Aussie50
Front Load Washer Total Carnage - Washer goes Chain Chomp on me
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Material is 304 Stainless, 38.1mm Dia.
Endmill is 12mm solid carbide, was kinda trashed before I even picked it up, but it made it through the job.
I was making a crude 24X24 square drive dog for a pool cover roller, accurate finish is optional but I still came in with .05mm deviance across the flats. not bad for an old Taiwan mill, a chipped carbide endmill and somebody like me who never went to trade school, but was taught by a lot of skilled shop hands and machinists.
bag leaked a little but no harm done, I used a beater phone.
I will try an action-cam in a water proof case.
A die sink EDM is essentially a power amplifier with a adjustable frequency generator driving the output. I will endeavor to do a better video in it at a later date once I know more about its internal electronics.
30mm HSS drill into 304SS with a 12mm pilot hole.
Following processes see it drilled 30mm, bored to 34mm and counter-bored to 48mm prior to die-sink EDM work.
Coolant oil content was low, I do not usually have galling issues like I did that day.
M10X1.5 taps in 304 Stainless. Need some sturdy spiral flute taps to try out. straight flute are not really made for this abuse but spirals seem to snap easily, kinda a catch 22
Its actually quite simple,
The question is, can I lift the brushes on the bad winding and use 2 phases to neutral (ground) and still get some use out of it without having it rewound just yet.
The alternator looks to be made by Siemens, but it just does not have any stamps on it to prove it, I have no idea who made it.
Once things have stabilized I will terminate the Patreon account and just causally upload videos as I see fit, this channel is just a side project at this point.
The generator project will be moving a long tho, and I have yet to upload videos of the power hacksaw resto.
I am still testing and checking a lot of things, I have a lot more detailed videos to come. the engine runs well, needs a good clean and service but its fine.
Sadly it looks like a winding is burnt out, at first I though the errant reading was damaged or shorted wiring in the cabinet, but one armature winding is toast, but it may still output 2 phases that we can use. if not, I will keep the skid, engine and radiator, the rest can be scrapped.
Just messing with some broadcasting software before I decide to buy it, I have a feeling YT will be the real limiting factor tho.
I want to get back into my big projects but moving them around and finding them is proving prohibitive
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video on the power hacksaw refurbishment to come!
Viewer Q&A to come soon too, just need more Q to give the A :p, Patrons go first then I pick from the YT comments
No the DT50 is not mine, and I stupidly passed up a Boys 55cal AT rifle last year, but its on the to-do list when I actually have money.. $2500 for a rifle that feels like a guy smacking you with a 2X4 is not a bad deal given I see how much people put into match 22lr rifles that would struggle to stop a feral cat, much less a truck.
*Now with added audio!*
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I am planning a Q&A video, for all viewers to chime in and give me questions for. However its not a case of ask me anything, privacy still applies, I am not telling you where I lived or what my last girlfriend was like in the sack, so keep it modest :p.
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AVE shows how its done (or not) with a Mig welder! . its messy!
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Of course, watch out for burned terminals, wet or rusty parts, surge damage, and if in doubt, throw it in the trash or test it well at the very least!.
Using unknown parts in industry however has its own liabilities because its not just your ass on the line, always check with the boss before swapping out used parts. Likewise do not make entry to a working panel without permission/qualification!. this video is mainly aimed at hobbyists with prior knowledge of electrical engineering.
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It needs some work but overall for a chinzie thing, it works.
Dont forget to check out our cool crator here, with way more press tonnage than I could ever do at home
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Classic 60's automated turret lathe going to scrap :(. sadly its not worth salvaging, so I am keeping the controller and some other misc parts off it, and a equally old thread cutter lathe. I need a wiring manual for the control cabinet but so far we have kinda figured out how it works using Neon filled Thyrotrons and Diode push pins.
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fairly nicely built for a sealed non-earthed device. seems to be locally made!.
Although obsolete for the most part, they are still around. and safe if you know how to fit them properly.
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Said software will be made freeware for anyone to use once we have trialed it properly.
Thanks to your support I do have high speed internet, a budget for editing software and hopefully in future, a new camera!
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Thanks to Julian for producing this for me, I know it took a while to sync all the subtitles, but it worked out well.
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Thank-you to my supporters to make it possible to upload this and get my workshop running again!
Okay, first up, I have found that Patreon only does monthly subscription, for those of you who want to toss a bit into the shop fund at your own will, use realaussie50@gmail.com as the Paypal link.
As mentioned in the video, bandwidth is a mess and I am going to upgrade to fiber next week
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first goals are to pay the outstanding bills for shop services (mainly power) and buy new supplies and tooling. then onto hiring a skip and having a good clean out so I have room to work, as much as I like having a lot of parts around, they are useless if you have no room to use them.
A 100mm Curt-style (Vertex) Anglock Mill vice is also on the list so I can do some milling machine and lathe projects.
Patreon will become a thing, Adsense is killing channels at the moment, and I have had a number of vids delisted and had community guideline strikes against me, which they overturned after I poked them about it, and just over trivial shit like opposing violent migrant riots/blackshirt terrorists, or praising the fall of Osama Bin-laden (yes a video that old got hit) . . the money was not the issue,I could not care less about a 10 year old video with 2500 views, it was already dead. its the lack of respect that was the issue.
First time out with the Mosin, I do not seem to be using the right clips, or loading them right, because they do not want to load rounds properly into the rifle :(. I still got 40 rounds through it and 50 through the SMLE No1 MKIII
The rifle is as new ex-arsenal Izhevsk 1945 production rifle, with a few indications it was made barely-post-war in late '45. after a lot of cleaning and polishing of machined contact areas on the bolt, she runs very slick and puts 5 out of 5 in a 8" group when running her fast!, bench resting isnt a lot better, but the action does move around in the stock a bit, so glass bedding is on the cards.
Good to get to the range and let off some steam, give my rifle collection a good workout, and beat my shoulder up at the same time :D
The SMLE No1 MKIII* I was shooting is a Aussie made Lithgow rifle, and is stamped 5'th MD (Western Australian Military District). I doubt it ever saw use in war, apart from home guard or training use. the barrel and furniture have been replaced in the 50's by Lithgow evident by the Lithgow proof stamps. bore is a bit dark, but even when rapid firing it ad close range, I can put 10 rounds in a 6" group, fine for taking down a meat target.