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The other week my Al-Ko garden shredder went bang, the nylon wheel burst the alloy casting, so rather than scrap it I decided to try a repair. It hadn't been cutting as well due to wear on the nylon wheel so I wanted to add adjustment so the nylon wheel could be moved closer to the cutter as it wears. Made up some 25mm alloy plates with slots to allow adjustment, cut out the broken sections and "welded" in the new parts. It was a bit of a nightmare welding the 25mm alloy parts to the 3mm or so castings, but they seem to be holding!



Burst castings and broken shaft from nylon wheel.



New bits in position and very dodgy welding.

Nice, good to be able to repair stuff, currently looking at the mother in law’s table lamp not started yet….
Mates a blacksmith so sorted for welding, but always fancied giving it a go