Stuff you have made today

[Sammy7]

Da da
Thanks Dr al
It’s bit rough but works

 

[Dr.Al]

View attachment 204498 Da da
Thanks Dr al
It’s bit rough but works

Looks perfect! I'd wondered about doing it that way, but my spanner had a thick layer of horrible paint on it and my other half was asleep & probably wouldn't have appreciated all the angle grinding!

 

[Sammy7]

The paint slowed me down as well
It don’t weld too good with it in situ
Hence the 10 minutes becoming 21
Must say I wish I’d done it few months ago

 

[Dr.Al]

Interesting thought process and top marks for the result.

I'd used a similar process a few years ago (before I had a welder) to put an internal hex shape into a big hand wheel I found in a skip (about 350 mm diameter maybe?) to use on my mill vice (sorry: too lazy to go out in the rain to the garage to take photos). It makes it very quick to spin the vice in and out thanks to the momentum of the hand wheel.

That time I couldn't weld it so I made the outer diameter of the split piece fractionally bigger than the hole I'd drilled in the hand wheel and "pressed" (hammered) them together. I think I might have filed a slot in both for a key as well (to be doubly sure it would transmit the torque), but I might be remembering it wrong.

 

[Dr.Al]

The paint slowed me down as well
It don’t weld too good with it in situ
Hence the 10 minutes becoming 21
Must say I wish I’d done it few months ago

Me too. There often seem to be those little jobs that take very little time but you immediately wish you'd done them years ago!

In fact, that sounds to me like an interesting topic for a thread...

 

[Dr.Al]

Me too. There often seem to be those little jobs that take very little time but you immediately wish you'd done them years ago!

In fact, that sounds to me like an interesting topic for a thread...

and there it is: https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/why-didnt-you-do-that-before.96939/

 

[Chillitt]

Made a rack for the bike.

 

[Chillitt]

I hesitate to post this, but I did make it. [Braces myself]

 

[TechnicAl]

Its good

what is it?

 

[Gragson]

Its good

what is it?

K9 decapitated and polished

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Looks like a cows head to me

 

[Chillitt]

Looks like a cows head to me

Oh, so close.. Hopefully the antlers will help though

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Oh, so close.. Hopefully the antlers will help though

I did wonder as I types given the date.

 

[Hood]

Excellent work and I knew it was a deer right away.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I hesitate to post this, but I did make it. [Braces myself]

Dam smart Mate.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Excellent work and I knew it was a deer right away.

Aye, me too.

 

[MCKDAVID]

i had no eyedeer what it was....

ok I'll get my coat..

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@Chillitt

Did you get the nose right?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

...ok I'll get my coat..

Nae ahen time.

 

[Fraserb]

I hesitate to post this, but I did make it. [Braces myself]

I made one similar earlier this year, Ive since drilled holes for eyes and nostrils. I let it rust so far then clear coated it, will try and get a pig this weekend.