Stuff you have made today

[Cheesie]

was asked to make another fuel tank but decided to prefab a few other smaller same design ones I had some spare 2mm plate in work I'll tweak the design a little here and there, waiting on clear tube for a sight glass, something else that's small that I can cut and fold in work then weld at home

 

[roblane65]

Yesterday I made progress ............... on the cart

with the help of lidl finest and added a shelf under the top for the pedal and bits
Wasn't to fussy with the painting and grinding, I think all i need is a few hooks / brackets on the sides for cables and press it into service .

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

Alteration of a cheap Chinese drilling machine.

1. Preservation of the column and lift table
2. Drainage system for cutting fluid

 

[knighty]

Alteration of a cheap Chinese drilling machine.

1. Preservation of the column and lift table
2. Drainage system for cutting fluid

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I really like that

can imagine a mag drill on a stand is really handy

 

[Kram]

Last week I got a parkside Jigsaw, battery and charger from @angellonewolf. Good and works perfectly.
Parkside has changed the battery a little frkm the 12v team tools. A bit annoying they look identical, functionally identical. The locating slot/tabs being a few mm over. My bigger battery doesnt fit and this battery doesnt fit the other tools.

I had a spare battery case. 10 seconds later swapped.
30 seconds with a carbide burr and the jigsaw/charger fit the 12v team batteries.

Theres no safety reason I can see, just different importers to there own design, but I will charge them in the original chargers just to be sure.

 

[sardine]

Masterpiece of heavy engineering completed, new hinges installed on mini gas heater I found in skip.

Time to knock off now after all this work.

 

[DAPPH]

Been running Krams electric melter design through my mind for several days whilst I've slept . I've been trying to work out in my head how the element can be successfully held in a cast in spiral grove that will retain the hot element and not sag like most of these home made electric furnaces seem to do .

I now have have this vision of pulling out the tightly coiled element to five or six times the diameter of the inside of the melter , wrap it in a couple of thicknesses of painters masking tape so it forms a long skinned worm then wrap it round the outside of a plastic paint can say 175 mm dia or so & in the same tape but as a smaller width adding a simple taped in loop every four or five inches so it hangs freely against the side of the can , gently feeding in the the worm of element so it's like a helter skelter round the form then put it inside the gas cylinder ( hole inthe bottom for draining accidents into a deep sand box ) & set it on some previously made & cured stand offs . add the input holes for the power Then pour in a runny cast in the gas cyl I've tried to make a gas burner from .
It didn't have a big enough entry throat and the jet I made was far too big so you could smell unburnt oily gas when it was on full belt & roaring like a tank without a silencer but only got hot enough to melt munz metal .
Leaving it to dry for a couple of months this summer then use my massive gas weed spanner to burn out the can and tape so that all is left is going to be ash around the element which should be easily taken out with compressed air and a bit of care .
Any comments as to the viability of this idea ?

 

[DennisCA]

Made a grate for the fire pit

Nice place to have a coffee now that spring is here

 

[Kram]

Been running Krams electric melter design through my mind for several days whilst I've slept . I've been trying to work out in my head how the element can be successfully held in a cast in spiral grove that will retain the hot element and not sag like most of these home made electric furnaces seem to do .

I now have have this vision of pulling out the tightly coiled element to five or six times the diameter of the inside of the melter , wrap it in a couple of thicknesses of painters masking tape so it forms a long skinned worm then wrap it round the outside of a plastic paint can say 175 mm dia or so & in the same tape but as a smaller width adding a simple taped in loop every four or five inches so it hangs freely against the side of the can , gently feeding in the the worm of element so it's like a helter skelter round the form then put it inside the gas cylinder ( hole inthe bottom for draining accidents into a deep sand box ) & set it on some previously made & cured stand offs . add the input holes for the power Then pour in a runny cast in the gas cyl I've tried to make a gas burner from .
It didn't have a big enough entry throat and the jet I made was far too big so you could smell unburnt oily gas when it was on full belt & roaring like a tank without a silencer but only got hot enough to melt munz metal .
Leaving it to dry for a couple of months this summer then use my massive gas weed spanner to burn out the can and tape so that all is left is going to be ash around the element which should be easily taken out with compressed air and a bit of care .
Any comments as to the viability of this idea ?

Onoff's printed former is the solution for version2, photos here

Metal Melter

Got up this morning to find laddo had completed the print. Didn't have much time other than to snap these few pics off. A quick check and the spiral sections on the two halves seem to align nicely: Not sure why my pictures are so blurry, the phone camera, the lighting in there, very...

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When v1 fails I should be able to transplant a new pot without too much damage to insulation.

 

[Bki26]

Its a purpose made inch drive petrol nut gun, its a beast of a thing for undoing truck wheel nuts

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Just make one yourself lol

 

[Bki26]

People on Etsy just gagging for it, shouting, "Take my money!"

Whilst etsy takes a 30% increase on their cut now..

 

[Bki26]

Made uncle @pete a master square for his mill rebuild

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Now show us the square you used to check your mill is square and up to the job

 

[AVI_8]

I made half of a fence to keep the moocher from escaping, hopefully the other half tomorrow if it stays dry.

 

[Bki26]

Made several large objects into smaller objects with a side of tiny spiky objects...

Still got 4 more to do then I have to machine each into 16 wheels for the 100*100*60mm max 1000kg machine skates I'm making

Also welded up this piece, stainless to mild with 309L filler which is the final main part of my 85mm turbocharger based jet engine

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

I really like that

can imagine a mag drill on a stand is really handy

Solved the problem of drilling with small diameters from 1 mm. It was impossible to do this on a Chinese machine. Bosch drilling machine with 2 mechanical reduction speeds + stepless speed control + new German chuck provide the required accuracy + versatility + mobility in a complex.

I thought about buying a Camel Back type machine, but settled on a variant of a milling machine like the old Bridgeport with a movable pinole for drilling. This will cover all my foreseeable needs.

 

[pressbrake1]

Now show us the square you used to check your mill is square and up to the job

It’s a devlieg not a mill!!!

 

[Brad93]

It's the machine accurate enough to make machines!

 

[magnet]

After 3 weeks of tarring every inch of the boards and rails. I've finally started one of the 3 fences that need replaced.

 

[Onoff]

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After 3 weeks of tarring every inch of the boards and rails. I've finally started one of the 3 fences that need replaced.

Nice, what have you tarred it with? Actual tar or...

 

[magnet]

Cheers. I use Wickes bitumous emulsion. It goes on like tar and dries like matt paint. Grand stuff!