What Did You Do Today (2016)

[DMBParticipant @dmb]

Actually, I can just see 2 identical bridge type towers.

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

Tesco, Barton upon Humber

[Sam Longley 1Participant @samlongley1]

Thought cooling towers in Yorkshire had a habit of falling down🙄

[Nick_GParticipant @nick_g]

Posted by Sam Longley 1 on 17/08/2016 21:04:21:

Posted by Nick_G on 17/08/2016 17:07:02:

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Nick

So why is it with you. Are down to re build it. Or just work on a particular part.

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Hi Sam,

It's sort of ended up on my bench by default somehow. – It arrived in it's stripped state as you see with other boxes containing ( hopefully ) all the other parts. So it's presently just plonked there.

What has happened is the owner who is a friend of mine has made a custom bike and it's power unit was the above engine. The bike looked great except for the grubby engine. First time out on it he rode it some distance and it started playing up with trouble changing gear and the clutch. – He decided to try to get it home. ………. Big mistake.!!!

Turns out the clutch plates had started to disintegrate (so he says) and the fragments ended up blocking the oil pickup and filter. This of course resulted in oil starvation to the engine. ………. Engine seized.

He then decided to strip he engine himself. This was never going to end well as although Jake is a really fantastic guy a mechanic he ain't unless it is something that can be fixed with a lump hammer.

In brief the crank and it's bearings are destroyed in a right royal fashion. Incredibly there seems to be no damage to the camshafts and bearings or the pistons, liners etc.

Enter Paul who is another friend of mine and a mechanic with many years of working upon bike engines. Who normally would not even glance at an engine somebody else had stripped. But as it's for a friend of mine he will sort it for him. Hence me in the middle and why it's ended up on my bench with Paul having his own projects on the go presently upon his bench at home.

Another crank and conrods have been obtained as I am told these are matched with each other and then colour coded bearings each having a very slight diff in tolerance are purchased with each individual engine requiring a different combination. i.e. there is no 'off the shelf' standard set that can be purchased, they have to be purchased individually as required.

Paul has also insisted that he is not willing to rework the engine unless it's totally stripped and all the casings sent away to be vapour blasted into cleanliness first. – Obviously other parts will be needed either as an essential or precautionary such as timing chain etc.

So that is how it's ended up on my bench and me in the middle who's only active role in it's rebuild will be making coffee.

Nick

 

Edited By Nick_G on 18/08/2016 10:11:57

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

And there was me thinking you were going to use some of those parts on your Hoglet

[Sam Longley 1Participant @samlongley1]

Nick

Vapour blasting. ? Presumably something like superheated steam to clean any stains etc so all the parts come up like new. Seems like a good idea

But if you strip the lot how does he get each bit back to its matching part, or are they all machined so accurately that they will fit anywhere, Apart from the bits being bought in of course

Matching it all up if one has not stripped it would be a nightmare if one did not know a lot about that engine

Must be a good mechanic

[Nick_GParticipant @nick_g]

Posted by Sam Longley 1 on 18/08/2016 10:48:46:

Nick

Matching it all up if one has not stripped it would be a nightmare if one did not know a lot about that engine

Must be a good mechanic

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I am not sure on what vapour blasting entails, but it's just being done to any external cases. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable than me could explain this.

It was not 'totally' stripped. i.e. the valves are still in the head and the pistons and original conrods are still in the bores. These can thus be marked for final stripping.

It will of course end up being totally stripped.

I am also not sure why each of the mains and big end bearings is an individual size. Perhaps someone could also explain this.

Nick

[Roger Williams 2Participant @rogerwilliams2]

Got carried away with the Unimat's new carbide tooling.

[EugeneParticipant @eugene]

"Vapour blasting" when I was a yoof in Brum, was just common or garden glass bead blasting, done in small cabinets with built in gloves so the operator could twiddle the parts and blasting pistol around.

From memory "Vaqua" was a trade name for either the process or it's equipment and implied the wet type blasting; it can be done dry as well. It's an ideal method for decrappicating small parts and assemblies.

Eug

 

 

 

 

Edited By Eugene on 18/08/2016 15:54:43

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi DMB and Michael Poole, you are both spot on, Drax is the power station and Tesco's in Barton Upon Humber is the supermarket, from where you can see the two towers of the Humber Bridge.

We returned to site today and were happy to find the Aqua-Dam **LINK** that the main contractor had installed was holding.

This made it possible for us to replace the old weed screens for new ones that were made in our workshop, which is part of the pre-installation work before a weed screen cleaner is installed.

All good fun.

Regards Nick.

[JESParticipant @jes]

Found an interesting article today it may be of interest to the tool grinding fraternity

http://www.nwnative.us/Grant/shop%20articles/sharpTable/balancing/

jes

[John HinkleyParticipant @johnhinkley26699]

Jes,

That's clever, but I think I would just use a circular "washer" with an off-centre hole and use glue or double-sided adhesive tape to secure it to the wheel. Much easier to produce. I've never had occasion to balance a grinding wheel so I don't know if that would work, but I can't see why not.

