Stuff you have made today

[slim_boy_fat]

Totally not welding or metal or even wood work related.... But in 2008 I found I have an intolerance to garlic, this lead to a change of diet, eating out became almost impossible unless having ham egg and chips or a steak.

Over time I managed to find things I can eat to replace most things, but not a good old donner kebab. So finally today I made one and it was glorious View attachment 210044

My pal has exactly the same as you, only he becomes violently sick within minutes of eating anything with garlic in it. He ALWAYS get the waiter to check with the chef if a dish has garlic in it, mostly he has to settle for fish & chips, but some even add a little to beer batter for instance.

Also, if you read the ingredients list in many things of the s/market shelves you'll find 'garlic salt' mentioned.

 

[Hopefuldave]

I've been making red things...



Dave H. (the other one)

 

[Tupers]

I drained the evaporust out of the Daimler bores and it did a lovely job of cleaning them but the pistons are still massively frozen so it’s time for heat.

On the plus side I got a much needed shelf made to stack all of my metal off cuts on.
Just a simple frame from scrap 40mm galv box with 2 welds per joint and chipboard shelf’s from an old cabinet.

 

[pcwizme]

My pal has exactly the same as you, only he becomes violently sick within minutes of eating anything with garlic in it. He ALWAYS get the waiter to check with the chef if a dish has garlic in it, mostly he has to settle for fish & chips, but some even add a little to beer batter for instance.

Also, if you read the ingredients list in many things of the s/market shelves you'll find 'garlic salt' mentioned.

Or you get the "Spices" in the ingredients, I have to take that to mean garlic as it is often garlic oil

 

[Farside]

Today, I made a cunning plan...

 

[DAPPH]

I've been making red things...

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Dave H. (the other one)

Don't you mean you red the paper as well ?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Don't you mean you red the paper as well ?

Pages from a Red Top?

 

[northwest]

For AR15 receivers?
Do you do all that practical rifle stuff then? I was very interested in all the mods that people started to develop after the SLR ban to make the AR15 platform a decent straight pull system. No experience of it whatsoever, but quite interesting to see.

Yes, they are AR15 bolt carrier groups.
Personally I don't go for all the Practical stuff but we have a big group down at the club that do. I would never dismiss a shooting discipline just because it is not my thing, it is still shooting after all and we are all different. Right?
I too am very interested in the AR platforms and I am shooting out way farther than the gun was designed to with a .224 Valkyrie chambered upper. It gives me plenty to go at as a development platform and I build custom guns for people and astonishingly they all work really well AND they are accurate and reliable. The platform allows me free rein to develop accessories and make custom parts and little tweaks that make it stand out from the crowd, mostly titanium bits. I modify the lowers to my designs and we have started to make our own uppers now, more than 50% of the rifle is made or modified in the UK.

 

[zx9]

Today, I made a cunning plan...

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Adjustable pre load, don't tell me the air forks let the air out most did that within a few years of been made.

 

[Farside]

Adjustable pre load, don't tell me the air forks let the air out most did that within a few years of been made.

Yep. I thought I'd try the air forks, as the GS850 sold in Europe never had them, and when I replaced the totally knacked forks with GS1000 ones, the air caps were there.
They worked ok, but leaked too much. Not severely, but every day they needed topped up, which became a pita.
Anyway, for some really odd reason Suzuki made the top threads of the GS850 and the 1000 fork legs different, so my old manual caps don't fit - cue the cunning plan.

 

[captain-destructo]

Today, I made a cunning plan...

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a cunning plan ....... hmm.....

 

[Barking Mat]

@Tupers try Coca-Cola to un-cease the pistons, no seriously, apparently it works, you've nothing to lose.

Sounds mad, but I've had results from the 'black doctor' before. Personally would drink it though.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

@Tupers try Coca-Cola to un-cease the pistons, no seriously, apparently it works, you've nothing to lose.

Sounds mad, but I've had results from the 'black doctor' before. Personally would drink it though.

Does it still clean copper coins etc? Imagine what is happening to your intestines?

That said, I drink Pepsi Max which may do the same.....

 

[decca]

Does it still clean copper coins etc? Imagine what is happening to your intestines?

That said, I drink Pepsi Max which may do the same.....

Coke cleans the Loo. Denise swears by it. Heinz tomato sauce cleans 1p &2ps no bother. Don’t know about pistons though. Would try diesel myself.

 

[Turbo]

I drained the evaporust out of the Daimler bores and it did a lovely job of cleaning them but the pistons are still massively frozen so it’s time for heat.
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On the plus side I got a much needed shelf made to stack all of my metal off cuts on.
Just a simple frame from scrap 40mm galv box with 2 welds per joint and chipboard shelf’s from an old cabinet.
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Try a 50/50 mix of ATF & acetone or cellulose thinners, it has freed up stuff for me that wouldn't even budge with heat! Loads of evidence online of its effectiveness too.

 

[Seadog]

try Coca-Cola to un-cease the pistons

It's the phosphoric acid in it that does the magic.

 

[Cuthy246]

Yebbut, did you get lashed and drop it on the pavement?

I was out in Dublin one time and on the way home a guy staggered out the kebab shop stumbled over the kerb and the grease soaked bag split and spilt his kebab in the gutter. He sat down next to it and started eating it

 

[mrsbruce]

I was out in Dublin one time and on the way home a guy staggered out the kebab shop stumbled over the kerb and the grease soaked bag split and spilt his kebab in the gutter. He sat down next to it and started eating it

Redefining the ‘5 second’ rule, I see.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I drained the evaporust out of the Daimler bores and it did a lovely job of cleaning them but the pistons are still massively frozen so it’s time for heat.

Mix 50% diesel, 30% old engine oil and 20% paraffin.
Pour into the bores and wait.

If you can warm the mixture up, even better.

 

[Melvyn Best]

A friend of mine was at one time a dental nurse who told me that the dentist she worked for put a recently extracted tooth in a glass of Coke and within a month the tooth had dissolved