Stuff you have made today

[Hood]

Righton that came from, also have had from Valbruna.

 

[Hood]

I made a start to the CNC lathe by removing a lot of the old stuff.
First it was the monitor and button panel.

Then it was remove the rest of the control panel.

Then round to the electrical panel to start removing stuff from there.

It took a while as I was making sure all machine side wiring was marked but by the end I had a big pile of parts on the floor, some will be reused such as the servo drives, relay unit and PLC.

The cabinet is looking a bit more empty, in fact it is even more so than in this pic as the relays also been removed.

 

[Pete.]

Man, you have some patience. Whenever faced with something like this I always struggle with 'where to start'. Often takes me longer to figure out what to do than to do it!

 

[Hood]

I have been working on it for weeks, working out what is needed and how to connect things up which is made a bit more complicated due to the Orient having a preference for sourcing Inputs and Sinking Outputs and the Occident tending towards the opposite.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Sometimes I should admit some of the stuff I get is "A Puppy" But on the other hand some have turned into a joy.
Either one has been fun. Fun in the build, fun in the finding out how to do something new.
Or fun in making something from old stuff to do the job of expensive devices.



My Oil lamp. Almost a puppy. I first thought the wick did not work as the gear wheel was broken.
It wasn't. The lamp was a fake. Designed to look like a oil lamp.
I had a plan.
Near me is a second hand shop what always has oil lamp parts.



Body modified to take a new wick holder. Solder paste applied to both parts and melt6ed with a propane torch. It was a pleasant surprize how the paste flowed. No cleaning off excess.




The wick holder and replacement wick from another holder what was not suitable.
I had to match up 3 parts to fit the lamp. But on the lamp body, wick holder and threaded insert they all have stamped "Made in England."




The glass flame shield is odd. It has a mark on the lower edge and my research indicates it is from approx. 1920.
It takes a shine very well, as does the brass on all the parts.
Mrs TYA likes it.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Pump Handle Blow torch. Nice unit, pump works and it looked it has seen little use.
Tried it out and it leaked from the base. Not in one place, but from a series of "weeps".
Frustrating. As most of this type of paraffin torch I see have failed pump washers.
So what to do.
I tried using a propane to warm the metal enough to solder. One thing what was enough to make me consider carrying on was it would "Flash" flame. Not safe.
So trip to the Waste electrical centre and I collected a Halogen ring and controller. Plus a small convection oven I rigged a "Heath Robinson" set up with the ring.

Using the ring I slowly heated the body until the old solder ran off. Then using Flux solder I feed in new solder into place. It worked and the unit was sealed.



The pump hand was rapped into waxed string, as the original was, the jets cleaned and now It is finished. More on the paint below.




What a pig.
I knew the pump had issues, but that was easily sorted. It has a nut what is used the compress the cone washer to make a better seal.

The issues was when it was in flame it would leak fuel, what would catch fire. It did not impress "The Boss". I got the crossed arms and tapy foot treatment.



Striped and the sealing washers and split burner nut replaced.



Finished.

The paint on this and the one above is stove enamel. Undercoat and top coat was brush applied and then baked in the salvage oven. Took a few attempts to get it right. I think it turned out all right.

 

[pressbrake1]

This is my Sunday, making boxes to ship those damn squares!

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Mrs TYA likes it.

Always a bonus - and consider the Brownie points......

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

WW1 error Ladies shoe last. Well not that accurate. It is simply a No1 size last. But my research shows the war department in 1918 listed it as a Female Shoe Last.



De_rusted and about to be oven baked for painting. The makers name is a stamping and not deep. The sze is a casting mark.



Finished, bit of gold paint to highlight the size.

But I like this.


The swirls and eddies visible in the metal and all 3 last horns . I am led to believe it is from casting the liquid metal at a fast pour rate, thus making the eddies.

Silly, but nice.

 

[Johnnybravo]

A 3D scan of the boot floor I need to make for my Mazda Rx2. Early days yet,but very happy with the initial results,considering it was done with no fancy scanner or expensive software,just stuff the average house with a teenager would have. Room for improvement,but it has shown it's possible

 

[Maker]

How did you do it?

 

[Beeezer]

View attachment 171473 View attachment 171474 This is my Sunday, making boxes to ship those damn squares!

How much are those damn squares??

 

[captain-destructo]

View attachment 171520 View attachment 171521 A 3D scan of the boot floor I need to make for my Mazda Rx2. Early days yet,but very happy with the initial results,considering it was done with no fancy scanner or expensive software,just stuff the average house with a teenager would have. Room for improvement,but it has shown it's possible

is that a piaggio in the background?

 

[Johnnybravo]

How did you do it?

Xbox one Kinect sensor connected to pc

 

[Johnnybravo]

is that a piaggio in the background?

Yes. Awaiting surgery.

 

[pressbrake1]

How much are those damn squares??

I’ve done my bit for the forum so there will be no more

 

[Farside]

Molested a perfectly innocent Hardly silencer with a slitting disc and pliers...

Offering it up to the Delko collector outlet, the line isn't too bad.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Xbox one Kinect sensor connected to pc

any more details on how that works?

 

[captain-destructo]

Yes. Awaiting surgery.

i have one sat in one of the garages old V reg 1980 i think but mine is one of the posh ones it has a steering wheel not the usual handlebars

 

[Beeezer]

I’ve done my bit for the forum so there will be no more

Fair enough, only wanted a price.