Stuff you have made today

[Onoff]

2 sides paved in / complete, top mostly infilled with concrete and first of 4 rows on top complete. Only a few hours left to finish it now

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I will powerhose the step and very dusty tarmac next week too then a final go of kiln dried sand to fill in the joints. I have been bedding the pavers in dry mortar mix which works great as it hardens up over night and makes for a very solid doorstep overall.

You could likely enhance the colours with a concrete sealer if you wanted? Done periodically it would help stop engrained dirt. I sprayed this on my pillars:

https://flic.kr/p/2nhDSP2

Before:

https://flic.kr/p/2nmF9Tz

I gave it an acid wash first. After:

https://flic.kr/p/2nincpx

Made my flints look almost metallic:

https://flic.kr/p/2nyzP8b

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Cooooookies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MattF]

Fitted the new wheels to the trolley today.



Had to make some spacers to go behind them on the shafts, so that they weren't going to be flopping around like a witches tits.



7mm wide, 16mm bore. Only had mild steel to hand, so they'll probably rust like no-ones business. Put some wax on them before fitting, to see if that helps.

 

[JOEPRO]

You could likely enhance the colours with a concrete sealer if you wanted? Done periodically it would help stop engrained dirt. I sprayed this on my pillars:

https://flic.kr/p/2nhDSP2

Before:

https://flic.kr/p/2nmF9Tz

I gave it an acid wash first. After:

https://flic.kr/p/2nincpx

Made my flints look almost metallic:

https://flic.kr/p/2nyzP8b

That looks great I like how you incorporated the stones in there

Sealer could be a good idea on this step also. I laid some pavers today no cutting or anything so no noise. There is enough laid now that once the mortar bed cures tomorrow I can kneel on them and start the cuttings edges.

When hosed down to set the dry mortar the colours do come out great

 

[oldbikedavey]

Mostly, a coherent tool-roll retaining system inside the left hand side panel of my little Beeza.
Just 6mm bungee cord, but it works nicely.
Adapt, Improvise, and Overcome....
You know it makes sense....

 

[Dcal]

Today I made a 25 degree gauge block. (Or whatever it might be called.)

I made out of some 10mm scrap mild steel that I ground on my recently acquired Eagle grinder.

The grinder fell into my lap when I went to give @Pete. a lift with a cylinderical grinder be bought.
It was just sitting there and I couldn't resist.
The motor tripped out when I first tried it, but it was just an overload built into the motor.
Pete gave it a quick check over and the ways seems good so I just gave them a rub with a stone, cleaned and oiled everything and put it back togeather.

I've no clue what I'm at, so was just having a play.

Reason I wanted a 25 degree gauge was to quickly set wood chisels to grind the primary bevel.

It does the job very well and it's now quick and easy to set up a chisel for grinding.

I tried it out with this really abused cheap chisel that spent some significant time out side.
I'll confess I have used it for cutting off car body panels, so I just wanted to see what I could do with it.

Rough clean up with 180 grit paper, then 300 diamond stone.

Then 1000 grit diamond before a final polish with 16000 grit ceramic.

It cuts paper nicely now but will never be worth trying to get much better because of the deep rust spots and I've loads of other better chisels.
Still, I bet it will work well for cutting 1mm sheet steel.

Might seem a bit of overkill using a surface grinder for wood chisels, however for context the diamond and ceramic stones cost me more than the Eagle grinder!

 

[Cheesie]

2 tanks complete another to finish the 2" with 35mm tube was a bit of a learning curve, so small it got hot fast, a bit of baffling in the catch can

 

[Blue Chips]

No giant leap, but at least a small step toward the elusive goal of 'getting organised.'

I had piles of wood veneer samples that tend to get scattered around, lost, or broken.

I thought it would be a good idea to compile them in a binder, so I trimmed all of the samples to the same size, printed new labels for them, and inserted them into plastic binder sleeves in alphabetical order in two sections: foreign and domestic.

Here are a few sample pages from the binder:

The binder:

Now if I could just continue the organisation momentum in the rest of my workshop...

