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An early 1960's Adcock and Shipley 1ESG horizontal milling machine I bought for scrap money. I did a complete rewire with modern components after someone bodged a 3ph to 1ph conversion at some point in the past. I still need to fully strip, clean and repaint the machine and also remake the missing the coolant tank and plumbing but the first job is to make a set of gears so I can complete the metric screw cutting gearset for my 1950's lathe.
Fly sceen cables on camper door broke last summer on our way back from the alps. I already had an injured rider with me so duct taped it open. Managed to do a running repair before we went this year and it lasted till the last day. Duct tape again til it went for its habitational check. Dealer said it couldnt be repaired and a new one was £1500 plus vat plus fitting. Couldnt find any thing on YouTube to help but bought some cord and with loads of photos as it was been dismantled and using three of the cords that hadnt broken to measure for length we replaced all the 6. 2 1/2 hours after starting and a bit of readjusting for tension and it's just like new
That calculator looks great. I always wanted a Curta mechanical calculator then I looked up the price of them!
My maths class at school had a binch of similar mechanical calculators on top of some cupboards this was 2000ish so way way way out of use.
I regret not stealing one or two.
I'm aways hoping we get a the stw tech team posting here saying forums fixed
Yes, would love a Curta, but as you say, a bit expensive.
The boot release switch on our Mazda5 stopped working 3 days before a camping trip last weekend. Typical poor timing as always. Replacements look to be hard to come by and ship from Europe so going to take ages. So I took it apart to have a look if there was an obvious problem. Inner boot panels came off nice and easily without breaking any clips. Whole tailgate handle was then easy enough to get off. Disconnected the switch and it looks a little bit corroded inside. So, sprayed both sides with some contact cleaner and plug/unplugged a few times to scratch anything off. And it magically came back to life!
All done and fixed within an hour and no money having to be spent. That's my kind of repair. Worked fine all week so all is good.
My carbon kayak paddle - left it leaning against the back of the car whilst I loaded the kayak onto the roof - reversed back and ‘crunch’. Fortunately it was only split along the shaft - was able to get some suitable sized carbon tube off eBay to stick up the middle. Really impressed with MMA adhesive to glue it back together - stronger bond than epoxy and more flexible.
I made this a few year back and it has been great for displaying my art.
The upright bits are squeezed between two bits of 2x4. One 2x4 is screwed to the bed of the trolly and the other clamped to the side of this with enough force to keep the picture wall upright.
This Saturday I got hit by a gust of wind and was suddenly less upright as the big screws holding the 2x4 got pulled through the base of the trolley.
I figure some M8 bolts, thick penny washers and steel spreader plates should stop that happening again.
Okay, how do I get the image link shared by google photos the actually show a picture?
This broke : https://photos.app.goo.gl/4sVW4gw3y9MyD4Uk6
Here it is broke : https://photos.app.goo.gl/KhqsxCBTYZz3oon56
Here is the repair : https://photos.app.goo.gl/79d5wngjkfKTqPF86
Desperate times when the coffee machine broke on Tuesday.
Parts arrived for it at lunch time today and it's up and running again.
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Swapped a gear cable and straightened the mech hanger on my bike.
Sounds simple but a couple of years ago used to have real issues getting an eagle drivechain to work for any period of time. Not sure if I've just got the knack for it or if Sram's made some stealth changes over the years to make it a bit more robust and less sloppy in the pivots etc.
Just darned a sock for the first time. Not pretty but should work.
Also remade the pool filter shed roof from scrap 2.5 years after it was destroyed. A bitch because the slab isn't square...again it's at least functional if not pretty.
GT Fury, last weekend. Built from a bare frame into a working bike in just over an hour and with 2 mins to spare for a mate to do his race run. He was getting his helmet on as i was still fitting the brake, jumping around "will it be done Steve, will it be finished in time".
Spent half an hour today repairing one of our local trails.
Filled in a hole that was developing and re built a corner that was falling down the hill where folks can't make the turn after a rock slab.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stu-b/54042386570/in/dateposted/
Filled in a hole that was developing
Do you now work for Amey?
😉
A bit dull, but the washing machine. One of the hanger springs had snapped so the drum was hanging down on one side and the door seal twisted. Drum and concrete weights banging everywhere. New spring ordered and used the drum central lifting eye + a strong youth to lift it up and new spring connected. All done for £20.
