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RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - dallen - 10-13-2012
Ed beat me to it, I was going to ask if you did the stitches yourself, gotta watch out stuff like that hurts.
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - DanH - 10-13-2012
(10-13-2012, 08:55 AM)EdK Wrote: Darren,
Did you put in the stitches?
Ed
Ed,
you beat me to that one. After all, this is the project section
Dan
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - EdK - 10-13-2012
(10-13-2012, 09:14 AM)DanH Wrote:(10-13-2012, 08:55 AM)EdK Wrote: Darren,
Did you put in the stitches?
Ed
Ed,
you beat me to that one. After all, this is the project section
Dan
And it's in Darren's area of expertise.
Ed
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - stevec - 10-13-2012
I knew Darren didn't do the stitches, they'd have been a lot neater if he did. Heal Bro, heal.
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - TomG - 10-13-2012
Yeow, that's gonna leave a mark! Too bad it doesn't have more of a curve to it, you could tell everyone it was a shark attack.
I got nicked by a chain saw once but luckily it only got my jeans. It only takes a momentary lapse in concentration.
Tom
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - SnailPowered - 10-13-2012
That looks pretty gross, thanks for sharing some gore with us!
Should have just held it together and put some super glue in there! 
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - rleete - 10-13-2012
My dad has an old Sherwood stereo receiver. The power switch quit working a few years back. Replacement parts are impossible to find, so I opened up the switch to see what was inside. Turns out theres a small plastic part, and it fractured. So, I made a replacement. Brass, because that's what I had on hand.
Pic shows new part and original. If you look closely, you can see where I glued it. Tried glue before, but it wouldn't hold.
![[Image: Sherwoodfix.jpg]](http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh381/rleete/Engines/Sherwoodfix.jpg)
Yes, it's ugly. It's uneven, and the slot still needs filed to fit. But it fixes a perfectly good stereo for my dad, and he is pleased.
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - DaveH - 10-13-2012
Roger,
That's not ugly - it's beautiful
And best of all your Dad is happy
DaveH
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - EdK - 10-13-2012
Hey, if it works, that's all that counts. And it'll probably outlast him.
That's one of the nice things about owning these machines. Fix it rather than throw it out.
Ed
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - stevec - 10-13-2012
I've been running my old AC tractors without the massive oil bath air cleaner on the carb because it's impossible to troubleshoot little problems that crop up. Say it won't start or it dies, well you have to dismantle a big clumsy affair just to squirt a bit of gas into the carb or see if it's flooded.
I decided to make a new set-up to accomodate a reasonable size Fram air cleaner.
[attachment=3250]
I started with some alu stock 2¼ in dia. It had a 1 wide flat milled along it's length but for mt purpose that wasn't a problem.
Here I've offset mounted a piece of the stock that's been faced to length, this will be the clamp to the inlet of the carb.
[attachment=3251]
I sorta cheated by shimming two chuck jaws with some 3/16 flat it was spot on with the ctr. Punch mark I'd laid out (luck).
The flat is hidden by the tailstock chuck but it appears in following photos.
The boring bar is at the ready, I drilled a pilot hole thru then followed with the biggest drill I had because boring can be boring but drilling can be thrilling.
[attachment=3252]
Here it is bored out to 1½ to fit the carb.
[attachment=3253]
He telescoping guage and 2mic say I'm pretty close.
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Here's where I mill the second 1 wide flat.
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Now into the RT to finish the outside profile,
[attachment=3256]
That done it's on to counterboring the clamp for the 2 hex socket screws to clamp the clamp.
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Now tap drill and clearance drill and tap.
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Now slit the opening of the clamp and we're almost done.
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A little more drilling and tapping for the ¼ end plates, a little ¼ allthread rod, a washer and a wing nut and we're at the result shown in the first pic. A little triplication and all three tractors are covered (or will be).
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