Stuff you have made today

[james butler]

I've got Eibach ones one of my mk1's and the other is standard. Looks like yours is pretty tidy underneath.

cheers bud, those eibach ones are superb. i was eyeing them up before i bought these ones but these ones seemed to have better mount points.
im using eibach springs with bilstein b6 dampers so hopefully these should complement it.

 

[selectedgrub]

Another layer.

 

[Lazurus]

Been fiddling again

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I needed a small shovel, to shovel small amounts of coke into my small lead furnace.

So I made one.




Small amounts of impure lead is thrown in, it pools at the bottom and runs out.

 

[Dieselman 63]

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I needed a small shovel, to shovel small amounts of coke into my small lead furnace.

So I made one.

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Small amounts of impure lead is thrown in, it pools at the bottom and runs out.

Nothing like the smell of molten lead to fill your lungs...

 

[Hopefuldave]

Nothing like the smell of molten lead to fill your lungs...

I dunno, cadmium?

Dave H. (the other one)

 

[slim_boy_fat]

my small lead furnace.

Am I the only one who sees a one-eyed dog with a gaping mouth there? Ok, I'll go lie down for a while...

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Am I the only one who sees a one-eyed dog with a gaping mouth there? Ok, I'll go lie down for a while...

@slim_boy_fat Have you forgotten your Dried frog pills again?

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

@slim_boy_fat Have you forgotten your Dried frog pills again?

You've done it now. Il be mentally adding Bursar to every post I read.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

You've done it now. Il be mentally adding Bursar to every post I read.

WIZZAED!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Turbo]

Today, fed up with moving the stuff on the floor [@The_Yellow_Ardvark : Note!] to get access to the low level cupboards in the cave, I knocked this up from odds & ends I had lying about - parts of it used to be a vegetable rack in the local Butchers' shop, so recycling taken to the extreme .

Rain stopped play, but I just have to paint it, cut to size and paint the shelves, and job's a good 'un.

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As a bonus, it can act as a 'side trolley' for when I'm working at the lathe, mill or drill - as long as I can keep the top clear and not load it up with 'stuff'.......as you do!

We have a few round tables at the mens shed about 2' diameter, 3' high & mounted on castors. They were made for basket weaving but we use them for holding tools if you are working at a bench. Also great for setting a paint pot on.

I have a couple of office chair bases I'm going to use to make some for myself so I will have height adjustment as well.

 

[Turbo]

made a bracket today that holds slack from the handbrake cable interfearing with the brake assembly.
when tightening some bolts that hold the stub axle on the bracket gave way close to the torque setting so made a new one.
you can see in the lower picture the 2 lower bolts that hold the stub axle is where it goes and you can see the handbrake cable currently poking out rather than connected to the lever on the shoe
soon as the paints dry it will go back on

A 306 had a similar bracket, had to manufacture one when I was restoring my D turbo. No longer available from Peugeot & none at the breakers. Luckily I had one to get a pattern from but not easy as it was the wrong side so everything was a mirror image!

 

[Turbo]

Today I made a locking tool for a Fiat Multijet DMF.
Rough and ready but what else do you do on a Saturday night when there's no one about.

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Can't really complain about changing the DMF, this one did over 175K miles (but it was mullered).
Clutch would have lasted longer but no way am I going in this deep without changing everything.

I made a locking pin set for HDI peugeots for changing timing belts, like you made from whatever bolts & pins I could find. Has been used since to change belts on several cars & works so well I didn't bother making a proper set when I got a lathe!

 

[Maker]

A new tube for a parasol base, old one had rusted down to nothing.

Couldn't find a chunk of solid stainless so it's just a thick piece of steel pressed and welded into a stainless tube. First time welding in a few years, so I'm reasonably happy with it. It's a bit undercut, the plan was to machine it down and fill in the low spots but it was such a pain to machine I just left it.

Gonna leave the cast iron base rusty so it matches the table and chairs.

 

[mtt.tr]

Not so much today but Saturday

. F
back to building a workshop after 4 years without, looking forward to getting the lathe a mill back running. First session on the tig for probably nearly a year i suppose

 

[4String.]

Not so much today but Saturday
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back to building a workshop after 4 years without, looking forward to getting the lathe a mill back running. First session on the tig for probably nearly a year i suppose

And much the same for me .

Finally got a bench sorted, it’s not ideal but it will do until a steel one falls ONTO the back of my lorry . Even managed a quick welding job for the lorry as well. Nowt interesting, just a couple of lengths of square box reinforced with rebar and the ends welded, but it was great to get the stick set out after what seems a very long time .

 

[Sputter]

Possibly the ugliest spanner you have ever seen.

I was wondering how to stop a big nut from spinning on the outside while I was inside a tank. Inspiration came from my scrap pile, the old bracket needing just a few mm taking out with an angle grinder.

 

[Hood]

I like new laws, static gear flags will soon have to be marked with the vessels registration number so another 3 flag stencils made today

Also cut some Alu whilst I had the plasma shed open, it is a bait box that will be getting welded to a boat later in the week.

 

[jimbo84]

Been putting the new diy forge to use and trying some hot metalwork.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Finished assembling the trolley today, shelves are cut and tomorrow I'll give them a coat of PVA to seal them, then a quick coat of whatever paint I have in the cave. Still have to fit back the end caps to the rail ends.






Welds always look good when covered in paint.....