Stuff you have made today

[awemawson]

Sunbeam S7 or S8 (same engines). I've owned two in my misspent youth and indeed drove one from my home in Chelsea up to your neck of the woods Hood when I was 17 !

 

[Hood]

Sunbeam S7 or S8 (same engines). I've owned two in my misspent youth and indeed drove one from my home in Chelsea up to your neck of the woods Hood when I was 17 !

When you were 17, did you buy it new

 

[awemawson]

When my first one was new in 1952 I was 3 Hood, but production did start the year I was born (1949)

. . . cheeky b@@@@@r !

 

[Cobbler]

When my first one was new in 1952 I was 3 Hood, but production did start the year I was born (1949)

. . . cheeky b@@@@@r !

1949, that was a good year. Also born then

 

[Munkul]

Finished off and painted the balustrade spindles, and started into a batch of stainless machine legs.

 

[selectedgrub]

On a roll

 

[slim_boy_fat]

1949, that was a good year. Also born then

Two years earlier was even better....

 

[roblane65]

Finished off and painted the balustrade spindles, and started into a batch of stainless machine legs.

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Your large tidy workshop gives me great envy

 

[Nick DV]

Your large tidy workshop gives me great envy

Agree, although I'm not sure which I'm most envious of - tidy or large

 

[Richiew]

It's show enormous self restraint, not to have filled it with crap.

Give it time.

 

[Munkul]

It's show enormous self restraint, not to have filled it with crap.

Thanks - this is the key thing! We absolutely do not hang on to stuff that isn't going to be useful or valuable. Also a bit of a unique situation on this farm where brother and I share the shop, but I tend to use it more.
Today i have every single flat surface covered in either spindles or stainless box section

 

[Jan-DIY]

Nothing special.
Just a rig to get the bins to the street.

 

[indy4x]

Agree, although I'm not sure which I'm most envious of - tidy or large

Both in equal measure

 

[RichardM]

Electrical cabinet finished, just have to mount the lamp. Although I am thinking of using one of the "angel eyes" on the head instead

 

[DennisCA]

My DIY compressor build took a backseat to focusing on the shed build, but today I had nothing better to do for a while so I went and welded up material to make a bigger plate to mount the motor and block on, instead of the plywood I had made earlier.

I still need to make a mount for the motor, I will probably have to mill slots so I can move the motor sideways for tightening the belt.

 

[roblane65]

Today I have actually made some space in the garage

the problem is it's all down the other end now

this has been ongoing since it's been re roofed , got rid of loads and found stuff I didn't know I had like 3 cobblers lasts

a bosch hot air gun

also made up a chain for the bottle on the tig truck

I'm lookin g foward to moving the tig in tomorrow , still got lots to get rid of but market place is a bit like pulling teeth these days

 

[Hood]

Got a stainless hauler ejector knife in today, he got his moneys worth out of it
Forgot to take a pic of it until I had welded and ground one side but this shows the best side, the other was even more worn.

Filled the second side with weld. Normally I would tig it but used the stick on this as I had so much to fill.

All done.

 

[500e]

That's a lot of wear is it normal ?

 

[Hood]

That's a lot of wear is it normal ?

Normally they get them filled long before they reach that state. They do get a lot of abuse though, miles of rope hauled every day and the ropes are wet and covered in grit/mud so quite abrasive.

 

[mtt.tr]

Normally they get them filled long before they reach that state. They do get a lot of abuse though, miles of rope hauled every day and the ropes are wet and covered in grit/mud so quite abrasive.

Rope is scarily abrasive, I've seen carabiners nearly cut through from a running rope.