Stuff you have made today

[Richiew]

15th Century mortar cannon.

 

[nickk]

Oh yes more handrails,these are in hay,within 200 yards of each,the black ones are in the old council offices,my eldest sons birth was registered there,last year it got sold and a private buyer has it and had it restored.

 

[Gragson]

@nickk You make some nice gear and always in keeping

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

By request, by a friend.

I did not ask why, I just did what Feng Shai lady wanted.

Friends and I enjoyed tasting the contents.

Yes.

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Better.

Why?

I have cash in hand.

 

[Erie Fred]

Setting up the 5' x 10' plasma table has only been using the pre-programmed shapes.

Until now.

I finally installed the CAM software into my laptop, and imported a DXF file.
Thru much fooling around (instructions are useless) I made my first part.

The slat holders.

So the machine is making it's own parts......
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I want to point out something.
Because I didn't have the slats, this piece was set on bricks in the water table.
The water was about 1"-1.5" under the plate. This is how I burned those first (3) slat holders
or "combs". Not optimum at all.

I've found over the years to keep the water to within 1/2" under the plate max.
This keeps the splashing down, and there is no smoke & steam rising up to collect on the machine.

With the lower water, the slag was tenacious as well. I ground the slag off the bottom part
where I welded it to the flat "foot", but left all the slag on the notch contours (it's in water, it will be rusted in no time, it doesn't affect the use).

Today, I burned out the remaining 6, with the same plate sitting on the new slat section, and I filled the table to within 1/2" of the plate.
The slag came right off with a swipe of a 4" wide masonry chisel.

 

[henry Kadzielski]

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.

I can tell you that I wouldn't like my final bill either, I'll give you the drum. This job has taken more than twice as long as I would have thought, even thought I am supposed to know what I am doing. You want stainless steel pipe work, you want it neat, you want it to work as expected and you want all the bells and whistles, be prepared be very prepared

 

[dobbslc]

however I didn't weld the base to the boom as you can see by the weld

That's the first thing I spotted when I saw the photo and thought, that looks a bit rough for Henry
Lovely work as usual there and I'm starting to think @henry Kadzielski and @Hood are actually the same person jetting between Scotland and Australia to work on boats

 

[henry Kadzielski]

That's the first thing I spotted when I saw the photo and thought, that looks a bit rough for Henry
Lovely work as usual there and I'm starting to think @henry Kadzielski and @Hood are actually the same person jetting between Scotland and Australia to work on boats

No not quite @Hood can draw his own dxf drawings and can operate a mill. Unfortunately I am not that smart

 

[Hood]

No not quite @Hood can draw his own dxf drawings and can operate a mill. Unfortunately I am not that smart

If that is your definition of smart then I am afraid you have a lot to learn, a monkey can be trained to do both

 

[redlig]

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

Our pantry shelf looks like a set from the Star-ship Enterprise .

 

[Maker]

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

If you have money for Villeroy & Boch mugs, you've probably got a big enough kitchen to find space for all the toys.

 

[James1979]

If you have money for Villeroy & Boch mugs, you've probably got a big enough kitchen to find space for all the toys.

I’ll admit I had to Google that.

Holy **Language**!! For a mug?? I’d hope that comes with the first coffee free?

 

[Craig-SM]

If you have money for Villeroy & Boch mugs, you've probably got a big enough kitchen to find space for all the toys.

Good eyes but just a galley kitchen

 

[Craig-SM]

I’ll admit I had to Google that.

Holy **Language**!! For a mug?? I’d hope that comes with the first coffee free?

Now look up Cities of the World collection We have 8 along with matching saucers. They came up locally and picked them up for next to nothing

 

[Maker]

You should get yourself a hand grinder and a pour over funnel (Which won't sit properly on your posh mugs) just in case there's another coffee based emergency in the future.

 

[James1979]

Yup. The snap on truck of mugs I think!

That said I did start buying Starbucks cities ones. Got bored eventually. Also they were about a tenner

I’m sure they’ll be an investment. Yours I mean.

 

[MattF]

You should get yourself a hand grinder and a pour over funnel (Which won't sit properly on your posh mugs) just in case there's another coffee based emergency in the future.

Or, possibly, a teaspoon & a jar of instant coffee?

 

[James1979]

You should get yourself a hand grinder and a pour over funnel (Which won't sit properly on your posh mugs) just in case there's another coffee based emergency in the future.

I had one of those funnels from Japan. Used it all over then it got smashed in my baggage one trip. Never found another as good.

 

[Maker]

Or, possibly, a teaspoon & a jar of instant coffee?

Why would I pay for a jar of instant when I've got a whole garden of perfectly good dirt?

 

[James1979]

I can’t drink instant. I really can’t. It plays my ulcers up something chronic.

Doctor reckons it’s the chemical they put in to make it instant

So I’m a coffee snob with medical exemption, not by choice!!