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Those home plating kits are little more than an interesting science project. Fun but don't give anything like professional results. I had a mess about with a Zinc one years ago and it did work.. for a bit. The solution fouled quickly tho and I couldnt get it back to giving acceptable results. (And I'm not exactly a novice to electrolysis processes) It did parts for my moped build at the time ok but not much else.
If you want serious rust protection on parts get it done professionally. Zinc passivate probably best. Hot dip zinc for ultimate protection but that gives it's own problems. Zinc phosphating is more for providing a surface to hold oil. Mainly for machinery rather than cars. It wouldnt give corrosion protection for long on the road even if you oiled it.
All that said I've got a few small bits here that need chroming. I was considering giving a bright nickle kit a go.
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Media blast-proofing slater
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I'd wet blast. It will keep the dust down so it doesnt get lodged everywhere. Soda may not be abrasive enough to do what you want. It's easy to clean up (water soluble) but doesnt do well at removing paint and rust.
I'd put the doors back on personally. Wouldnt trust any tape or anything. One slip and you've ruined your Interior
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Last Edit: May 20, 2020 5:25:25 GMT by slater
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Cheap Engine Stands. slater
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Apr 19, 2020 17:23:05 GMT
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Always done the job for us. I think i just copied a picture in the yellow bible or one of those Vizard books when i was about 13 and still use the same adapter now. If you really wanted belt and braces make one that goes across between the alt and oil filter mountings. It would help to have the pivot point a bit closer to the center of gravity at times.
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slater
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Apr 19, 2020 17:17:37 GMT
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Maybe its jut me but apart from the drag cars and the dodge pickup thing and maybe the 37 they are all bloody awful. don't like any of them! Looks like its judged ore on show finish than imagination. You've wandered into the wrong forum perhaps? mmm maybe i made a wrong turn 15 years ago and only just noticed... Whats your problem? Cant express an opinion on the cars? I think the one thing you can gleen from these photos is they have gone pretty much nowhere since the 80s. shiny paint and all look the same. Then again you could say that about most 'genres' of car, it all gets stagnant at some point. Ive never liked 'sceney car shows' or agreed with the way they are judged. (Maybe with the slight exception of RR events picking out some innovative motors on occasion.)
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compressor getting hot... slater
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Apr 19, 2020 16:57:32 GMT
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Burying it will be good for sound but not for it getting hot. Needs air circulation to cool it down.
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Sealey shot blasting kit slater
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Nah total waste of money. At the very least get a cabinet so the grit doesn't go everywhere and you can reuse it.
If you need to do stuff bigger than a cabinet the chinese pressure pot style is the one to go for 'on a budget'. They are still a million miles away from the proper kit in terms of filling them with grit and their wear resistance but they are also going to be a million miles away from one of these on the actual blasting efficiency..
Also don't forget you need a big compressor to blast. Normal garage style piston compressors wont cut it.
If your using a cabinet id recommend aluminum oxide grit as it can be reused many times, if your using it outside and are going to loose a lot of the grit your better off with cheap ground glass media otherwise it will cost a fortune..
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Cheap Engine Stands. slater
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Built loads of a-series engines, all mounted to the stand through the two 5/16 alternator mounts. You would think is not enough but its been fine.
don't really use engine stands very often. All our benches have a stand built in. Biggest annoyance with the stand is them scooting about all over the floor when trying to torque thing etc. in my experience. You might want to clamp it to something!
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slater
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Maybe its jut me but apart from the drag cars and the dodge pickup thing and maybe the 37 they are all bloody awful. don't like any of them! Looks like its judged ore on show finish than imagination.
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Inspection camera / endoscopeslater
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Apr 10, 2020 18:24:31 GMT
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Got a phone one, works great. i also use a proper expensive professional jobbie for looking inside robots at work but i don't think its much better. Buy one for £10 and see how you get on. If it doesnt work you've not lost much!
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I need a new drillslater
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Cost engineering = engineering
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yeh its screen printed. If you can flatten it out and get a decent square on, hi-res photo you can give the image a touch up in photoshop and then print it on acetate and use that to develop a screen. Look up screen printing and how to make a silk screen if you don't know what i mean.
The trailer one is doable in the same way but you would need to do a lot of photoshop work on it i think.
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You say its doing it when its not switched on? That kind of suggest to me theres a short to ground somewhere before the switch. Water in something maybe?
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I need a new drillslater
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Cant believe people are still fannying around with corded drills in 2020! Even a cheap ryobi or kilder has got to be light years ahead surely?! (never used one but the various brands seem to have converged a fair bit as far as quality goes) I guess theres a price difference, a 2nd hand corded drill should basically be free now i would think lol! You get what you pay for tho, the cordless tools basically do everything the corded one will do but will be a lot more refined and convenient.. Think the only corded drills ive used in the last 10 years are an SDS or gut buster for mixing plaster..
The comments on not using it enough just arnt relevant anymore. Modern L-ion batteries don't care how much they are used or not used, how long they get left in the box flat or fully charged. All the pitfalls of dodgy ni-cad battery are firmly a thing of the past and have been for a while. Batteries commonly last basically for the life of the tool now.
I'm a Bosch man myself. Not the cheapest to get going with but invest in a decent drill, pair of batteries and charger and you can add other cordless tools at a later date. I'm yet to break any of them!
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Get it nice and hot first. Rule one of getting out anything stubborn! If you are worried about the seals etc then submerge the bit you arnt heating in water while heating the broken bit. To be honest the first thing id try is welding a nut on it. Looks like theres plenty to get on.
If all else fails then drill and if that fails then helicoil (its fine if done properly, done several myself)
No need to EDM until you have snapped the easy out lol. EDM is for removing hard stuff you cant just drill.
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Battery Conditionerslater
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Well the whole point is that you keep it connected so it can maintain the battery no? otherwise you would just put it on charge every so often. I guess its a bit of a disclaimer type thing.
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Deffo, the only one other than an eckold that is any different is the Baileigh with the oval dies. The rest are all the same thing with slight variations on the frame. They are all decent enough quality for a hobbyist from what i can tell, i have a small frost one and a 8inch throat Chinese special, both the same jaws! The jaws will wear no doubt but not that quick, the casting on the 8inch one feels a bit flexible but its not broken yet! when it does il just fabricate a new deeper frame. Id prefer a bit more 'feel' that a stiffer frame would give.
The deep throat is useful but don't under estimate how much you NEED it to be foot operated. The hand lever type will curse word you off pretty quick, especially when you have a big panel to work on.
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stone chip for the minislater
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Mar 29, 2020 20:34:17 GMT
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I don't agree with the whole 'holding water' thing. If you don't want to use Raptor use Gravitex and paint over it tho.
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Mar 23, 2020 11:16:13 GMT
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I don't suffer much from discs breaking up, so it is less of a worry than my fingers slipping into the spinning wheel. The only time I have had a disc break up that I could pin-point, was when it got crushed. Imagine cutting a long bar in half....cut it from the top, and the free end falls away - sweet. But cut it from the bottom and as it falls it pinches the disc and it shatters. Simplistic scenario, but cutting away crud from under a rusty car - that is what can happen. Exactly that, the guard is more useful for keeping your hands away from the disc than containing any explosions. Wonder if anyone is so keen to use their 9 inch without a guard.
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Beating the CAZ slater
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I wouldnt complain too much. Historic exemption is about the only silver lining.
The main thing I object to is the a38 being shut. Thats akin to shutting a major motorway. Clearly not going to help the emissions situation.
As for what vehicle, it looks like it will be whatever comes along that fits the bill as there certainly isnt a surplus of serviceable small commercials on the market right now 😕
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