Stuff you have made today

[oldbikedavey]

Mostly adaptive BSA valve collets in EN8...
Someone had to do it...

 

[Tupers]

Got the passenger door off so that I could start repairing the step sill on the Volvo. Got to love working on 40 year old cars.

 

[Kram]

This week I have been making pulleys, finished the last ones today. The radius tool is not perfect and makes plenty of noise but that will be fixed when I modify the bar.

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[Onoff]

This week I have been making pulleys, finished the last ones today. The radius tool is not perfect and makes plenty of noise but that will be fixed when I modify the bar.

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Now I get it!

Love that, proper clever. Is that how they make pullies normally? Would cutting lube help with the noise (finish?).

 

[Kram]

If you needed one on a big manual lathe they would use a form tool I imagine. I used oil lube not much difference.
Camera didnt pick up the noise well but I put ear defenders on for the radiusing.

 

[Dr.Al]

I imagine most mass-produced pulleys are made with a CNC lathe following a programmed path, but I agree with Kram that on a big manual lathe a form tool is likely.

 

[Dr.Al]

A tool rest slide for my work-in-progress home-made woodworking lathe. I'm really pleased with how this ended up working:

More details in the WIP thread: https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/dr-als-latest-folly.135174

 

[zx9]

I imagine most mass-produced pulleys are made with a CNC lathe following a programmed path, but I agree with Kram that on a big manual lathe a form tool is likely.

Could rough out the groove and finish with a form tool, it would be quicker and quieter.

 

[Hood]

Could rough out the groove and finish with a form tool, it would be quicker and quieter.

CNC nowadays or in days gone by probably plunge right in with a form tool on a big ward or similar.

 

[nickk]

Finished this last month across the river from a similar one I did 3 years ago,rails bent in situ with an el pipe bender with some home made formers,simple hand forged latches .

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

The Yellow Ardvark can not live on bread alone.

So.

 

[roblane65]

Are you sharing , I know some people don't like to share ...............

 

[MattF]

Are you sharing , I know some people don't like to share ...............

You're not going to let @mrsbruce live that down, are you.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Are you sharing , I know some people don't like to share ...............

i I did share.
My welder got some, she liked it lots. So I gave her more.

 

[oldbikedavey]

Mostly, some blanks for valve spring collars , and a useful system to reproduce compound slide boring and turning angles fairly repeatably, and fairly quickly....
Not so very shabby at all....

 

[steve t]

Finished this last month across the river from a similar one I did 3 years ago,rails bent in situ with an el pipe bender with some home made formers,simple hand forged latches .View attachment 440088View attachment 440089View attachment 440090View attachment 440091

Nice work. Reminds why I like a straight run. Did you fab it and paint it in situ?

 

[nickk]

Nice work. Reminds why I like a straight run. Did you fab it and paint it in situ?

Gates made in shop,as were posts,wife painted it on site,after zinc primer in shop.

 

[Onoff]

The Yellow Ardvark can not live on bread alone.



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So.

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Is that what they call "cake"? I remember cake...haven't had cake this year

Just tell me it's not vegan.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Is that what they call "cake"? I remember cake...haven't had cake this year

Just tell me it's not vegan.

It is not
Full fat

 

[galooph]

For work, I have a multiple monitor setup, and recently splashed out on some new monitor stands. Each stand takes two monitors, one above the other, and is made out of 40mm box, with a 6mm thick steel base. So far, so good.

The brackets supplied to mount the monitors to the uprights, while sturdy, were an absolute pain to mount single handed. Trying to angle adjacent monitors to match was all but impossible. The best I could do was to let the brackets wedge against some nuts to get a consistent angle. Not ideal!

I'd got a bit of 100 x 50 x 4mm RHS kicking around, which I thought could work with a 1mm thick washer on each side of the 40mm box.

Being lazy, I came up with a bracket design that I could cut out with my bandsaw. Here they are in primer.

To make them easily adjustable, I went with a turnbuckle. I mean, how often can you incorporate rose joints into a monitor stand?

They actually work really well! Couldn't resist getting my Wixey gauge out Got the lower monitors set to 90°

and the upper monitors set to 75°

Still need to tidy up the cables, but that's for another day.