A few random stainless jobs

[DAPPH]

Is the turning of the rails 45% for aesthetics or is it to stop chemical residue build up on flat surfaces ?

 

[Paul.]

Is the turning of the rails 45% for aesthetics or is it to stop chemical residue build up on flat surfaces ?

Probably a bit of both, although its outside and not in a particularly dirty area, my customer just likes things to look decent, little touches like this make the overall appearance of the factory look much better than just building functional /agricultural items.

 

[Paul.]

Something a little unusual this morning, a new customer to me that makes tables and other small items of furniture from the kind of thing that most of us would sling in the wood burner,
these will be legs for a glass topped table, and he wanted some stainless steel feet to protect the bottoms, they look round but are anything but, and took a bit of care to get them to be a good fit.
They will have a felt pad stuck on when finished. he's promised me a picture of the finished item in a week or so which I can share here.

 

[steviec_lj]

That looks like the beginnings of a hell of a table!

 

[gordon stephenson]

Nice. Elephants feet spring to mind!

 

[Paul.]

Another little stainless job

One of my neighbours asked me to help him with a small project he's making for his youngster,

So make few bits like this,

And a couple of bits like this

Weld them together into this

Add some folded ally treads, and we have a bunk bed ladder,

Also asked for a grab handle so knocked out one of those as well

 

[Shox Dr]

Nice work as always Paul. However those tread plates will eat his feet. I’ve recently slept in a top bunk with ally tread plate as the steps, it was very painful

 

[Paul.]

Nice work as always Paul. However those tread plates will eat his feet. I’ve recently slept in a top bunk with ally tread plate as the steps, it was very painful

I'm sure you are right Dave, I said the same to him but he wanted treadplate and that's what he got.
He'll have to get father christmas to bring some slippers.

 

[Screwdriver]

Maybe you could buff out the sharp edges with a wire wheel or somesuch, maybe protect the edges with some trim. I'd hesitate to allow sharp edges, especially those corners in a child's bedroom. Could you get your neighbour to give the step a good kick with his bare feet, just to demonstrate? It would open up a child's foot like a ripe peach...

 

[Paul.]

There are no sharp edges anywhere on the job, I wouldn't dream of sending out a job that could cause injury, I have methods of finishing sheet edges that are tried and tested by the food industry, and local NHS trusts and others and have never had any issues, the pattern is broken with an orbital sander on the bends at the nose of the tread, the picture don't show it, but the corners are very "soft", the treads are wrapped around the box section and edges are well away from any possible contact area with the foot.
My usual answer to anyone who says are there any sharp edges is to offer a tenner for each one that they can find, I'm confident that my money is safe.

 

[brightspark]

eat a few less pies and it wont hurt

 

[Paul.]

Something a little unusual this morning, a new customer to me that makes tables and other small items of furniture from the kind of thing that most of us would sling in the wood burner,
these will be legs for a glass topped table, and he wanted some stainless steel feet to protect the bottoms, they look round but are anything but, and took a bit of care to get them to be a good fit.
They will have a felt pad stuck on when finished. he's promised me a picture of the finished item in a week or so which I can share here.

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Picture of the completed table, looks very expensive to me, reckon I should have charged more for my bit, I thought it was going to be glass but misunderstood , that's apparently another project.

 

[rtcosic]

Nice. Elephants feet spring to mind!

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Reality is the entire elephant!

That is rather spectacular.

 

[Robotstar5]

It would be interesting to know what the asking price is for the table.

 

[Paul.]

It would be interesting to know what the asking price is for the table.

I'll ask next time we meet,
He does some interesting stuff, I would never have thought of using wood like this, but then I don't have the art gene, it passed me by

some pics here,
https://www.woodatpretentiousmoi.com/

 

[slim_boy_fat]

He does some interesting stuff, I would never have thought of using wood like this, but then I don't have the art gene, it passed me by

The hills up here are littered with stuff like that, just lying about until it rots down - but, like you, I don't have the vision to treat/modify it and flog it on.

Good for him for identifying a market though.

 

[Paul.]

Another little job finished today, a couple of handrails for a fire brigade training ladder, made up using 3/4 o/d pre formed bends and dairy tube,

Setting them up using a flypress tool to keep the joint aligned

Then after welding and cleaning

And the finished job

 

[RichardM]

He does some interesting stuff, I would never have thought of using wood like this,

In last holidays hotel they had a table made from a sliced trunk from an old olive tree with a glass top on it. Fabulous patterns in the wood.

 

[Paulbarrett]

They turned out nice Paul as usual

I need one more of those bends as I cocked up an angle for the pickup pipe, too late as they had closed for the holidays.

 

[Paul.]

Its nearly that daft time of year again, so I thought I'd make the other half something rather than the usual chocolates, an hours work a bit of 1.5mm stainless steel and a rub on the polisher and we have this. a bit too shiny to get a decent photo.