Stuff you have made today

[Dr.Al]

A stool, mostly made on a green woodworking course at "Touch Wood" in Herefordshire, but finished off at home:

For a sense of scale, it's 525 mm from floor (bench in that photo) to seat, which feels very comfortable for my lanky frame. The seat is 360 mm wide and 260 mm deep.

 

[Bullet2012]

A stool, mostly made on a green woodworking course at "Touch Wood" in Herefordshire, but finished off at home:

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For a sense of scale, it's 525 mm from floor (bench in that photo) to seat, which feels very comfortable for my lanky frame. The seat is 360 mm wide and 260 mm deep.

Nice woodwelds . Looks quite useful.

 

[ajlelectronics]

That is lovely and so well built.

 

[ukracer]

A stool, mostly made on a green woodworking course at "Touch Wood" in Herefordshire, but finished off at home:

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For a sense of scale, it's 525 mm from floor (bench in that photo) to seat, which feels very comfortable for my lanky frame. The seat is 360 mm wide and 260 mm deep.

Has it got steel inserts in those legs?

 

[Dr.Al]

Has it got steel inserts in those legs?

No, what makes you ask?

 

[selectedgrub]

Beautiful
if you were going to do that I would of used threaded rod through all 3 pieces.
An insert would be weak and why?

 

[Kram]

Two rough brackets to hang my extension reels on.
Nothing posh just some Wickes angle brackets smashed with a BFH in the vice.
Job done.
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Suggest rounding it over a bit. Falling against a vacant hook like that could cause a serious impalement!

( Having been recently impaled by a nail, these things stand out at the moment.)


Tonight using a pair of trees as anchors, to try and seat the splice I started last week, with a ratchet strap. It did close up a little but theres a long way to go, the red marks should line up when done.

 

[MattF]

Suggest rounding it over a bit. Falling against a vacant hook like that could cause a serious impalement!

Wise words. I always tend to round or soften corners & sharp edges these days, to save on the pain front, when you inevitably catch yourself on them.

 

[dobbslc]

They're tucked into quite a small corner so will probably be ok. There's far worse lurking about in there

 

[Memmeddu]

Worked on a new video this past week.
Uploaded this morning
Split it in two videos because there's a lot to be shown actually and I'd prefer not to rush

I'm actually painting it right now
And came to a stop .
I've firstly used rims alu gray paint cause this it's colour roughly .
But I've was supposed to apply a very thin layer of very light green to make it darker and more similar to older paints.
I've over sprayed in a spot and had to paint a main piece completely green to do the reverse with the grey and obtain the results I desire.
The problem is that I kinda like the colour, I'm not convinced yet

That's the colour I was kinda shooting for .
Upon the angle and light reflecting you may see it more silver or green.
But I'm not entirely sure about

That's the green I've over sprayed and I kinda like it.
It's kinda vintage looking machinery colour but it looks like a KitchenAid too

 

[ukracer]

No, what makes you ask?

See below my reply. The legs look inherently weak.

 

[Dr.Al]

See below my reply. The legs look inherently weak.

I get what you mean. The legs feel strong & the tutor on the course thought they'd be plenty strong enough though. I guess time will tell whether that's true.

 

[finyuk2005]

Worked on a new video this past week.
Uploaded this morning
Split it in two videos because there's a lot to be shown actually and I'd prefer not to rush

I'm actually painting it right now
And came to a stop .
I've firstly used rims alu gray paint cause this it's colour roughly .
But I've was supposed to apply a very thin layer of very light green to make it darker and more similar to older paints.
I've over sprayed in a spot and had to paint a main piece completely green to do the reverse with the grey and obtain the results I desire.
The problem is that I kinda like the colour, I'm not convinced yetView attachment 452614

That's the colour I was kinda shooting for .
Upon the angle and light reflecting you may see it more silver or green.
But I'm not entirely sure about

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That's the green I've over sprayed and I kinda like it.
It's kinda vintage looking machinery colour but it looks like a KitchenAid too

KitchenAid was exactly what i though when i saw that, thats a cool colour!!

 

[Memmeddu]

KitchenAid was exactly what i though when i saw that, thats a cool colour!!

I've actually ended up painting it in KitchenAid green
I think it will be great with the black components and the orange guard

 

[Farside]

or a sense of scale, it's 525 mm from floor (bench in that photo) to seat, which feels very comfortable for my lanky frame. The seat is 360 mm wide and 260 mm deep.

No good, I can't relate to that at all, despite being metric for decades.
Gorra mug or a banana?

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

With virtually no tools, I was able to revive the fuel pump of a maxi scooter that had been sitting in the garage since 2019. I was able to soak up the tarred, sticky gasoline residue using acetone and DMSO + external battery power. The original fine filter has decomposed. We managed to find a filter from a car with a similar mounting method. The tank has been washed, fortunately it is made of HDPE. Tomorrow I'll try to start the scooter. Perhaps the injector will also require cleaning and power (boiling in DMSO in a water bath)

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[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Insomnia is a real pain in the a...........

Should of used sanding sealer.
Oh well.

 

[Seadog]

TYA has pegged it

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

TYA has pegged it

Who pegged you?

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

With virtually no tools, I was able to revive the fuel pump of a maxi scooter that had been sitting in the garage since 2019. I was able to soak up the tarred, sticky gasoline residue using acetone and DMSO + external battery power. The original fine filter has decomposed. We managed to find a filter from a car with a similar mounting method. The tank has been washed, fortunately it is made of HDPE. Tomorrow I'll try to start the scooter. Perhaps the injector will also require cleaning and power (boiling in DMSO in a water bath)

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the injector also had to be soaked in a hellish mixture of acetone and DMSO and supplied with 12 volts, simulating opening pulses, quickly touching the wire to the battery terminal. instead of two stunted streams, after the execution, the injector began to produce two streams of tiny drops. Not ideal, but the engine started smoothly and confidently. Now I won't lose money when selling.