Sticking focus mechanism in a Minolta lens. It's pretty much just like a bike with all those cogs right...
Our burglar alarm after one of the bathroom fitters sliced through the cable from the kitchen door sensor and knocked out the auxillary fuse in the control box stopping the whole thing from working - gel-filled B-crimps to splice the six-core cable back together and an 800mA glass fuse in the control box. And yes I did cut mains power to the latter before opening it up. All quite straightforward, no engineer code required to reset the alarm afterwards. Result 🙂
Also, a 2017 Wahoo Kickr. Changed every bearing in the thing - pulley wheel, fly wheel, free hub, belt tensioner pulley, all done. Just waiting for a new drive-belt to replace the visibly distorting one that's been on there for the last couple of years. No thanks to Wahoo for being miserly with both information and spare parts - they\d clearly rather I'd buy a new trainer.
The crux of the thing was getting the bearing that's hidden behind the ratchet ring on the pulley wheel out. There is no tool available, the 2014 3D printed one won't fit, apparently. I eventually got a local precision engineering shop - they're always 'precision' because who wants to be a 'roughly in the ball-park' one? - to bore out the metal between the two bearings, so they could be pressed out without removing the ratchet ring, and replace the missing metal with an equivalent spacer. Seems to have worked fine and means if it ever needs replacing again, they can both come out the same way with no need to mess about with the ring.
Sticking focus mechanism in a Minolta lens. It’s pretty much just like a bike with all those cogs right…
Sure. Bit of chain lube in there, she'll be reet.
Sticking focus mechanism in a Minolta lens. It’s pretty much just like a bike with all those cogs right…
I have repaired a few leaf shutters and in my experience something falls out when I am not looking and disappears in the ether rendering everything pointless until minor part is replaced (and you immediately find the original at this point).
So pretty much identical yes.
My comment was slightly tongue in cheek, this isn’t the first lens I’ve had apart (and they’ve all gone back together too).
Also fixed a sticking aperture in an old Soligor and replaced a torn flexi for the VR in a modern Nikkor.
That hole in the mud is not a repair just a botch the stone belongs on the dyke beside it, I'd be too embarrassed to post that pic
Guaranteed the hole will re appear next to it within the end of October
stone belongs on the dyke beside it.
I've been waiting for the first smartarse to post this.
The stone came from out of the ground under the trees not from the wall.
Maybe you can pop along and tarmac the whole lot for us.
Failing that I'll dig more stone and continue filling as and when needed.
Spent half an hour today repairing one of our local trails.
I am sure I recognise this but I cannot place it!
It's tweedvalley right?
My lawnmower. It stalled the other day and would not restart. Thought it was air filter, cleaned it, not that. Checked oil, checked fuel. Then took the air filter assembly apart and found _another_ air filter that was blocked with grass particles and leaf mulch. Cleaned it, lawnmower works again now!
Handle in an axe today. Had some length of Ash kicking around for just the purpose. Roughed it out with the bench saw and finished off with a draw knife.
Re roofed the wood store at my mums but that barely counts as it was just sheets of wrinkly tin.
Made two good Look Keo pedals out of 4 worn ones in the week.
Replaced the belt on our vented tumble dryer yesterday for the 2nd time in the 10 years we've had it. I really would like a heat pump dryer to reduce energy costs but £6 for a belt Vs c.£400 for a new dryer pays for a lot of uses.
Our kitchen tap had got "slow", so I bought a £6 aerator spanner and in the space of 3 mins had removed a pile of grit from the top of the aerator and we have a strong flow again.
As a self confessed Reg Prescott of DIY, thats made my weekend TBH, very satisfying.
The radiator in the spare room was stuck on full blast. Fixed by removing the trv and smacking the metal valve with a hammer.
Guaranteed the hole will re appear next to it within the end of October
It's now almost half way through November and I've yet to add any more rocks to it. 😉
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LOL, ways good to hold small grudges. Good work on the trail maintenance.
More of a gentle pisstake than a grudge. 😀
The carpet didnt get any cleaner when I used the vacuum cleaner, a Dsyon DC40.
Google showed some faultfinding so I traced the no suction issue to a torn little changeover hose in the base which was replaced for less than a tenner off ebay.
It still didnt suck, so I went through everything again and poked a spoke down a main tube to find it blocked with a plastic wheel nut cap, caught up in fluff etc. It works better than ever now
I only left out one washer when I put it back together