Stuff you have made today

[500e]

New landing pad and doors new roof, cladding and floor, to tidy building up then build doors
Concrete later in day

 

[Hitch]

Fitted this up this afternoon.

Knocked up over a couple of lunch breaks
Folded 2mm stainless mostly.
Couple of channel feet and a sloping tray to hold the granite chippings.
Bit of a scabby bit of sheet, so decided to give it a quick going over with the electric axe.
Cheapo stainless balls and pump from amazon.

Just need to fit the ip66 socket for it now

 

[James1979]

Not today but got to a decent milestone. Just a few finishing bits to the structure then it’s the inside to landscape as per Mrs79 requirements. It’s not mine waiting on a batch of buttons to fix the twinwall properly

Should be a consistent 30ish all year

Edit - old chicken shed is going. It’s got garden crap stored in for the duration

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Not today but got to a decent milestone. Just a few finishing bits to the structure then it’s the inside to landscape as per Mrs79 requirements. It’s not mine waiting on a batch of buttons to fix the twinwall properly

Should be a consistent 30ish all year

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Plenty of room in there for your recliner.

 

[Hood]

On Wednesday I received the profile rail I bought from @MattH it is tiny in comparison to the rail I previously had but that was way overkill and was only used because it was free.

Yesterday I drained the water table, shovelled out all the gunge and removed the old rails and fitted the new. Had to make 20mm thick spacers for the trucks to keep the height the same but all went well.

Today I got it all finished, had quite a bit of problems with the Y axis motors again, had to retune them but got there in the end. Pumped the water back from the tank and added a bit more Rocol, ready to use on Monday I hope.

 

[roofman]

Not today but got to a decent milestone. Just a few finishing bits to the structure then it’s the inside to landscape as per Mrs79 requirements. It’s not mine waiting on a batch of buttons to fix the twinwall properly

Should be a consistent 30ish all year

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Looks a good job there...should be able to grow winter sprouts now up there in Orkney

 

[MattH]

On Wednesday I received the profile rail I bought from @MattH it is tiny in comparison to the rail I previously had but that was way overkill and was only used because it was free.

Yesterday I drained the water table, shovelled out all the gunge and removed the old rails and fitted the new. Had to make 20mm thick spacers for the trucks to keep the height the same but all went well.

Today I got it all finished, had quite a bit of problems with the Y axis motors again, had to retune them but got there in the end. Pumped the water back from the tank and added a bit more Rocol, ready to use on Monday I hope.

Crickey, they are overkill for a plasma with no cutting forces.
The carriages on mine seemed nice and tight still, hopefully should last ages.

 

[Hood]

Crickey, they are overkill for a plasma with no cutting forces.
The carriages on mine seemed nice and tight still, hopefully should last ages.

Yes, they are about the same size as on the Chiron. They came from an old glass cutting machine and the trucks were knackered but I managed to build 5 half decent out of the 16 I got and found some on US Ebay to get the table up and running. They lasted longer than I thought so can't complain.
The ones I got from you seem to be great condition and run very smoothly and are more than really needed for the plasma

 

[daleyd]

Not today but got to a decent milestone. Just a few finishing bits to the structure then it’s the inside to landscape as per Mrs79 requirements. It’s not mine waiting on a batch of buttons to fix the twinwall properly

Should be a consistent 30ish all year

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That looks superb

 

[James1979]

That looks superb

Cheers. It’s not what I usually get involved in it’s a Shetland design which is supposed to withstand gale force winds. The hoops are ex salmon farm feed tubes.

The devil is in the detail - it is not ridgid so it will move in the wind a bit, rather than trying to fight it and eventually breaking.

You buy a kit but they’re stupid money so this is a self build. Only real expense was the sheets

 

[Feet 'n Inches]

This is the first of six occasional tables I'm making for the potters that share space at my local MIS. They'll be topping them off with mosaic patterned ceramic, glazed in a variety of colours. The tables are around 650 mm high with the table top around 420 mm in diameter and the materials are those that I can roll and bend using my hand-driven metal worker.





A case of poor photographer's eye in the first pic - it does sit level . . . honest.

 

[DickyDoDah]

Not just today but over the last few days. I had to move all the wood build the woodstore and then split it all before putting it back. I very sensibly chose the hottest days

So far not a single penny spent just used up all that "it'll come in handy one day" stuff. Should keep me warm for a little while

 

[minimutly]

Not today but got to a decent milestone. Just a few finishing bits to the structure then it’s the inside to landscape as per Mrs79 requirements. It’s not mine waiting on a batch of buttons to fix the twinwall properly

Should be a consistent 30ish all year

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Is that pre bent twin wall or flat?

 

[James1979]

Is that pre bent twin wall or flat?

Flat. And getting it on is an absolute pain in the freckle.

My mate who helped commented it must be married - looks good but getting it to bend over is hard work. Well that’s the slightly better version anyway. Made me laugh

 

[roblane65]

Made me laugh to

 

[finyuk2005]

Flat. And getting it on is an absolute pain in the freckle.

My mate who helped commented it must be married - looks good but getting it to bend over is hard work. Well that’s the slightly better version anyway. Made me laugh

my folks have a 15 meter one, luckily i was away the day they put the sheets on!!
didnt sound like fun!

 

[James1979]

my folks have a 15 meter one, luckily i was away the day they put the sheets on!!
didnt sound like fun!

That’s an 8m one. That was enough.

 

[Hitch]

Letter painted on reverse of the glass, and backfilled with blue glitter. Not perfect, I need to allow more drying time between layers.

I want to do more of these. I've got a thing for signs and lettering lately.

 

[Johnnybravo]

More parts for the SDKFZ 251 Halftrack. Radiator filler necks and caps this time. There were originally two different types,one round thread, one traditional form thread. Both 5mm pitch. Seems as every radiator sooner or later gets the wrong cap. Also, rust is an issue,as they were originally made out of steel. So a bit of thread milling and that’s two radiators sorted. Just need to trim off a bit of the overhang on the cap, weld on the bar and they are good to go

 

[Red'n'Black]

Not today but got to a decent milestone. Just a few finishing bits to the structure then it’s the inside to landscape as per Mrs79 requirements. It’s not mine waiting on a batch of buttons to fix the twinwall properly

Should be a consistent 30ish all year

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Nice. Is that your own design, or a kit?