John

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

Just spent another half hour of my lunch break trying and failing to find a replacement "sink anchor". I wonder if anyone has any idea where to buy them?

Looks like this. It is glued (presumably epoxy) to the underside of a granite kitchen worktop and holds the metal sink in place under the opening. Usually there are something like 4 or 6 of them around the circumference.

As ever, the first challenge is knowing what they are called, then trying to find a supplier. Given that there must be many millions of them used every year, it can hardly be a minority sport yet I'm not coming up with any answers.

So far I have found only 2 suppliers, both in the US. They call them "sink anchors" which sounds fair enough but I'm guessing we have a different name for them on this side of the pond. I've tried anchor, glue plate, granite fixing, sink anchor, sink glue plate….

Can anyone help to tell me what they are called and ultimately where to get some? I'm sure there is probably a large bag of them sitting within a mile or so of me, laughing at me. My kitchen sink is hanging by its pipework at the moment as far as I can tell….

Thanks

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Never bother with them with all the sinks and basins I have fitted. Just adapt the base unit so it supports the sink then a quick bead of silicon and drop the stone on top.

If its stainless undermount the router a shallow recess in the supports so rim is flush with cabinet top

If you do want something like that then use Wedi board washers with a gutter bolt or csk screw and nut.

 

Edited By JasonB on 19/08/2016 13:19:39

Edited By JasonB on 19/08/2016 13:20:15

[Malcolm Jones 1Participant @malcolmjones1]

Try Searching for Big Head fasteners.

Malcolm

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

Jason – it's an undermount and was well and truly planted in the kitchen (about 10 years ago), so I'm not wanting to remove the giant granite surface.

Aha. Big Head fasteners look just the ticket. Thanks Malcolm! All I have to do now is find a stockist to sell me them…

Something like this. £40 for 25.

Edited By Muzzer on 19/08/2016 14:53:27

[Malcolm Jones 1Participant @malcolmjones1]

Muzzer

I have few in two different sizes if you are stuck.

If I can find them!

Malcolm

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

Posted by Malcolm Jones 1 on 19/08/2016 14:51:58:

Muzzer

I have few in two different sizes if you are stuck.

If I can find them!

Malcolm

Thanks Malcolm. Just managed to find some at Hall-Fast. First I must do some limbo yoga under the sink and see what they look like and how much space / stud length is appropriate.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Posted by Muzzer on 19/08/2016 14:30:34:

Jason – it's an undermount and was well and truly planted in the kitchen (about 10 years ago), so I'm not wanting to remove the giant granite surface.

Ah thought it was a new install, but goes to show why I prefer to support the undermounts from below no matter if they are stainless or ceramic

Another option which you can buy the fittings for or easily make your own is to put steel channel across like unistrut and then have a series of upsidedown screw feet that hold the sink up. Google undermount sink fixings. First option here but I tend to use the wood or ply methods

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

Having taken a closer look just now, I see that there were originally 4 anchors but now there is only one – and that one is partly holding up both the larger main sink and the little one next to it. What's really holding the sinks in place now is a bodge of silicone sealant. Some fitters seem to claim that that should be more than enough but in our case it seems to be coming away so that if you put weight on the sink, it sags.

We are about to open the kitchen up into a new dining room extension which may require the granite surface to be shortened. I think I'll sit back and frantically do nothing about it until that point. If it falls off, nobody will die. Or at least if they do, we'll know what the problem was. When the surface is most likely removed, I can remove the sink and either fix it down properly or even better fit a new shiny one. I know how to fix it now – thanks for the input.

Murray

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Spent a good day at the Bristol (Thornbury) exhibition. I will post some pics in a bit.

Neil

[nigel jones 5Participant @nigeljones5]

Steam tested and certified my new 7 1/4 Invicta (well, it bears a resemblence from 30 feet away). 4 years in the makinf inbetween having our lovely daughter and im well chuffed (no pun intended) with both!

[Ed DuffnerParticipant @edduffner79357]

Congratulations Fizzy!

Spent yesterday and a bit of today looking for info on a steam engine that caught my eye whilst surfing the net, not sure why really as I'm more of a train person. It's a steam pump made by Carrett and Marshall and is currently in the Leeds Industrial Museum. Thought it might make a nice model.

I Found a couple of photos and etch prints.

More info here.

Ed.

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Got up at 4:45 belted down to the nether regions of welsh wales a bit past Cardiff and Barry. Picked some stuff up then shot over the Thornbury for the Bristol show where I had to hold Neil up whilst he went round.

Did a bit of shopping, didn't spend a lot as TBH not a lot to spend it on.

Then had a chat with a few old friends and loaded the truck up and had a steady ride back.

Clocked up 354 miles in the racing Donald, not bad for a pensioner without a bus pass and people bitch about the distance between Sandown and Alley Pally.

Think I might just have an early night.

[ianjParticipant @ians]

"Did a bit of shopping, didn't spend a lot as TBH not a lot to spend it on."

so you didn't see the set of moore and wright telescopic gauges for sale at £45 0n the first stand to the left of the entrance(HJH Tooling)

Ian

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