Stuff you have made today

[Blobber]

Fed up with not having anything big to wash/degrease stuff in I cam up with a cunning plan, we got given a load of these plastic barrels that origionally contained car cleaning products

ran the jigsaw round it or over it and in half

smashed a bit of timber around it to make it a bit more stable

and while clearing me old dads place he had these in the "might come in useful pile" which I think were origionally fold up school desks,
I saved them for my "might come in useful pile"

and bobs your uncle or whatever they want to call themselves today
all folds up so I can stash it when Its not needed

 

[Eric the chicken]

I do love to see stuff recycled with a purpose rather than turned into useless tat.

 

[My Old Landy]

Had a play with the rotary engraver. Coated stainless steel ring. Quite difficult to set up but happy with the result.

 

[badabec]

and bobs your uncle or whatever they want to call themselves today
all folds up so I can stash it when Its not needed

When is the barbecue?

 

[My Old Landy]

I think having a laser and a 3D printer is great fun!
I made this box for my mothers birthday today.

Then printed a box for some laser tooling.

 

[Blobber]

I think having a laser and a 3D printer is great fun!
I made this box for my mothers birthday today.
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Then printed a box for some laser tooling.
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This printer/laser stuff is really getting quite impressive on what it can do!

 

[Memmeddu]

Not all today but finished few moments ago.
Started yesterday after work.
Repaired 2 concrete mixers both had switch failure.
Then this morning checked an electric chainsaw , discovered the fault talked with the customer.
Went to deliver the 2 repaired mixers.
Got paid and collected a Bosch grinder, and a Milwaukee M18 fuel SDS drill .
Moved to the customer storages in the other part of the city.
Collected another identical one with a faulty board , and an M28 SDS drill not worth to repair even not checked it.
Repaired the Bosch grinder,just need to replace the faulty cord
Then the M18 fuel drill .

 

[henry Kadzielski]

Haven't posted for a while, but got the steel frame up that had now been galvanized. Fitted 3/4' S/S lines and cable tray to the starboard side frame, assembled on the wharf and lifted into position. It is now bolted to the deck ready for the next bits.

Just a closeup of the light mounts, now all S/S bent from 6mm 316 plate, should now last quite some time. Centre plate is 25mm, is the mount for the 'power block' used to haul up the net, the holes in the plate so the position of the power block can be optimized to suite the operating conditions.

Won't be back to do any more on this for about 3 weeks. Got to go to goal, job in removing an existing blast room and fitting new. Upon return have to build an new hydraulic tank for the boat pictured, fit the new hydraulic pumps and control valves, S/S tube for the plumbing and generally make all things work. I will post some pics as we go.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Below I make two statements, one is a lie.

Bread made with wine making yeast.

A Diet friendly chocccy cake.

 

[Tigman]

 

[GRW]

Not made today (I treated myself to Mountain biking today) - but work done yesterday to fit doors that I made recently for the van.....

 

[Hitch]

A simple little 'Garage' sign as a bit of a practice piece.
Turned out okay, few imperfections, but it's hand painted.

 

[Kram]

Had an attempt at splicing an eye on Sirius 8mm cord. Couldnt find any specific instructions, so used Samson's class 1 double braid pdf and YT video. It was a proper pain to get the core back into the cover, seems a wire fid is no good on a tight cover (as the core needs to be founded and too thick) so I made a soft fid from some cheap paracord with the core removed.
When I get access to lathe I will turn some hollow fids out of brass.

I am a bit unsure about one thing which is the core bury length. The instructions have you insert the core at the cover crossover point and then come out a short fid (7* diameter) from the eye, which on 8mm cord is only 56mm !

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A friend of mine, Moug, lives on a canal boat.
He makes a good wage making traditional toys.

As he was only a few miles away, I nipped over to see him and the work shop on his Butty.
I was allowed to play with a Bench top CNC machine.
Blank Black plastic and some off cuts of wood.

The white is paint from a simple paint pen, spot the ones were the resin from the wood was not removed.

Wax is bringing up the grain a treat..

Waterslide transfers finished of the box.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A Good MCM, but we knew it had issues.

The last owner left the batteries in.

A few minutes of cleaning.

Fast drying my A*************!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But I i did read the instructions as I waited.

 

[Kram]

Spliced the other end. The paracord fid refused to work so made a new with 7mm cord cover. It was a complete aesrheol to get the core into it. I may have to buy a proper dynema type

Happy with the result, just to lock stich it now..

 

[Bki26]

Spliced the other end. The paracord fid refused to work so made a new with 7mm cord cover. It was a complete aesrheol to get the core into it. I may have to buy a proper dynema type

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Happy with the result, just to lock stich it now..

The climber in me is both intrigued but also alarmed at what this DIY gear might be used for

 

[Bki26]

In the quest for minimal play I tightened up the backlash adjustment on my mini mill a bit too much so the plastic handles started spinning around the keyed metal insert

So popped a 3mm endmill in and roughly tapped it into position for drilling half and half before tapping in a piece of ali tig wire as a key/rivet!

Now I have keyed the keyed part and I can tighten to my heart's content without it slipping!

 

[bricol]

What happens nest is those brass inserts fail, or rather the plastic around them does, due to the additional force you are pushing through them.

I bored out the end blocks behind the wheels and fitted two deep-groove flange ball races - massively reduced the effort required. And fitted some small aluminium hand wheels bought with a pilot bore from WDS.

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

new windows

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