Recent content by DennisCA

This is my chainsaw, 1976 Jonsered 451EV, use it for firewood. It now has a Tsumura bar instead.

I have no sets, I just buy whatever, I hang my tools on the wall on my homemade hangers and I toss the boxes they came in as I prefer my own organization on the wall and I don't use drawers. I basically only buy cheap stuff though. But it lasts fine for me a lot of them are over 20 years old...

I fought broken bolts in my Saab 900. Broke off a bolt head trying to remove it I do not have a gas welder (yet) so I used my TIG welder to heat the bolt red hot instead After that I filed flats on the bolt and was able to get it out like this In the end I replaced all four bolts with...

Doing electrolysis on brake calipers and in general servicing the front wheel hub on this Saab 900 Turbo. Just using high temp rattle can paint made for brake calipers:

Not completed, still lacking two panel meters (amps & voltage) but functional. I turned a new dial from wood, turned out looking like a hat... What is it? A 4A variac for 0 - 230V based on an old transformer core from the DDR (East Germany). What's it for? For running my US sourced christmas...

I was in a hurry to get this project done so what I did was I bought two small cans of silver and dark green of a "store brand". I mixed them together and it looks closer to what I wanted. I am rolling it on and doing one side at a time so it can dry facing upwards without runs.

Yeah I'm aware they might be forever lamps. Most LEDs also last longer if you can make them run cooler. BigClive calls it "doobying" after the Dubai lamp, basically put a capacitor in series with the lamp, seems to work with most lamps but not all.

Sanding and priming a box in MDF mostly. Making an enclosure for an old variac (autotransformer) I bought. I am in somewhat of a hurry to get it working so I can use it to power my christmas lighting. Gonna paint it with hammertone paint, install some panel meters and outlets. I bought two...

I've been looking at hammerite or hammertone paints as well. My problem is I can't find the proper light green color that old machines have, it's almost all dark green here. Also known as ASEA-green here. I've used hammerite in the past but not that impressed with it. We have "biltema" which...

A bit of an update. I've put in a concrete floor now, insulated. I and a friend did the floor ourselves and none of us are professionals, but he has some experience in making floors. And I've decided I am moving my woodworking setup into it. It's all going slowly and a bit in the wrong order...

Here's another tool I bought for cheap-ish about a year ago and fixed up, a small Stihl gas trimmer: This is a japanese made trimmer probably in the early 1990s or maybe late 80s, just a rough guess however. But it's japanese quality from an older time. I thought it would be nice to have...

Finally! I completed the last part, an adapter 1/2" BSP to M22x1.5 (Kränzle) and tested it and it works! It feels very powerful, at least as powerful as my my dads old 3-phase Kärcher that he once accidentally removed the paint from the shed with, along with some wood. This one came with...

It would be nice to be able to find original valves for this machine, but I haven't had any luck with the manufacturer. They are around and make all kinds of machinery nowadays. Not that I expected them to have anything on hand. I do wonder about the pump, I do not think Norcar made it, likely...

I've been working on it and it's almost there. With my latest post we're about caught up as things stand. I got a new handle and hose for it and I believe the valves are a bit leaky, I've tried lapping them in the lathe but I think they're a bit far gone. But it mostly works. I need to machine...

And the finished part: Reassembled I don't have a pressure washer handle yet, so I improvised something up And here's a video of it running