Olderisbetter
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Fitted dome more signs in the toy shop van, will be adding lights soon tp match the sides
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A few cable ties and a short length of bungie cord and I now have storage for my "oil can", right next to the ratchet locker:
And the magpies won't bother walking away with an old Fairy Liquid bottle whereas they'd happily snaffle a "proper" oil can...
And the magpies won't bother walking away with an old Fairy Liquid bottle whereas they'd happily snaffle a "proper" oil can...
Pete.
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Not 'made' but got the roof felted on my new shed today. I have built this in place of the old garden shed which was one of those biscuit-tin thin metal sheds that was only fit for holding junk.
I picked up some insulated panels from site. Made a steel frame from box section and clad it with these panels. Today I got a roll of torch-on felt and made the rroof waterproof so it's now fit to store stuff in without the fear of it going rusty.
I've also bought 13 new fence panels for the garden so we are going to swap out the whole fence then strip down the best of the old panels, screw some of the battens to the side of this shed and then nail the best of the feather edge strips to the battens to make it all look just like a regular garden shed instead of a giant fridge in the garden. Then I can use this shed as a lockable store for less-often used tools and materials that will otherwise be cluttering up the workshop.
I picked up some insulated panels from site. Made a steel frame from box section and clad it with these panels. Today I got a roll of torch-on felt and made the rroof waterproof so it's now fit to store stuff in without the fear of it going rusty.
I've also bought 13 new fence panels for the garden so we are going to swap out the whole fence then strip down the best of the old panels, screw some of the battens to the side of this shed and then nail the best of the feather edge strips to the battens to make it all look just like a regular garden shed instead of a giant fridge in the garden. Then I can use this shed as a lockable store for less-often used tools and materials that will otherwise be cluttering up the workshop.
pressbrake1
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More vice work
blackolive (Ste)
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Polished and lacquered one of Ebonys old shoes from when she was in work to go on her casket. We had to say goodbye to her last wednesday due to old age and illness.
Im just proud that we gave her the best retirement after teaching a few people myself included all they know about horses, and she showed us how much she loved us right until the end
Im just proud that we gave her the best retirement after teaching a few people myself included all they know about horses, and she showed us how much she loved us right until the end
pressbrake1
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Modification to gearbox using big devlieg
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Poor girl..pronounced ribs too
blackolive (Ste)
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She’d stopped eating anything but grass. Vet thinks there was a tumour but couldnt tell without some expensive invasive testing which wouldnt change the outcome. She managed a last summer out in the fieldPoor girl..pronounced ribs too
julianthegypsy
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You wouldn't necessarily need to centrifuge it, just heat it to about 95⁰ in a pan and skim it off. You'd get better results if you had a pressure cooker too. Bung all your seeds in with a little bit of water and steam it for ten minutes, then run it through your screw press. That's a crude version of the way palm oil is extracted. If you have a vacuum pump you could vacuum off the last bit of water. If you have a glass flask you can watch it boiling off too, it's quite fun!
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who built the stewart turner no 1
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That was one of my lockdown projects, it's a 10V, the baby brother of the No1 I think.
Cor - I wish I could produce welds as pretty as that - just on mild steel with a Mig would make me very happy
Today.... I made myself extremely annoyed.
Went to replace the rear discs & pads on the OH's Kia Rio - and had a right 'mare.
It's got brake shoes that use the inside of the disc as the drum (handbrake shoes) - and on one side the retaining pin (that has those nightmare spring half-turn retainer thingies) had corroded and sheared - so the shoes twisted and jammed the disc so I couldn't get it off.
Much swearing and struggling later - I got it off - but the lining on the shoes is damaged.... and no shoes and retainers in stock locally either.
The retainers are horrible to refit on the front face especially, cos the Diddy shoes are obstructed by the wheel bearings & wheel stud assembly.
AARGH! I could have cheerfully torched the damned thing
Went to replace the rear discs & pads on the OH's Kia Rio - and had a right 'mare.
It's got brake shoes that use the inside of the disc as the drum (handbrake shoes) - and on one side the retaining pin (that has those nightmare spring half-turn retainer thingies) had corroded and sheared - so the shoes twisted and jammed the disc so I couldn't get it off.
Much swearing and struggling later - I got it off - but the lining on the shoes is damaged.... and no shoes and retainers in stock locally either.
The retainers are horrible to refit on the front face especially, cos the Diddy shoes are obstructed by the wheel bearings & wheel stud assembly.
AARGH! I could have cheerfully torched the damned thing
