Stuff you have made today

[DAPPH]

You can even get single use all metal nuts that have one end slightly crimped to be smaller than the other and are usually the standard thickness . they also stay tight.
An example is a lot of modern caravan wheel bearing retaining nuts are such devices.

 

[Seadog]

You've created none self-locking nuts there. Could you skim a little off the rear of the nuts to allow sufficient bolt to engage fully?

Non-self-locking

 

[Hood]

Non-self-locking

Ahhhhhhh forget it, fooked up with my smart (not so) reply

 

[Woody.v8]

Dug a bit of a hole, shouldn't sink now with a foot of stone in
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OK 2 foot

 

[Onoff]

Today I made SWMBO scream and not in a good way...

(First time for everything I suppose )

I had the dishwasher lent back and had to get underneath to refix the front panel. Asked her to steady it so it didn't come down on my head. The door has to to open, hinged down, to get the front panel on. As the whole thing was lent back the door closed at a fair rate of knots into the 4 fingers of her right hand.

Don't think anything's broken but tba.

 

[Scalarocco]

You can even get single use all metal nuts that have one end slightly crimped to be smaller than the other and are usually the standard thickness . they also stay tight.
An example is a lot of modern caravan wheel bearing retaining nuts are such devices.

I believe they are Binx nuts?

 

[nickk]

Yet more handrails.

 

[Prajna]

A 'rustic' gate to keep the chooks out of the vegetable garden.

I made all the ironwork: latch, handle and hinges. Only welding was to stick the pins to their plates. I am particularly pleased with the handle. Excuse the rustic paint job; I was too close, it was windy and I did it in situ, just to slow the rustification a little.

 

[bourbon]

Like the spray job!

 

[Wildefalcon]

Turned a scrap pallet into a work bench/V8 storage area.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Il call that job done.

Rest of the cables arrive tomorrow for the final few bits

 

[nickk]

The first flight of a minimal balustrade,another flight and landing to follow on,the spindles will go into the treads and cross drilled then retained by a ss pin.

 

[RichardM]

A bit of screw cutting, turning and soldering to make a gas bottle filling connector.

 

[Onoff]

Today I made SWMBO scream and not in a good way...

(First time for everything I suppose )

I had the dishwasher lent back and had to get underneath to refix the front panel. Asked her to steady it so it didn't come down on my head. The door has to to open, hinged down, to get the front panel on. As the whole thing was lent back the door closed at a fair rate of knots into the 4 fingers of her right hand.

Don't think anything's broken but tba.

Update: Norhing broken it would appear...fingers crossed.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

..fingers crossed.

Did that hurt?

 

[DAPPH]

I managed to break Alison's rh thumb 25 yrs ago .. looks like she's forgiven me as she's still here .

Actually it was her unfamiliarity with the mechanics & safety awareness of don't try to stop 36 x 2.5 mtr long 35 mm square steel tubes when they fall because you've not thought it through how to stack them safely.
Pleased to say she was wearing hard yellow chromed leather gloves at the time, or she'd be likely missing her thumb.

 

[hindmarsh]

3m gate

 

[Onoff]

3m gate

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I reckon there'd be an opening for something like that.

 

[Onoff]

Did that hurt?

Looking at the way she's tucking into a take away burger I'm guessing it's all better now. Want's to mind her fingers though...

 

[GRW]

Todays Scrap Heap Challenge (& the "get some practice in - you need it!") has been to make this stand for my dinky cheapie anvil.....

...... that doubles as a Stand for my ancient cheapie Bench Grinder ......