My Week this Week, My workshop videos

[hermetic]

Hi Chaps, weather is still atrocious, bitter wind and horizontal sleet today, and I have stayed in the warm! here are some more of my projects, ongoing and finished, but we start out with the glory days of Dean Smith and Grace in Keighley, West Yorkshire, A factory I actually went to in the seventies when I got my first lathe, a DS&G 13Z. If you go to www.lathes.co.uk/dsg there is a factory tour there which is every bit as interesting as the Doxford one Hope you like it, and don't forget to comment and subscribe.
Phil
East Yorkshire

 

[swood1]

Could you use the black &Decker for cutting tool grinding and sharpening drill bits..

Steve

 

[hermetic]

Could you use the black &Decker for cutting tool grinding and sharpening drill bits..

Steve

That was my thought when I bought it, and also grinding lathe centres. The limiting factor is the collet on the workhead which carries the valve, which is a max of 5/8". Not a huge jod to build another work head though. It is pencilled in as a future project! Thanks for the comment!
Phil
East Yorkshire

 

[hermetic]

Hi Chaps, the week was going so well, once it had started (Tuesday), weather has improved and I feel fit again, and it was all downhill fom there! When everything around you is going bad, you have to take the opportunity to "break on through to the other side" so it's head down, and puuuuuush!Like, laugh, subscribe, comment enjoy!
Phil,
East Yorkshire.

 

[jkimberln]

I had the same problem with my Lincoln 175 Square Wave machine. And it did turn out to be the hi voltage cap. At the time $60. If you can't find the Miller part, you could try Lincoln. As you say, they are all about the same circuitry. Cheers

 

[hermetic]

I can get one in Hull, which is about 30 miles from me (60 mile round trip), at list price + 20% vat. List is £98.44 so it comes out at£118.12 ($154.13 US) So it is not cheap, but by what I assume is the date code, it was made in 1988, so it has had a good life, considering it is a 10000v working cap! I have a closer supplier called Techarc, Who actually make all types of welding equipment under their own name, and also for companies like Oerlikon, wind their own transformers, and do repairs as well, They are a bit closer, and a lot easier to find, being near York, and are bound to be a bit cheaper too! They do all my electronic welder repairs, and are all round good guys and a pleasure to do business with! They will be calling me back tomorrow, so I may be going for a drive!
thanks for the comment, and for watching!
Phil
East Yorkshire

 

[hermetic]

Hi All, the welder part is on back order, and this week we decided, seing as the weather was good, to deal with some trees damaged in the recent winds, sort of commando gardening!. We have a 4 Acre field just across the village from the Workshop, and this week, and next week, if dry, will be a maintenance blitz, as it is next to the road, and fallen trees tend to interfere with traffic! please like, comment and subscribe!
Phil
Far East ( of Yorkshire)
https://youtu.be/mzDeuOelYwI

 

[hermetic]

And Now, due to Keiths wife having a seroius heart condition (although you wouldn't think it when you see her work) and my wife having Asthma, we are self isolating from each other, so the fencing and completion of the field work will be at a later date! Normal workshop style stuff will contine as long as we are well, I can isolate myself there!
Phil
Spring like East Yorkshire

 

[hermetic]

Hi people,
During last weeks work on the fallen trees, I discovered that my chainsaw, an antique Stihl 08S, would not start, here is the tale of me fixing it, and then fixing it again! Many thanks to "The Repair Specialist" whose youtube vids put right my mistake! Enjoy, subscribe, and above all, stay healthy!
Phil
unseasonably cold East Yorkshire! ( it was warm and sunny this morning)

 

[hermetic]

Hi all,
Not done much due to the virus lockdown, I bet all the survivalists in the USA are rolling around their bunker floors, surrounded by food, laughing their heads off! I did get a day and a half in the workshop, made a cold frame for my daughters roof garden, she was pleased with the solid practical construction, but thought the aesthetics left a lot to be desired! Teenagers! There's no pleasing them! Like, comment, subscribe, enjoy! We live in "interesting" times.
Phil
East Yorkshire

 

[hermetic]

Week 2 of lockdown comes to an end, already it feels longer! My capacitance meter shows me what a plonker I am, we discuss masks, some say I should always wear one, not my wife you understand, she wears glasses!, but I have noticed she takes them off when I enter the room........ And the drive to work " ower't waaard tops tha knaws" the other way with wind turbines What thrills, I almost woke up! send me a like, subscribe, comment,enjoy, stay home, stay safe, and WASH YER HANDS!!
Phil
East Yorkshire
https://youtu.be/qpspsCMKAAA

 

[hermetic]

Week 3 of lockdown, I have not been to the workshop at all, may go next week, see how it goes. This is a little look round our back garden showing my rustic brickwork and a garden tour narrated by my elcest, including a brief glimpse of Catherine, my wife, and emily, my youngest, brief because they refused to be filmed!. Warning, contasins gratuitous pressure washer action!
Phil
East Yorkshire

 

[hermetic]

End of week 4 of lockdown, I havent been to the workshop, but needed to go today, so I did some little jobs and shot this while I was there Hope you enjoy it! Like, comment, subscribe, but above all stay well, stay indoors, because the more we do it, the sooner it will be over!
Phil
Warm and sunny East Yorkshire

 

[hermetic]

Week 5 draws to a close, and I have not been to the workshop, so here is a tale of the problems I am having finding the fault on the TIG, problems caused in part by the inadequate "schematic", a poor excuse for a wiring diagram

 

[reichpaul630]

Week 5 draws to a close, and I have not been to the workshop, so here is a tale of the problems I am having finding the fault on the TIG, problems caused in part by the inadequate "schematic", a poor excuse for a wiring diagram

hi hermetic,

the diagram you have there seems odd to me too.

i was particularly curious about the "double-V" symbol you
asked about. i have a notion of what it may be. i'd like to see
the area of the manufacturer diagram where it appears.
i didn't notice it on this video.

very happy to hear that you recovered from what probably
was a covid 19... very fortunate you are.

paul

 

[hermetic]

Here ya go!

 

[reichpaul630]

hermetic,

haven't been able to find that mystery symbol anywhere. i did find several different symbol "standards", all from different "domains". there is a set for IEEE, IEC ("international"), DIN (German). Australia has another, i think. there are others as well.

electricians here (USA) go by the NEC (National Electric Code - USA). electronics guys go by the IEEE tables for the most part.

i have not posted the charts here because they may be more confusing than helpful.

i'll post them if there is sufficient interest.

 

[hermetic]

Thanks for trying! It is familiar, in that I have seen it on other schematics, but I can't lay hands on one, and as you say, it doesnt seem to come from any symbol set that I can find!
Phil

 

[hermetic]

Week 6 of lockdown, and I am going back to work next week! Some really nice junk comes my way, and I begin to understand the cryptic Schematic! Excuse the HH camera work Like, enjoy, subscribe, stay safe people! Phil

 

[hermetic]

Not much to tell chaps, But the TIG is fixed, I will get some vid of it working next week. still coughing, but otherwide fine, and I am going back to work on Monday because work is piling up and I am sick of watching youtube videos and playing halflife online! *******s of Halflife rocks!! Like, subscribe, comment Stay safe and well! Phil