MattF
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Munkul
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Made a tractor weight, currently only have about 400kg of steel weights which aren't enough for the combi drill. This should be somewhere around 550-600kg with a longer load centre, with a shallow tray left on top for collecting stones.
Used some offcuts up, anyway!
Used some offcuts up, anyway!
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That looks good.
Thanks alot
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Attempted to fit bench grinder wheels. I couldnt dress them true - getting vibration against the dressing tool. Tried single point diamond and a blade segment. I marked them up red marker, expecting a big red low spot. No, red high spot.
Unsure if the wheels are moving around under the card circles/plates, hard spot on the wheels or just doing it wrong...
Started sieving lots of sand. 13kg doesnt take long when its dry. It seems 2/3rds is finer than 80 mesh and 1/3rd coarser than 60. Not very much being caught between 60 and 80.
Unsure if the wheels are moving around under the card circles/plates, hard spot on the wheels or just doing it wrong...
Started sieving lots of sand. 13kg doesnt take long when its dry. It seems 2/3rds is finer than 80 mesh and 1/3rd coarser than 60. Not very much being caught between 60 and 80.
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@selectedgrub I didn't realise you were an artist, love the wibbly effect.That looks good.
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Did you think I make all this crap for fun. 
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Almost finished the lorry tailboard. Apart from a few small bits it's done. Locking bar and bracket next then fit the blasted thing.
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Excellent work Mr Spencer.
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Thanks mate.
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Over the last three or four days I made this.
"But what is it?" I hear you all cry.
It does this.
At last I've nearly finished fitting the DRO to my Boxford.
The read head mounting uses the TTA bracket so that when I refit it I don't have to faff around trying to align it.
I've yet to finish the TTA DRO system, although that's well on the way having been started nearly a year ago
"But what is it?" I hear you all cry.
It does this.
At last I've nearly finished fitting the DRO to my Boxford.
The read head mounting uses the TTA bracket so that when I refit it I don't have to faff around trying to align it.
I've yet to finish the TTA DRO system, although that's well on the way having been started nearly a year ago
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And there was me thinking the first photo was modern art.Over the last three or four days I made this.
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"But what is it?" I hear you all cry.
It does this.
View attachment 339696
At last I've nearly finished fitting the DRO to my Boxford.
The read head mounting uses the TTA bracket so that when I refit it I don't have to faff around trying to align it.
I've yet to finish the TTA DRO system, although that's well on the way having been started nearly a year ago
Good stuff Graham.
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I took some 75x10mm bar, 4 M14 spacers, 4 nuts and some 8.8 threaded rod. Drilled 5 holes (One in the wrong place, i welded it back up and redrilled it.) some welding and a little cutting and made this:
Which is highly obscure and serves one very specific purpose for one single job.
I should clean them up and paint them.
Which is highly obscure and serves one very specific purpose for one single job.
I should clean them up and paint them.
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Glue some channel
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Aluminium coloured silicone sealant,Glue some channel
What store did you get that from
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Aluminium coloured silicone sealant,
What store did you get that from
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Toolstation:
CT1 Adhesive & Sealant
CT1 is the ultimate solution for sealing and bonding. It will successfully bond with almost any material without the need for additional fixings – this powerful sealant and construction adhesive won’t let you down.Completely odourless and highly flexible, CT1 silver sealant always performs well...
www.toolstation.com
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Sunday, the following day, I finished the sliding line support; and then a short while later fell backwards off of my A-framed ladder set up when one of the legs sunk into the grass, and ended up braking several ribs when I landed on the corner of a random breeze block I hadn't cleared away from the area. So, now I'll be having a few weeks of leisure time to chill out and keep track of what's happening on the forum.
FTFY
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Not quite as posh as AVI_8's setup but his post gave me the round tuit to sort out my workshop sound system.
Speakers are Q Acoustics ceiling speakers I've had kicking around for ages, they sounded like crap when I found them so I didn't bother doing anything with them, didn't occur to me that all speakers sound like crap when they're not in an enclosure/baffle.
I chewed a couple of holes in some MDF with a multitool and they actually sound quite good. Not amazing but better than the Google Nest Mini I have been using.
Got them wired into an old Sony amp, fed from an Echo Dot. The Echo is controlled by Spotify Connect so I've got the microphone turned off, it's just working as a network streamer. Ideally I'd use a Hifiberry amp and a Raspberry Pi, but there's no such thing these days.
They were a nightmare to wrestle up between the rafters, I should really climb up and have a clearout, there's all sorts of shish precariously balanced up there, I nearly dropped the Geiger counter I forgot I had!
Speakers are Q Acoustics ceiling speakers I've had kicking around for ages, they sounded like crap when I found them so I didn't bother doing anything with them, didn't occur to me that all speakers sound like crap when they're not in an enclosure/baffle.
I chewed a couple of holes in some MDF with a multitool and they actually sound quite good. Not amazing but better than the Google Nest Mini I have been using.Got them wired into an old Sony amp, fed from an Echo Dot. The Echo is controlled by Spotify Connect so I've got the microphone turned off, it's just working as a network streamer. Ideally I'd use a Hifiberry amp and a Raspberry Pi, but there's no such thing these days.
They were a nightmare to wrestle up between the rafters, I should really climb up and have a clearout, there's all sorts of shish precariously balanced up there, I nearly dropped the Geiger counter I forgot I had!
