2021 POTD Thread Archive

[hman]

Stu -
Very happy to read about your "survival in style." Especially happy that the falling trees didn't take down your power lines. One winter, while I was living in the boonies north of Corvallis, a nasty snow storm downed a whole bunch of power lines (all over Oregon, IIRC). I remember waking up around 2AM to the sound of a power crew on a nearby road several days later. True heroes! Luckily, my house had a couple of fireplaces and I had a good supply of wood. Coleman lanterns for light and a gas stove in the kitchen kept me going.
Hang in there!

 

[Weldingrod1]

Safety tip: think about changing the capacitor in your 10 year old generator before it catches on fire...
The generator hutch after a good blasting with dry chem. Whee. At least it was an electrical fire and not thr 7 gallons of gasoline!
That added something to the Houston freeze plus power outage :-(

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[GoceKU]

Today i spent some time in the big garage, much of the time i spent cleaning, at first the garage the parts, the parts for the little niva. First part took a while, i did fill up a big trash bag just from last few weeks. Then i had to arranged some of my french car parts and finally i got to cleaning lada parts. My work table is full of parts that need cleaning, but i focused on the bigger parts that i'll need when i start to build the engine up, first i deberd the edges, hone the cylinders then give it a good wash i also used the diesel and the parts washer when i did my honing. The cylinders aren't perfect they have a ridge at the top where the piston rings stop but its an 40 year old engine and are still in specs. Cleaning the shop and engine block, my phone was in my car so no photos only after, the engine block in in the trash bag to protect it from dust, the crank was next but i did not finish it because the chain sprocket at the end was staked and at the end i had to cut it in two pieces to take it off. One last task i did was to prep and paint the new gearbox mount it was baer steel and beginning to rust, coat of anti rust then some black spray paint.

 

[GunsOfNavarone]

I really dig my HF 4x6 band saw. When I first got it, I (before I cut with it) changed the blade to a Starrette Bimetal (intenss) and adjusted the crap out of it. Cuts dead nutz square. The stand is also an area of issue and I did a hydraulic cylinder for controlling the blade feed. I tried to keep the stand build to materials I had on hand. Now I can sit on it while using it in vertical mode and I don't have to crouch in general using it. Best $200 I've spent, you just need to spend the time calibrating it. I still need to add a chip collection device but I'm probably going to clear coat when done. The bed is about 31" from the floor now. I didn't have any ER-70s in 3/32" so I had to do it in 1/16"...just feeding like a maniac!

 

[rwm]

Nice stand. How did you get all that tubing so clean?
Robert

 

[jwmelvin]

Yes I like that stand. Thanks for posting.

 

[GunsOfNavarone]

I have a disc for my grinder that is great for removing mill scale....I’ll post the specifics when I get home. It isn’t TOO aggressive, leaves it pretty smooth really and does it QUICK!

 

[rwm]

I can never get mill scale off. If you have a solution I'm sure there are a lot interested!
R

 

[GunsOfNavarone]

I feel ya! I tried everything and this is really a great answer. I’ve had people ask before...you’d think I’d remember.
now my stand weighs I’d guess 50 pounds compared to that stock one that SERIOUSLY can’t be more than 7 or 8?

 

[NegativeK]

I can never get mill scale off. If you have a solution I'm sure there are a lot interested!
R

I've used powdered citric acid in water, and it works wonderfully. It's safer than a lot of other acids, $15 for five pounds of powder, and disposal is trivial. I don't know how much you're supposed to use, but I just dump enough in the water until it stops dissolving then let the part soak for a while.

Don't let it puddle on your concrete floor, though. Like many acids, it'll cosmetically etch some of the top cement.