Stuff you have made today

[Dcal]

I reckon the 159 handbrake lever assembly was designed by a contractor who was told that designing it would be his last job with Alfa, and they didn't have another job lined up for a while . . . has to be the most over complicated way to pull a couple of cables forward a bit!

It is a complete joke.

With 5mins thought by the designer, it could have been possible to change them in 5min.
Instead of the 3 brackets bolted under the carpet they could have bolted in guide tubes to route the cables from the underside to the hand brake.

It would have weighed a few grams more, but they didn't put much thought into weight reduction when they built them either.

 

[Blobber]

It is a complete joke.

With 5mins thought by the designer, it could have been possible to change them in 5min.
Instead of the 3 brackets bolted under the carpet they could have bolted in guide tubes to route the cables from the underside to the hand brake.

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It would have weighed a few grams more, but they didn't put much thought into weight reduction when they built them either.

At least you havent got to crawl around under the car removing exhausts and heat sheilds etc!

 

[Dcal]

At least you havent got to crawl around under the car removing exhausts and heat sheilds etc!

Underside is very straight forward, however I had to remove the exhaust, heat shields etc. to get the rear subframe off anyway.

 

[northwest]

Roller Box time again, took a couple hours to get it right but then produced some good "blanks":



Snag is it is titanium and I am taking a little more than 3.5mm a side, coming off in ribbons and if you are not careful you are scrapping the part, 75mm in one single cut:




There is quite likely an easier way of doing these but I cannot think of one.

 

[Johnnybravo]

Ground the ceramic down on a M10 thread spark plug. Actually grinds quite well. Going to be used as a mandrel to hold some thin wall 7mm diameter tube whilst laser welding. Prototyping job so no further details will be forthcoming

 

[Johnnybravo]

Roller Box time again, took a couple hours to get it right but then produced some good "blanks":
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Snag is it is titanium and I am taking a little more than 3.5mm a side, coming off in ribbons and if you are not careful you are scrapping the part, 75mm in one single cut:

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There is quite likely an easier way of doing these but I cannot think of one.

We used to use a roller box with two tools in it. One to rough most of the material set about 4 thou forward of a tool that finished the dia. Also ran aggressive chipbreakers on a removable insert above the cutter inserts to make sure nothing got to the ribbon stage. Then a lick on the face to get rid of the four thou step when done.

 

[northwest]

We used to use a roller box with two tools in it. One to rough most of the material set about 4 thou forward of a tool that finished the dia. Also ran aggressive chipbreakers on a removable insert above the cutter inserts to make sure nothing got to the ribbon stage. Then a lick on the face to get rid of the four thou step when done.

very interesting, I hadn't considered that, I will investigate it, my thanks.

 

[mtt.tr]

We used to use a roller box with two tools in it. One to rough most of the material set about 4 thou forward of a tool that finished the dia. Also ran aggressive chipbreakers on a removable insert above the cutter inserts to make sure nothing got to the ribbon stage. Then a lick on the face to get rid of the four thou step when done.

You lot just keep copying the real machinist, wood workers

 

[bourbon]

You lot just keep copying the real machinist, wood workers

you forgot

 

[Hood]

Made some Lobster gauges today as I was running low on stock. Decided to make a logo up for them and just etched it into them with the laser.
I will also offer to etch the boats name into them for a wee bit extra

Also decided to see how Titanium would etch with the laser, came out ok, will try some different settings to see if I can get different colours.

 

[bourbon]

Made some Lobster gauges today as I was running low on stock. Decided to make a logo up for them and just etched it into them with the laser.
I will also offer to etch the boats name into them for a wee bit extra


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Also decided to see how Titanium would etch with the laser, came out ok, will try some different settings to see if I can get different colours.



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I suppose they are a regular item as I'm sure some of them get knocked overboard

 

[MattF]

I will also offer to etch the boats name into them for a wee bit extra

Good idea. It'll help the lobsters in returning them to the correct owner, when they get lobbed overboard.

 

[MattF]

I suppose they are a regular item as I'm sure some of them get knocked overboard

As I recall, he mentioned a while ago that the sizers tend to get lobbed into the ocean instead of the lobster.

 

[Hood]

I suppose they are a regular item as I'm sure some of them get knocked overboard

Yes, they occasionally throw the gauge overboard and hang onto the undersized lobster, then they swear a bit

 

[finyuk2005]

Yes, they occasionally throw the gauge overboard and hang onto the undersized lobster, then they swear a bit

i bet thats easy done towards the end of a long shift!!

 

[Hood]

i bet thats easy done towards the end of a long shift!!

Yes, definitely. Used to do similar when I was at the Cod fishing, you would keep ahold of the guts and throw the knife overboard

 

[Kram]

Removed the last bit of bay laurel and chopped to firewood/kindling sized lengths. No idea if it burns well.. I read that the smoke may be slightly toxic? I'll only be burning outside.

Katsu saw did a lot on one battery! If only it had the proper safety features I would recommend it..

 

[Olderisbetter]

Used an old motor bike top box from the 70's as the basis of my VW van lock box, a clean up and aging with a VW logo worked just right

 

[Farside]

Used an old motor bike top box from the 70's as the basis of my VW van lock box, a clean up and aging with a VW logo worked just right
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"There has been a foul deed committed here, Watson."
"Murder, Holmes?"
"No, Watson, a blocked spray nozzle."

 

[dobbslc]

I noticed other Vauxhall bits on my Alfa 75 (like the sun roof) so the collaboration went back far further.

My Alfa loving mate was taking the **** out of me last night for owning 5 Vauxhall's (a diesel Zafira cured me totally of that) he has a few 75's!
I'm gonna have me some fun next time I see him