes not circular and repairing it is beyond my capabilities. I'm keeping an eye out for a used cylinder head but I suspect It'll end up scrapped.

Oh it definitely didn't 'wander in off the street', it took considerable effort and bigger trailer to collect it

 

[Tupers]

Another oddity from my mound of random tools.
A Safe-D-Speeder, you put it in a drill and grab the black section which I’m guessing allows planetary gears to spin inside and move the lower chuck as a slower speed.

 

[brightspark]

This showed up today.

Yes @slim_boy_fat they all sneaked into my hands, with no bidding by me.
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bet your lass loves u all the stuff you bring home

 

[8ob]

Another oddity from my mound of random tools.
A Safe-D-Speeder, you put it in a drill and grab the black section which I’m guessing allows planetary gears to spin inside and move the lower chuck as a slower speed.

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Never seen one before, reminds me of the lazy mans valve grinder gadget with a rubber sucker on the end, drill powered valve lapper. @Stueeee will remember them

Bob

Edit: They still make them

 

[anto44]

Picked up these 2 tonight, first is a 3ph motor with a motovario variable speed gearbox and a right angle gearbox.

Does anyone know what the min and max reduction this gearbox does?

Next is a dowty hydraulic pump.

 

[DAPPH]

But, apart from the dull stuff was some almost interesting bits.

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A "Coal Hammer" There is the remains of a sticker on the shaft, but the details are long gone. Can just make out on it:
"GLAND."
Plus;
"COAL H."

So shaft looks original, need to have a new wedge and a clean up.

A Quarry Man Chipping/ dressing hammer.
It has had a hard life.


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Now a days get used to chip mortar from old bricks to reclaim them.

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Pitted, rusted, mangle cutting edge.
Loos on the wrong shaft, old glue on the shaft. a screw for a wedge.
Bit of fun ahead.

Finlay.

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Record Imp Vice.
Sized, I was told.
Not for long.


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Any one now the RAL paint code or the nearest modern paint colour?

Ral 203 to 208 ( Google RAL colour chart ) or take it to an industrial paint seller most of them have a computer photo colour matching service these days .
I took a 1/2" flake that was put on the wall 10 years ago , it had changed due to sunlight & weathering ..they matched it bueatifully on their machine you can't see where the repair was made. They " might" be kind and give you the nearest colour they sell or slip into B&Q and get their orange colour slips then go hunting in a model making shop with the card that's the nearest match & see if Humbrol etc do the small tins of enamel paint for a match .

If you lived close to Leeks at Cross hands on the next western roundabout A48 near Mc Donalds ( 3 miles past the west end of the M4 ) you'd find an amazing range of oil & enamel paints as well as rattle cans .they make matching colours in oils too . . that said take it to a motor factors & see if they can help with a rattle can of RAL 208 orange .

 

[slim_boy_fat]

or slip into B&Q and get their orange colour slips then go hunting in a model making shop with the card that's the nearest match & see if Humbrol etc do the small tins of enamel paint for match .

And do the comparison in natural [i.e. day] light.

 

[DAPPH]

Never seen one before, reminds me of the lazy mans valve grinder gadget with a rubber sucker on the end, drill powered valve lapper. @Stueeee will remember them

Bob

Edit: They still make them

When I was with the UN I was presented with a pneumatic oscillating valve lapper that had lost its oscillating ability to see if it coild be repaired I stripped it and found a nice greased hard but dried out so as to be useless replaceable leather flap that acted as the paddle to catch the air in and move the spindle .

I went with the civilian bosses 12 yr old son as my interpreter & guide to the nearest town to the bosses bro in law & from there a dozen or so miles to his cousin who was a cobbler . The cobbler made a new vane and popped across the road to test it in a garage. Cost of the repair less than £ 1. Son charged his dad eight . Boss saw my look towards the son , realised what the score was and said " Dave a good businessman always makes a little profit " then started laughing like a drain .

 

[Mick Annick]

Picked up these 2 tonight, first is a 3ph motor with a motovario variable speed gearbox and a right angle gearbox.
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Does anyone know what the min and max reduction this gearbox does?
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Next is a dowty hydraulic pump.
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Those Dowty pumps were used on RMC truck mixers to raise and lower the discharge chutes, that’s brought back some memories

 

[Moose McAlpine]

Never seen one before, reminds me of the lazy mans valve grinder gadget with a rubber sucker on the end, drill powered valve lapper. @Stueeee will remember them

Bob

Edit: They still make them

Great for adding irrepairable grooves to hardened valve seats!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

bet your lass loves u all the stuff you bring home

Hmmm, do I have to answer that?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Ral 203 to 208 ( Google RAL colour chart ) or take it to an industrial paint seller most of them have a computer photo colour matching service these days .
I took a 1/2" flake that was put on the wall 10 years ago , it had changed due to sunlight & weathering ..they matched it bueatifully on their machine you can't see where the repair was made. They " might" be kind and give you the nearest colour they sell or slip into B&Q and get their orange colour slips then go hunting in a model making shop with the card that's the nearest match & see if Humbrol etc do the small tins of enamel paint for a match .

If you lived close to Leeks at Cross hands on the next western roundabout A48 near Mc Donalds ( 3 miles past the west end of the M4 ) you'd find an amazing range of oil & enamel paints as well as rattle cans .they make matching colours in oils too . . that said take it to a motor factors & see if they can help with a rattle can of RAL 208 orange .

@DAPPH


Works does take me that way. I will have to try and divert into them.

In the past my decent local Body shop supplier had always helped. But since the son has taken over running it, the service has gone down hill.