Every Easter we have a egg fight, this year for the very first time – I won !!!
Month: April 2014
ALDI: SINGER PROMISE 1412 SEWING MACHINE
Early start this morning (for us retirees) to get to ALDI before opening time so we don’t miss out on the sewing machine and table. We were 2nd in line with a nice lady in front of us, she and the guy behind us were all after the same stuff. ET went for the machine and I the table which is 42.5kg, gave the lady a hand with hers and in doing so lost ground as others crowded in behind me but pushed back in and grabbed one assisted by the fact they could not lift the boxes. Later gave the lady in front of us a hand to load her car.
Disc sander project
While cleaning up the tool cupboard came across some vintage stuff from the early sixties! I remember now…my dad and I caught the train into the city to visit McEwan’s to purchase a complete Sher ShopMate work shop system – the ultimate at that time. I still have the Sher PowerMatic drill (later on became Skill Sher).
Note the mounting collar at the front of the drill. There is also a blind hole at the back on the same centre line to support the drill in the ShopMate stand.
Jigsaw table – revised blade guides
The original blade guide assembly did the job but looked a bit ugly so here is Version 2.0 with integrated height adjustment!
Version 1.0 Continue reading “Jigsaw table – revised blade guides”
Jigsaw table – blade guide arm
Continuing on from the last session we have the jigsaw mounted upside down in the box with the blade poking out the top. Now we need some sort of blade guide support arm that will minimize the blade flexing, in particular on curved cuts.
Went looking for ideas through all the hardware stuff and paused with a Double Roller Catch in the palm of my hand…thinking.
ALDI – Sewing Table
The sewing table is HEAVY…about 40kg
ALDI – MAGNIFIED TASK LAMP
Went back to ALDI to do some more shopping LOL and got the work light. Yeah…it’s very well made with two circular rows of LED’s (72 in all) that provides ample lighting. Same for the magnifying lens, clear magnification with no noticeable distortion.
ALDI – SINGER PROMISE 1412 SEWING MACHINE
Early start this morning (for us retirees) with ET to get to our local ALDI so we don’t miss out on the sewing machine and table. We were 2nd in line with a nice lady in front of us, she and the guy behind us were all after the same stuff. ET went for the machine and I the table which is 42.5kg, gave the lady a hand with hers and in doing so lost ground as other crowded in behind me but pushed back in and grabbed one assisted by the fact they could not lift the boxes. Later gave the lady in front of us a hand to load her car – my good deed for the year.
Jigsaw table
Decided to make a jigsaw table which is basically a upside down jigsaw with the blade poking up through the top of a box.
Not much planning beforehand so to get started let’s route out the top for a insert.
Makita 6012HD 9.6V battery
Brought my Makita 6012HD 9.6V battery drill back to life!
As with most NiCds of this vintage the 9.6V battery pack will not accept a charge.
I have a Odyssey PC680 car battery lying around from a Subaru WRX, it’s still in OK condition so …decided to hard wire the Makita to run off the battery.
The construction of the battery pack is peculiar and…it has three terminals? I figured the third one was for temperature overload protection because there is a thermal sensor in the pack itself, don’t need that so pulled it out and soldered the alligator clip leads directly onto the + and – terminals at the top of the battery pack. Works great…this will be my countersinking drill – one less bit change.
Anyway…was using the drill and when I went to put it down on the bench I noticed the pos clip was hanging free !!!…crikey…the drill is working and it’s not connected to the car battery!!! The car battery has been charging the battery pack in the drill, and doing a good job because she has plenty of power!
Went back to check that thermal sensor that I pulled out and it’s actually a thermal fuse and yes – open circuit.
Looks like the “dead” battery pack is taking a charge, I need to pull everything apart again including the charger and re-wire as needed and hopefully the charger will once again be able to charge the battery pack.