Stuff you have made today

[GRW]

Most electricians have no clue how a motor or the associated control gear actually operates so i'm not surprised.

Guy I've been working for lately has a few old Wadkin, Startrite stuff & the like for wood bothering. He has the space so he's hoarded stuff - several of which I don't think he's ever used.

2 or 3 items he did want to use / has used and all they had on them was a 32A 3 phase plug - so plug them in and off they went . No NVR start/stop, no E-Stops, nothing. Potentially lethal, (& these things aren't "safe" by modern standards (no brake etc) anyway).

I found he had a proper NVR switch (2 actually) on the shelf in the workshop that no-one knew how to connect/test.

It took me a while to puzzle out how one needed to be wired in order to work, but I got there. I mounted it on a board with tails & a 3ph plug IN & a 3ph socket OUT (so that any machine he decided to muck about with could have a proper start/stop NVR mounted & connected).

 

[addjunkie]

Most electricians have no clue how a motor or the associated control gear actually operates so i'm not surprised.

There are electricians and there are electricians….a lot of it depends on what they work in day in day out. An example I had an issue with my old lathe, had me beat Im not the best with ziggies, as its 30 years since I did my own. A young maintenance spark from a big local factory, tried and gave up as there was no instruction book. An old guy who worked for me offshore took less than 15 minutes to diagnose and repair.

 

[Bki26]

After 3hrs of building I turned a bunch of bits into a 2 stage rubber shock absorber for lead rope solo climbing.

 

[Seadog]

Some rivets, a catch, and a spacer.

Not satisfied with the one original catch on his pasting table, a friend had to have another on t'other side.

It's a pretty good match to the original, if I do say so myself, apart from the rust...

 

[northwest]

Today I started to make some space in one of my cutter storage units. I re-organised some drills and cutters into the storage unit featured a few pages back. Firstly all new drills in order:



Then Carbide drills, a couple of which I can see need attention where I have brutalised them getting me out of bother:

The middle row of boxed drills are all parabolic and it is a pity I didn't get more when I had the opportunity, oh well, you can't always buy everything:



All the cutters in the small drawer are all small carbide for the little CNC Mill, I did all right with these as I bought/Buy them at the right money. Some six flute cutters there that I paid a fiver each for!

 

[Kram]

After 3hrs of building I turned a bunch of bits into a 2 stage rubber shock absorber for lead rope solo climbing.

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Interesting, I have always wondered why sewn screamers exist when rubber or steel springs seem like an obvious multi use shock absorber.

Are you going to test how well it works before proper use?

What are the rubbers from and strength?
Is the backup rope dynamic?

 

[sparkysy]

Gland pliers.
Been looking for some for ages that aren't £60+ and thought I'll make some!
So Zoro £5 pair of slip joint pliers and a £4 box spanner, I have these!

 

[GRW]

Plugging away on my budget camper conversion over the BH weekend.
(I'm really over it now - I'll be glad when it's finished - or sort of finished).

The diesel heater is now mounted under the sofa (I'd already made a 2" tunnel extension section to raise the heater body up off the floor pan to clear the floor insulation, ply & floor covering). I also wanted the fuel dosing pump inside not under the van in the elements, so it's mounted on an old static AC/DC panel charger baseplate with AVM's to a ply plate, which has further AVM's to mount the pump itself on (if not well isolated the dosing pump will transmit a solid "thunk" noise through the van in use). It's all wired up & ready,but I've not got the rear bulkhead in where its Kero Tank will be fitted yet, so not run up properly.

Finally took the plunge and made my folding worktop (it's made out of an old Rubber Wood Kitchen Table that I picked up s/h with all the varnish removed and treated with Danish Oil). The left (hob) side just lifts up, but I wanted to come up with a method for the sink drainer side that cleared the extending mixer tap without needing holes or cut-outs, and could be utilised as extra surface space.
Due to my rather iffy abilities and experience it'll win no prizes for sure, but it works OK.

A few more bits done that just ate time for not much visible progress....

 

[Bki26]

Interesting, I have always wondered why sewn screamers exist when rubber or steel springs seem like an obvious multi use shock absorber.

Are you going to test how well it works before proper use?

What are the rubbers from and strength?
Is the backup rope dynamic?

I've done a few bounce tests in a tree to tune the stages how I want them. The rubber is rated to 2x it's length (can get away with 2.5x if needed) and they're called "the perfect bungee".

The loop of 9mm red rope is static climbing rope that acts as the rubber limiter to stop overstretch and is rated so won't fail (if it does then I've fallen hard enough to break my spine lol.) some prefer to use a climbing sling as more compact but there's no give in it when this static rope has a little due to knots tightening etc.

Some use nothing just rope tied to a bolt/tree/rock some use single use screamers but there's a growing number who use this bungee setup as reusable, less painful and costs under £100 vs £20 a pop for the sewn screamer.

 

[Cheesie]

A little fuel tank, the original was baffled which had broken of inside the tank, then leaked, the band saw has been great, I'm still making plenty of scrap getting used to the box and pan vs a brake press, I've been too spoilt

 

[Munkul]

A little fuel tank, the original was baffled which had broken of inside the tank, then leaked, the band saw has been great, I'm still making plenty of scrap getting used to the box and pan vs a brake press, I've been too spoilt

your box+pan folder looks great though, perfect for a lot of stuff you do. Top work as always.

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

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[Onoff]

From the Dog Rough School of Woodwork & General Bodgery. A seed tray from free pallet and strip wood (used to separate big timbers up the timber yard). PU glue and stainless panel pins that seem a bit of an extravagance...

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

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I'll trim the over length slats, multitool the excess glue off and give a coat of something. Maybe add some handles...

 

[Tupers]

I ordered a new wire wheel for the bench grinder but it needed offsetting a bit so scrap aluminium and lathe to the rescue.

 

[Onoff]

Trimmed, sanded and a coat of No Nonsense Wood Treatment. So.e galv mesh trimmed to size and stapled in.

https://flic.kr/p/2pQwbm1

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Bought a load of pull cord I figure will make nice braided handles but can't find it...

 

[Bki26]

Made it 5m ago lol, little bent piece of steel and a cut down m6 bolt to replace the 1/4" screw. Quick and simple for the old tripod mount so no more placing my phone on rocks and scratching the screen for star shots.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Yesterday at the Shed we had a member who was having issues with a Bosch router, the issue?
Changing the bits.

He was finding it hard to hold the locking pin and a spanner and pull the bit out.

This bit of scrap was located, right diameter, kinked enough to easily fit the hole.

Old wooden handle.

A rough finish to a,llow easy control.


Now we have a 83 year old who has made something for the first time in his life.

 

[Hood]

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Now we have a 83 year old who has made something for the first time in his life.

I didn't think you were that old

 

[GRW]

This weekend I've been trying to make doors for my campervan.
- cupboard doors & a grille door for the galley kitchen.
- 2 doors for an overhead storage locker.
- Loo cubicle door.

 

[Windy Miller]

Yesterday at the Shed we had a member who was having issues with a Bosch router, the issue?
Changing the bits.

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He was finding it hard to hold the locking pin and a spanner and pull the bit out.



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This bit of scrap was located, right diameter, kinked enough to easily fit the hole.



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Old wooden handle.



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A rough finish to a,llow easy control.


Now we have a 83 year old who has made something for the first time in his life.

I thought the idea was to insert the pin, then rotate the shaft till the pin locks it self against the 2 raised things so there’s no need to hold it?