Stuff you have made today

[aguycalledsteve]

Not so much made, well I made a big hole maybe. Started to chop the rot out of my disco and clean up the metal.

 

[DAPPH]

" Started to chop the rust out my disco ..... How much disco was left Dave ?

 

[aguycalledsteve]

Well, I don't care to think in money terms how much the growing pile of rust ive cut out and is on my drive actually represents .

 

[indy4x]

Having welded up a few Discos you have my sympathy

 

[selectedgrub]

 

[DAPPH]

Back in 1972 our senior ATO ( bomb disposal officer ) purchased one of the first new civil Discovery style Landrovers in duck egg blue , it had an aluminium split tailgate .
He'd only had it for about five weeks when he came to me asking if his observation that the paint was bubbling up off the tail gate was right . Just over an hour later I'd found fourteen other places where the finish was failing . It was quickly returned to Landrover , he got a full refund and several hundred pounds compensation .

Ever since that day I've never had much faith in any of the civil versions of Landrover type cars ( seems it was a sound judgement too ) for I'd also seen how crappy the military versions were & had had the misfortune to repair hundreds & hundreds of them .

 

[Scruffywelder]

Back in 1972 our senior ATO ( bomb disposal officer ) purchased one of the first new civil Discovery style Landrovers in duck egg blue , it had an aluminium split tailgate .
He'd only had it for about five weeks when he came to me asking if his observation that the paint was bubbling up off the tail gate was right . Just over an hour later I'd found fourteen other places where the finish was failing . It was quickly returned to Landrover , he got a full refund and several hundred pounds compensation .

Ever since that day I've never had much faith in any of the civil versions of Landrover type cars ( seems it was a sound judgement too ) for I'd also seen how crappy the military versions were & had had the misfortune to repair hundreds & hundreds of them .

The blue paints used by LR in the 70's do seem particularly poor. Fir green on the other hand seems to last forever.

The paint on dads '73 6-cylinder started to show silver patches at less than a year old.

 

[Shedendman]

A Hollowing Stump
One of those been meaning to knock up for ages
First up one bit of old tele pole thats been laying in the garden since god knows

mark a centre(ish) then make cuts with the circular saw

Till you end up with this

Then its out with the chisel and chip away


The thing was quite wet but i ended up with this

Attacked it with the angle grinder 1st with standard metal disc then with a 40 grit flap disc

Which bought me to this


Bit shallow than i intended but hey ho
Gave it a rub with some 80 grit also put the torch on it to burn some on the nasty stuff,these thing are literally soaked in bituminous paint,boy did it smoke and stink
Few rubs with some 80 grit and i'm left with this

The steel band is around it because those edges look a bit dodgy it'll need a few whacks with the hammer to harden the surface etc
thats as far as i got for an hour or so
I'm undecided whether to make a small stand for it OR make something so it can sit over my homemade anvil,slap some paint on the steel might even varnish or stain the rest of it,not the bowl area of course
Mods,can you flip me last piccy please

 

[rory1]

this week I knocked up a bit of steel to go over a set of bifold doors. its off at the galvanisers at the moment.

 

[ronan]

A Hollowing Stump
One of those been meaning to knock up for ages
First up one bit of old tele pole thats been laying in the garden since god knows
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mark a centre(ish) then make cuts with the circular saw
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Till you end up with this
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Then its out with the chisel and chip away
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The thing was quite wet but i ended up with this
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Attacked it with the angle grinder 1st with standard metal disc then with a 40 grit flap disc
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Which bought me to this
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Bit shallow than i intended but hey ho
Gave it a rub with some 80 grit also put the torch on it to burn some on the nasty stuff,these thing are literally soaked in bituminous paint,boy did it smoke and stink
Few rubs with some 80 grit and i'm left with this
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The steel band is around it because those edges look a bit dodgy it'll need a few whacks with the hammer to harden the surface etc
thats as far as i got for an hour or so
I'm undecided whether to make a small stand for it OR make something so it can sit over my homemade anvil,slap some paint on the steel might even varnish or stain the rest of it,not the bowl area of course
Mods,can you flip me last piccy please

