Stuff you have made today

[Kram]

My push knurler doesnt want to work on delrin, just tried to bend it. Cut grooves instead. Small file handle. I bought some beech handles but even a 3" the hole is too big for the 3mm tang.

 

[Olderisbetter]

More installed the made, finally plaster boarded where the new boiler and utility space is going, new everything basically and the picture is taken from what will be another toilet and sink will be after I build the stud wall.

 

[henry Kadzielski]

Well a lot of you are showing off what you have achieved, so I thought that I may show something that I have achieved.

Had the fan for about two years, had made the alli fan adaptors 18 months ago, had the unistrut, all that was needed was the flex duct, that arrived late last week.
Why does it take so long to get something done, well it is for myself. Finally the fume extraction system is almost completed.

The fan position doesn't line up with the plasma table suction connection so something had to be done. A wide ratchet strap attached to a purlin and she's apples fan is three phase 2pole and 3kwI think. All I know is when it powered it up it shifted some air . Could blow a dog off a chain .

All that is left to do is connect the VSD I got for it so I can slow it down, as heaven forbit, don't know w hat would happen if I speeded it up and move the plasma to a more appropriate place. Plasma off the ground so the floor is easier to clean

 

[Dr.Al]

Hi @Dr.Al I like your machine.
Do you hand work the piece your filing into it?
Or if your filing a key hole for example would you thread the file through a precut hole?

Thanks for sharing, Have a Happy new year.

Hi @selectedgrub

Thanks. I'm not sure what you mean by "do you hand work the piece your filing into it", but as to the second question: yes. When I made my slow speed grinder a few months ago, I had to cut a few keyways with a file and it's a job I hated. That was one of the reasons I pulled my finger out and got on with making the filing machine. For a keyway, I'd drill the central hole and then slot it over the file on the filing machine. The filing machine can be run without the top support if needed, but I imagine the top support makes for a better cut.

 

[Am333rcr]

first pizza last night from my new wood pellet pizza oven

 

[Maker]

Hot Christmas buns!

Few days late (Or a few months early if you consider them strictly an Easter treat). Made the paste a bit thin so the decorations didn't work too well, the best ones have already been eaten too.

 

[selectedgrub]

Hi @selectedgrub
Thanks. I'm not sure what you mean by "do you hand work the piece your filing into it",

Thanks for the explanation.
To file the slot you posted did you just push the working piece in to it?

Awesome work and device, thanks for sharing.

 

[Dr.Al]

Thanks for the explanation.
To file the slot you posted did you just push the working piece in to it?

Yes.

 

[Munkul]

Can I be dumb and ask the use of a boring bar sleeve? I will assume it’s a sleeve that slips over the bar with the correct OD for the hole so stope rattle/ flex of the bar??

Extra clamping rigidity and mass for vibration dampening These 3 all have the same centre height - 8mm, 12mm, 16mm. The 20mm+ bars I just clamp directly in a toolholder, although if i had another old boring bar to chop up, I'd make a 20mm sleeve too...

 

[mangocrazy]

For the second half of 2021 I've been slowly building this. It's about two-thirds finished.

This is the view from the bathroom window.

And this is the BBQ area. I'll be lining this with insulation to the sides, back and base.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

What's going in the sectioned off area?

 

[Mick Annick]

What's going in the sectioned off area?

flower bed?

 

[mangocrazy]

What's going in the sectioned off area?

Raised bed for flowers, herbs, anything we fancy really. The wall behind will go higher.

 

[Mick Annick]

Raised bed for flowers, herbs, anything we fancy really. The wall behind will go higher.

Lovely mix of red and grey

 

[Farside]

What's going in the sectioned off area?

Children or pitbulls, I thought.
Not much difference, really.

 

[m_c]

Finally finished* re-homing my phase converter from a mess of wiring spread between a shelf and the top of a cupboard in the area next door, to a mess of neatly wired all hidden in a box.

* I say finished, but it's more a case of being functional. Rotary isolator switch is on back order, and the RCBO I'd ordered from Screwfix for the isolated 240V output, got refunded this morning as they couldn't actually supply it, so it's still not connected, but I won't need to use that for another couple months anyway. Plus I'll probably swap the 3 phase RCD for something more modern if I can find one at a reasonable price.

 

[doubleboost]

Ash pan for a steam Launch
2 mill 304 stainless
My hair is getting a bit thin

 

[Onoff]

Doing some math I get that the heat recovery is 60-65% efficient, which is less than I had hoped. The ideal range is in the 80% range.

Good airtightness is important to get the higher ranges with MVHR along of course with high insulation levels which I'm guessing you have.

Has an air test been done?

 

[DennisCA]

Yes it was done when the house was new. Since then though who knows, we've added a cat flap on the rear door and it's not air tight. I did some measuring and found the air that enters the heat exchanger is 2 degrees lower than the ambient indoor temp. It might be the insulation around the ventilation shafts perhaps, if I assume the same is true for incoming air, that it loses another 2C before entering the rooms then I get a 4C loss from that alone. At least with the temp as when I measured it (-6)

 

[My Old Landy]

Made a trolley for the horizontal bandsaw then cleared the shed up. It is my intention to do that after every session to try and keep some order