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Ah, that answers my concern. “Trade swoppers “ . Now I know why we have a silencer installed inside our toilet
Memmeddu
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Repaired the second concrete mixer, started the number 3 which I'm actually filming cause it's enough interesting of a repair as the first one I've lost footage of.
I should take back them to the customer tomorrow in the morning.
If there's some time left... Engine driven in the trunk and go to repair a truck bed
I should take back them to the customer tomorrow in the morning.
If there's some time left... Engine driven in the trunk and go to repair a truck bed
I visited a friend today and need a spanner to undo a steam union 4" into the smokebox of a 5" gauge steam engine. He couldnt use a socket as there was a steam pipe in the way, so he was going to buy a set of crow foot spanners but also had a spare spanner from pound shop so did this for him.
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The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Cake of doom.
Scones.
Made up a connection for the fuel hose, had a bit of thick walled 10mm stainless and no pipe bender so used the drill bit to keep the clamped bit circular and bent it around a chunk of stainless I had lying around for a nice elbow which was then welded onto the 3/8bsp side of an adapter and voila.
Engine up and running within a month just ignition system and wiring to do.
Engine up and running within a month just ignition system and wiring to do.
My Old Landy
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I finished off this diorama this morning. 1:76 scale and will be my last one in this size. They are just too small for me 
Lots of mistakes but overall I am pleased with the result!
Lots of mistakes but overall I am pleased with the result!
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It may be the lighting, but the tank looks shiny, try using matt paint or finish with a matt lacquer.
My Old Landy
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Not the lighting, you are correct it is way too shiny! I have some matt lacquer I can paint on it
well it worked
and sometimes poundshop tools are fit for purpose..... dont think many people would be cutting up their prized snap-on spanners to do this sort of work
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I've had a fairly productive weekend, which is nice as I've been lacking mojo recently.
A while ago, I made a little block plane. The primary use intended was as a shooting board plane for my travel toolchest. You can see some in-use photos in this post.
It never cut as well as I'd hoped, mainly because it blocked fairly quickly and it was hard to clear the shavings out of the mouth. Rather than trying to modify the front slope of the mouth, I decided to just make another one. Then, after putting the hole for the brass cross-pin in the wrong place and finding that the wood split as soon as the wedge went in, I made another another one!
The one in the middle is the one that split when the wedge went in: that's firewood now. The new one on the right cuts really nicely and the combination of the steeper mouth front and the smaller cross-piece means that it's really easy to get shavings out (and they tend to just fly up out of the top on their own). I'm much happier with the new one.
With that done, I got on with some metal mangling. I'd wanted a simpler body for one of my marking gauges. The existing gauge has some spinny bars on the back to allow you to gauge to curved surfaces. That's useful occasionally, but makes it less comfortable to hold. Simple solution: make a new body (old one on the right):
This was my first go at cutting concave curves on the lathe (this is 25 mm radius):
A while ago, I made a little block plane. The primary use intended was as a shooting board plane for my travel toolchest. You can see some in-use photos in this post.
It never cut as well as I'd hoped, mainly because it blocked fairly quickly and it was hard to clear the shavings out of the mouth. Rather than trying to modify the front slope of the mouth, I decided to just make another one. Then, after putting the hole for the brass cross-pin in the wrong place and finding that the wood split as soon as the wedge went in, I made another another one!
The one in the middle is the one that split when the wedge went in: that's firewood now. The new one on the right cuts really nicely and the combination of the steeper mouth front and the smaller cross-piece means that it's really easy to get shavings out (and they tend to just fly up out of the top on their own). I'm much happier with the new one.
With that done, I got on with some metal mangling. I'd wanted a simpler body for one of my marking gauges. The existing gauge has some spinny bars on the back to allow you to gauge to curved surfaces. That's useful occasionally, but makes it less comfortable to hold. Simple solution: make a new body (old one on the right):
This was my first go at cutting concave curves on the lathe (this is 25 mm radius):
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Reminds me of when I cranked a spanner to get to a fan nut without removing the shroud.
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A sign for my son’s house, needs refining but only my second attempt at sign painting, thanks @brewdexta ! No metal was harmed in the making of this sign.
brewdexta
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I like that, I haven't done any for a while, I must get back to it.
