hotpoint95622
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I though it might be better to continue on a new thread, the original is taking far too much of my computers guts to load up.
Saturday just gone I finished the remote valves and set about making a temporary plinth to stand the machine on.
The plinth being constructed from scrap wood and ply-boards sandwiching house bricks for weight and treaded steel bar pulling the whole lot together.
A complete and utter failure, so I moved the machine further back in the garage to where the other machine are housed, once I made my mind up on it’s location it was decided to drill the concrete floor and bolt the machine down as it would have been when first installed. Problem I don’t have the correct size rag bolts for the job.
Mathew (Keymatic3203) is paying a visit tomorrow to have a look over the Bendix and look at the other machines, ho well we will have to watch the wash action only.
Mathew sent a text to say he had arrived at the holiday let he was staying in for the week and he could pop round to a hardware store and acquire some rag bolts “ho yes please Mathew that would be great” some time later he text back to say he had them and the correct size drill bit too.
Sunday morning, Mathew arrived and we had bacon sandwiches and tea to gather our strength for the task ahead.
Basically I let the experienced hands of Mathew do the work, measurements made and the floor marked with tape, X marks the spot.
Mathew drilled a polite hole with a smaller bit first while I held the vacuum cleaner nozzle close to suck the dust up, then the big drill bit bored down into the concrete floor shacking the whole street.
The first rag bolt in place the machine was put into position and the second set of markings made with tape, again Mathew drilled the hole skilfully.
Photo of the first rag bolt in place
Saturday just gone I finished the remote valves and set about making a temporary plinth to stand the machine on.
The plinth being constructed from scrap wood and ply-boards sandwiching house bricks for weight and treaded steel bar pulling the whole lot together.
A complete and utter failure, so I moved the machine further back in the garage to where the other machine are housed, once I made my mind up on it’s location it was decided to drill the concrete floor and bolt the machine down as it would have been when first installed. Problem I don’t have the correct size rag bolts for the job.
Mathew (Keymatic3203) is paying a visit tomorrow to have a look over the Bendix and look at the other machines, ho well we will have to watch the wash action only.
Mathew sent a text to say he had arrived at the holiday let he was staying in for the week and he could pop round to a hardware store and acquire some rag bolts “ho yes please Mathew that would be great” some time later he text back to say he had them and the correct size drill bit too.
Sunday morning, Mathew arrived and we had bacon sandwiches and tea to gather our strength for the task ahead.
Basically I let the experienced hands of Mathew do the work, measurements made and the floor marked with tape, X marks the spot.
Mathew drilled a polite hole with a smaller bit first while I held the vacuum cleaner nozzle close to suck the dust up, then the big drill bit bored down into the concrete floor shacking the whole street.
The first rag bolt in place the machine was put into position and the second set of markings made with tape, again Mathew drilled the hole skilfully.
Photo of the first rag bolt in place
