Stuff you have made today

[Hitch]

Quick little job before I went to site this morning.. just a little 'letter box' to slip a 300mm lasnek cable basket through.
Slip through the cut out in the wall and weld the second flange on in situ. Covers the exposed insulation in the wall panels and gives a smooth edge.

It's the only thing I've made today.. spent rest of it just installing cable management and isolators.

 

[Lewis_RX8]

Recent project all from scrap laying around , Because I'm tight recycling

Full build can be found on the thread here , Need to change it to a knife build name as the steel choosing process was a while ago , Shaving sharp hardened steel with I believe may be walnut handle.

Knife making , Suitable steel ?

Hi folks Hoping to get my finger out and make a camping / bushcraft type knife for this summer's activities Just curious as to the types of steel that are preferred and if this might be any good ? Got it from the scrapyard for a mild steel weighed in price so quite cheap just thought it was...

www.mig-welding.co.uk

First shot at making one very pleased

 

[magnet]

Recent project all from scrap laying around , Because I'm tight recycling

Full build can be found on the thread here , Need to change it to a knife build name as the steel choosing process was a while ago , Shaving sharp hardened steel with I believe may be walnut handle.

Knife making , Suitable steel ?

Hi folks Hoping to get my finger out and make a camping / bushcraft type knife for this summer's activities Just curious as to the types of steel that are preferred and if this might be any good ? Got it from the scrapyard for a mild steel weighed in price so quite cheap just thought it was...

www.mig-welding.co.uk

First shot at making one very pleased


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Superb job

 

[slim_boy_fat]

When I serviced the car last week I noticed that the rubber pipe connector on the Pela had perished and was drawing air, so I knocked this up today from a bit in the scrap bin.....

Didn't get the knurling right but it'll help grip with oily hands/gloves. The connectors aren't available as separate items from the Suppliers so I've order another set to be sure, to be sure....

 

[Pete.]

Modified a spare 5" guard to a 6" guard. Took a piece of angle trim and cut slits in it then wrapped it around a 6" ally slug



Welded up the overlapping leaves



Welded it to the original gurd which I had cut the lip off.



Hammered the edge over an old hatchet blade to roll it a bit so that it keeps it's shape if put down hard or dropped.



Lick of paint.



And there it is, guard fitted and a 6" blade fitted.

 

[Kram]

Excellent, may have to copy that. I could occasionally use the extra reach of a 150. My cordless is below the rated 10k rpm of a 150mm disc too.

 

[Pete.]

Excellent, may have to copy that. I could occasionally use the extra reach of a 150. My cordless is below the rated 10k rpm of a 150mm disc too.

These discs are rated for 10,200 the grinder is 11,000rpm so I run it on number 5 on the speed control. I have my eye on a nice branded 5" grinder which is 10,000rpm and 1400W too.

 

[123hotchef]

that work grinder will die in less time than it took to make the guard!

 

[Onoff]

that work grinder will die in less time than it took to make the guard!

Would that make it a die grinder?

 

[Pete.]

It's twin cost 20 quid 8 yrs ago and is still going. I don't think I'll shed any tears if it happens

 

[knighty]

Excellent, may have to copy that. I could occasionally use the extra reach of a 150. My cordless is below the rated 10k rpm of a 150mm disc too.

nice job :-)

 

[Hood]

Yesterday after finishing up the job I have been on for a month I made up a keyring for my bike from some acetal. It will probably get scratched up pretty quick but will do for now.

 

[dobbslc]

Where's Madagascar?

 

[Hood]

Where's Madagascar?

It floated away on the coolant before I could remove it from the Chiron

 

[Onoff]

It's twin cost 20 quid 8 yrs ago and is still going. I don't think I'll shed any tears if it happens

Plus it was a fun, cool thing to do. Exercised the mind etc.

Sometimes it's as much about the journey!

 

[roblane65]

A lot of the time its more about the journey

 

[MattF]

Sometimes it's as much about the journey!

A lot of the time its more about the journey

Even on here, a lot of folk tend to forget that, on occasion. Making or altering things isn't always a time or cost issue. Sometimes it's merely just because we can, else choose to.

 

[roblane65]

And very often we look back and wonder exactly why we didn't just buy something instead !

 

[Maker]

Picnic table is pretty much done, just needs sanding and painting, not sure what with yet.

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It's "Upcycled" from old pallets, all it cost was a box of screws.

Need to make a BBQ now, a garden table is pretty useless without one.

I need advice on how to finish this, I've been over it with 40 grit paper on a half sheet sander and it's smoothed it quite nicely but it's brought up loads of fibres, like this;



The plan is to go over it again with finer paper, probably 120 and 240 grit, but I'm wondering if I should seal it with something first, some thin PVA or varnish to soak in a bit and stick all the fibres down, before I continue sanding?

I'm not sure what to paint it with when it's all done either, all I've got to hand is creosote, which I don't fancy sitting on, or eating off. I don't really want to use fence paint, I'd rather some sort of stain or varnish, I'll ask my dad if he's got any exterior Osmo stuff but failing that I'll buy whatever people say is best.

 

[Onoff]

Even on here, a lot of folk tend to forget that, on occasion. Making or altering things isn't always a time or cost issue. Sometimes it's merely just because we can, else choose to.

Not should we but could we!