Stuff you have made today

[MattF]

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;

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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.

Go over it with a fine grit paper, & then again when you've given it the first coat of whatever you use.

 

[h-dom]

Last couple days repairing this gate from a listed property nearby. Wrought iron has weathered to the point of snapping the bottom and the scrolls had all rusted through.

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Cut all the rot out


Made up nine scrolls and eleven of the rings and built a new frame, all welded in.

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Uprights welded in
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And the scrolls and rings all tacked in
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All ground back and painted now ready for refitting tomorrow.

Fitted back up yesterday

 

[Blobber]

Fitted back up yesterday
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A bit posh for up here!

 

[Tupers]

Just welding and polishing and polishing and welding.

 

[DickyDoDah]

That exhaust looks like it may be a bit noisy

 

[Hood]

That exhaust looks like it may be a bit noisy

Especially when the marbles start running through it.

 

[Onoff]

Lucky hamster!

 

[Geoffm]

A fair while ago, I put a Eurohitch quick kitch on the little Ford that is my workshop and garden tracotr, so I could change buckets and attatchements easily. THe tractor had a set of silage forks that have been sitting for years. THey are narrower than the 1200mm wide Eurohitch bracket, so the plan was to widen the backing to take the hitch connection. First step was to cutt off hte old lugs and weld on some RHS to take the angled eurohitch bracket.
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Weld on bracket, then realise I didn't make it wide enough to protect the hitch release pull thinkgie, so added some 12*50mm flat to cover it so it didn't get wiped out.

I don't actually need it whcih is why it hasn't happed before now, but at least now I can use it.

 

[4String.]

Something for the wagon.

A couple of brackets to mount on the back of the cab for hanging ropes on and a couple of "pull throughs" for, err, pulling chains or straps through loads. We move a fair few drums of cable out of Bridon at Wallsend so these are always handy, and the rope brackets will tidy up the back of the cab and keep everything where it should be and out of the reach of magpies .

 

[pressbrake1]

Made a steel frame for a indoor swimming pool.
I hate welding but needs must...
Steel beam quality is absolutely terrible, it’s like oak framing with all the odd rhombus shapes instead of rectangular

 

[Onoff]

Gusset(s), for my wobbly veg patch frame. As rough as but needs must. Zintec, buffed with a Scotchbrite disc and a quick coat of zinc.

Gather available tin:

Mark it out, Fakita it, clamp square and drill the box.

Beginning to think I should have welded this...

 

[James1979]

Gusset(s), for my wobbly veg patch frame. As rough as but needs must. Zintec, buffed with a Scotchbrite disc and a quick coat of zinc.

Gather available tin:

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Mark it out, Fakita it, clamp square and drill the box.

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Beginning to think I should have welded this...

Can’t beat a nice gusset of a Sunday arvo

I have organised the raffle of sh1t that was a box of aerosols that was winding me up.

Racks for workshop….

Jotun paint failed me. But it was being thrown out from a boat this week so it’s probably time-ex then some! Sure I saw Noah’s beard hair in there!!

I’ve made a couple more racks for truck but they’re being powered cos I is posh

Excuse crap on floor. I’m having a tidying session

 

[Onoff]

Can’t beat a nice gusset of a Sunday arvo

I have organised the raffle of sh1t that was a box of aerosols that was winding me up.

Racks for workshop….

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Jotun paint failed me. But it was being thrown out from a boat this week so it’s probably time-ex then some! Sure I saw Noah’s beard hair in there!!

I’ve made a couple more racks for truck but they’re being powered cos I is posh

Excuse crap on floor. I’m having a tidying session

Believe me that's tidy!

 

[James1979]

Advantage of doing the gussets your way instead of welding it is that you’ll retain a bit of flex in the structure. Less likely to get cracking in the wind I’d think.

 

[Blobber]

Gusset(s), for my wobbly veg patch frame. As rough as but needs must. Zintec, buffed with a Scotchbrite disc and a quick coat of zinc.

Gather available tin:

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Mark it out, Fakita it, clamp square and drill the box.

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Beginning to think I should have welded this...

TEK screws would be ideal!

 

[Onoff]

TEK screws would be ideal!

Guess what I had the chance of the other day and forgot to get!

 

[4String.]

Advantage of doing the gussets your way instead of welding it is that you’ll retain a bit of flex in the structure. Less likely to get cracking in the wind I’d think.

Nothing worse than wind through your gusetts .

 

[finyuk2005]

Nothing worse than wind through your gusetts .

Oh i dont know, a cracked gusset sounds worse ha ha!

 

[Dcal]

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 I'm

 

[Tupers]

That exhaust looks like it may be a bit noisy

Nah get enough gas flowing through it and you’ll barely notice the holes….