Stuff you have made today

[jimbo84]

I like making pizza from scratch but transfering them to the stone in the oven can be problematic cue a quick knock up of a pizza peel from some offcuts. 2mm mild sheet and 25x4mm bright tube, it’s quite weighty.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Got to finish early today, so as the house was quiet I had time to sort a few things out.



Fire Mans axe, no details on it. The rust and time had seen to that.



Apart from the damaged to the rubber handle, the blade is dull. looks like it was used to chip mortar from bricks.


Handle trimmed back. treated with a rubber restoring compound. The metal was cleaned back and the rust removed. The brown hue you see is a wax finished on a warm steel. It gets rubed in when the meatl is hot and seals the surface and gets into any rust pits.



Both ends were hardened and tempered. Then finished with a oil stone.

The Brass diff is almost finished



The LED's will be re fitted, I am waiting on some modern, but old looking wires. The base is hollowed out to take a battery holder and the cables to the switch.





Something fun.
2 articulated wooden dolphins. I have been building them for about 8 days. The reason? The oil and varnish finishes had to cure.

 

[Tupers]

I made a pair of these shelf’s from some 316 stainless 6mm round bar. They’ll be mounted to the legs of a table via the tabs in each corner.

 

[jimbo84]

The 10mm torch although good wasn’t cutting the mustard, knocked up from some old pipe and scaff tube from the scrapyard. I’ll imporove the copper gas feed pipe when I get chance, was a lash up to see if it would even work.

 

[Hood]

Some of todays jobs.
First off was drilling out some 50mm dia x 13" long EN8 for guide on gear rollers, I then transferred to the CNC and bored the bearing seats.

Made a spacer bobbin for a Yacht, it had been re-engined and the shaft was short but also the coupling on gearbox and shaft were slightly different and both had female registers. I was provided with an old fashioned hand done drawing but I still did it in CAD anyway as it will be a record for me in the future if needed.
Roughed out the recess with the parting tool. I am well impressed with the Iscar Tang parting tool and I was surprised I actually managed without it deflecting between cuts.

Once the turning was done it was into the Chiron to bore the holes, one side 80mm PCD the other 82.75mm PCD but both 10.2mm dia.

Pic of the finished bobbin and the drawing.

Also made what is becoming more poplar now, a stencil for the fishermen painting the boats name/number on the flags for their gear, they used to just hand paint but after seeing a few boats using the stencils more are requesting similar

 

[eSCHEn]

Excellent bit of machining @Hood

Don't tell me you're managing to winkle some extra sheckles out of Fishermens' pockets?

 

[Hood]

The ones I work for pay no problem, the ones that don't I don't work for

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Don't tell me you're managing to winkle some extra sheckles out of Fishermens' pockets?

They're like farmers, they always find cash for stuff they really want.....

 

[brightspark]

They're like farmers, they always find cash for stuff they really want.....

poor farmer new tractors and trailers big new combines a new 4x4 and a merk kids at private school and personal numberplates not all mind hill farmers have it rough and others on rented farms

 

[Muckmagnet]

My bench just about finished, took a bit longer than today though but there isn't a thread "Stuff you've made slowly".
(1) Bench on castors. (2) Legs down, bench up. (3) Drunk bench for easier leaning over. (4) The reason I need it to go low. (5) Cranking handle/drill. (6) Chop saw mounts/demounts on either end.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A very fine Wet stone.
In good condition, just a quick restoration.

Wrong.



One of the brackets holding the axil was broken. It is a old break. The give away/
Paint and rust in the crack.

So a clean up, "V" the crack and repair.



The bar and the bolt are there to hold the bracket in place as I Silver soldered it.



Back in place and the restoration will continue.

Watch this space.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Back in place and the restoration will continue.

Did you check the reservoir for leaks?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Did you check the reservoir for leaks?

No.
2 reasons.
It was full of water in the scrap yard and the outside was dry.

Then, as I was silver soldering the bracket Mine Me filled it with hot water and it was leak free.
Then over night we left it de-scaling it and it was dry as a bone.

 

[sardine]

New 3 x 2 m shed built out of free salvaged materiels, 6 mm ply skin from packing cases, 50 x 50 and 45 x 90 timber from big pallets, roof made of rejected roll of printed PVC banner, and finished in loverly used engine oil.

https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/media/img_20190511_193751.10307/



Cost.

Nails & screws
Poundland roof sealer
Hinges x 2
1 x Aldi disposable saw
Elbow grease x lots

 

[sardine]

New 3 x 2 m shed built out of free salvaged materiels, 6 mm ply from packing cases, timber from big pallets, roof made of reject printed PVC banner, and finished in loverly used engine oil.

PVC roof.

Obviously its now full and I can't get in it.

Need to build another one now .

 

[mechman]

Looks full already.

 

[steviec_lj]

A little bit more added to the hard standing behind the workshop. 5” deep with 3” of hardcore under it, having to do it in sections due to access and actual free time.

Home brew cantilever racking shall be added to the area, once I can get back in the shop for a couple of hours.



Added a “roof” to the chicken run, all home made, 10ft x 5ft panels with wind board at the bottom, covered in 1” square mesh.

Blends in with the rest of the garden quite well, and the chooks seem happy with it, or the 4 we have left are

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Did a little cleaning of the pipe vice today and noticed this - it looks like there's about 3/16" of a bend in the base , or are they made like this? Judging by the underside bracing, it'd be pretty difficult to abuse it to that extent, wouldn't it?

 

[Pete.]

I made some gears - for my gear hobber. the cutting head has options for high speed and low speed gearing but the low speed gears have been lost somewhere down the line. So I made some. Just got tot cut the keyways and they are done.

 

[selectedgrub]