Stuff you have made today

[steviec_lj]

Brought my truck kettle back to life today. Didn’t realise just how grimy she was until I did a before and after comparison .

And I’ve just realised that we’ve been together for almost 30 years now. I fell in love with her when I saw her in a camping shop in Sheffield in 1990 and we’ve been together ever since, all over the UK, through good times and bad times. No idea how many pots of tea she’s been responsible for but I wish I had a pound for every one .

Before:

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After:

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You sir are a heathen, I’d love a kettle like that, but first I need to upgrade my stove

 

[Maker]

Get the 00 grade flour next time it will make the pasta way more stretchie and let you roll it thinner.

I spent ages looking for that to make pizza, I believe I found it in Tesco as "Pasta flour".

 

[123hotchef]

I spent ages looking for that to make pizza, I believe I found it in Tesco as "Pasta flour".

yes probably it goes by a few names

 

[4String.]

You sir are a heathen, I’d love a kettle like that, but first I need to upgrade my stove

Back at work tomorrow, single malt permitting .

Have refitted my recently repaired inverter in the wagon and put the mains kettle and toaster back in, so if I get the chance I’ll pm you a couple of photos of it all in action.

 

[jimbo84]

We use things called space lights in my line of work, one of the many lights, they're a large steel circle with essentially a fire retardent silk bag hanging from the bottom of it and usually loaded with 6x 1000w r7 bulbs.

the bought/hired in ones for reference, image coutesy of google...



I've been needing one for taking photos of some of the little bits I make every now and again. They're a very simple construction, especially the old ones but a hefty price tag, cue the welder coming out for a home made mini DIY version. This one just has 3x 230w R7s with room to future expand to six with the purchase of some more lamp holders.

Kind of a circle, old basket ball hoop used as a guide...



Old lamp shade that I was chucking out for the frame, one of those jobs where everything salvaged just seemed to fit together. The diffusion on it is very similar to tracing paper albeit expensive tracing paper, comes in different grades, full, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, this is half as it's what I just had lying around. Gives a similar effect as the silk but on a budget.



Shades and lampholders in. Shades/heatshields are galv roofing sheet cut to size, they're a little smaller than I'd have liked but needed to be to fit them all in. Studs welded to the main frame allow them and the lamp holders to be bolted on.



A bit of juice plumbed in. (dimmed so you can see the rest of it),



Finished unit, dimmed down again so the rest of it can be seen. This one is around a tenth of the power and around half the size of a standard one and at a total spend of around £15 for lamps and holders a very small fraction of the price.
The shade just hooks on and off as you sometimes need to skirt them off to only allow light through the bottom rather than the sides too. Haven't made and doubt I'll need a skirt for it.

 

[steviec_lj]

We use things called space lights in my line of work, one of the many lights, they're a large steel circle with essentially a fire retardent silk bag hanging from the bottom of it and usually loaded with 6x 1000w r7 bulbs.

the bought/hired in ones for reference, image coutesy of google...

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I've been needing one for taking photos of some of the little bits I make every now and again. They're a very simple construction, especially the old ones but a hefty price tag, cue the welder coming out for a home made mini DIY version. This one just has 3x 230w R7s with room to future expand to six with the purchase of some more lamp holders.

Kind of a circle, old basket ball hoop used as a guide...

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Old lamp shade that I was chucking out for the frame, one of those jobs where everything salvaged just seemed to fit together. The diffusion on it is very similar to tracing paper albeit expensive tracing paper, comes in different grades, full, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, this is half as it's what I just had lying around. Gives a similar effect as the silk but on a budget.

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Shades and lampholders in. Shades/heatshields are galv roofing sheet cut to size, they're a little smaller than I'd have liked but needed to be to fit them all in. Studs welded to the main frame allow them and the lamp holders to be bolted on.

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A bit of juice plumbed in. (dimmed so you can see the rest of it),

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Finished unit, dimmed down again so the rest of it can be seen. This one is around a tenth of the power and around half the size of a standard one and at a total spend of around £15 for lamps and holders a very small fraction of the price.
The shade just hooks on and off as you sometimes need to skirt them off to only allow light through the bottom rather than the sides too. Haven't made and doubt I'll need a skirt for it.

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I’d have that in my living room, well any room to be honest. Looks good are you taking orders?

