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Stanley
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Posted -  25/11/2004  :  14:20
I've always been fascinated by the things people do in their spare time when they can do exactly what they want to do. Men and sheds are a particularly fertile field. Women tend to do their thing in the comfort of the house.



I was delighted to see Andy's picture of the clock movement he has made.







It struck me that we could perhaps start a new topic devoted to spare time skill. So Andy starts it off and my contribution is this:







It's a small steam engine made from scratch and is based on the Stuart 5A but a longer stroke. One of these will drive a 14 foot boat with steam at 250psi. By the way, we don't like to call them models, it's exactly the same construction and materials as a full size engine, just smaller. So come on out there, let's hear about what you make in your spare time. I reckon we could be in for some surprises!


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belle
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Posted - 10/07/2006 : 08:53
It is for you, and it's a bit sad for the blokes of the present who can no longer get their excitement chopping down trees for the repair of houses or to cut into firewood, they can't set off at a gallop to chase a deer for some provisions, or crawl through the undergrowth to net something tasty for the table. It's getting harder and harder for them to thrill in the delight of catching fish, or battle with some enemy that is a threat to their family, and nowadays they can't throw up the bonnet of their car and spend an afternoon tinkering happily, up to their elbows in grease, or get the hoover wrestled onto a piece of newspaper to disgorge it's innards for a look. everything is computer run, in sealed units, which are only replaceable at great cost. You keep it up Stanley, and get some youngun's taught.....but when all the old machines are gone. What will men do for enjoyment ?(before you say it, none of that!) it's time they rose up and put the clock back a bit!


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Posted - 10/07/2006 : 12:17
There are still young uns about who are interested in esoteric things like sheds and their contents.  I recognised long ago that with me it's a matter of control.  I can get rid of a lot of frustrations by doing imple things like shaping a piece of metal just how I want it.  That's perfect control and very good for you.  The big problems arise from things you can't control like health, government and video recorders.....


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catgate
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Posted - 10/07/2006 : 16:36


quote:
Stanley wrote:

So, how to bring it back from the dead? 


My suggestion would be to make a couple of U section pieces out of 3mm x 20mm mild steel, and shape them to fit over the broken lugs with their longitudinal axies roughly horizontal. Then silver solder them in place before popping holes through them.(Drilled and reamed of course).

My suggestion would be to make a couple of U section pieces out of 3mm x 20mm and shape them to fit over the broken lugs with their longitudinal axies roughly horizontal. Then silver solder them in place before popping holes through them.(Drilled and reamed of course). If you were really finicky you could fill in the gaps with soft solder for hygene purposes.

I have just been presented with the steering wheel from an old rebuilt Field Marshall diesel tractor that needs a steering wheel centre cap making for it. I just happen to have a nice bit of aluminium that with turn down and fill the bill nicely.

"As you get older it's nice to be reminded that even though you are on society's scrap heap you still have useful skills." I'm not on it yet, I hope. The strange thing is that I am a lot younger than my father was when he was my age.



Edited by - catgate on 10 July 2006 16:39:09


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Posted - 11/07/2006 : 08:30
That's one possibility but it would mean breaking one of my rules when repairing old machinery; never take metal off the original unless there is no other way out.  Besides, 3mm of bearing on eaither side of the fulcrum pin wouldn't be enough.  The lugs fill the gap in the jaws on the lid and I would have to eaither reduce the alloy jaws or the sides of the CI lugs.  I am going to go for the fill in option and end up with a solid bearing for the pin across the whole width of the lug.  I have some silver solder but no torch hot enough.  Some stick welding with nickel rods will be stronger and easier if I decide to use it.  The main fixing for the repair block will be a pin right through the lugs, there is already a hole in one side that was used as the anchorage for the spring which I shall discard.  Mind you, having said all that, something else might grab me and I might change my mind......  That's the advantage of having all the time in the world.


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marilyn
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Posted - 13/07/2006 : 11:15

I am just glad that some (fella?) invented the sewing needle. (and the sewing machine, of course).....the rest just escapes me I am afraid. I do , however, appreciate the inner satisfaction and sense of achievement that 'tinkering' can bring.....

(and tinkering can really nourish the soul)




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belle
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Posted - 13/07/2006 : 16:59
Tinkering and Tweaking, two very satisfying pastimes!


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Posted - 13/07/2006 : 18:30
Good God woman!  This isn't tinkering!  It's highly skilled fitting!  Must show you what I have been doing today.....


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belle
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Posted - 14/07/2006 : 08:40
Yes, if I'm the woman you are refferring to, i have been tweaking today....thats the technical term for the finishing touches to a picture (well it is in my house)...and I feel nearly ready to stop, will just take a look tommorrow to see if further tweaking is required. A long time ago, a somewhat irate Art master gave me a lecture on how my pics were always unfinished...so as you can imagine, this tweaking is a very delicate business....and often followed by untweaking and re-tweaking, leaving me little or no time for tinkering...which requires metal work skills i don't possess!


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Posted - 14/07/2006 : 11:31

If you OVER tweak...does that mean it is a bin job? (if I were a painter my finished picture would be an inch thick with paint....habitual re tweaker me....)

I expect that a full day of 'tweaking' calls for a 'wee drop' of something to calm the nerves actually! (it would leave me a bit frayed at the edges)




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Posted - 14/07/2006 : 11:42

I found out this morning that there is a bit of celebrity history behind the burger press.  Can any of you remember the Hovis advertisement that they did in Colne where the errand boy delivered bread to a butcher's shop?  It was Richard Laycock on Exchange Street in Colne.  Stuart tells me that he bought this burger press off him when he shut his shop so we are dealing with a bit of local history here....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was the press yesterday.  The broken lug has been cleaned up and now looks as though a fitter has been near it.  The bar of steel on top is going to provide the shaped piece which will make up for what is missing and fill the central hole as well because I'm doing away with the return spring that used to sit in there.  That was what broke the lugs in the first place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Later on, after a bit of sawing and milling we have the insert ready to be fitted to the old lugs.  It won't go in at the moment because I have made it slightly over size so I can file it to fit perfectly in its place.




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Posted - 14/07/2006 : 11:44
What exactly are you going to do with this thing when it is fully operational?


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Posted - 14/07/2006 : 13:03
Give it back to Stuart so he can carry on pressing burgers in it.  (That's why it is called a burger press......) 


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belle
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Posted - 14/07/2006 : 14:13
Like you say Maz, you can always paint over it and start again, up to a certain point (and finances permitting!). That is, of course, with oils. Pastels will also endure some correction, but water colour is a very cruel mistress, you must get it right first time....or else the bin! The hardest habit for a new artist to get out of,is trying to make each picture count. You have to learn to go wrong and be bold...not easy for us perfectionists!


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Posted - 14/07/2006 : 17:20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After a bit of light filing and fitting the lug now has some metal ready to fix in place.




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Posted - 15/07/2006 : 02:04
Do you think it will meet today's standards for 'cleanability' in the food industry Stanley? (seems to have a few areas where food can get trapped)


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