I was watching that show on the travel channel, shed and buried. They called on Terry English, the armourer, when in his workshop he had quite a few stumps, all different sizes and depths. The wood in them appeared shiny, weither by use or if they are made like that i don't know.

http://www.terryenglisharmourer.co.uk/gallery/

 

[DAPPH]

I was watching that show on the travel channel, shed and buried. They called on Terry English, the armourer, when in his workshop he had quite a few stumps, all different sizes and depths. The wood in them appeared shiny, weither by use or if they are made like that i don't know.

http://www.terryenglisharmourer.co.uk/gallery/

The stumps were likely to be beech , apple or elm .
At my mate Ian's ( He was a former Aston Martin panel beater / sheet metal smith ) some stumps he had in his workshop were in excess of 16 inches across by anout 30 inches tall . His forte was the Jaguar K series . It was fascinating to see him use an English wheel & his panel beating stumps to develop a car wing for them .

 

[Dieselman 63]

???

I think he's gone... emcon is radio silence

 

[Dieselman 63]

My metal filing drawers project continues - the box is done but the drawers still need attention. They will hold my mics, measuring equipment, scrapers and lathe tools.

I did away with the Bakelite handles as they were loose, cracked and riveted in, no way to save them sadly. I made these wooden things out of dowel and filed an indentation to one face. They have been painted but I think I’ll gloss varnish them for added life. One step closer!

 

[angellonewolf]

Not today but yesterday a power Jack fix on a laptop took a couple of hours but I was not rushing and there was a beer or 2 inc in that time scale

and yes it's was a nice easy one for a change I like to the ones With a cable on much easyer but will say the taking apart the laptop as it was an older one was harder than some of the newer stuff

all fixed for the sum of £3.99 for the part

ps i did use the air line to give it a good clean out a the same time and no its not my laptop i wont let mine get in that state when picking up i said you need to get an air duster in poundland and put a hover over the vents every month/months depending on useage it you want it to last

 

[zx9]

Not today but yesterday a power Jack fix on a laptop took a couple of hours but I was not rushing and there was a beer or 2 inc in that time scale View attachment 136167 View attachment 136168 View attachment 136169 View attachment 136170 and yes it's was a nice easy one for a change I like to the ones With a cable on much easyer but will say the taking apart the laptop as it was an older one was harder than some of the newer stuff

all fixed for the sum of £3.99 for the part

Well done, I had a Tosh Satellite very similar to that, only no H&K audio which took four or five years of on site abuse before the screen hinges gave in.

 

[angellonewolf]

its the sort of laptop that would not get sorted most of the time the time spent would out cost the worth of the laptop i see the mechine as being to buy a 2nd hand one £60 most laptop places would repaire a port for £45-£75 so would be throw away

 

[nickk]

Been making an “interpretation hub” for a national trust garden,so will post as I build it.
The frames 400 x 10 mm corten with a hole in the base for a carved stone,around the outside is a powder coated frame to take plants to trail around ,also in rust,lol,this has been professionally designed and will honour the gardens original creator,beyond the big frame are 6 smaller ones arranged at an angle to create a diminishing vista,to be clad in graphics portraying the scenery.
It was welded square on the floor with root runs ,then hoisted and square outside corner joints laid down ,about 6 fillets iirc.
Was fun erecting it ,I hired a mini telescopic loader,as it had to pass thru a narrow gateway ,all in the dark snowy evening end of last month.

 

[Badger1bear]

A few days ago I was asked by my brother if I could make something for the farm where my brother is the farm manager. They had a post hole auger that fitted on a small rough terrain avant fork lift. The machine was not heavy enough to give sufficient downward pressure so I was asked if I could make up a head unit that had a three pin fixing so it could be fitted on either a JCB backhoe 180 or fitted on a Volvo 360. The plate I started out with was 25mm and I cut it with my Hypertherm 45XP, I used hardboard for a template and ya know it didn't even catch fire They have given it some stick already and its still holding fast so they are pleased and so am I

 

[Badger1bear]

 

[Badger1bear]

my photo uploading skills seems to have taken a dump, sorry guys