Stuff you have made today

[pedrobedro]

My good friend predictive text!
I suppose a turfor is a tow jack

A Tirfor might be a tow jack, a turfor sounds like someone who lays grass

 

[pressbrake1]

nice work indeed,

A toe jack is for lifting big heavy things from the deck albeit machines or whatever , hydraulic or mechanical. Most mechanical ones you bump into are in fact for railway track.

 

[Windy Miller]

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A toe jack is for lifting big heavy things from the deck albeit machines or whatever , hydraulic or mechanical. Most mechanical ones you bump into are in fact for railway track.

Ah Ha! I see how it works now!

 

[Chillitt]

I had this little table sawIt sat in the shed for ages, but a couple of weeks ago a mate had a load of scrap wood to cut up for the fire so it got pressed into use. Half an hour in the electric motor let all the smoke out. I didnt have a spare motor, but I did have a spare Honda engine.

 

[rtbcomp]

Electrical contactor box

https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/mains-contactor-box.86583/

 

[slim_boy_fat]

but I did have a spare Honda engine.

What's the 0-60 time for that saw?

 

[Chillitt]

What's the 0-60 time for that saw?

Power to weight is pretty good, but it doesnt have a lot of traction...

 

[mrsbruce]

Don’t like the look of thst seat, bit too narrow for any comfort

 

[Shox Dr]

Crack right through this fork/shock. Replacements not available. The bikes themselves are apparently very rare over here.

Bevelled out with the Pferd ALU burrs.

Welded with 5356.

Nice job
Took some force to over tighten those pinch bolts to crack there.

(Mind, we were sent a pair of MTB forks for warranty. The triple clamp pinch bolts (M6 skthead) had been so over tightened the heads head pulled through the clamp. It took over 120lbs/ft to replicate the same damage... The customer claimed had only used a standard length 6mm Allen key). Manual stated 40in/lbs ISTR

so I'm not surprised.

 

[Hood]

Quick job before I headed home, new style of steering rod ends for the outboards on a Cheetah I am doing at the moment. First time I saw anything like this was a few weeks ago and I thought the idea was great and much better than the rose joints we usually use. Decided to improve a bit on it as the ones I saw had the ball just nipped up with set screws, I thought it better to have a capping plate.
Anyway here is the drawing I did showing the block, the rod end which will be turned from 20mm stainless screwed rod, and the capping plate.

So this evening I clocked up a lump of brass.

Pressed the start button and ended up with this.

Short vid of a part of the machining, running low on battery so had to cut it short.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Today I may have made a mistake.

Keen to try to catch up with half done projects , I bought this motor on the 'Bay [1/4hp, 240V] new & unused for £24 to use on the bench linisher I'm planning, and for which I have most of the bits.
I had 2 x motors already, one from an old tumble dryer + one from an old vacuum but not knowing their wattage, thought this might be more the thing - although the 2 do work.

Those who know about such things will spot it's only 250W, so will it be beefy enough to run the linisher or be too easy to stall?

 

[zx9]

Short vid of a part of the machining, running low on battery so had to cut it short.

I love watching that machine, especially the tool changes, thank the lords the camera battery held out long enough for a tool change.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I don’t think it will have the guts tbh mate. Most hand grinders are 700-900W

Aye, I suspected as much My old 6" bench grinder is 350W iirc, can't remember offhand what the 8" one I replaced it with is rated at. At least the new one is shiny.....

How would I check the output of the other 2 motors I have, if at all possible?

 

[zx9]

Aye, I suspected as much My old 6" bench grinder is 350W iirc, can't remember offhand what the 8" one I replaced it with is rated at. At least the new one is shiny.....

How would I check the output of the other 2 motors I have, if at all possible?

I don't know how you could easily check the output, you could roughly measure the input with a clamp meter but that would not take into account the efficiency.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Thanks lads, we live and learn.....

 

[Hood]

Made a couple of monitor stands for the computer screens on one of the Cats. The stands that come with the monitors are no use as they flop all over the place on bouncy days so I make these stands for most of the boats around here.

Got the second two of the steering ends made, also got the lids made for them so all I have to do now is get my lathe back up and running so I can turn the ball onto the screwed rod and also make some stainless bushes for the ends. Will do that on the manual lathe but I am not 100% sure about the bolt sizes so that will have to wait.
Pic of the completed parts.

Vid of the Chiron machining one of the lids. I just programmed them as a single as it was a piece of scrap brass I had so easier just to reposition for the next one.

 

[eSCHEn]

Nice brackets Hood, look like they'd hold a CRT screen let alone a modern one

 

[Hood]

Nice brackets Hood, look like they'd hold a CRT screen let alone a modern one

When the Cat is flying along at 15-20Knots into a force 8 you need something solid