Stuff you have made today

[Cuthy246]

I've wasted some tig rods and solder paste.
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It's a mock up of a spice rack, the plan was to make up two "sheets" like this, have them upright with some more rods to space them apart and the jars would fit in the hexagonal slots, probably with a third grid behind it to keep them falling out of the back.


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This mockup has proven its a crap design. A square grid would give about 15 percent denser packing of the jars and would be much easier to make, I thought the hexagonal arrangement would look cool but now I've got it in front of me, I'm not that keen anyway.

If anyone's got any good ideas for spice storage I want to hear them. The main requirement is it has to be dense, I've got 53 jars (And counting) and a tiny kitchen.

What diameter are the jars? Would white pvc drain pipe be any good? Cut up a load of lengths and glue together however you like. Could then spray any colour you like.

 

[Cuthy246]

Sorted that snap on box I got a while ago. Gave it a crust-stor-ation (cleaned with hot soapy water and scotchbright then sprayed with clear laquer) like the patina it has, can feel the history when you open it. Also found a date sticker inside.

 

[nickk]

Fitted some of January’s work today,took a deposit for this in September!
The stone carving isn’t my work however.
Pity I can’t get the photos in order .

 

[Maker]

I've wasted some tig rods and solder paste.
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It's a mock up of a spice rack, the plan was to make up two "sheets" like this, have them upright with some more rods to space them apart and the jars would fit in the hexagonal slots, probably with a third grid behind it to keep them falling out of the back.


View attachment 342755

This mockup has proven its a crap design. A square grid would give about 15 percent denser packing of the jars and would be much easier to make, I thought the hexagonal arrangement would look cool but now I've got it in front of me, I'm not that keen anyway.

If anyone's got any good ideas for spice storage I want to hear them. The main requirement is it has to be dense, I've got 53 jars (And counting) and a tiny kitchen.

Here's the second prototype:


I prefer the look of the jars upright, so you can see what's in them rather than just the lid, unfortunately that would make it absolutely massive, so version two is two rows deep. If I make four shelves, eight jars wide and two jars deep, I can fit 64 jars in a space just a little bigger than the old rack which only holds 21. The front row and top shelf will hold 40 jars instantly accessible, 24 more behind them take just a second longer to get out. The cardboard mockup confirms the back row are still easy to get at, it just means I'll have to add labels to the shelves so I know what's where. Cardboard won't do though, so anther prototype was needed...


Quite happy with the look of that. I might get some 1/8" bright round for the final thing, this is surprisingly stiff for 1.6mm wire but I think an unsupported 400mm span might be pushing it a bit, I think thicker wire will look better anyway.



I'm gonna be fuming when Sainsbury's change their packaging and I can't get these jars any more.

What diameter are the jars? Would white pvc drain pipe be any good? Cut up a load of lengths and glue together however you like. Could then spray any colour you like.

They're just under 50mm. Pipe would work, but I don't think it would look very good, it'll be out on the worktop all the time so really needs to look good.

 

[badabec]

How many have you got left once you chuck out all the out of date jars?
Have you a suitable drawer for this?

Spice Draw Organiser

Made to measure spice organizer for our drawer. Maybe it fits yours too. The primary design goal was to prevent the spice jars from jumping around and falling over every time the draw was opened with slightly too much force. With the current design, standing just over 30mm tall, the jars all...

cults3d.com

 

[indy4x]

Noticed your vice in the photo background. Others on the "show us your bench vice" thread might disagree, but I actually think I the yellow colour looks good on it.

Cheers, it was a quick clean with some scotchbrite and rustolem yellow spray, it's defo not a show piece as its been well used

I have a bit of a yellow thing going on in the garage so it's not alone being painted yellow

 

[Maker]

How many have you got left once you chuck out all the out of date jars?
Have you a suitable drawer for this?

Everything's in date, there's no duplicates and they all get used.

A drawer would be my first choice but don't have the space, the kitchen is tiny and my mum and I are both keen cooks so it's absolutely rammed full. We've started dotting crates of "kitchen overflow" around the house now.

 

[badabec]

Can you hang racks on the back of the kitchen door?

 

[Cuthy246]

Here's the second prototype:
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I prefer the look of the jars upright, so you can see what's in them rather than just the lid, unfortunately that would make it absolutely massive, so version two is two rows deep. If I make four shelves, eight jars wide and two jars deep, I can fit 64 jars in a space just a little bigger than the old rack which only holds 21. The front row and top shelf will hold 40 jars instantly accessible, 24 more behind them take just a second longer to get out. The cardboard mockup confirms the back row are still easy to get at, it just means I'll have to add labels to the shelves so I know what's where. Cardboard won't do though, so anther prototype was needed...
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Quite happy with the look of that. I might get some 1/8" bright round for the final thing, this is surprisingly stiff for 1.6mm wire but I think an unsupported 400mm span might be pushing it a bit, I think thicker wire will look better anyway.

