Stuff you have made today

[Craig-SM]

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've invested in some Mellow Birds and chipped a few free mugs in case any of you call round.

 

[Maker]

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.

Was it a Hario? The coloured plastic ones last forever (Clear ones I'd imagine go brittle), I've probably made 3000 coffees with one over the last five or six years and it's still going strong.

 

[Cato]

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!!

I've taken to Camp coffee with evaporated milk Going by the unkind comments from witnesses I'm pretty sure that makes me the opposite of a coffee snob.

 

[sardine]

Potting bench made from offcuts thrown away by contractors repairing a bridge near my house , even the wire mesh , screws, glue, paint were skip finds. I did lash out on the staples for the mesh though !

 

[Dev]

Another go at a sign. If anyone has any tips for clean cuts in MDF please let me know.

 

[MattF]

The cut edges feathering, I assume?

 

[Dev]

yeah

 

[wyn]

A bit more milling machine modification/ improvement.

Some lubrication for the knee and table.
The shut off tap leaks so ordered another ball valve. Maybe it needs a bit of pressure to seal as it's pneumatic.
The elbows in the castings are for 5mm tube and i have 6mm. I was going to machine some connectors but can't really be bothered, so ordered 6mm x 1/8 bsp elbows.

The coolant drain tube from the table went through a weld elbow that i bodged onto some fittings years ago.
The size difference left a bit of a constriction in it. This always traps bits, blocks it and floods the table.
Got a more suitable sized elbow that should smooth the flow and bodged the original end fittings on.

 

[Hood]

Another go at a sign. If anyone has any tips for clean cuts in MDF please let me know.
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Never really done much wood as I avoid it as much as possible on the mill but plastics can give the same issues. The best results for me have been with high helix sharp cutters meant for alu and on some materials I have found a conventional direction finish pass is required. Whether that will translate over to MDF I have no idea.

 

[Farside]

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

 

[Blobber]

Another go at a sign. If anyone has any tips for clean cuts in MDF please let me know.
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Try some of the green moisture resistant stuff, it doesn't seem to go as fluffy on the edges when its cut

 

[Farside]

Another go at a sign. If anyone has any tips for clean cuts in MDF please let me know.
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How about coating it with PVA or SBR and let dry before cutting? They should bond edge fibres together.
Try both on a sample.

 

[MattF]

yeah

Can you sand it after cutting? MDF isn't great stuff to work with.

 

[Richiew]

A little update on my pallet breaker from a few pages back.

My free pallet supply turned up trumps today. We were passing in the car so it would have been rude not to have look.

Eight and a half pallets of varying quality picked up.

I guess the welds and construction get a pass?

And yes, I do value my time but sometimes a bit of brainless labour is a good thing. I see this as modern day log splitting. We can't all live near a forest, or 8ob for that matter, but industrial estates are everywhere. A lot of this will be firewood or kindling, but I think I can use most of the thicker boards and runners for projects. It would have been nice if the nail gun hadn't been turned up to 11 on most of these pallets but never mind.

 

[MattF]

It would have been nice if the nail gun hadn't been turned up to 11 on most of these pallets but never mind.

 

[sako243]

A sink in the workshop, managed to find enough bits and bobs to join an alkathene water pipe to a sink tap. There may or may not have been a heated bit of hosepipe and judicious use of Teflon tape used....

Didn't bother looking to see if I had any fittings for the waste pipe so a bucket will do for the moment.

Then it immediately got an upgrade

No rear legs because there's an aqua channel there and the waste pipe will eventually be running the length of the workshop.

 

[badabec]

Another go at a sign. If anyone has any tips for clean cuts in MDF please let me know.
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Can you do a bit of kerning on the font to get the O and A closer together?

 

[DAPPH]

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!!

Never realised any chemicals were added to " Freeze dried instant coffee " did a search at https://instantcupofcoffee.com/is-instant-coffee-full-of-chemicals/ it seems it's mainly due to the beans being roasted not the actual freeze drying

 

[DAPPH]

I've taken to Camp coffee with evaporated milk Going by the unkind comments from witnesses I'm pretty sure that makes me the opposite of a coffee snob.

Coffee slob instead ?

 

[Erie Fred]

Coffee slob instead ?

Only if a straw in involved.....