Stuff you have made today

[awemawson]

All (*) the batteries that I've bought from Tayna have come pre-filled and superbly packaged. Ranging from tiddly UPS batteries up to very large tractor batteries on a pallet they now get my repeat business as their service is good - usually next day.

(Looks like I may need their services again - I'm trying to revive the 12v battery on my thre tool road compressor which I foolishly left to go flat.)

(* there have been MANY over the years)

 

[Craig-SM]

It’s only taken 5 hours but the panic is over. The coffee machine lives again.

Bean grinder stopped working and you could hear the drive belt jumping. Nothing jamming it that could be seen so had to strip it, pull apart the grinder, clean it up and lubricate before assembling to find the calibration, even though I’d marked up, was well out making the grounds too fine for the water to be pumped through.
Strip it apart again, fiddle with the alignment, fiddle a bit more and swear a lot, lot more as I'd still not had a coffee only the wife had.
Assembled and not powering up now. Did I mention I’d not had a coffee yet! Check everything is connected, changed the fuse and still nothing. A red mist is desending, even the dog has gone outside, and then I spot it. A ribbon cable has disconnected from the circuit board, I’ll just reconnect it. Are you kidding me. Does Delonghi hire children with tiny fingers to connect these cables up. My fat fingers and still no coffee have turned this into the most ridiculous task ever. It’s connected, I love you God and will never doubt you again. You’ve got to be kidding me it still won’t power up, the ribbon cable despite being keyed is fitted upside down. By pure luck and numb fingers I fit the correct way round. It powers up. Quickly fitting the dregs drawer, water tank and dispenser I press the button to make a coffee. The sound of coffee beans been pulverised, whilst the boiler pressures up followed by flow of hot brown liquid is the most beautiful music to my ears. At last I have a coffee and it tastes like crap as it still on its coarsest setting. Change the grind, refit the panels and preset it to my preference and it produces the most delicious coffee I’ve had since yesterday morning.

Not even a screw leftover but I may have a few loose.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

^^ Do all these kind of gadgets take up so much worktop real estate?

 

[Bullet2012]

^^ Do all these kind of gadgets take up so much worktop real estate?

Yes, if you have/had one of everything you would need to cook in the shed

 

[Craig-SM]

^^ Do all these kind of gadgets take up so much worktop real estate?

Worth every square inch of space.

 

[awemawson]

My bottle of Gold Blend takes up very little space !!!!!!!!

 

[Farside]

My bottle of Gold Blend takes up very little space !!!!!!!!

How very Camp.

 

[RichardM]

^^ Do all these kind of gadgets take up so much worktop real estate?

Yes - that's why wifey didn't buy an air fryer - didn't have the worktop space for it.

 

[mtt.tr]

Working out of my known area (don't tell the locals).

Couldn't find any firrings local in the time I needed them, so the good ol' 3hp Makita and a chalk line was required.





It's been 2 years atleast since i took on a framing job. I've missed it.

This one I've taken on post foundations, 5 working days in so far. Will be here till completion.






Looking forward to the screeding and plastering

 

[DAPPH]

The 10mm socket you can never find.

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Could have done with that yesterday spent two hours or more looking for the darn thing . Found it outside the mancupboard area on the edge of the lawn quite by accident , where either me or my wife must have kicked it across the floor to the great outside. Fiddling with long DE rings in limited space top & bottom to tighten the nut over a long high tensile steel screw that I don't want to cut .

 

[minimutly]

Working out of my known area (don't tell the locals).

Couldn't find any firrings local in the time I needed them, so the good ol' 3hp Makita and a chalk line was required.

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It's been 2 years atleast since i took on a framing job. I've missed it.

This one I've taken on post foundations, 5 working days in so far. Will be here till completion.


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Looking forward to the screeding and plastering

Mr flexible @mtt.tr , good for you.

 

[mtt.tr]

Mr flexible @mtt.tr , good for you.

My Mrs would attest to the amount of time ive ignored my house hold duties, relationship responsibilities because I'm learning something new. It's an obsession when I want to learn something new it's not a normal level of interest, it's hours and days of endless reading and learning.

I'm thinking might be best to have a few options take the best paying and reinvest wisely.


Now if I could find trainable staff who care well life would be easy.

 

[nickk]

windows,27,fixed and openers,30mm angle and Tee,readymade latches and stays though.

 

[roblane65]

Now if I could find trainable staff who care well life would be easy.

There's only so much money you can make with one pair of hands , teach someone what you know then nine times out of ten they'll feck off and do it for themselves !

 

[mtt.tr]

There's only so much money you can make with one pair of hands , teach someone what you know then nine times out of ten they'll feck off and do it for themselves !

Problem is the people worth having are already out on there doing it. Disgruntled and disillusioned

 

[henry Kadzielski]

Yesterday I traveled back to the boat that I had been doing the hydraulic install on for the final commissioning. Had a few dramas as things not operating as expected. The fault was traced to the curcuit schematic not drawn correctly not by me but the engineer that supplied all the pumps and valves.

The boat is a longliner to fish for tuna off the east coast of Australia.

I did all the piping in 316 S/S tube, built the winches on the mast and the boom, installed the pumps and live PTO on the gearbox behind the main engine

THe owner wanted all metal components to be 316S/S so that is what I did. The blue thing is the drive, which consists of the hydraulic motor, the planetary reduction and the brake mechanism with a keyed output shaft. I make up the rest, however I didn't weld the base to the boom as you can see by the weld

I constructed this stand and welded it to the inside of the shelter deck, did all the wiring for the electrical control systems as this is electric over hydraulic control. I am actually amazed that it actually worked. My head wasn't in the right space when I was doing the wiring, voltage dividers and change over switch gear. Anyone that is familiar with Danfoss PVG32 will understand.

The owner also wanted a full operational backup system, so I fitted a 18.5kw motor with a 60cc danfoss pressure compensated load sense pump. The main system is at the back of the gearbox so very difficult to see of photograph.

Repurposed the original header tank as the original engine was keel cooled into the new hydraulic tank. It was there why not use it

For cooling the hydraulics when it is running I used the sew water after it has cooled the main engine and gearbox oil to cool the hydraulic oil and them discharge overboard, 'simples'. The discharge pipe work is PPR Aquatherm from Germany. It is very tough, doesn't break and doesn't corrode.

Space is a premium and there is still much 'stuff' to be fitted to the front engine room bulkhead wall so all effort have been taken to leave as much space as possible for that. Even the seawater discharge pipe work had to be constructed to make space for people to get past the generator to the right.

It doesn't look like much when you see it now, but there were many things that had to be moved to make it all fit and be relatively neat. I don't quote these jobs as I am familiar what it takes to do, but never thought it would take half the time it actually took. I don't actually want to do another one, but from past experience will never say never as that is exactly what happens.

 

[Hog-Rider]

Looks like you have made a really great job there... I would not want your final Bill for all that work. I'm sure it's worth every penny you charge him.

 

[selectedgrub]

Start new art.
Cast to steel was heated but still cracked.
Grinded and filled it looks ok.

 

[selectedgrub]

Also the pot plant holder is finished.
I don't like dolphin but the owner does, it's all that matters.

 

[MattF]

Start new art.
Cast to steel was heated but still cracked.
Grinded and filled it looks ok.

What's that going to be?