Is that an s4???
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Is that an s4???
arther dailey
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I like the draw marked random clutter ! pretty much sums up my workshop.
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I've got a drawer marked "gold bullion", never had any to put in it so until I do its full of cutting discs.
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I never could quite figure out what to label that drawer, so it seemed a good name! I've also got one for tools that I doubt I'll ever use again but don't want to throw away "just in case". It's labelled "Where Tools Go To Die".
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adam savage?
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Yeap.
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I made a little rubber moulding tool today. 46 tons of Panther tank immobilised due to a faulty seal on the hydraulics that controls
the steering brakes. Bit of a problem since it’s due on a container ship going to Australia next week. Bashed a tool out. Transfer moulded two seals out of nitrile rubber. Job done....
the steering brakes. Bit of a problem since it’s due on a container ship going to Australia next week. Bashed a tool out. Transfer moulded two seals out of nitrile rubber. Job done....
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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A recenet post got me "pottering" after work in the play pen to calm down from many miles of driving, hard additional work.
I have a "Frozen Blubber Saw". I had cleaned it in the past to preserve it. I now have chosen to clean it up.
As it was, clean, covered in wax and dust.
The handle is held in place by some short chunky wood screws. But they came out easy with a bit of heat.
The handle was striped, sanded smooth and re-stained using wood dye, coffee and de-caff tea blend.
The teeth have been dressed and the whole lot waxed and oil.
The blade has some fantastic patterns in the steel , but the image does not show them well.
In my post, some one mentioned a Block saw. Now I have a Stone saw. But it was unloved and unused.
As It was received by me and left by me.
The plastic handle is un-comfortable, to small and feels rough.
So I made a new one. The pattern is as the original was. I then mess around with it. Until I get a design I like. but with in keeping as the original.
The clean up showed up a name.
The steel is good stuff.
There you can see a coating od wax and oil.
Handle fitted and tweaked to fit my hand.
You can see the silver soldering what holds the teeth in place.
Finished.
As I was in the swing, I got round to doing this iron.
The history this thing could tell.
The handle has been welded, bent, re-shaped and bent again.
There was a burr all round the base and the pits were full of something.
But 48 hours in a de-rusting bucket.
It was cleaned up.
Heated up, then using oil and wax it was sealed.
I have a "Frozen Blubber Saw". I had cleaned it in the past to preserve it. I now have chosen to clean it up.
As it was, clean, covered in wax and dust.
The handle is held in place by some short chunky wood screws. But they came out easy with a bit of heat.
The handle was striped, sanded smooth and re-stained using wood dye, coffee and de-caff tea blend.
The teeth have been dressed and the whole lot waxed and oil.
The blade has some fantastic patterns in the steel , but the image does not show them well.
In my post, some one mentioned a Block saw. Now I have a Stone saw. But it was unloved and unused.
As It was received by me and left by me.
The plastic handle is un-comfortable, to small and feels rough.
So I made a new one. The pattern is as the original was. I then mess around with it. Until I get a design I like. but with in keeping as the original.
The clean up showed up a name.
The steel is good stuff.
There you can see a coating od wax and oil.
Handle fitted and tweaked to fit my hand.
You can see the silver soldering what holds the teeth in place.
Finished.
As I was in the swing, I got round to doing this iron.
The history this thing could tell.
The handle has been welded, bent, re-shaped and bent again.
There was a burr all round the base and the pits were full of something.
But 48 hours in a de-rusting bucket.
It was cleaned up.
Heated up, then using oil and wax it was sealed.
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The_Yellow_Ardvark
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^^^^^^^^^^^^
No power tools were used in the cleaning up work.
Well a Battery Charger was used in the de-rusting tank.
No power tools were used in the cleaning up work.
Well a Battery Charger was used in the de-rusting tank.
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5 gallons of beer made this afternoon, in the airing cupboard for about 5 days & about 3 weeks to clear in the shed, so ready about the beginning of May ........ might be offline for a while then
Ideal, you'll be able to take some to The Welders' Arms
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Now find your whale.....
With this lock down.
Going Urban Whaling is not classed as a necessary journey.
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I spent four days making the new tool post top plate for my Harrison lathe. 20mm thick. Tools used. Angle grinder. Hand crank union drill. And a combination of files. I wanted a clean finish that looks like it's been used.
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Good point ....its only resting on top of the springs so it may look like it's not flatGreat job Spencer. But the more I look at it the more I think you need to spot face the nut seats so that they sit flush with the tops of the studs
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I've one marked "Brute Force and Ignorance", immediately above "Tools for Brown Stuff that Splits".
Dave H. (the other one)
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With this lock down.
Going Urban Whaling is not classed as a necessary journey.
And anyway, McDonalds and the nightclubs are closed, where you going to go?
Dave H. (the other one)
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Not today but over a couple of days , it was for a good friend of mine that passed away recently, his family asked everyone to not buy flowers but to make donations to st barnabas and Marie curie who helped to care and keep him comfortable in the last weeks of his life , I made this as i just felt i had to do something for him , first time I've done anything like this , we put it outside his workshop on the day of his funeral
