Stuff you have made today

[Hood]

Next question is do you do comissions?, one of Mrs Robo's horse would make a unique xmas present.

It takes a while to do so...
Small keyrings in stainless are fairly quick, I take £25 for first to cover messing around with the image and testing and £12 for duplicates but a big pic would be more expensive as the bigger it is the longer it takes.

 

[waddycall]

Just turned an old pallet from work into a stand for my newly acquired 1966 BSA 250. Many thanks to @Rannsachair for the advice he gave during the purchase

 

[redlig]

I like it but stainless is better

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personally I think the slate one has more the feeling of movement , adverse conditions and adventure!

 

[Hood]

personally I think the slate one has more the feeling of movement , adverse conditions and adventure!

It is nice but for realism the stainless is better.

 

[mtt.tr]

It is nice but for realism the stainless is better.

Nah we all know it, you just hate roofers.


@roofman are you hearing this?

 

[Hood]

Nah we all know it, you just hate roofers.


@roofman are you hearing this?

Not at all but I can tell you I hate slate,

There is a big difference between the slate that came off my roof and the extra practice bits the guy gave me.

Did this at the same power and speed settings as the one of my bike and it burnt in more and cracked it a bit.

So I upped the speed but kept power the same and got this. (pic is not great as light is bad)

I then did what I should have done first and did a power/speed grid.

Interesting how the etch on this is coming out white where the slate off my roof came out black.

Now maybe @roofman will be able to tell me what type of slate is on my roof and what the other stuff is. I can tell you my house was built in 1965 so not going to be Scottish slate, I am guessing Spanish but that is just a pure guess.

 

[Brad93]

A pair of speaker bracket’s,75/6 steel,bent cold initially but the radius was too big,ended up hot bending.
staggered at how much this customer spent on these and the speakers.View attachment 417919

Look up a company called Martin Audio. We used to make tonnes of bits like that, the price was quite frankly bonkers.

 

[Hood]

Just done it again at much faster speeds and lower power, also did it as a negative image, which it should be due to the etching being the light colour and it came out pretty good even though it was on a knarly part of the slate..

 

[roofman]

Not at all but I can tell you I hate slate,

There is a big difference between the slate that came off my roof and the extra practice bits the guy gave me.

Did this at the same power and speed settings as the one of my bike and it burnt in more and cracked it a bit.

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So I upped the speed but kept power the same and got this. (pic is not great as light is bad)

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I then did what I should have done first and did a power/speed grid.

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Interesting how the etch on this is coming out white where the slate off my roof came out black.

Now maybe @roofman will be able to tell me what type of slate is on my roof and what the other stuff is. I can tell you my house was built in 1965 so not going to be Scottish slate, I am guessing Spanish but that is just a pure guess.

Your as bad as punters who want a price over the phone without seeing the roof...1965 more than likely Welsh, have they got a green colour to them as that far north as you are they could be Westmorland slate also.

 

[Hood]

Your as bad as punters who want a price over the phone without seeing the roof...1965 more than likely Welsh, have they got a green colour to them as that far north as you are they could be Westmorland slate also.

Nope, kind of purple, I will see if I can get a decent image.

 

[Hood]

This is about the best I can get but you can see the difference between the slate from my roof and whatever the slater gave me below it.

 

[MattF]

Nope, kind of purple, I will see if I can get a decent image.

The purple stuff is Welsh slate, is it not?

 

[roofman]

Nope, kind of purple, I will see if I can get a decent image.

sounds like Welsh, best slate in the entire world btw

 

[mtt.tr]

sounds like Welsh, best slate in the entire world btw

I can't wait to build my dream house with Welsh slate but with odd sizes.

 

[roofman]

There is a big home near me that was re-roofed with Chinese slate 10 years ago...slate that bad it needs doing again

 

[mtt.tr]

There is a big home near me that was re-roofed with Chinese slate 10 years ago...slate that bad it needs doing again

Looks crap and falls part

 

[roofman]

I can't wait to build my dream house with Welsh slate but with odd sizes.

yes diminishing courses looks the dogs with Welsh

 

[roofman]

Not mine but this roof is very nice...Personally i am not doing anymore pitched work now, almost aged 63 and the years have desecrated my body Staying down below now on the flat roofs.

 

[mtt.tr]

View attachment 418002 Not mine but this roof is very nice...Personally i am not doing anymore pitched work now, almost aged 63 and the years have desecrated my body Staying down below now on the flat roofs.

That's cracking that.

If the world hasn't imploded hopefully build our next move.

 

[roblane65]

View attachment 418002 Not mine but this roof is very nice...Personally i am not doing anymore pitched work now, almost aged 63 and the years have desecrated my body Staying down below now on the flat roofs.

I had a load of bother getting matching slate when we did our extension ( many moons ago now ) i was told it was welsh green /grey , salvaged 90% from the original roof and managed to source more locally but they had been re sized so the original salvaged ones went on the front and rear elevations and we changed the gauge for the hip end to use the others and it was a good colour match , and the yard I bought them from bought all the originals I had left over as they were 18" x 9"s and despite being nearly 80 yrs old still tip top at 1/4" thick .
Apparently a good slate man can tell by the colour variation ( welsh slate ) where about's they were originally quarried .