MetalworkingFun Forum
Todays Project - What did you do today? - Printable Version

+- MetalworkingFun Forum (http://www.metalworkingfun.com)
+-- Forum: Machining (http://www.metalworkingfun.com/forum-5.html)
+--- Forum: Projects (http://www.metalworkingfun.com/forum-7.html)
+--- Thread: Todays Project - What did you do today? (/thread-727.html)

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549


RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - Micktoon - 07-23-2014

Hi Lads,
I am glad to report the mower is all done and been tested and is now nice and quiet steers better and cuts nice, not to mention the owner being very happy with her 'new' mower, I tested it to make sure all was well but she is now itching for the grass to grown even a touch so its a good enough excuse to get her revamped mower out lol.
Here is the rest of the job.

First all the top plates were tacked in place.

[Image: mowerrepair3001.jpg]

Then a new skirt , clamped and tacked into position .

[Image: mowerrepair3003.jpg]

Due to the old repair having a bar welded along the front with too much old snotty weld to grind off there ended up a section to be patched with a strip as the old skirt was about half an inch deeper than the new strip of metal I had to hand so this front area was patched in to replace the cut out section. The underside where the rot had been cut out was tacked to the new top and the areas filled with car body filler to seal them so grass would not pack between the two layers of plate.


[Image: mowerrepair3004.jpg]

The tacked seam between the top plates and the skirt was welded leaving alternate gaps then worked back around filling in the gaps to try to stop too much distorsion, this seemed to work as the whole thing stayed nice and flat to the floor.

[Image: mowerrepair3005.jpg]

Next I marked around the skirt with chalk on the floor and made a new bar to beef up the bottom of the skirt. I only has some 14mm black bar but in three short bits so by trial and error bent these bits in the vice to follow the chalk line then welded them together. Then welded them to the bottom of the new skirt.

[Image: mowerrepair3006.jpg]


[Image: mowerrepair3008.jpg]

The underside was undersealed then the blades , pulleys etc all built back up and the top side seam sealered around the welded areas.

[Image: mowerrepair3012.jpg]


[Image: mowerrepair3013.jpg]

One last hitch I noticed just in time to alter before painting , the return spring for the deck lowering lever was not a very good design so I managed to find a better spring in my scrap box and welded a strong washer for it to hook on to, this was a better spring and more secure way of fixing it than the original.

[Image: mowerrepair3015.jpg]

Next a coat of etch primer.

[Image: mowerrepair3016.jpg]

Then a few coats of a very dark grey satin finish that matched the rest of the dark bits on the tractor as I had no orange paint and would not have got a match for the original anyway as faded with age. The grey was darker than it looks here , it was hot sunny day so baked it dry in no time.

[Image: mowerrepair3017.jpg]

This it the finished job all back together, looking quite smart if I say so myself.

[Image: mowerrepair3020.jpg]


[Image: mowerrepair3019.jpg]


It should last a good few more years now and continue to give good service, my old friend is delighted , was nice to see her face when she saw it was not just a few horrible patches clagged on with sealer and snot weld like the last time the lawn mower dealer 'fixed' it lol.

Cheers Mick


RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - doubleboost - 07-23-2014

Cracking job
Very well documented as well DroolDrool
John


RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - f350ca - 07-23-2014

Great rebuild Mick. The seam from the top to the skirt turned out real nice.


RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - PixMan - 07-23-2014

I expected nothing but the best from you!

Do you think it weighs much more than the original? The better spring(s?) should negate any increase, while a more robust build like that won't likely ever fail.

Well done!


RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - Mayhem - 07-24-2014

Top job there Mick. I'd have not picked it as being anything other than factory after seeing it back on the mower. I bet the old girl has ducked off to the shops to by some fertilizer!


RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - mfletch - 07-24-2014

Just a small project today

I had some inserts given to me so made a holder for them.

[Image: P1010304_zps6e306c47.jpg]

Welded a side Peace on and shaped the sides

[Image: P1010305_zps8425ed13.jpg]

[Image: P1010307_zps3e3f28da.jpg]

[Image: P1010308_zpsd45c7e05.jpg]

And the finished holder

[Image: P1010310_zps46ef6651.jpg]


RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - RobWilson - 07-24-2014

Nice going Fletch , just one wee thing ,you should have made the holder so that it supports the cutting edge right under the tip .

Here is my efforts ,,,,,,,is a flycutter I made a wile back .

[Image: P1060001_zps80667f6c.jpg]

[Image: P1060011_zps6df26b1e.jpg]

Even mine has a small unsupported area , one got a tad carried away with the file Blush , although TCT are hard they also can be quite brittle .


Just my two pence worth ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,keep up the good work Smile


Rob


RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - DaveH - 07-24-2014

Mick, nice job on the lawn mower Thumbsup
Mfletch and Rob - a couple of very nice insert holders Thumbsup Thumbsup
Smiley-eatdrink004
DaveH


RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - mfletch - 07-24-2014

Wow very good job Rob {nice} what mill do you have?

I agree and will build it up with weld and grind it back


RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - DaveH - 07-24-2014

(07-24-2014, 01:49 PM)mfletch Wrote: Wow very good job Rob {nice} what mill do you have?

I agree and will build it up with weld and grind it back
Mfletch,
Just thinking this insert holder would have made a nice Project thread or a thread in the Lathe Tools. I'm just saying that's all Smile
Smiley-eatdrink004
DaveH