Stuff you have made today

[Anguz]

Some resemblance of order with some of my drill bits

 

[Memmeddu]

Cleaned up my ground clamp and my electrode holder because I like them shining
Do you clean them once in awhile like I do?

 

[DAPPH]

Vmax liners are 82.93 od, 76mm id

Quick question to the knowledgable, these liners are pressed in, how hot should I make the block? Planning to use my ceramic plate to warm it up, put liners in the freezers, and bang em in.

Use a 100 watt bulb in the bottom of cylinder for 24 hrs, switched on ,covered with a bit of steel sheet over the cylinder to retain the heat . Hire a cylinder press ram and weld up a sound jig for it .

One engine I did was enclosed in a cut down steel oil drum again with several 100 watt bulbs inside the cylinders as heaters . The liners were put in the freezer in poly bags for the same 24 hrs.... don't bang them in … They slid in with hand pressure only but if they were stiff I'd already sorted out to use a scissor jack on two length of studding with a cross bar of wood on the cylinder and one of steel at the top . If you don't have a jack or proper press use two long lengths of 19 mm threaded rod studding and two thick flat bars and nuts to quickly & continuously wind the them in . Use a welded up modified hex socket inside a long steel tube so it will go over the exposing threads all the way to the final point . , spray lube the outer wall surfaces to help

 

[DAPPH]

I made the garage a bit brighter, and also now have light over the workbench. Now have an old 6ft single strip light tovget rid of.
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Buy the LED tube replacement and keep the light ?

 

[DAPPH]

I've been having a problem with mice getting into a kitchen cupboard through an over size hole in the back of it for the stop tap. Unfortunately where I think the mice are getting in from outside is covered in decking so need a clear couple of days to lift it and sort properly. Made a quick plate to cover the hole as a temporary solution. Would usually make something like this from wood but had nothing thinner than 18mm so used a piece of scrap 2mm aluminium.
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You should have kept it as a plate and drilled a single hole for the spindle unscrewed the bar holding screw . put the plate on with glue then put the bar & screw back in place as a mouse can get through a 1/4 " hole /gap .
Thing is the mouse is coming in through the wall … so the plate will still allow it to come into the kitchen .
Buy a couple of packs of Neo Sorexin CD rat & mouse killer and put a cut open one inside a jam jar wih a screw top lid 7 a 3/4 hole in the lid . lay it on it's side in the cupboard . if you notice th posion has been consumed replace it till you reach the stage of no more being eaten ..the problem is solved. For the time being .

If you don't like the idea of the Sorexin buy a steel bodied mouse trap ( they are the best around ) & bait it with bacon rind , pop it close to the stop tap , refill the cupboard check it daily . If you catch still set it & keep checking it … mice & rats follow an incontinence pheromone trail which hangs around for a few weeks .. a new mouse will smell & follow the strong trail as it knows it's safe return and on a food route .

 

[steviec_lj]

Ceilings a bit low. Mind your head....

Har bloody har

Have to make it in sections as shown as the workshop is full of ****e useful items.

Managed to get the trusses and purlins creosoted this weekend, now need to book a day off work to buy the sheet materials and roofing felt, then replace it over the course of a weekend.

Putting a 1200mm extension over the end with a double door, along with an entry ramp, and a 100-150mm over hang on the remaining three sides for drainage.

Currently looks like this, although the roof has sagged considerably more in the last 6 months



Not good considering there’s the best part of £12k in tools and parts inside it.

 

[northwest]

Today I spent some time making jewelry, at lease that's what I refer to it as it is tiny. 2.6mm dia pin with a 2mm hole up it for a spring. I used to have a little Peatol for this sort of stuff, maybe I should buy another?
What I should really do is stop being so lazy and make some HSS form tools.

 

[Muckmagnet]

Some resemblance of order with some of my drill bits

Was doing the very same thing yesterday only to be disappointed at how many are blunt.

 

[Mike Pinches]

Won't they be inside the walls now, effectively having free run of the house?

They will be doing well to get inside the walls, they are single skin . Unfortunately they can still get under the floorboards though.

You should have kept it as a plate and drilled a single hole for the spindle unscrewed the bar holding screw . put the plate on with glue then put the bar & screw back in place as a mouse can get through a 1/4 " hole /gap .
Thing is the mouse is coming in through the wall … so the plate will still allow it to come into the kitchen .
Buy a couple of packs of Neo Sorexin CD rat & mouse killer and put a cut open one inside a jam jar wih a screw top lid 7 a 3/4 hole in the lid . lay it on it's side in the cupboard . if you notice th posion has been consumed replace it till you reach the stage of no more being eaten ..the problem is solved. For the time being .

If you don't like the idea of the Sorexin buy a steel bodied mouse trap ( they are the best around ) & bait it with bacon rind , pop it close to the stop tap , refill the cupboard check it daily . If you catch still set it & keep checking it … mice & rats follow an incontinence pheromone trail which hangs around for a few weeks .. a new mouse will smell & follow the strong trail as it knows it's safe return and on a food route .

That would have been a neater plate. I got fed up of emptying the trap after the 6th, hence putting the plate in so we can use the cupboard again. The gaps are no bigger than 1mm so shouldn't get past.
If all goes to plan I will lift the decking over the next couple of days and block up where ever they are getting in from the outside.

 

[Olderisbetter]

I know its not metal but i managed too finish these display shelves made from MDF today they are about 6 feet high, The person said make them coral colours? oh well lets see how they like them. Lego man for scale.

 

[Windy Miller]

I know its not metal but i managed too finish these display shelves made from MDF today they are about 6 feet high, The person said make them coral colours? oh well lets see how they like them. Lego man for scale.View attachment 208518

Nice job that!

 

[Hopefuldave]

Today I’ve been sewing.
Got some off cuts of leather, my mums old sewing machine and made a low profile tig torch sheaf. Not perfect but I’m happy.
Anyone need their dress altering??
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I did my daughter's prom dress... well, it has a motor, moving parts, it's not a sewing machine, it's a machine tool, innit?

Dave H. (the other one)

 

[selectedgrub]

Beautiful work.

 

[selectedgrub]

Mock up

 

[zx9]

Mock up

You are making a mortar?

 

[steviec_lj]

You are making a mortar?

Batman’s search light?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I know its not metal but i managed too finish these display shelves made from MDF today they are about 6 feet high, The person said make them coral colours? oh well lets see how they like them. Lego man for scale.

Lovely job!I I hope they're going to be screwed to the wall?

 

[Olderisbetter]

Lovely job!I I hope they're going to be screwed to the wall?

I have supplied an L bracket that gets fixed to the top and allowed a wall fixing, But it is a good point you raised as many people do not see the danger of furniture falling on people, I remember the Ikea drawer units that crushed a toddler it was shocking.

 

[Munkul]

I didn't make this, my brother did... but I helped make sure it went well... things like extending the old trailer chassis properly, and widening the axle in a strong enough manner. He's not an engineer, but has picked up this fabrication lark like a duck to water.

Needs blasted and painted, and will be getting wooden flooring and sides in. Should last longer than our other silage feed trailers without needing repairs, anyway

 

[Mark 2]

Mock up

Wow!, R2D2 has let himself go.