Stuff you have made today

[Fraserb]

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.

We've a section at work with cow hoof prints in it, makes it very non slip.

 

[Anguz]

Theres german hob nail boot prints in some of the ww2 concrete bunkers in jersey

 

[addjunkie]

Where's the cat/fox foot prints?

Chicken was my first thought!

 

[badabec]

 

[Porkypine]

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Little b'stards, I bet you're livid...

 

[Hopefuldave]

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

Third Question first... I was on a hobby machinists' group that already had a Dave H so, of course, I was the other one...

Second Question - you can set up a signature if you click on your name up there ^

And yeah, right ballache, not made easier by Kawasaki-San's putting panels in the way of the yoke bolts! - free tip, wrap the end of the inner tube with thick polythene (Aldi's part-baked baguettes come in the ideal material) and slide the seal over that! Better tip, a ratchetting spanner onthe tighten-it-down nuts! Again Aldi, but the middle aisle!

I'll unashamedly admit I googled the kawasaki tool, guessed dimensions I couldn't measure by drawing lines on a pic off the interweb, went from there - the crucial bits are the bore the fork outer clamps in and the cutouts to let the little tab thing (retainer?) pass through while pressing on the spring. I can do a sketch if it's any use to anyone!

 

[minimutly]

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Well you cocked that up, and then blame some birds to add to your misery...

 

[Nomad]

The rubber bladder in the horizontal water pressure tank died - local supplier recommended the tank should be mounted vertical - legs from scrap fixed it

 

[Tupers]

Patched up a MK3 mini bonnet as these are £240 for a genuine one now!

 

[Tupers]

I replaced a chunk of the inner brace with a salvaged section as well.

 

[Dcal]

Today I made a tool for retracting the pistons on my Alfa 159's rear calipers.
I made one for Fiat calipers years ago but they have changed them slightly
I started with an old socket and a couple of small thunder bolts.

Used a grinder and file to shape the bolt heads.

Then welded the bolts to the socket and got rid of the sharp edges.

Should do the job unless I get a really tight one.
Last one has lasted well despite years of abuse, including plenty of rattle gun action.

It will be interesting to see how thunder bolt steel fairs.

 

[northwest]

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

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

Well, after trying it out on the range yesterday, I can report it is a tack driver, I thought I had hit once and then I must have been missing, turns out they were all going through the same hole! Surprised even myself on this.

 

[DennisCA]

The rear shelf on my Saab 900 was sagging a lot. I decided to build a new one.

Wooden frame for stiffness with plywood top

Glued together

And with fabric

 

[arian]

Well, after trying it out on the range yesterday, I can report it is a tack driver, I thought I had hit once and then I must have been missing, turns out they were all going through the same hole! Surprised even myself on this.

Wish I could remember the book that used that story - perhaps a Mike Ripley Angel? Told it well: show-off shooter groups his shots tight; our hero appears to hit only once

 

[northwest]

Okay guys, I did NOT make this but I know we all like a bit of truck porn. My pal turned up in this yesterday. What surprised me is just how manoeuvrable it is, can turn around in the width of the road:





Sorry, for those that don't know it is a Pinzgauer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steyr-Puch_Pinzgauer

 

[northwest]

The last pic shows a wireless IP camera that sticks on with a magnetic base, imported from the US. The thing is really kitted out and he is off to North Africa in it shortly, video blogging on the way, there is a double bed, cooker fridge and all sorts of other mod cons in it, spent a fair few quid on it and the paint job wasn't cheap either. He is off over some African mountain range with it and he won't have any bother, well none that he can't handle that's for certain. Handy lad to know.

 

[addjunkie]

I have one of those type wireless cameras, for sticking inside trailers. Handy thing,

 

[striker]

We used to have a pinzgauer at work..for fires on the hills. Amazing vehicle. It could go anywhere, never got stuck on any terrain in any weather..a small pump and water tank were fitted on the back. It was a crew cab style.

 

[Robotstar5]

Looks like a worthy successor to the Haflinger

They did a 6 wheel drive version as well, saw this one on the IOM.

 

[striker]

My memory is lacking... Ours was the same as the pic above. 6 wheel drive. It wasn't a crew cab. The big mercedes thing that replaced it was the crew cab... It was too big for narrow tracks and nowhere near as good as the old Pinzy...