Stuff you have made today

[Blue Chips]

I hope you don't get the cleaning the shower job!

It’s not too hard to clean the shower, but masking was difficult because I had to view the bottom edges and brackets straight on in order to get the tape straight and even, so my head had to be down at floor level inside the shower while taping.

 

[Barking Mat]

Good progress on the upstairs en suite bathroom in our 'old house project' over the past few days.

I made a marble backsplash for the vanity countertop, using pieces of marble tiles and trim that were left over from tiling the shower enclosure walls. The gray-framed window at the left of the vanity is designed to 'borrow' afternoon light from the window across the hallway. It's all inside the master bedroom suite, so privacy is less of an issue, although a translucent curtain could always be installed.

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I installed the frameless glass shower surround. These frameless surrounds are touchier to install than framed surrounds, since you can't hide errors by just sliding the glass to varying depths into extruded frame elements. Masking it for caulking was also a bit fussy, since I decided to mask around all of the clamps/brackets/supports. The most difficult part was bending myself into a pretzel to do the masking on the low parts inside the shower enclosure. My back is still a bit sore.

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I also finished installing the toilet and bidet. You might notice the spacer I installed under the bidet to bring it up to the same (more comfortable) height as the toilet. I made that spacer some time ago and posted it HERE on the forum. The color of the spacer isn't a perfect match for the bidet, but I think it's probably close enough.

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The toilet is a 1.2-gallon-flush water-saver model, and it works like magic, "now you see it, now you don't." We have an identical one that has been thoroughly tested and proved its worth.

The Corkoleum cork flooring has multiple finish coats of Bona Traffic HD two-part urethane on it, which appears to be a very tough finish, so it should hold up well.

We're thinking about adding a simple chair rail at the countertop height and possibly painting the wall/wainscot under the chair rail in a 'transition' color between the tan of the floor and the gray of the cabinet, but that's not a priority right now.
The bathroom still needs to be accessorized (towel racks, TP holder, etc.). The next thing we're trying to finish up is the upstairs master bedroom area. We're mostly done, but still need to do some fireplace hearth repair, floor painting, and baseboard heater installation.

Your work is immaculate, it's a credit to you.

But you know that, looks awesome.

 

[northwest]

Needed to profile my very last Border Barrel to sit in the Sako stock I want to fit it to, came out lovely even if my setup was a bit dodgy, Barrel as was:
(Border Barrels Scotland)


Finished profile ready for me to form the tenon and thread it for the action:



You will notice I don't have a travelling steady and even if I did it would be no use as the barrel is tapered, for those that want to know, what I do have is a length of 2"x2" that I jam down behind the work and then into the gap in the bed, I then pull it forwards behind the barrel (or length of work) taking up the flex and therefore reducing the vibration, it works for me anyhow.

 

[northwest]

Whilst I was profiling the barrel I filled in my idle time by soldering the front sight back onto the revolver barrel I have just done:



I spoke to CUPalloys some time back about soldering stainless parts to steel and they sold me some stuff that comes in a big syringe, it works an absolute charm:



Just need to bead blast it now and all done.

 

[Barking Mat]

I'm not sure if I've made this, or fixed it today, but here we go.
New propellor extractor.

Anyone see any problems here, who parked that boat there ? Etc...

 

[Hitch]

Knocked these up for a lad I used to work with, he's recently gone out on his own, so happy to help him out.

Simple little job, done on a short turnaround... bribed to get them done asap with a few bottles of cider

 

[Fraserb]

Made a start on a fairly major garden project. The old playhouse and deck was getting past its best so was dismantled, site cleared, dug down level(turns out there was more slope on the garden than I thought) and access to this section is limited to wheel barrow and shovel. By the end of play tonight it's all level and stoned back up ready for concrete, just as well as its getting concreted at 7.30 on Monday. We've now decided to flagstone around the slab so that's more to dig out and stone up. Last pic is the reason for the concrete slab.

 

[MattF]

Made a start on a fairly major garden project. The old playhouse and deck was getting past its best so was dismantled, site cleared, dug down level(turns out there was more slope on the garden than I thought) and access to this section is limited to wheel barrow and shovel. By the end of play tonight it's all level and stoned back up ready for concrete, just as well as its getting concreted at 7.30 on Monday. We've now decided to flagstone around the slab so that's more to dig out and stone up. Last pic is the reason for the concrete slab.

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You feeling okay?

No sign of a tractor in any of those photo's.

 

[Fraserb]

You feeling okay?

No sign of a tractor in any of those photo's.

The dam thing wouldn't fit, did use the loader tractor to bring the gravel as close as I could though.

 

[Dr.Al]

It's taken me all weekend, but for the first time in several years, my workshop is tidy and I can get into all the drawers and don't have to clamber over stuff to move around.

I even emptied the wood bin after taking that photo

 

[Dev]

Made a wall plaque for a mate who’s a veteran of his old outfit.
30cm across made out of pine on my home-made CNC and finished with Danish oil.

A few things I’d do different and I’d really like to have used something other than pine but it’s all I’ve got.

Still turned out alright for a first go I reckon. And only broke one endmill!

 

[redlig]

It's taken me all weekend, but for the first time in several years, my workshop is tidy and I can get into all the drawers and don't have to clamber over stuff to move around.

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I even emptied the wood bin after taking that photo

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Now where did I put that left handed screwdriver?

 

[northwest]

Finished fitting the barrel, lovely job it turned into too:




Going to test it tomorrow as I am not 100% on the headspacing, I will report back

 

[Hopefuldave]

Kawasaki-san's own was £400 and not going to be using it often, so....

Made my own! Fork spring compressor for upside-down forks, a bit posher to be honest - thrust bearings under the wind-it-down nuts, bushing for the bar through the fork ends so it can have others made to fit other forks - and all from the "pile of scrap" - it's saved getting on for half what the lathe and mill cost me...

Dave H. (the other one)

 

[Erie Fred]

Absolutely, its not ideal but the little acrobat was free! I keep looking for something a bit more modern but all the second hand stuff has been "farmered" so its knackered, exhaust extension to keep the by product of the little Leyland out of my lungs!

Free might not be such a good bargain if it damages the hay too much.
Have a few neighbors into hay, and they are particular in how they handle the stuff.

 

[dobbslc]

Kawasaki-san's own was £400 and not going to be using it often, so....

Made my own! Fork spring compressor for upside-down forks, a bit posher to be honest - thrust bearings under the wind-it-down nuts, bushing for the bar through the fork ends so it can have others made to fit other forks - and all from the "pile of scrap" - it's saved getting on for half what the lathe and mill cost me...

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Dave H. (the other one)

I like that, it's always a ball ache job!
I have two questions though, do you have to write Dave H. (the other one) everytime you post or is it automatic and who IS the other Dave H?

That might be three questions

 

[Fraserb]

Concrete in.

 

[dobbslc]

Where's the cat/fox foot prints?

 

[Fraserb]

Where's the cat/fox foot prints?

There's 3 bird prints in the far corner, it's stepped on then back tracked.

It's an area that will be covered so not too worried.

 

[magnet]

There is a infill of concrete on the path on the street where I was brought up that still has mine and my sisters welly boot impressions in it over 45 years after the crime. It's like those fossilised dinosaur footprints you see on the telly.