Stuff you have made today

[arther dailey]

certain members have a habit of being the forums school teachers(primary) , picking up members on their spelling etc, no harm meant obviously , but it does get tedious . it would be better if the question or what ever the subject was mentioned was answered , but like I say no harm no foul .

 

[Memmeddu]

Just ended the war
A friend of mine recently acquired a caterpillar 315 mini excavator and decided to switch from bolt on to wedge theet
I've had to do it at home because his electrical is not capable to run a welder.
So I've started by cutting the rounded edges to fit the side theet .
Then I've noticed that the edges were so worn that the welds have been deleted by the wear .
So I've proceeded to follow the cracks (normal Caterpillar stuff) by gouging out a channel 5mm wide and 5 deep .
Positioned the theet tacked in place .
Then 7018 no stop for about 2 and and half hour
As well the welds we can't see anymore so root and fill passes were beautiful eve the open root ones .
Cover passes will be grounded by the dirt so I didn't get upset they don't look pretty but I'm happy with it no undercut so it will be fine.
2.5mm ran at about 100A and 90A
3.2mm ran at about 100A and 130A depending on the heat transferred to the bucket .
No after 40 minutes of cooling I can switch off my trusty inverter and clean up the mess in my backyard

 

[Memmeddu]

This morning picture of the bucket done yesterday after the dentist

 

[Jan-DIY]

Converted my little tractor some moons ago to power steering.
Don’t know if I uploaded these pictures before.
Learned a lot about LS hydraulics on these project.

 

[dan.taylor.1]

Converted my little tractor some moons ago to power steering.
Don’t know if I uploaded these pictures before.
Learned a lot about LS hydraulics on these project.

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LS = load sensing?

 

[Jan-DIY]

Correct.
I collected a dynamic steering and need to adapt to static LS. Not that easy because you have to remove some NR Valve.

 

[magnet]

Quick and dirty mastic trowel for next weekends mega shed felting job

 

[northwest]

certain members have a habit of being the forums school teachers(primary) , picking up members on their spelling etc, no harm meant obviously , but it does get tedious . it would be better if the question or what ever the subject was mentioned was answered , but like I say no harm no foul .

This is how it is, I proof read and spell check everything I write, bad grammar and spelling is really not good, however, and this is the however: Not everyone on this forum or in the world generally are native English speaking AND not everyone spent all of their formative years at school, some not by choice either. So rather than butting in and correcting people, I let them get on with it, the more you read and write, the better you get, if you get pulled up every five minutes you wont be able to read and write so less time to practice. People who are holier than thou with regard to reading and writing are clueless really as they have never considered it from any other perspective other than their own.

 

[mtt.tr]

1. Get your head round the old saying "A place for everything and everything in its place".
2. When you've finished with something, put it back where it lives.
3. Spend your time productively rather than wasting endless amounts of it wading through s***e looking for tools


Alternatively, don't bother with the above and have a workshop that resembles a midden. I've never understood people whose workshop is inefficient and quite probably dangerous but wear it as a "badge of honour..."

one man production is tough, being creative is also energy spent.

for some time tidying is taking away from both.
for other tidying helps.

also in a working shop to stop and loose a week or month to organising is not feasible, though i accept its beneficial. the only time its really possible is starting a new shop from the start ready to go and no unexpected future expansion

cost, risk, reward

as far as im aware you are not production nor trying to meet customers demands to get stuff out on time

 

[dan.taylor.1]

I often find a good tidy up clears the mind, or on those days where I've no drive at all, smallest son has been up all night etc, a tidy up is an achievable task, it makes me feel like I've done something, and allows me to get into the right mind to crack on with work.

 

[MattF]

I often find a good tidy up clears the mind, or on those days where I've no drive at all, smallest son has been up all night etc, a tidy up is an achievable task, it makes me feel like I've done something, and allows me to get into the right mind to crack on with work.

A tidy up or organising session can be relaxing. I too do it, occasionally.

Saying that though, I'm currently sat in the flat, looking around & thinking: "My brother wasn't kidding when he told mum that my workshop's tidier than the flat".

 

[Cheesie]

A fuel tank made from the mock up above its been 4-5 weeks from I welded aluminium

 

[dan.taylor.1]

How do you keep the foam from melting with it in the tank?

 

[mtt.tr]

one man production is tough, being creative is also energy spent.

for some time tidying is taking away from both.
for other tidying helps.

also in a working shop to stop and loose a week or month to organising is not feasible, though i accept its beneficial. the only time its really possible is starting a new shop from the start ready to go and no unexpected future expansion

cost, risk, reward

as far as im aware you are not production nor trying to meet customers demands to get stuff out on time

Further to this I think we need to as a group of people to stop believing we are more important or better than each other.

 

[Hood]

Tidying is relaxing? Well for me it is hell, I hate bloody tidying and I thrive in a mess, probably helps me in what I do as you never have much room on a boat

 

[Moose McAlpine]

A small project in learning manual machining; a boring bar holder to allow use of a 25mm bar in a 20mm tool holder:





It's not an ideal setup but it was a nice project. Really, i just wanted to use that boring bar.

 

[Cheesie]

How do you keep the foam from melting with it in the tank?

I cut the corners off where all the joins are

 

[premmington]

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This morning picture of the bucket done yesterday after the dentist

@Memmeddu Shocked - you have Dentists in Italy (there is shortage of them in the UK)

Are your Dentists - state funded or private pay as you go?

 

[nickk]

Had several of these threaded female collars to part off in half,then she brings in the male spigots as the threads don’t engage,luckily it was just rust,so I ran the thread file over them .
Had to use the steady due to the lengthy projection from the chuck.

 

[Hood]

Mast test fitted on the wheelhouse, grp guy making a weird face/gesture and skipper wondering what the hell he was doing.