Stuff you have made today

[roblane65]

so don't have to isolate myself from my other half.

Not always a bad thing ........... I've had covid 17 times in the last 2 years ... like being on holiday

 

[redlig]

Not always a bad thing ........... I've had covid 17 times in the last 2 years ... like being on holiday

Never thought of that .I suppose they can't enter the same room as you to do the check. Genius.

 

[Mark 2]

House plate. Airbrush and lacquer so we'll see how that stands up to Dublin weather.
@selectedgrub
@kevla

 

[DAPPH]

Spent several hours setting up the side boards to Alisons Bonsai benches & struggled considerably today . Cold and slightly damp I kicked it into touch , tiedied away my tools and stuff ,on the final walk round the area realised I've only gone & put rear board on the front of the bench. So pleased I discovered it before I do all 24 mtrs of boarding bench

At least I've worked out a system that works well and thank my lucky stars that the staging's were CNC milled and swaged all to the same distances and dimensions . Just have to cut & mill to a precise size 44 noggings of Delrin 1.44 " x 1.14 " to fit in the hollow rungs to mount the boards .

 

[Memmeddu]

Replaced the doors on my car today
Now I'll have to put filler on the dents because the dent puller didn't work
Disassembly them ,prep and paint
+ Had a nice Easter with my family,my friends and my nephews

 

[Memmeddu]

Replaced the LPG tank at home.
I'll probably going to have a very dangerous discussion with the guy replaced it last time.
The valve was completely open .
The regulator wasn't thigh
Plus he didn't remove the old gasket prior to put the new one

 

[Erie Fred]

Finally got the machine running, Friday was holiday, so went down to neighbors shop and sheared up a bunch of slats for the table.
I made a video of it running, but it's too large to post here.
It's a 5' x 10' sized table.

 

[Kram]

Started the awful process of resoling my first two pairs of climbing shoes, again. 4th time, as they are just far more comfortable than the newer pairs. The cloth/cardboard/felt lining is not looking too great but will get a cloth and rubber patch.

 

[kevla]

House plate. Airbrush and lacquer so we'll see how that stands up to Dublin weather.
@selectedgrub
@kevla

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That's so cool, I really like that

 

[paulmitchell1984]

Bench to go with my kitchen table

 

[Cheesie]

a rack to hold the kayaks, the rusty one was on a year and a fuel tank I started for a trike that will probably end up in the scrap bin as the guy blacked out on his way home from my house and may have his licence taken of him

 

[Mark 2]

That's so cool, I really like that

Thank you. No fancy metalwork, obviously, but I sprayed in block colours and it looked awful.
So, ground it back, and that gave me inspiration for a pastel type of effect.
Cue airbrush, upwards and onwards.
Fingers crossed for the lacquer holding form.

 

[BarrieJ]

View attachment 393874View attachment 393875 a rack to hold the kayaks, the rusty one was on a year View attachment 393876 and a fuel tank I started for a trike that will probably end up in the scrap bin as the guy blacked out on his way home from my house and may have his licence taken of him

If following his blackout he's seen a GP or a consultant, he'll have been told that he's obliged to inform the DVLA, an automatic 6 month medical driving ban will follow and he'll be asked to surrender his licence. The cause of his blackout and the treatment he receives will be reflected in how soon he can reapply for his licence.

 

[6ply]

Replacement quill spring retainer/adjuster thing for my Arboga drill. The original part was aluminium and had seized up on the cast iron drill. The replacement was made from steel - the column of a scrapped Elliott drill press.

 

[Cheesie]

If following his blackout he's seen a GP or a consultant, he'll have been told that he's obliged to inform the DVLA, an automatic 6 month medical driving ban will follow and he'll be asked to surrender his licence. The cause of his blackout and the treatment he receives will be reflected in how soon he can reapply for his licence.

He had enough clarity to pull over and put hazards on, he came round when the police got there, blanked out again then came around in hospital

 

[DennisCA]

Finally I did it after many years of just using a squirt bottle, I hooked up the original flood coolant system for the lathe. It has a built in tank and pump but I've never used it. I used a magnet base to hold the nozzle instead of the factory mount.

It made parting operations a snap. But oh my god what a mess. Had to clean the lathe so much afterwards. I will need to think of new guarding for this. Particularly to keep the bedways cleaner.

 

[awemawson]

A 65 mm flogging spanner to undo the end caps of some hydraulic cylinders on my JCB 3CX

Thanks to @James1979 for sending me a .DXF file and @Pete. for donating the 9 mm plate cut from the webs of RSJ's I believe (which were covered in the most intractable paint. Two top layers came off with Methylene Chloride but the primer needed a stripping disk !(

 

[minimutly]

My take on this is that coolant is fine and well if your lathe works for a living, but if it’s an occasional use or hobby, the cleaning takes up more time than it’s worth?

 

[James1979]

A 65 mm flogging spanner to undo the end caps of some hydraulic cylinders on my JCB 3CX

Thanks to @James1979 for sending me a .DXF file and @Pete. for donating the 9 mm plate cut from the webs of RSJ's I believe (which were covered in the most intractable paint. Two top layers came off with Methylene Chloride but the primer needed a stripping disk !(

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Have you flogged it yet?

Meant to say, probably would do with a couple of bits of 70x70 plate welded on each side of the anvil to beef it up a bit.

 

[Brad93]

A 65 mm flogging spanner to undo the end caps of some hydraulic cylinders on my JCB 3CX

Thanks to @James1979 for sending me a .DXF file and @Pete. for donating the 9 mm plate cut from the webs of RSJ's I believe (which were covered in the most intractable paint. Two top layers came off with Methylene Chloride but the primer needed a stripping disk !(

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you may find like i did recently, mild steel makes an absolutely useless spanner. And the ears just keep bending out ways.