 

[jimbo84]

It's a bit heavy on the juice and the dimmer you need for it is a bit chunky

You'd have no trouble seeing what you were doing though

 

[selectedgrub]

About to start welding these together

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I knew it,
Chrysopoeia

 

[DAPPH]

We use things called space lights in my line of work, one of the many lights, they're a large steel circle with essentially a fire retardent silk bag hanging from the bottom of it and usually loaded with 6x 1000w r7 bulbs.

the bought/hired in ones for reference, image coutesy of google...

View attachment 196225

I've been needing one for taking photos of some of the little bits I make every now and again. They're a very simple construction, especially the old ones but a hefty price tag, cue the welder coming out for a home made mini DIY version. This one just has 3x 230w R7s with room to future expand to six with the purchase of some more lamp holders.

Kind of a circle, old basket ball hoop used as a guide...

View attachment 196232

Old lamp shade that I was chucking out for the frame, one of those jobs where everything salvaged just seemed to fit together. The diffusion on it is very similar to tracing paper albeit expensive tracing paper, comes in different grades, full, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, this is half as it's what I just had lying around. Gives a similar effect as the silk but on a budget.

View attachment 196230

Shades and lampholders in. Shades/heatshields are galv roofing sheet cut to size, they're a little smaller than I'd have liked but needed to be to fit them all in. Studs welded to the main frame allow them and the lamp holders to be bolted on.

View attachment 196233

A bit of juice plumbed in. (dimmed so you can see the rest of it),

View attachment 196234

Finished unit, dimmed down again so the rest of it can be seen. This one is around a tenth of the power and around half the size of a standard one and at a total spend of around £15 for lamps and holders a very small fraction of the price.
The shade just hooks on and off as you sometimes need to skirt them off to only allow light through the bottom rather than the sides too. Haven't made and doubt I'll need a skirt for it.

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It would be interesting to see what a dozen super bright LED corn lights of mixed values would do in that lamp shade diffuser … They wouldn't use much current either , so not a lot of heat .

 

[jimbo84]

It would be interesting to see what a dozen super bright LED corn lights of mixed values would do in that lamp shade diffuser … They wouldn't use much current either , so not a lot of heat .

They do make an LED version.

https://www.mole.com/900w-varispace-led

Most of the lamps we use now have an LED alternative which has massively reduced the carbon footprint of the industry and cooled down the studios somewhat, they've even managed to replace the 20kw lamps with an LED now, 3kw LED which is a phenomenal achievement when you see how much light they give out.

 

[Aesgarth]

A dart case.

Not much metalwork in this, except cutting the little bits of 2.4mm stainless tig wire that make the pins to hold the flights, and the hinges on the dart holder.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

From that.

To that.

Dec's still have some work around my resin to do.

 

[123hotchef]

I just put up a flower wall!

 

[123hotchef]

Pics to prove it happened.

 

[Hood]

Made some labels for a friends lathe, had made some for mine previously but only had 1/4" wide tape so bought some 1/2". It arrived today and I decided I might as well make some wider ones for my lathe

Ones for my friend.

Ones that were previously on my lathe.

New ones.

 

[doubleboost]

Trolley / stand for welders
Moved all the hot dirty stuff away from my machines
All in one place now just needs a good sort out
The table i built made the job easy , first thing i have fabbed up that is flat and square

 

[eSCHEn]

A big pile of squashed, fermented and strained grapes to go on the compost.

And three gallons of (hopefully) wine

 

[zeppelin builder]

made a heavy cross pein forging hammer
out of a car boot sledge hammer lots of grinding and sanding later

 

[DAPPH]

A big pile of squashed, fermented and strained grapes to go on the compost.

And three gallons of (hopefully) wine
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If you had put them in a pair of tights hung it across the bucket , sprinkled some yeast powder on it & covered it with a good fitting lid you might get a different grade of alcoholic liquid after a week or so

Various folk with grape pressings , ferment them as pressed grapes in a big vat , drain the fermentation about day three or four .

Further fermenting the damp wine soaked pressings in a clean covered container without adding any water , then after a week or so wet then steam the pressings, condense it to make a brandy . Not sure if it's allowed in the UK as it might be considered that you are distilling .

 

[zeppelin builder]

did more work on the,hammer
well we canny help ourselfs can we