Stuff you have made today

[Dr.Al]

Yet another box

Padauk, maple & lead. The lead is hidden inside between two maple "bases" (upper one visible in the next photo) and makes the box heavy so it doesn't move around easily. It's for my bedside table and I want to be able to open it in the dark without inadvertently knocking it off the bedside table.

The lid hinges on some pins that go into brass bushes:

The lid was originally fitted at the same time as assembling the dovetails (for obvious reasons), but I'd been an idiot and fitted the brass bushes on the end that I hadn't shot square (as I was expecting to trim one end to length after fitting) and as a result the lid was slightly wonky. The only thing I could think of to do to fix it was to cut the old lid off and make a new one with sprung pins (using the spring from an old pen with a little brass piece on each end to bear against the two pins). Hopefully once the process of oiling the box is finished, I should be able to fit the two pins , squeeze them into the lid and then push the lid into place.

 

[redlig]

Yet another box

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Padauk, maple & lead. The lead is hidden inside between two maple "bases" (upper one visible in the next photo) and makes the box heavy so it doesn't move around easily. It's for my bedside table and I want to be able to open it in the dark without inadvertently knocking it off the bedside table.

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The lid hinges on some pins that go into brass bushes:

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The lid was originally fitted at the same time as assembling the dovetails (for obvious reasons), but I'd been an idiot and fitted the brass bushes on the end that I hadn't shot square (as I was expecting to trim one end to length after fitting) and as a result the lid was slightly wonky. The only thing I could think of to do to fix it was to cut the old lid off and make a new one with sprung pins (using the spring from an old pen with a little brass piece on each end to bear against the two pins). Hopefully once the process of oiling the box is finished, I should be able to fit the two pins , squeeze them into the lid and then push the lid into place.

Dare one ask what you would keep in your bedside box that you would grope for in the dark . Nudge nudge wink wink!!

 

[Misterg]

A couple of stepped pulleys to suit TB2 poly vee belt

Good for 1HP at 10,000 RPM (on paper , at least…)

 

[Dcal]

Today I made a bigger tool post for my shaper so I can use shaper tool holders instead of just bits of tool steel.

Untill a few weeks ago I didn't even know there was such a thing, but you learn something everyday on here.

The existing tool holder was too short to modify and I didn't want to butcher it anyway.
I could just cut down the tool holders, but if I didn't like making things more complicated than they need to be, I probably shouldn't be on this forum anyway.

Started with an off cut of inch and a half round bar from the scrap bin.
In hind sight it could have done with being half and inch longer.
Anyway turned it down to fit the clapper box and drilled and tapped it M10.

Turned it around and finished turning it to size.

Then drilled a few holes (badly) to remove some material for the toolholder.
Cut between the holes with a hacksaw.

Then cleaned up the mess with a die grinder and file.

The slot is far from perfect but it should do the job.

 

[selectedgrub]

Dunno if it's just me, but something looks a bit wrong there:

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I thinking the backslash got missed sorry.
Wasn't much anyway.

 

[Dr.Al]

Dare one ask what you would keep in your bedside box that you would grope for in the dark . Nudge nudge wink wink!!

Earplugs... sorry to disappoint

 

[selectedgrub]

Yes.
A little too small for duct tape and chloroform.

 

[redlig]

Earplugs... sorry to disappoint

I understand . I cannot stand the sound of gentle moaning either.

 

[daleyd]

I understand . I cannot stand the sound of gentle moaning either.

I hated it during my 6 months in prison…

 

[My Old Landy]

I finally got around to editing some video from May last year. I hope to get out and finish the project soon. My Mrs is limiting my time out there so I don't over do it

 

[slim_boy_fat]

My Mrs is limiting my time out there so I don't over do it

Good for her, she has your best interests at heart.

 

[redlig]

I hated it during my 6 months in prison…

"It felt a lot longer than that " Said the prisoner to the warden.

 

[Fraserb]

A mess, that's pretty much what we've made today.

 

[northwest]

I keep looking every so often for a M300 travelling steady in the vain hope that a reasonable price one has popped up on eBay etc, sadly not

The only thing I am missing but I might just set to and fabricate one, maybe. You are not the only person looking for one.

For the first time since becoming sick at the end of May last year I have stepped into the workshop. These spacers may not seem to be a lot but believe me they are a major step for me.
I won't show my setup as it will upset the more safety conscious but as I can't stand for long or use my hands properly I had to improvise.
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Good for you. I know how hard this is and I am painfully aware of the struggle to apply "moderation" to the exercise.

 

[Shox Dr]

The only thing I am missing but I might just set to and fabricate one, maybe. You are not the only person looking for one.

Luckily Ive not required a travelling steady. But if I was to build one it would be along the lines of Joe Pie's with replaceable Phenolic finger

 

[indy4x]

On several of our sites we are still running BT Meridian phone systems. Yes they are ancient and spares are hard to come by

This one needed moving away from the wall by approx 1m without shutting down and with a minimal risk of it breaking

The reason for moving it is to install a new 42U network cabinet so we can recable the building and move over to Cisco IP telephony

So using some bits of 60x60x6mm box and other bits I had kicking around I knocked up this frame that bolted around the 2 towers so they could be moved as 1 unit. The towers are bolted together with cables running between them so have to move as 1 unit.

Frame has wind up castors that I liberated from a scrap yard a few years back as I thought they might come in handy, didn't think I'd be using them for this





Under the towers the floor tiles have holes so the cables run under the floor, once the frame was in place and the towers lifted we opened up the holes with a recip saw so the tiles underneath could be removed

Tomorrow is the easy job of rolling it to its new location

 

[sparkysy]

That is an excellent solution I like that a lot
Hope tomorrow goes well!
Sy

 

[m_c]

Got around to adding some suspension and wheels

 

[indy4x]

@sparkysy. It should do, all the hard work is done.

But if it does go wrong there will be lots of people with no desk phones

The cabling under the floor is the usual tangled mess that 40yrs of adds, moves and changes that have taken place as the site is has changed with no attempt to keep it tidy

As its on a raised floor with pillars supporting the floor tiles I had to be creative with the prep work to ensure all the cables will move with the towers

LR bottle jack came in handy to temporarily hold up the tiles so the support posts could be removed to free the cables



And the recip saw cut some slots to get the cables out of the tiles

 

[sparkysy]

@indy4x That would definitely cause some issues, no phones! I bet those cuts with the recip was a tense moment! Looking at your prep it should be an early finish
Yes the few that I have encountered I have been removing and below the raised floors are always horrendous spaghetti in comms rooms!
I'm not a fan of cat5/6 cable it's all too fiddly for me, don't mind installing it but terminating it forget that, I'd rather do a large swa to a panel than punch down a load of cat cables.
Sy