Random stuff you made.

[Thatg9659]

Why is defrost the most common ac setting people use?

 

[clodhopper]

Cools the glass to condense emergency water to do the Bear Grylls survival dance.

 

[pcorssmit]

When the 2nd out of the 3 heater control levers broke on my 72, I had to do something because in the morning here defrost is needed, in the afternoon no heat is needed. I found a used control on Cl for 25 bucks (hour and a half away like everything is here) and bought it for if I ever want to go back to original.

Then I did this to my broken levers with stainless wire and JB Weld. It works great. I'll cover the works with felt or something later.

This stuff is awesome for things like that, since it's much more formable than JB.

 

[Filthy McChevy]

Why is defrost the most common ac setting people use?

There was hard frost on windshields here this morning.

This stuff is awesome for things like that, since it's much more formable than JB.

I have other brands of that on hand for repairs too. Original JB weld did such a good job bonding to an oil pan I repaired recently that I went with it for this job. It seems to me like it isn't as runny as it used to be too.

 

[subybaja]

SS pliers. Online waterjet then hand riveted.

 

[Muckin_Slusher]

SS pliers. Online waterjet then hand riveted.

You made that?

What's it for, looks job speficic.

 

[M92PV4U]

You made that?

What's it for, looks job speficic.

Roach holder.

 

[subybaja]

You made that?

What's it for, looks job speficic.

Yeah, that's the latest version of a design I've been tweaking for 20 years.
Electroplating in an acidic bath. Gotta be SS.

 

[Muckin_Slusher]

Yeah, that's the latest version of a design I've been tweaking for 20 years.
Electroplating in an acidic bath. Gotta be SS.

Cool, so what's it used for?

 

[Sceep]

Cool, so what's it used for?

⬇️

Electroplating in an acidic bath. Gotta be SS.

He is using them to clamp parts that are dipped in the bath

 

[[486]]

He is using them to clamp parts that are dipped in the bath

Cool, so what's it used for?

 

[Penetrode Offroad]

Cool, so what's it used for?

Clamping parts that are dipped in acidic bath.

 

[Filthy McChevy]

Clamping parts that are dipped in acidic bath.

Dude! Sweet!

 

[[486]]

I'm going to assume circuit board etching and plating
circuit boards for robots

giiiiirl robots

 

[Dethmachinefab]

if you ever do need to test at higher psi, use water. when it fails it wont be as violent. when we test higher psi with water we fill, and bleed, the system and attach a pressure washer, leave the motor switch in the off position and build pressure using the pull cord until we hit test pressure.

I used to make my motorcycle fuel tanks with a pressure washer and a jig. I'm not one of those hammer on shit all day and make something of it sheet metal guys.

 

[Java230]

I used to make my motorcycle fuel tanks with a pressure washer and a jig. I'm not one of those hammer on shit all day and make something of it sheet metal guys.

Hydro forming is awesome and terrifying at the same time

 

[Dethmachinefab]

Hydro forming is awesome and terrifying at the same time

It would fill until tearing at the edge, nothing crazy happens but springs a leak.

I'd like to do more some day with heavy jigs and higher pressures.

 

[ExWrench]

Hydro forming is awesome and terrifying at the same time

Explosive hydroforming is awesomer and terrifying-er

 

[vetteboy79]

There's been a praying mantis camped out on my back screen door over my new deck for the last 50 days. Been fun to sit out there and have a coffee or beers and watch it do its thing, saw it dismantle more than a few lanternflies or cicadas.

It's been gone for the last few days, which means probably forever, and my girl was kinda bummed about it so I made a little one out of rebar and old pegboard hooks to keep back there.

 

[I HATE PONIES]

That is outstanding!

 

[Filthy McChevy]

I might get shit for this one but I have too many other major projects to dive into a proper fix of this latest issue, truck just started popping out of second if you let go of the shifter a few weeks back, I put new gear oil with BG MGC additive in, helped a little, then just now invented a magnetic shifter holder. Doesn't interfere with granny gear either. Passed the test drive with flying colors.

Behold-

 

[[486]]

hahahahaha
"clonk"

if you catch it early enough you can use those little dremel tool cutoff wheels to recut the edges of the dog clutch teeth to hold better
before they round out too much to save

 

[M92PV4U]

hahahahaha
"clonk"

if you catch it early enough you can use those little dremel tool cutoff wheels to recut the edges of the dog clutch teeth to hold better
before they round out too much to save

Our water truck would pop out of second. My dad replaced some washers in it after I blew it up. It never popped out of gear again, until I blew it up again .

 

[Filthy McChevy]

hahahahaha
"clonk"

if you catch it early enough you can use those little dremel tool cutoff wheels to recut the edges of the dog clutch teeth to hold better
before they round out too much to save

Yup, drove it today, 2nd gear was a solid "clonk"

 

[M92PV4U]

Lawn mower repair didn't last long until the other side broke
Had my worker redo it with new parts and my guidance.

He also built these trays, with my guidance.

 

[M92PV4U]

I just remembered that the previous lawnmower repair is in ghetto fab hack fab.

 

[billybob_81067]

Lawn mower repair didn't last long until the other side broke
Had my worker redo it with new parts and my guidance.

He also built these trays, with my guidance.

You have problems with the daubers on the pvc cement popping off the lid? I've had two of them do it in the past few months the last couple of times I used the damn thing. Maybe I'm just a ham-fisted idiot putting too much pressure on it, but dammit it should hold up! The wire with the dauber is just circled around into a little swirl and then shittily soldered onto the lid.

 

[M92PV4U]

You have problems with the daubers on the pvc cement popping off the lid? I've had two of them do it in the past few months the last couple of times I used the damn thing. Maybe I'm just a ham-fisted idiot putting too much pressure on it, but dammit it should hold up! The wire with the dauber is just circled around into a little swirl and then shittily soldered onto the lid.

We used to never had problems like that, they would get changed because they were gross. The last couple of batches of them are breaking all of the time. 4" needle nose vise grips work until you get a new one, but we keep 4 extra in the trucks.

 

[billybob_81067]

Quality of everything is down it seems. Glad its not just me. Was gluing some 6" flanges to some pvc pipe today and the fucking dauber broke off and landed in the dirt. Pissed me off.

Do you know much about irrigation wells? I'm looking to replace a 3 phase 460v 20HP pump and motor. Local place quoted me around $6500 for the pump and motor and said it'd push over 900gpm. Is there anywhere online to order that kind of thing or at least look at prices to make sure I'm not getting ass-raped? Everything I've seen from googling is "call for prices" which in my world means "bend-over"

 

[M92PV4U]

Quality of everything is down it seems. Glad its not just me. Was gluing some 6" flanges to some pvc pipe today and the fucking dauber broke off and landed in the dirt. Pissed me off.

Do you know much about irrigation wells? I'm looking to replace a 3 phase 460v 20HP pump and motor. Local place quoted me around $6500 for the pump and motor and said it'd push over 900gpm. Is there anywhere online to order that kind of thing or at least look at prices to make sure I'm not getting ass-raped? Everything I've seen from googling is "call for prices" which in my world means "bend-over"

That price doesn't sound bad to me, I don't know anywhere to find prices for the bigger stuff online. 20 hp seems small for 900 gpm to me.