Stuff you have made today

[Hood]

The front foot pegs weigh 125g and the material they came from weighed 840g

 

[Kram]

What formula have you used for the layout fluid?

In 50ml water, 5g of CuSO⁴, half gram of NaHSO⁴. I think too much acid, so Id use 0.1g next time. Any acid will work, doesnt need to be this.

 

[Johnnybravo]

The front foot pegs weigh 125g and the material they came from weighed 840g

Best I ever did was a 86kg part that started life as a 560kg blank.

 

[Hood]

Best I ever did was a 86kg part that started life as a 560kg blank.

Mine actually wins in a % of scrap battle
I suspect the pillion pegs will be even more as I milled them from some 2" round just because I had it

 

[Hood]

Aye, pillion 830g material and peg 72g

 

[Johnnybravo]

Aye, pillion 830g material and peg 72g

…the difference being that was the smallest piece of round material it would come out of. Special order with that grade of material not produced in anything apart from round .I filled a six yard skip with swarf in 2 days on that job. Your example is due to you being too tight to buy a hacksaw blade

 

[Bki26]

Best I ever did was a 86kg part that started life as a 560kg blank.

You can't say that without a pic!

 

[Hood]

…the difference being that was the smallest piece of round material it would come out of. Special order with that grade of material not produced in anything apart from round . You example is due to you being too tight to buy a hacksaw blade

I have a hacksaw blade but that would have made no difference, buying 1.5" dia would have but why spend money on buying that when I already have 2" dia that has been paid for and even better by someone else

 

[Johnnybravo]

You can't say that without a pic!

Unfortunately it was a job of a sensitive nature.Material and machine were in quarantine whilst it was being machined. No photos. Not military.

 

[Bki26]

Unfortunately it was a job of a sensitive nature.Material and machine were in quarantine whilst it was being machined. No photos. Not military.

I'm guessing it was probably something like titanium being machined for some aerospace company then

 

[Hood]

Made another brake pedal today and left it in the dye for 20 seconds instead of the 10 yesterday.

I think it matches in better with the foot pegs I made.

While the mill was doing its thing I found an old rusty bit of steel and turned an arbour for the Bridgeport boring head I got yesterday. No idea the grade of steel, wasn't the nicest of finishes but it should be fine for this.

Milled a flat in it for the set screw on the holder.

All done, now all I need is to get myself a smallish indexable boring bar, bit of a pain as the hole is 3/8". I had thought it would be 10mm as the adjusting screw is marked out in metric.

 

[Onoff]

Gave the door a couple of coats of white gloss applied with a roller. Shows the rest of the place up! Could have spent a bit more time with the filler and sander but had to get to the pub to pick my phone up I "accidentally" left there last night:

 

[Maker]

First time hanging a door, only took a day and a half.



I'm pretty happy with it, the gap at the top right is a bit big but other than that it's spot on.

It's for my grandad, he said he'd buy whatever tools I need, but apparently he meant things like drill bits, not a track saw.

 

[RichardM]

Gave the door a couple of coats of white gloss applied with a roller. Shows the rest of the place up! Could have spent a bit more time with the filler and sander but had to get to the pub to pick my phone up I "accidentally" left there last night:

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You could have filled the old hinge cutouts first
It would be rude not to stop for a pint or three while there

 

[Onoff]

You could have filled the old hinge cutouts first
It would be rude not to stop for a pint or three while there

I'm going to pin a cap piece on it with a round routed edge (1960x35x?). This in case he decides to fall and headbutt the edge.

Just had the one pint and a bag of crisps. Had to get home for the Tesco delivery.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Today was the start of a weather vane for my S-i-L. It needs tidying up but I'll dig out the Dremel for that over the next few days.

 

[Prajna]

It's gonna be a greenhouse. Not finished yet, obviously. Will be cladding it with transparent wriggly perspex, so I still need to add supports where the sheets will overlap. 25mm SHS with 1.5mm wall with 2mm 6013 @ 45 - 55amps. Don't zoom too close on the welds but actually a few of them are quite respectable. It don't easy, as my friend Tiago says, to weld this thin stuff: a delicate balance between hot enough and burning holes.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Quick little make.

Needed some footswitches for my music gear. Places want nearly 60 notes for one double.

Half that price and I've built two.
Just waiting on the TRS sockets and il paint em up. Black and blue to match the devices.

 

[Mart63]

Got bored at work today, so made this.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Part soldered while I wait for the TRS sockets. Coat of primer.

Blue and black spray paint arriving tomorrow along with said connectors.

Paint to match their respective MPC's