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I'm gonna be fuming when Sainsbury's change their packaging and I can't get these jars any more.


They're just under 50mm. Pipe would work, but I don't think it would look very good, it'll be out on the worktop all the time so really needs to look good.

What about a 2 tier version of something like this? pretty compact and easily visible

 

[Maker]

I made some custom pipe fittings:

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The outside tap has been annoying me for ages, it's not centred over the sink and the hose kinks where it has to run over the edge of the sink.
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New tap over over sink, with a camlock outlet as it's part of my brewery;

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And the old tap where the hose can get to it, plus a water meter. I've often wondered how much I waste pressure washing, etc, and I might be able to use it for measuring brewing water, it reads down to 100ml but I don't know how accurate that is.
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Unfortunately the new tap, unless it's fully open, blasts a jet of water straight at your crotch, I think putting a little flow diffuser inside it will sort it. I also couldn't find any fibre washers and tried sealing the meter with copper ones, so it leaks.

I made a little screen to go inside that outlet but it still sprays you in the cock so I fixed it the easy way.

 

[Onoff]

I made a little screen to go inside that outlet but it still sprays you in the cock so I fixed it the easy way.

You want it knee height to do that surely?

 

[Melvyn Best]

You want it knee height to do that surely?

Not if he is 8 feet tall

 

[Kram]

Testing melter with the control box repaired. It gave no problems other than the SCR unit gets very hot, 93c+, if its on a low but continuous power. It will need a better heatsink.

Bottle opener.

Finish is smoother other side.
It is rubbish for 3 reasons.. I was messing about anodising and didnt spend much effort making the sand up, didnt sieve the sand, and this brass was chrome plated stuff and I think some chrome/nickel plate disolves in.

Anodising was the beer can test.. I lowered it ~1cm/minute in the dye.

Made little difference. 3 or 4 minutes gives a full depth. Flash makes it look lighter but its near the same shade as previous part.

 

[Onoff]

Testing melter with the control box repaired. It gave no problems other than the SCR unit gets very hot, 93c+, if its on a low but continuous power. It will need a better heatsink.
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Bottle opener.
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Finish is smoother other side.
It is rubbish for 3 reasons.. I was messing about anodising and didnt spend much effort making the sand up, didnt sieve the sand, and this brass was chrome plated stuff and I think some chrome/nickel plate disolves in.

Anodising was the beer can test.. I lowered it ~1cm/minute in the dye.
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Made little difference. 3 or 4 minutes gives a full depth. Flash makes it look lighter but its near the same shade as previous part.

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Is that the plumbing brass being used yet?

Edit: Just read you used chrome plated stuff.

 

[Maker]

Here's the second prototype:
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I prefer the look of the jars upright, so you can see what's in them rather than just the lid, unfortunately that would make it absolutely massive, so version two is two rows deep. If I make four shelves, eight jars wide and two jars deep, I can fit 64 jars in a space just a little bigger than the old rack which only holds 21. The front row and top shelf will hold 40 jars instantly accessible, 24 more behind them take just a second longer to get out. The cardboard mockup confirms the back row are still easy to get at, it just means I'll have to add labels to the shelves so I know what's where. Cardboard won't do though, so anther prototype was needed...
View attachment 342796

Quite happy with the look of that. I might get some 1/8" bright round for the final thing, this is surprisingly stiff for 1.6mm wire but I think an unsupported 400mm span might be pushing it a bit, I think thicker wire will look better anyway.

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I'm gonna be fuming when Sainsbury's change their packaging and I can't get these jars any more.


They're just under 50mm. Pipe would work, but I don't think it would look very good, it'll be out on the worktop all the time so really needs to look good.

1.6mm wire definitely isn't up to it.


I must say I'm having a lot of fun with this steel wire and solder paste construction method, I'll have to think of something else to make with it.

 

[Barking Mat]

1.6mm wire definitely isn't up to it.
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I must say I'm having a lot of fun with this steel wire and solder paste construction method, I'll have to think of something else to make with it.

2.4 mm stainless tig rods might be a thought.

 

[Maker]

2.4 mm stainless tig rods might be a thought.

I was thinking 3.2mm actually, probably tig rod but I've seen bright mild steel that size. I'm not sure if this solder paste works on SS but that would be handy, save painting it.

 

[Kram]

@Onoff Yes put a few in. I also tried swarf, it was rubbish, thats all in the bin.
Horse 90grams.
590grams for basin/sprue/runners/feeder/excess on top - about 200g.

 

[Cuthy246]

Been organising all my tools into the box. Happy with the layout so now just need to get some foam for inserts. Also found the dinkiest spanner I've ever seen.

 

[Gragson]

just need to get some foam for inserts.

Ribbed rubber matting is good for holding stuff in place in draws and takes up no space