Stuff you have made today

[badabec]

Today I finished the dash and under bonnet wiring loom for the Citroen DS Safari.
Citroen had a novel system of using the same colour wire with different coloured ends.
This would have been fine except all the coloured ends have faded to beige. In the late 60s early 70s they changed wire supplier, those looms disintegrate into a mass of black copper wire.
I've chose to use predominantly British Standard colours for the wires.
Citroen used four fuses (early cars had two) and one relay.
I've used 16 fuses and 12 relays.
I will do the final loom tape once in situ.
The Citroenistas will have a fit. I've also painted my engine block the correct green and added white polka dots.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Today I finished the dash and under bonnet wiring loom for the Citroen DS Safari.
Citroen had a novel system of using the same colour wire with different coloured ends.
This would have been fine except all the coloured ends have faded to beige. In the late 60s early 70s they changed wire supplier, those looms disintegrate into a mass of black copper wire.
I've chose to use predominantly British Standard colours for the wires.
Citroen used four fuses (early cars had two) and one relay.
I've used 16 fuses and 12 relays.
I will do the final loom tape once in situ.
The Citroenistas will have a fit. I've also painted my engine block the correct green and added white polka dots.

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Rather you than me. RC working harnesses were bad enough.

Currently labeling all my sockets and leads to make life easier in the future.

 

[badabec]

Both mate. Chairs on wheels. Sit for the mixer and stand to patch and play. I've not touched anything in about 4 months hoping this will give me some motivation.

Excellent stuff. I wish I could play any sort of musical instrument but I have no aptitude what so ever.
Have you a keyboard like John Shuttleworth's?

I invested in a large Brother labelling machine and heat shrink tube labels for the Brother.

 

[redlig]

Cut some aluminium on the plasma and then stuck it together with the Mig, it is a mounting bracket for a jigging machine.

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Made up some stainless brackets for valves.

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Another set of plates, guy wanted them skimmed so he doesn't have to use spacers. As you can see the flat in the centre just merges into the taper.

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So after skimming they now have a 1.6mm step down before the taper.

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Would you do me a favour and cover the welds with masking tape in future . Just asking!!

 

[redlig]

Excellent stuff. I wish I could play any sort of musical instrument but I have no aptitude what so ever.
Have you a keyboard like John Shuttleworth's?

I invested in a large Brother labelling machine and heat shrink tube labels for the Brother.

Me to ref lack of musical ability .I did watch a Spanish guitar competition on tv and some were accompanied by a guy sitting on a wooden box and drumming on it with his hands . I thought " At last an instrument for me"

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Excellent stuff. I wish I could play any sort of musical instrument but I have no aptitude what so ever.
Have you a keyboard like John Shuttleworth's?

I invested in a large Brother labelling machine and heat shrink tube labels for the Brother.

Had to look him up. Not come across him before.

Wish I could play better but with midi I can overdub and edit as needed. My theory isn't too bad.

More into sound design though.

 

[Pete.]

Today I found a home for the reamers I bought which Cheb kindly collected for me. What are the odds that the tray they came in would fit my empty tool cabinet drawer like this?

So I didn't have to make a storage system for the reamers just put this one into the cabinet I have. I did cut one slot from the other tray though which was just as good a fit, so I could stack them in the drawer without it being impossible to get them out.

After that I did a bit of wood bothering, and made a rack for one of the other drawers to hold all the change gears for my gear hobber

Yeah I know I messed a couple of them up, too many pencil lines

 

[Brad93]

Today I found a home for the reamers I bought which Cheb kindly collected for me. What are the odds that the tray they came in would fit my empty tool cabinet drawer like this?

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So I didn't have to make a storage system for the reamers just put this one into the cabinet I have. I did cut one slot from the other tray though which was just as good a fit, so I could stack them in the drawer without it being impossible to get them out.

After that I did a bit of wood bothering, and made a rack for one of the other drawers to hold all the change gears for my gear hobber

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Yeah I know I messed a couple of them up, too many pencil lines

Not ideal but I can always cut something like that from aluminium for you. I know wood is a bit softer and less likely to cause condensation

 

[Pete.]

Cheers for the offer Brad.
Condensation isn't an issue in my workshop, I was actually planning to make one from steel or ally sheet but I had this router I'd never used and some 12mm ply so I thought why not.

 

[awemawson]

After that I did a bit of wood bothering, and made a rack for one of the other drawers to hold all the change gears for my gear hobber

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Yeah I know I messed a couple of them up, too many pencil lines

If those are the gears I think they are @pete I reckon I made a significant proportion of them about 18 years ago !!!

 

[badabec]

Had to look him up. Not come across him before.

Wish I could play better but with midi I can overdub and edit as needed. My theory isn't too bad.

More into sound design though.

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[Pete.]

If those are the gears I think they are @pete I reckon I made a significant proportion of them about 18 years ago !!!

Yep a lot of them have AWEM stamped in them

 

[awemawson]

Yep a lot of them have AWEM stamped in them

Are any of them date stamped? I often used to put at least the year of manufacture on bits that I made.

 

[Fraserb]

Made it into the last stubble field to cultivate and drill, one more behind rhe plough then drill off and mowers on to clear some grass.

 

[Prajna]

Me to ref lack of musical ability .I did watch a Spanish guitar competition on tv and some were accompanied by a guy sitting on a wooden box and drumming on it with his hands . I thought " At last an instrument for me"

It's called a 'cajon' (pronounced cahon) and means 'drawer' in Spanish, since origionally it was literally just that. A modern cajon incorporates a snare. It is easy to play but requires a skilled player to play it really well.

 

[redlig]

It's called a 'cajon' (pronounced cahon) and means 'drawer' in Spanish, since origionally it was literally just that. A modern cajon incorporates a snare. It is easy to play but requires a skilled player to play it really well.

A skilled player, another dream crushed.

 

[James1979]

Not me but my table.

Guy who does my powder coating has a lad that races. He is good. He has started doing my coating, under dads guidance, to raise race money.

Did a load of these for him to finish, coat and flog at the track to pay for his racing.

They fit into my paying stuff so no harm no foul. Can’t afford to sponsor the boy so this is next best thing.

 

[Hood]

Two pairs of creepers from a scrap 2.5" prop shaft.

 

[bricol]

The Citroenistas will have a fit. I've also painted my engine block the correct green and added white polka dots.

Your Citroenistas are probably related to the Lancia and Caterham tooth-suckers I encounter who last had their car out sometime in the 80's when it nearly worked most of the time, rather than in regular use now

 

[nickk]

2 compost bins,fairly confident these are the most expensive in the county,35 hours labour including a few design changes with the customer!