Stuff you have made today

[Seadog]

Today I made a c spanner to try and split a fancy tumbler used for cleaning jewellery.

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320mm diameter and made out of a 13mm thick, sheet pile offcut.
I cut the rough shape freehand with my plasma.

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Do you like my fancy water table?

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Then cleaned it up with a grinder, drilled an eight mm hole for a pin before tig welding on a handle
The spanner fits ok but the tumbler is not playing ball.

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It is supposed to screw apart but I think the threads have picked up.
It moves but only a few mm.
I need to have another look at it.

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It's not a LH thread, is it?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

@Dcal You realise that's a beautifully patina'd vintage item which would sell for £££s?

 

[Edward Teach]

@Dcal You realise that's a beautifully patina'd vintage item which would sell for £££s?

Those were my thoughts, lol
How we have been 'conditioned'

 

[DAPPH]

Hack bender for a few dozen lamp brackets.

I think they are for holding up lamp shades. Basically tent pegs with a threaded end. Was given one and asked to make many. Then dunked in cold blue to knock off the shine.

Only complication being that's's a 3/16ths thread on a 4mm rod. The 4mm thread just looked wrong. Too thin. Originals were 3/16" but I couldn't find any of that in a hurry.

May I offer this suggestion ? :- ( I'm going to any way )
Get a bit of square bar say 3 inches long grind off 2 " of one edge so the rods can be slipped in and tack weld it to the angle iron so it acts like an end stop & a clamping tube. That way so long as all your rods are the same length initially all you have to do is slide a rod in and then bend it ...no faffing about with a ruler or will the rod move unless clamped ? Perhaps try it with the square bar / end stop clamped in place before tack welding to see if it works ?

 

[Dcal]

@Dcal You realise that's a beautifully patina'd vintage item which would sell for £££s?

I'll see if SWMBO will let me hang it above the fireplace.

 

[Dcal]

I'm loving the plasma table .............

Needs must.
She hasn't asked where the bread bin is yet.

 

[Nick DV]

Not today but the weekend, the grandson's first 'real' bed

 

[Hood]

Rush job, well not really but it was a fine excuse to take the bike and head to the workshop then head North a wee bit to deliver it

Monitor stand for a boat to hold a 27" monitor.

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And a picture of the screen in place on the bracket, hopefully the extra side mounting points hold it steady enough as they punch through the weather

 

[Memmeddu]

Quite busy days
On Friday night I've had the horrible notice of my uncle (suicide)
And we got to told about that to my mom (he was the brother) , you all might understand the delicate and understandable difficult of telling her about.
On Saturday I've had to tell about that to the neighborhood to prevent them to ask about that to my mother as she's truly proven for what unfortunately happened.
In the morning I've tested and played little bit with the die grinder I've recently acquired.
So being satisfied of it and to try to take my mind away from the reality I've proceed to replace it's power cord in the evening.
Used 4 metres of 2x1.5mm² H05VV-F cable , applied heat shrink tubing as strain relief on the plug side (CEE Blue plug ).
Then discovered that the die grinder wiring is little bit more sophisticated than expected, so has to cut and solder the connections , but once done I've discovered that there wasn't enough room to close the die grinder plastic shell .
So on Sunday I've bought spade terminals and crimped as the original wiring and now it works.
Today I went to the funeral , and won the pain , didn't even cry .
Maybe because I can't accept the way he passed away.
Maybe because of the pains I've encountered the last months, or maybe just for proud , trying to be strong and to transmit courage to my family and relates, with a fake smile in the face .
Then I went to work to say that I will restart tomorrow and that I would like that the day will like everyday as another one ,like if nothing happens.
Then spent the evening with my family.

 

[frank horton]

Sorry to hear that Memmeddu…..
came close to a disaster myself a few days ago…..
should be out of ICU today….
loadsa plumbing n tiling to do at home….
no heavy work for me for a few months…
i wish your mum well but she will need help and company from you….
Its hard to make it alone….
I lost my wife to Cancer, no family and so called friends ran to the hills….
Enjoy each day and if you feel bad work harder, that’s what got me through it….
take care..

 

[RichardM]

A bit of welding

A bit of boring

Don't like the 16mm hole - the reaming picked up

Back to boring - jig made to reduce boring bar stick out.

That's better, 20mm shafts parallel.

 

[JMS1972]

A bit of welding
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A bit of boring
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Don't like the 16mm hole - the reaming picked up
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Back to boring - jig made to reduce boring bar stick out.
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That's better, 20mm shafts parallel.
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Nice work. Is that a vice end stop?

 

[RichardM]

Nice work. Is that a vice end stop?

No, it's for a tool and cutter grinder I'm making.

 

[Memmeddu]

Sorry to hear that Memmeddu…..
came close to a disaster myself a few days ago…..
should be out of ICU today….
loadsa plumbing n tiling to do at home….
no heavy work for me for a few months…
i wish your mum well but she will need help and company from you….
Its hard to make it alone….
I lost my wife to Cancer, no family and so called friends ran to the hills….
Enjoy each day and if you feel bad work harder, that’s what got me through it….
take care..

Sorry to hear about your lost .
I'm trying to work as hard as possible.
Came back to work today , once arrived boss told me.
"There's a bucket for you"
So I'm replacing the cutting edge .
I've flame cut the old one in IC Weld style(cutting through the welds) , I'm becoming good with the cutting torch .
Ground off the Dross tacked a new cutting edge on it and started to weld it
I think that I can finish it today or at least do the 85% of the metalwork.
4 hours of work left

 

[JMS1972]

I need to bleed the fuel system on my sister's car. Ford couldn't be bothered to fit a lift pump in their diesels so you need a vacuum pump of some sort to pull the air out of the system when the filter is changed.

I already had an electric vacuum pump but didn't want it ingesting diesel. So cobbled this together. Yes that is a coffee jar

Bit of ally was turned to fit the jar and a couple of holes cut with the 4 jaw. It was quite unbalanced so slow speeds needed. Also turned an M10 bolt down to 8mm and drilled through. Seals were almost cut with the CO2 laser couldn't get all the way through silicone. So finished with a Stanley knife.

Had to counter bore the top to fit the gauge Tee. Again in 4 jaw.

I'll hopefully only use this once so didn't want to go too mad. Hopefully I don't smash the jar...

 

[Hood]

Made some slab yolks for a custom bike of some sort, this was the plan I was given, drawn onto one of the pieces of aluminium.

Got them mostly done but can't find my slitting saw. I remember giving it to someone for a shot but can't recall getting it back and there is no chance of getting it now as he is no longer with us. Looks like I will just have to do it on the bandsaw

 

[Barking Mat]

Basically finished the fabrication, a few extra welds to add and some tidying up, then the fun starts.

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That is excellent. Hat off !

 

[Memmeddu]

Finished to weld the bucket in Just an half hour
How many amps / volt do you need to go in spray transfer using 1.2mm wire and 5 metres minutes?
1 metres wide , roughly 3 metres of welding joint in total .
I've firstly tacked then welded in short runs (roughly 50mm long)
Obviously I've weld some scrap angle iron to prevent distortion .
Then I've oxy propane gouged them off .
I didn't even need to grind a spot because I don't know why and how I managed to remove completely the weld without touching the parent metal.

 

[Memmeddu]

How many amps / volt do you need to go in spray transfer using

Just searched right now.
Roughly 250A

 

[Onoff]

Chap on another forum asked me how I made my sheet metal bender recently and copied mine pretty much: