Stuff you have made today

[Kram]

Epoxy primer on tig welded 5356 connection wires, for anodising, to hopefully protect from the reaction. If its dry tomorrow I'll test with the small one first.

 

[Hitch]

I avoid pipework as much as I can, but it's inevitable sometimes. So made myself a set of flange pins to suit smaller flanges that take M8 to M12 bolts. Need to make another set, for M16+ later, but they will be aluminium.

 

[pressbrake1]

Machined some bedding plates today for my scraping class students
This seven days a week is getting me tired

 

[nickk]

Finished off a gateway with a gate I was given that I extended by 1 hoop ,it wasn’t old and had been galvanised and painted,although I shall change it to my favourite Reseda green as the sample touched in on the closing stile,the post is a bitsa,cast and 1/2” thick,to make it long enough,I

had to make an insert.
The annoying wonky base,is caused by forgetting to sleeve up for 3”,so I had to add a split collar,then weld in place after concreting,applied galvafroid each side of ground level,but not sure if I’ll paint the post as I like the heavy pitting and the hedge will eventually cover it,we’ll see.

 

[Munkul]

weight block worked well. No more wheelieing with 500kg in the hopper.



BBQ installed on friday, customer fired it up saturday, loves it

 

[selectedgrub]

Beautiful things.

 

[Dev]

Made a mono-motor drive into a dual-motor drive.

Collaring the wheels on both sides to stop them wandering seems to keep the chain from slipping off in a brief bit of testing. I should probably make some sort of chain covers in case one sprog runs over the other...

 

[Barking Mat]

Threw together a 15 minute jig, to make shepherd crooks for thé clients garden. Job I didn't really want, but thé woman kept hassling me, so I've made three exemples, and I've priced them so if she does want them, it's not a waste of my time.

So rubbish at quoting, me.

 

[Hitch]

Finished off the larger set of flange pins first thing this morning.
Got to bang out another set now for someone else.

 

[nickk]

Threw together a 15 minute jig, to make shepherd crooks for thé clients garden. Job I didn't really want, but thé woman kept hassling me, so I've made three exemples, and I've priced them so if she does want them, it's not a waste of my time.

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Iirc Matt,I think I charged £3.80 each for the last batch I bent,make about 100/year for a local shop,from 8mm.plus vat.how does that compare with currency conversion??

 

[nickk]

Made an extension to this frame to hold a new but bigger cyclone few weeks ago,got to erect it today,as you can see I’ve added several braces to the original lower frame, there’s still a slight wobble when pushed,I’m going to fit a support at the top,to the gable post of the adjoining saw shed.a tipping trailer collects the sawdust underneath.

 

[Barking Mat]

Iirc Matt,I think I charged £3.80 each for the last batch I bent,make about 100/year for a local shop,from 8mm.plus vat.how does that compare with currency conversion??

Ha, ha, ha.

Multiply that by five. The woman's done my head in, hassling me.

I was referred the job, she went to sculptural cast iron company who charge £90 an hour, they said 18 month waiting list, she went to my mate turner miller. He wasn't interested, sent her to me, I wasn't interested.

Here's my quote.

I'f she wants;

10 @ 17 euros a piece 170 euros. Profit 155

20 @ 15 euros a piece 300 euros. Profit 250

30 @ 13 euros a piece 390 euros. Profit 315

I have other things to do, don't want the job, woman introduced herself as ex head of a private girls school, two classic Morgans, chateau, bitch...

Hassles me weekly.

Don't want to work for her.

Fetching, delivering, etc...

Call me evil.

 

[Woody.v8]

The hiab is almost done , no sag in the boom now at least.

 

[Barking Mat]

The hiab is almost done , no sag in the boom now at least.
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I would so love a hiab in my life.

One day.

 

[Barking Mat]

The hiab is almost done , no sag in the boom now at least.
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What weight will that lift at what distance, bet you've got a photo of the plate.

Car / van recovery ?

 

[Woody.v8]

I would so love a hiab in my life.

One day.

Be careful what you wish for, lorries are an absolute money pit

 

[Woody.v8]

What weight will that lift at what distance, bet you've got a photo of the plate.

Car / van recovery ?

It's a 6 ton from a meter away and at maximum reach of around 30 foot it is rated at around 600kg I think

 

[Hood]

It's a 6 ton from a meter away and at maximum reach of around 30 foot it is rated at around 600kg I think

Ha ha, mix and match the units

 

[Barking Mat]

Be careful what you wish for, lorries are an absolute money pit

I know. But hey.

 

[Woody.v8]

Ha ha, mix and match the units

Ok reach of around 10 meters