 

[DAPPH]

You could likely enhance the colours with a concrete sealer if you wanted? Done periodically it would help stop engrained dirt. I sprayed this on my pillars:

https://flic.kr/p/2nhDSP2

Before:

https://flic.kr/p/2nmF9Tz

I gave it an acid wash first. After:

https://flic.kr/p/2nincpx

Made my flints look almost metallic:

https://flic.kr/p/2nyzP8b

I power washed al lmy paths & driveway with hot water & a very strong solution of cheap bio wash powder applied by watering can ( pipe work setup to take hot water from the power shower rose feed when the valves are changed over.
It usually takes me three days ,. I let i6t the detergent soak in for 20 min to get intothe concrete & brick work . The final day is spent using the same solution strength , this time in the pressure washer's detergent tank and simply wetting from a metre away what has been cleaned . This stops a lot of algae & moss growth for two to three years & brings back nice light colours .

 

[DAPPH]

Fitted the new wheels to the trolley today.

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Had to make some spacers to go behind them on the shafts, so that they weren't going to be flopping around like a witches tits.

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7mm wide, 16mm bore. Only had mild steel to hand, so they'll probably rust like no-ones business. Put some wax on them before fitting, to see if that helps.

I've put the yellow solid neoprene replacement wheels on both my four wheeled trolley's and the sack barrow . No more annoying flat tyres . Had a slack hand full of thick galv washers in the mancupboard which used as spacers .

While I was at it I remade much of the front & rear axle metal struts in 1/2 2 x 1 " steel because at 14 yrs old they were just about rusted through in several places . Re placed all the tub anchoring nuts & bolts with stainless steel coach bolts , washers & nylock's .

 

[DAPPH]

Today I made a 25 degree gauge block. (Or whatever it might be called.)

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I made out of some 10mm scrap mild steel that I ground on my recently acquired Eagle grinder.

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The grinder fell into my lap when I went to give @Pete. a lift with a cylinderical grinder be bought.
It was just sitting there and I couldn't resist.
The motor tripped out when I first tried it, but it was just an overload built into the motor.
Pete gave it a quick check over and the ways seems good so I just gave them a rub with a stone, cleaned and oiled everything and put it back togeather.

I've no clue what I'm at, so was just having a play.

Reason I wanted a 25 degree gauge was to quickly set wood chisels to grind the primary bevel.

View attachment 447420

It does the job very well and it's now quick and easy to set up a chisel for grinding.

View attachment 447421

I tried it out with this really abused cheap chisel that spent some significant time out side.
I'll confess I have used it for cutting off car body panels, so I just wanted to see what I could do with it.

View attachment 447422

Rough clean up with 180 grit paper, then 300 diamond stone.

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Then 1000 grit diamond before a final polish with 16000 grit ceramic.

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It cuts paper nicely now but will never be worth trying to get much better because of the deep rust spots and I've loads of other better chisels.
Still, I bet it will work well for cutting 1mm sheet steel.

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Might seem a bit of overkill using a surface grinder for wood chisels, however for context the diamond and ceramic stones cost me more than the Eagle grinder!

Take a few thou off the back of the chisel and polish the new cleaned back it on the diamond stone every time you sharpen the cutting edge . ( It's how you are supposed to treat wood chisels " c

 

[sako243]

Quick and dirty ECU for the 6x6 engine. Once it's up and running I'll replace the off the shelf module with a custom one.

 

[minimutly]

Diy efi - I think I've got one of them here somewhere, never got around to building it up.

 

[Seadog]

A replacement knuled nut for a friend's Anglepoise.

5 B.A.

 

[Dr.Al]

A little plane (150 mm long, 40 mm wide, 30 mm high).

More photos and info in the build thread: https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/mixed-media-making-a-wood-metal-plane.136792/

 

[droopsnoot]

Quick and dirty ECU for the 6x6 engine. Once it's up and running I'll replace the off the shelf module with a custom one.
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It'll be interesting to hear how you go with this, I've considered adding Speeduino to one of my Vauxhalls but not done anything about it.

 

[JOEPRO]

Step finished tonight



I will sand in the joints after power washing is complete as dust is everywhere all over the tarmac.

 

[Dcal]

Take a few thou off the back of the chisel and polish the new cleaned back it on the diamond stone every time you sharpen the cutting edge . ( It's how you are supposed to treat wood chisels " c

Hardly worth the bother on this sorry example but it would be good practice for me.
There's a fair bit of taper so setting it up will be interesting.

I'm away for a few days, I will have a go when I get back.

 

[Blue Chips]

Step finished tonight

VERY attractive steps!

 

[Tupers]

Started grinding the pitting down on an old anvil stake.
Realised the two big rust dimples were actually holes filled with lead.
Stared in confusion.