Stuff you have made today

[Dieselman 63]

Replaced a truly rotten railing on this nice little fence in my garden today. Third week in a row spending Sunday at the timber yard. I keep finding things in my garden which need replacing!

 

[zx9]

Replaced a truly rotten railing on this nice little fence in my garden today. Third week in a row spending Sunday at the timber yard. I keep finding things in my garden which need replacing!

Nice looking garden.

 

[Dieselman 63]

Nice looking garden.

Cheers! The space you can have over here for the cost is just unlike anything in England. I never thought I would have a garden with full size trees in it, yet here we are. Pretty, but loads of work!

 

[zx9]

Yer, go for it, if I were to make it again I would make the body shorter, it turned out longer than it looked on the fag packet design.
If it looks vaguely readable I will take a picture and post the scribbles tomorrow.

@slim_boy_fat I did say it was a bit of a scribble

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

That's exactly what I was thinking. Shame it wasn't a couple of days ago, we had half a sheet of plasterboard in the hall leftover from new door frames being fitted but the joiners came back to clear up all the stuff they'd left. Where can I get a square foot of plasterboard then.

Temporary solution.
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Cheapest option will be a handy board from. Diy shed 600*1200 usually
If the wall is 12mm get 9mm. Gives room for easyfill without building up

 

[mrsbruce]

Cheapest option will be a handy board from. Diy shed 600*1200 usually
If the wall is 12mm get 9mm. Gives room for easyfill without building up

This is where I admit to repairing a hole in a wall, by screwing a piece of strapping at the back of the hole, then a lump of plywood onto that. Cheap filler from the Poundshop, and a lick of magnolia.

Got us our deposit back, though.

 

[DAPPH]

Made a poker for the mini companion set @eSCHEn kindly posted to me. Still a bit finishing and painting to do, but I can’t make up my mind if I’ve left it a bit too thick, it looked fine in the lathe, but now...

If it's too thick keep it as is , as a dibber for sowing seeds in plant pots ...… like wot I did .

The house is being renovated when we move out and the doorway next to that wall into the kitchen is being bricked up so I'm not worried about painting it, it would probably be fine if I just explain what happened and leave it.

Only half the house knows what happened too and we're not letting on so the other four are coming up with theories of who/what did it, great fun.

Like .

Nice one mrsbruce ,
More than once I've pushed an automotive hard grade scotchbrite pad in a fair sized hole , having three or four tails of cotton thread on it then pulled it back to the inside of the hole . Pushed drawing pins in several inches back from the hole and securely trapped the cotton thread so the pad does not move. Then gently & carefully part filled the hole so it sets below the finished level of the wall . Once set snip off the threads , remove the pins & gently fill it slightly proud and sand off when dry , then repaint it.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I did say it was a bit of a scribble

 

[nickk]

Nearly finished this external staircase (see previous post in today I acquired),dismantle then off to the galvaniser,3rd time since new year.

 

[Shedendman]

I knocked this up today

Whats that for you ask

Now why would i make one of those,can you guess

 

[DAPPH]

View attachment 210289 Nearly finished this external staircase (see previous post in today I acquired),dismantle then off to the galvaniser,3rd time since new year.

Nicck, Where are your galvanizers , I can't seem to find one within 50 miles of the west end of the M4 & I have family in the Leominster area . I could kill two birds with one stone ……………... if I'm lucky .

 

[DAPPH]

I knocked this up today
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Whats that for you ask
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Now why would i make one of those,can you guess

So you don't drop the phone in the s**t ?


How did you attach the roll holding arm … integral to the print or glue or double sided tape on a flange or something else ?

 

[Shedendman]

So you don't drop the phone in the s**t ?


How did you attach the roll holding arm … integral to the print or glue or double sided tape on a flange or something else ?

1 Correct my friend
2 just scrap 3mm sheet 6mm rod and 8mm rod glued together with the mig,plus a dash of black satin

 

[nickk]

Nicck, Where are your galvanizers , I can't seem to find one within 50 miles of the west end of the M4 & I have family in the Leominster area . I could kill two birds with one stone ……………... if I'm lucky .

Hereford,used to be 2 there,the one that shut,about 8 years ago,had the longest bath in the uk,12 metres.

 

[Tom O]

I knocked this up today
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Whats that for you ask
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Now why would i make one of those,can you guess

I’ve heard that song!
Are we comfortable? Then let’s begin!

 

[Tupers]

I started trying out the suggestions from @barking mat & @The_Yellow_Ardvark for freeing off my Daimler pistons. There’s diesel, engine oil & paraffin in the left and full fat Coke on the right.
I doubt the map torch will have enough heat to do much but we’ll see.

 

[Melvyn Best]

Remember trying to shift seized pistons years ago , ended up making a tool to push the pistons down which bolted on using the head bolt threads and a large nut welded on that had a bolt through it pressing down on the piston if that makes sense . Tightening the force bolt down gently whilst leaving the piston soaking in penetrating fluid worked in the end to get it moving , took some time though

 

[Dr.Al]

Not exactly stuff I made today: I made this a couple of days ago. It's an online calculator for working out tap drill sizes if you want a non-standard thread engagement (e.g. for hard or thin materials). Works for both thread cutting taps and thread forming taps.

Link: https://www.cgtk.co.uk/metalwork/calculators/tapdrill

Screenshot (the tables automatically update as you drag the slider left/right, but not in the screenshot, obviously!):

 

[4String.]

Hereford,used to be 2 there,the one that shut,about 8 years ago,had the longest bath in the uk,12 metres.

Worksop Galvanising, part of the Wedge group, have a 20 metre bath with16 ton crane capacity.

 

[4String.]

Amongst other things, while broken down with a trailer brake fault this morning, I made a shelf for the undercab storage locker, then fitted a couple of plastic trays to keep the dash tidy, and hardly a major job, but a piece of velcro tape around the handle of my flask has brought an end to 7 years of incessant rattling while tootling my merry way around this green and pleasant land .