Stuff you have made today

[mr migwire]

Nice to see you posting again...i have missed your Avatar

cheers fella, it's nice to be back.

 

[eSCHEn]

Love that leather so much mrsbruce!

 

[mrsbruce]

Took the day off, and played with the lathe today. No pictures (want to finish the stuff first), but I made a brass handle to replace the horrible plastic apron hand wheel handle. Nothing as technical as tapering yet, but it’s a handle, I’m happy.

Also made most of two new leather mauls for myself, just need to finish them tomorrow, along with the tailstock plastic handle.

I even drilled the holes and stuff, almost accurately.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

@mrsbruce God fun, isn't it.

 

[Hood]

@mrsbruce God fun, isn't it.

Not for me, I am a non believer

 

[mrsbruce]

Not for me, I am a non believer

Hallelujah!!!

I believe!!!!

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Not for me, I am a non believer

What!! You even have a machine doing it for you - how can that not be fun?

Oh wait, it's necessary so that food appears on the table.

 

[Hood]

Getting closer to finishing off the current Cat, table and rope guides are now completed.
Got lots of little bits and pieces done including some stainless Tig adaptions to the mast but still have an Alu battery box to make, which I will be cutting out on the plasma tomorrow, also a slider for the steering ram to stop it rotating and some alterations to the handrail.
Hopefully I will be finished on Monday.

 

[Hood]

What!! You even have a machine doing it for you - how can that not be fun?

Oh wait, it's necessary so that food appears on the table.

At the moment my machine is not doing anything for me. I need time to get it back in action as I have a growing list of stuff to do on it.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A snail.

Not even the rods were new.

 

[chris pruteanu]

Had some friends roll a tight cone for me onto the roller...came up ok !

 

[chris pruteanu]

Then welded a cast iron block for a Nissan...

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Had some friends roll a tight cone for me onto the roller...came up ok !

That's not the first time they've done that.

 

[chris pruteanu]

Exactly ! The hole at the bottom of the cone was smaller than the roller so it needed working by hand to get it in to shape ! Very, very knowledgeable folk, make me look amateur !

 

[Farside]

Fitting the wiring to the Pantera fairing.
I tried to work with the original wiring within, but just got pee'd off with it and howked it out and threw it on the floor in disgust.
A simple thing like a headlight, two sidelights and two indicators involved some PO clown using six Scotchloks. There's no excuse for such shoddy wiring practice.
I joined new lengths on and simply soldered and heatshrunk the joints (wrapped joints, of course) so there will be no worries about the lights staying on in the dark.

 

[stuvy]

Any pics of the fairing from the front?

 

[anto44]

Had some friends roll a tight cone for me onto the roller...came up ok !

Nothing beats a skilled pair of hands with years of experience for jobs like that, you'd learn more watching them guys for a few hours than you'd learn on any college course.

 

[ronan]

Nothing beats a skilled pair of hands with years of experience for jobs like that, you'd learn more watching them guys for a few hours than you'd learn on any college course.

Yup, but if you are lucky enough to get on a course where experienced old boys are teaching, its great.

 

[Farside]

Any pics of the fairing from the front?

 

[mr migwire]

i had a gs 850 shafty, one of the best bikes ive owned, reasonably quick and comfy.