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You're right. I didn't think it through. Pete

Printed metal parts are being used in fighter jets but those machines are a little beyond most of us. Now if you have a buddy in aerospace maybe for a couple cases of beer they will whip one up. 😉 Pete

Given I have the saw, probably because I never sired any sprogs and could afford it, any using it will be able to give me the finger when I deserve it. Be safe Pete

Chipmonk you said "They claimed and fought dozens of patents to ensure the barrier for entry was high and blocked the US market, making it more difficult and less financially sensible for other companies to bring products to market." Given all the manufacturers rejected licensing the system...

While welding and re-machining or machining from scratch would be ideal if a replacement couldn't be found a wooden wheel wouldn't be difficult to make. Cutting the spokes off and facing one side to be flat would allow the hub to be bolted and epoxied to a Baltic Birch stack of plywood. Then the...

The hand drill version is only shown for the first few frames and then all the rest are in bench or freestanding machines so the the performance is suspect. However I could see it possibly working if a hammer drill was used rather than the usual drill. Keeping the drill aligned while doing it...

Another approach. Pete

I used oil free steel wool bought on Amazon and a cleaning vinegar along with wine tannin (made from Chestnut bark I think) also from Amazon but I applied them separately. Dissolved the steel wool and then filtered it. Used hot water to dissolve as much tannin powder as it would take. I put the...

I liked the swinging seat arrangement. Pete

Hard to tell from the picture but if the width of the trailer allows you could put the bikes across the trailer. One behind the axle, the second forward and if needed a third (or one bike on its own) over the axle. Maybe a little more windage that shouldn't be too much of a burden unless you are...

I have seen a couple drill presses/pillar drills that have a pulley mounted at the top of the column between the belts. A cable goes over the top to the table right beside the column and to a weight in the column. The weight equal to that of the table means it can be lifted or lowered without...

Once upon a time before the CNC machines came into being that sort of work would be done on carving duplicator type machines. There would be one or more spindles, each with it's own router and a pattern to follow. The machine would turn the spindles slowly while advancing, moving the routers up...

Try all aluminium pop rivets or even plastic pop rivets...

In Canada you are not allowed any force to protect property. You are not allowed to use force to defend yourself if there is an avenue for you to escape the situation. You must keep firearms in gun safes, unloaded, with ammunition in another safe or locked box. Our laws are not even remotely...

The make vs buy arguments can be made about hand tools too. Lots of people make planes, chisels, etc, even though there are a multitude of store bought available. The decision ultimately comes down to the individual. When I was a teenager reading all the Popular Mechanics magazines available...

Don't spin bearings with compressed air. They can get damage from the dry surfaces running against each other. More importantly they can be spun up to the point where the bearing comes apart, sending pieces everywhere. It doesn't take very long either. Just a few seconds. Basic training taught...

Yes Noel I can see those pictures. When a picture is 6000 x 8000 pixels they are just too large to upload and can't be viewed without scrolling around the screen. 600 x 800 pixels (close to what you put up) are generally good to view on most any screen. Pete

If you have access to a milling machine and the parts are not in situ a boring head would do the work and have other uses down the road...

I can see your pictures up to post 11 but none after as they are 9 to 12+ MB. Curse of rural internet. Perhaps you could resize future pictures to 500KB or less. You said in the opening post "It was basically a flawed design having a lead roof that didn't protrude far enough to protect the...

The odd gouge looks home made. Likely used a step drill to drill two pieces clamped tightly together. Pretty clever actually. Pete