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Jul 10, 2020 20:19:52 GMT
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I've been forced to do the garden today, lots of mowing and strimming which was not too bad. The hedges also need doing. I have a petrol hedge trimmer with a three foot blade which coupled with my recently developed tennis elbow means that I can now only lift my cuppa with my right hand. Luckily the lovely Doctor (Mrs Tea) has taken pity on me and booked a gardener to finish the hedges off this week. He's one of those bronzed Adonis types with rippling muscles who doesn't wear a shirt. As the Doctor is still working from home and her study overlooks the front garden I'm sure she will be highly delighted. That does mean that I should be able to sneak into the shed after work this week without having to explain why old car bits are more important than filling green bins. I've got a 2.5 metre high hedge - all 100 metres of it that boarders 3 sides of the property and both sides have to be cut - I cant do it all one in one go I normally do 2 - 3 hours a day of it over a week to complete it - only this time I got the neighbours 16 year old son to sort it - he's a good 6" taller than me - eager to earn some college money and cracked on and sorted it in a couple of afternoons - even loaded all the cuttings into to their lawn tractor trailer and took them off down the paddock and burnt them saving me the hassle of bagging them up and attempting to get a tip booking - well worth the £100 I paid him (not sure that Mrs GN is bothered about his physique though)  |
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teaboy
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Jul 10, 2020 20:37:41 GMT
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well worth the £100 I paid him (not sure that Mrs GN is bothered about his physique though) Well Dr Tea is disappointed because the gardener hasn't been this week because of the weather. |
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GN, you guys have to book an appointment to take waste stuff to the tip? John
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We do at the moment - so they can social distance everyone.
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GN, you guys have to book an appointment to take waste stuff to the tip? John Currently with the pandemic yes but you cant get a booking easily - outside of the pandemic conditions you have to register your vehicle with them - and no vans, pickups or trailers are allowed - latest clampdown is that you are now charged for building waste / rubble @ £2.50 per sack and you can only dispose of used motor oil x 10 litres per annum whereby before it was unlimited in both cases - add to this that they are now only collecting our domestic refuse every 2 weeks instead of weekly  - teaboy - apologies for the thread diversion but it saves you from having to update us all with the latest news on that metal receptacle thing that holds oil has we can just talk garbage instead |
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teaboy
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Jul 11, 2020 16:15:25 GMT
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I went to collect my bits from the vapour blasters this morning. They charge by the hour so everything I took had been thoroughly cleaned beforehand so it would be less expensive for me. The stuff is quite clean, as one would expect. What I didn't expect was this.  A broken cooling fin.  He 'didn't do it, it must have already been broken' As I said, I hand cleaned everything before I took it so I would have seen that. I am so thoroughly depressed with it at the moment that I can't even look at it. |
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Jul 11, 2020 16:50:28 GMT
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Bastards!
Is it just the fin? Surely someone good with a tig could stick it back together.
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teaboy
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Jul 11, 2020 20:47:45 GMT
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Bastards! Is it just the fin? Surely someone good with a tig could stick it back together. Yes, just the Fin. I've sent the pictures to a friend of mine, he says he can fix it. The only problem is that it is right next to the mating face for the cam housing and that joint doesn't use a gasket. All that flat area round the valve spring recess and the bolt hole is the mating surface. |
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Jul 11, 2020 20:59:28 GMT
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Jul 11, 2020 21:26:01 GMT
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Gutted, had many a motorbike cylinder fin welded and missing ones made for beer money, but not had to deal with a mating face. I would think weld it then mill the weld flush.
Funking annoying as it must have been dropped, but it's fixable, all you can do is put the blaster on the blacklist and let others know about your experience.
Not sure where you are, but if you're struggling I know someone really good in Northampton who could weld and mill it for peanuts
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Jul 11, 2020 23:02:50 GMT
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Unacceptable lack of responsibility by the blasting vendor... Bastids. John
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Jul 11, 2020 23:11:02 GMT
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That reminds me of the time I had a fueltank chromed for a show car .
Searched for months to find one that was absolutely perfect, and payed way over the going rate ( at the time ) for it.
When I got it back from the chrome shop it had a big dent in a corner.
They clearly dropped it.
"that was already there"
Yeah, right...
Since that is a non load bearing part of the casting, and it is that close to a non gasket using mating surface, I'd seriously consider epoxying that back on.
And I own a Tig & weld aluminum a lot...
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I feel your pain. Mistakes happen, lying about it shouldn't... why are so many people willing to do it? Soul-destroying
In many ways the obvious thing would be to remove the damaged fin, but we all know that's not within the range of acceptable solutions!
Hope you get it sorted grieflesslyish
Cheers
Matt
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If you can straighten that up without breaking it off,and that there is no gap,I will laser weld it for you. Zero chance of distortion.
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Last Edit: Jul 12, 2020 5:38:55 GMT by Deleted
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If you can straighten that up without breaking it off,and that there is no gap,I will laser weld it for you. Zero chance of distortion. Cheers JB, I'll get my lump hammer and chisel on the job and see what happens. I'll be in touch. Thanks. |
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Lazer welding  |
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Jul 12, 2020 10:26:38 GMT
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Jul 12, 2020 10:32:42 GMT
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Just curious, how deep is the weld penetration? About half the bead width? Which the cylinder head repair, to weld the full depth of the crack, would it need V'ing out and building up, or just weld the surface of the crack. Or is penetration deeper? I know 0 about this method! |
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Jul 12, 2020 10:35:38 GMT
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Lazer welding This is how I now see Jonny at work.  |
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Jul 12, 2020 14:12:24 GMT
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I imagine something a little more direct.  |
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