What did you do today (2015)

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

The problem with these doors is they appear to have some sort of varnish like shellac or french polish under the paint. It forms an absolutely disgusting goo. That's why it took me about ten years to forget and decide to strip a second one…

TBH, I'm not really worried if the door comes back as a kit of parts. I can either fit it back together or fit the modern door that was the reason for me starting the stripping, though I much rather the red or pitch pine doors. They have a distinct style – three panels for the bottom 2/3 and one full width at the top.

Neil

[John BaguleyParticipant @johnbaguley78655]

They sound the same design as the doors in my 1930s house Neil. They and all the woodwork were also painted with some sort of varnish that took ages to get off with a hot air gun and scraper as it went like chewing gum. Next doors had theirs stripped but it did affect the glued joints as well.

John

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

The builder was out to nickel and dime you if you so much as farted. Any change in spec came out as a cost increase. Once I'd got him to finish the roof and the end wall I did the rest myself. Of course, I had to dig out all the rubbish he'd kindly secreted under the flooring. I expect he'd have wanted to charge me for removing that too. He also laid the first 3 sheets of tongue and groove chipboard upside down, the clue being "this side down" visible on the top face. Luckily I turfed him out before he messed anything else up.

Murray

[Gordon WParticipant @gordonw]

The local door/ paint stripping firm used caustic soda bath, ok so long as it was watched. Good at removing filler etc.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Well my local one is only £20, if I'd known that I'd have had all the doors done twelve years ago :-/

Neil

[OuBallieParticipant @ouballie]

Neil,

Have a look at Biostrip **LINK**biostrip.co.uk

I've used it to remove some of the paint off of my Austin Seven and stripped the paint from the wood Carport side door.

Works a treat.

Heater on in Workshop. It's no longer used as a Garage so will discontinue that description unless relevant.

Geoff – If my brother saw me outside in shirtsleeves in 9°C he would have a fit

[Harry WilkesParticipant @harrywilkes58467]

Attempted to change the motor on my Myford S7, to remove motor you must first remove the pulley well bloodied and battered 3 hrs later pulley 1 me 0 replay to be arranged

H

[“Bill Hancox”Participant @billhancox]

Neil and John

The finish of which you speak sounds like a furniture finish that was applied to some fine factory furniture in the early part of the 20th century. The finish was also used by some home furniture makers of the period. I recall reading about it in one of my father's old home repair and improvement manuals that was published about 1925. The process involved heating a mixture of beeswax and naptha over a burner (handy to a fire brigade I hope) and applying the hot mixture to the wood. you would then buff it out with a piece of lamb's wool when it cooled. If the finish suffered a scratch, all you had to do was buff the area vigorously with the lamb's wool to blend out the scratch. The friction caused by the vigorous buffing heated the finish and caused it to soften and spread into the scratch.

Bill

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Thanks Bill, I think it is a shellac-based varnish myself. I used a modern version of 'buffable beeswax' finish on the door that I stripped an age ago, and it's a very different finish(and much nicer). This house is 1937, if I recall correctly. Has a very nice oak floor in the hallway, now kept nice with Danish oil every few years.

Neil

[Four stroke FredParticipant @fourstrokefred]

Well I didn't have a good yesterday as I "lost" 19 orthographic drawings and 19 3D objects, actually parts of the Saundeson & Mills tractor model. Not only did the drawing I was working on went off into the wild blue yonder but so did the whole file! Not even an apology just " internal error occurred " . Good job I had backed up on a memory stick earlier in the morning. Now back on track, 130 drawings completed only about another 50 to go! It will be good to get back into the workshop and actually make some thing.

George

[Harry WilkesParticipant @harrywilkes58467]

New day new match by half time I was still trailing so half time action was required, came out for the second half with a substitute 'Puller' who sooner turned the game in my favour !

H

Posted by Harry Wilkes on 12/01/2015 21:23:51:

Attempted to change the motor on my Myford S7, to remove motor you must first remove the pulley well bloodied and battered 3 hrs later pulley 1 me 0 replay to be arranged

H

[“Bill Hancox”Participant @billhancox]

Now -14 C. Just in from clearing more snow. Thank goodness for the Husqvarna snowblower. Much easier than the heavy old coal shovel that my Dad would hand me when I was a young fella. I think the blasted thing weighed more than I did. Now for a nice hot cup of Java with honey and cream, maybe a drop or two of Disaronno! Life is good.

IBill

[“Bill Hancox”Participant @billhancox]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 13/01/2015 09:21:10:

Thanks Bill, I think it is a shellac-based varnish myself. I used a modern version of 'buffable beeswax' finish on the door that I stripped an age ago, and it's a very different finish(and much nicer). This house is 1937, if I recall correctly. Has a very nice oak floor in the hallway, now kept nice with Danish oil every few years.

Neil

Neil

You are probably correct in that assumption. Another favorite finish for wood turners and finishers was a mixture of shellac and boiled linseed oil applied with cheesecloth and buffed out. Gunsmiths also used it for stock work. I have used the mixture myself for a french polish on wood turning projects

Bill.

[Jesse Hancock 1Participant @jessehancock1]

Today I canceled my subs to Model Engineer Magazine.

Why?

Firstly I have some old Model Engineer and Electrician hard backed volumes dating form 1905 and believe it or not, much of what comes up in the mag these days mirrors what is in the books. The shelf housing my mags is groaning under the weight of issues but I will keep every one for reference.

