DIY Car Maintenance with function over finesse!!

[CitroJim]

Excellent! Pleased to see the result of your visit to the test centre Ryan

[bobins]

Make sure you take that spanner with you on Tuesday incase Bobins starts playing up!

If Jim starts coming at me with a bent spanner, then I'll just distract him with a picture of a shiny AX. He'll be just like a budgie pecking at a mirror if I show him one of those

[Rp0thejester]

Show him a picture of a white one!! That's the only Tricolour that he's missing!!

[CitroJim]

Make sure you take that spanner with you on Tuesday incase Bobins starts playing up!

If Jim starts coming at me with a bent spanner, then I'll just distract him with a picture of a shiny AX. He'll be just like a budgie pecking at a mirror if I show him one of those

It's only a little spanner

Show him a picture of a white one!! That's the only Tricolour that he's missing!!

I used to have a white one Ryan... Daffodil. Now living with Alasdair

Space and resource limitations rule me out of having custody of a third. Happily, I still get to see Daffodil on regular occasions and have a little play with her

[Rp0thejester]

That just sounds weird.... might want to edit that

[CitroJim]

Daffodil enjoys a good spannering every now and again

[Rp0thejester]

[mickthemaverick]

I managed to get the next stage materials together yesterday so after the cricket I hope to start putting it together!!

The parts I need for assembly!

[Rp0thejester]

HELLO..... I've been waiting on the thread all day.... Have you built it yet!?

[mickthemaverick]

Yes and no!!! I built it and on the third test run before taking any pics the speed controller went 'straight through' and I just got full voltage at the motor, not acceptable so I dismantled it again and am in discussion with the supplier!! More news as and when!!

[mickthemaverick]

An update on the project ............ it's still awaiting my replacement speed controlling device!!

[mickthemaverick]

Well the new speed controlling device from China arrived and this morning I decided to begin butchering the variable speed hammer drill which I found brand new on ebay for £18.50 here and headed for the garage. As I opened the box a different idea occurred to me, maybe I could rig a temporary mount using the drill as it is rather than butcher it for the controller!! So I took a few measurements by eye and got out the jig saw to produce a mounting board:

The mounting board to support the drill.

I decided to use the drive belt as part of the stabilising kit so I could apply downward tension with cable ties. (Remember the whole thing has to be easily dismantled and assembled so SWMBO can park in the garage!) So I started applying cable ties until I was satisfied that I had a firm fixing:

The £18.50 drill

Front with ties

Chuck with downward ties

Having got it secure I was able to tension the belt by easing the hub up in the workmate jaws and managed to get it pretty accurate. So I turned it on!!



So I put that down as a success, especially as I have kept the expensive chinese drill (included spare brushes , 3 drill bits, chuck key and depth guage!) intact to replace my old proper mains hammer drill which died a couple of years ago

[CitroJim]

Looking good Mick

[Rp0thejester]

Well the new speed controlling device from China arrived and this morning I decided to begin butchering the variable speed hammer drill which I found brand new on ebay for £18.50 here and headed for the garage. As I opened the box a different idea occurred to me, maybe I could rig a temporary mount using the drill as it is rather than butcher it for the controller!! So I took a few measurements by eye and got out the jig saw to produce a mounting board:



I decided to use the drive belt as part of the stabilising kit so I could apply downward tension with cable ties. (Remember the whole thing has to be easily dismantled and assembled so SWMBO can park in the garage!) So I started applying cable ties until I was satisfied that I had a firm fixing:







Having got it secure I was able to tension the belt by easing the hub up in the workmate jaws and managed to get it pretty accurate. So I turned it on!!



So I put that down as a success, especially as I have kept the expensive chinese drill (included spare brushes , 3 drill bits, chuck key and depth guage!) intact to replace my old proper mains hammer drill which died a couple of years ago

It runs....so does Jim!! Doesn't mean it's any good.....shots fired.....

[CitroJim]

It runs....so does Jim!! Doesn't mean it's any good.....shots fired.....

Yes, I run and how good I am can be judged by an emoji I use in Strava when publishing my runs: