Stuff you have made today

[Sergei Slovenija]

I continue to bring the tool chest / workbench of the turner into an acceptable form. The tabletop was barbarously mutilated and bent. A little leveled with a flame and a hammer. I welded a sheet of 3 mm steel on top, on welding rivets.

 

[pressbrake1]

Progress on big vice. Trying to get these put to bed
High tensile Sg iron is very resistant to the shaper considering it’s so easy to mill
Cutting dovetail for nut

 

[Windy Miller]

Thanks. Making it was a pleasant distraction from the seemingly never-ending task of welding the real thing!

Maybe time to think about a galvanised chassis then?

 

[nickk]

This gate post,3 more pending customers approval.
There will be a 600mm stub of 80 box welded to the base for concrete footing.

 

[Blobber]

This gate post,3 more pending customers approval.
There will be a 600mm stub of 80 box welded to the base for concrete footing.View attachment 353506

I like that, what sort of size gate do you think it would take?

 

[Hitch]

Installed the main steelwork for a handy little 2t crane today.
Finish off by putting the cable festoon track, hoist etc on tomorrow, and sort the lights.

I measured it up a few weeks ago and had it fabricated at my previous employers as that's more their line of work. Everyone seemed to be making a fuss about how much of a job it would be for some reason.
Easy little number if you ask me.

 

[nickk]

I like that, what sort of size gate do you think it would take?

Don’t know,I’m hanging just a 2m long,1m high one from it,so it’s structurally overkill,mainly it’s for style.

 

[nickk]

Installed the main steelwork for a handy little 2t crane today.
Finish off by putting the cable festoon track, hoist etc on tomorrow, and sort the lights.

I measured it up a few weeks ago and had it fabricated at my previous employers as that's more their line of work. Everyone seemed to be making a fuss about how much of a job it would be for some reason.
Easy little number if you ask me.

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I assume the portal frame was adequate,just add those ties at the apex?
I’m upgrading mine in the future.

 

[Fraserb]

Well it's taken an absolute age and cows have been in a part of it for a few months but finally got them into the whole length today.

 

[Hitch]

I assume the portal frame was adequate,just add those ties at the apex?
I’m upgrading mine in the future.

The rafters arent huge and not big ridge plates. We had a SE take a look over it, I can't remember the figures, but wasn't really worth the cost against the capacity. I came up with the 152uc spreader, and ran it past him again, adding that, he was happy to slap a 2tonne stamp on it..

We are of a size where it has to be all done legit, and will use it to lift a lot of moneys worth too.

 

[pressbrake1]

Finally finished dovetail for nut
That was over a day and a half of misery. The big vice project was up there in my list of stupid

 

[nickk]

Finally finished dovetail for nut
That was over a day and a half of misery. The big vice project was up there in my list of stupid

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As in uneconomic in projected sales,or not a viable project?
Even so a proud achievement

 

[pressbrake1]

As in uneconomic in projected sales,or not a viable project?
Even so a proud achievement

You can’t believe the hours of faffage in it
Nearly two days to cut a dovetail!!

 

[selectedgrub]

 

[sako243]

You can’t believe the hours of faffage in it
Nearly two days to cut a dovetail!!

Two days of faffage setting it up or simply two days of machine time to cut it out?

 

[DanZac]

Kevin's looking good there, loving the hands and arms.

 

[pressbrake1]

Two days of faffage setting it up or simply two days of machine time to cut it out?

Cutting it out , 5 thou cuts 12 cycles per minute

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Aren't Minions yellow?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Aren't Minions yellow?

Blue if you choke one.

Mind you, what colour does a Smurf go, if you choke it?

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

It remains to clean out the dirt and petrified oil snot inside the chest. And coat 2K epoxy primer.

The summer has been hot...

Original primer and paint, very hard. Getting to the dents and scratches on the steel is worth the sweat. There are two more chests ahead. I'll try to clean them with hot ozone, industrial equipment will come soon. In theory, after ozone will remain dust.