Second I have enough projects running to last me into my next lifetime I think. Indeed every time I do a bit I find I need some mod or other to cope with the work in hand.

I have to make cuts somewhere since being on line is £25.00 a month. I could go on but it sounds like I'm always moaning.

Jesse

[Harry WilkesParticipant @harrywilkes58467]

Well finally got the new motor on and wired up and it runs ok jus need to decide what to fix the inverter and control box.

H

Posted by Harry Wilkes on 13/01/2015 16:16:25:

New day new match by half time I was still trailing so half time action was required, came out for the second half with a substitute 'Puller' who sooner turned the game in my favour !

H

Posted by Harry Wilkes on 12/01/2015 21:23:51:

Attempted to change the motor on my Myford S7, to remove motor you must first remove the pulley well bloodied and battered 3 hrs later pulley 1 me 0 replay to be arranged

H

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I signed up for ISS notifications from NASA. Didn't get any for days, then I had them for the mornings of Sunday. Monday and Tuesday.

Of course, each morning there was a good layer of cloud overhead. So did I check for any emails from them yesterday?

This morning I got up and let the dog out later than usual. Moon was bright, as was Jupiter, then I saw a light, at least as bright as Jupiter coming out of the west, pretty quickly. I waited till it seemed almost overhead, convinced myself it was a plane for East Midlands Airport with its landing lights on early. I did note the time when I went in, 7:31.

Later on I saw this alert in my inbox:

Time: Wed Jan 14 7:28 AM, Visible: 4 min, Max Height: 71 degrees, Appears: W, Disappears: ESE

AAAARGH!

If I had been ready I can't imagine there could be better conditions for photography, with the sky having reached blue, but still before sunrise.

I WILL get a picture of that damn thing, at least I know what to look for now.

Neil

[pgk pgkParticipant @pgkpgk17461]

My mill got delivered today and I got lucky between showers getting it into the shed. It wasn't easy – a tad tight with the threshold step and these things are top heavy so some creative roping needed…

[Terry oldsParticipant @terryolds52232]

hi, hope the mill goes ok,, oh by the way,, the doors are not big enough for the tractor to get in,,,

[pgk pgkParticipant @pgkpgk17461]

I just needed to get it in out of the rain and over the doorstep.. well that's after getting it all the way from the tarmac drive down the stoned trackway. It was on the pallet for that but still nerve wracking

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Received this from NPL

… Leap Second will be inserted just before midnight on 30-June

MichaelG.

[Gordon WParticipant @gordonw]

pjk, don't want to teach egg-sucking, but have you thought of making a simple jib extension to fit on your loader? Makes those sort of jobs easier.

[FMESParticipant @fmes]

I know this is off normal topic, but thought I would share the experience.

Has anyone ever used these can based tyre repair fluid to get you home? the majority of tyre repair companies will refuse to carry out a puncture repair afer such use as the chemical supposedly 'damages the tyre' (recent personal experience)

When I bought my last car there was no spare included, not even a get you home thin thing, all there was is a case compressor which contains a tyre repair fluid.

I know the workshop manager at the company I bought the car from and he advised the use of Holts Tyre Weld in case of a puncture as it allows for proper vulcanised repair afterwards.

Of course the inevitable happened, one large nail smack in the middle of the tread of a 235/40/19 tyre in the middle of nowhere.

Ah, time to use the can of squirtyness, which after removing said nail, did a stirling job of sealing the leak, and off I went.

Following day visited local tyre repair centre, who after ten minutes of removing the tyre informs me 'sorry mate can't repair this, you've used repair foam.

So I got him to refit the tyre to the rim and enquired on the price of a new tyre (the old one being about half worn)

£265 came the reply.

No just the one I said, not the full set – that remark fell on deaf ears.

Getting back to work I e-mailed Holts who responded very quickly stating that the tyre IS repairable as long as certain parameters are met – not in the sidewall etc, and the old goo just has to be washed off with hot water prior to the plug patch being fitted.

National Tyres are Holts specified agents for these repairs and had no problem.

I hope some of you may find this useful and not be stung for a new tyre just because a repair foam had been used, Of couse I can only vouch for the Holts product.

Lofty

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Re no spare wheel, in the last five years my brother and his wife have bought a brand new Corsa and a brand new Astra which had no spare wheel or jack/tools but carried an aerosol can and on both occasions they have gone to walk away from buying the cars unless wheels are supplied and on both occasions wheels and jacks/tools have arrived at no extra cost.

Martin P

[NJHParticipant @njh]

That may be a timely reminder Lofty. I too have no spare and one of those "fluid" repair kits. Like you I live in the back of beyond and have been vaguely uneasy about the possibility of a puncture – especially in a side wall. ( Maybe more likely on the country lanes.) It is getting towards the time when I might consider changing the car and, whilst browsing the catalogues, I was wondering if I should get it with a spare wheel. You have made up my mind – the cost of this is less than the quote you had for a new tyre !

Regards

Norman

Ah Martin – yes negotiating point – thanks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited By NJH on 16/01/2015 12:52:06

[FMESParticipant @fmes]

Hi Martin, same with mine, no tools, or jack etc, apparently some id10t in Brussels decided it was dangerous for people to be on the side of a road changing a wheel.

I even had to order the locking wheel nut key seperately.

Having said that, the size of wheel won't even fit into the boot recess and one that will won't fit over the humongously huge disc brakes.

I want these **LINK**

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