Stuff you have made today

[Dr.Al]

I had pretty much resigned myself to there not being any point in starting to make the frame for the drawers I made back in post #9432 given the fact that the gauge on the argon bottle was reading only fractionally above empty, but I decided to have a punt anyway and just see how far I got before the gas ran out.

Incredibly, the gas didn't run out - the bottle just kept on giving!

Here's what it looks like at the moment:

It probably needs painting at some point, but I think I'll leave that until the weather gets a lot warmer. It also needs a bit of sheet material on the top so I can store stuff on top of it, but I couldn't be bothered to cut that out today, so that's a job for tomorrow. I'll probably attach it with some screws rather than welding it on, so I don't have to worry about gas for that job!

The drawers are (deliberately-ish) quite sloppy in the slots. I was feeling paranoid about them being too tight or about needing to add runners if they end up feeling horrible to open once the UHMW tape is in place so I erred on the side of too big. I think I went a bit far (the gap is about 15 mm wider than the drawers), so I might pad put some plastic or wooden spacers in the gap or something like that so they run straight back and forth. Then again I might not... who knows?!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

In a rush of Madness I decided it was a "No Power tool day".
All my jobs in the play pen hand to de done by hand, no power tools.
The only power was for the radio and lights.



As I got it.

It was complete, but the wrong No 2 1/4 dies were the wrong type.
I had spares.
The item was stripped and wire brushed. Then using battery acid and a wire wool pad it was buffed up.
The dies them self's were wire brushed on the main faces. The "V cuts were cleaned using 600 grit Wet and Dry. In a wooden sanding block. Made for the job.



Warmed over Beatrix paraffin stove, wax and Danish oil was applied.
No2. Die sits nicely in the frame now.



Had to make a wooden frame to hold the vice to hold the Die holder, so I could de burr the running edges.
Hand cut, hand drilled and finished with French Polish.

 

[Wozzaaah]

....a raised bed for the bottom part of our garden which had become a bit of a dumping ground...

And a big bowl of yeast
Thought I’d dust off my bread maker but sachet yeast is almost impossible to get at the moment so I made some out of potatoes.

 

[Fraserb]

A bit for a friends tractor.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

More fun, more rust? More Holes?
Maybe.
Come along Spot.

I was nosey, I filled it full of water.
It did not leak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A bag of sand and oil and a bit off paraffin achieved this on the cap.



Not bad, I did go at it with Brasso later. Not much of a change.



Wire brush, Scotchbrite and Emery cloth got the body to this and exposed the good metal work and some old stencilling.
But the words were to far gone.
Unless some wise person can tell me a way to recover it.
It was sealed under a coat of varnish.




Got a few years under it's belt. So when theses appeared, who would be surprized?




Both shown there cleaned up, but not acid cleaned.
I didn't have any, so battery gel was used, washed off with hot water and washing soda. Water heated on a paraffin stove.



Using a Parafiin blow torch, copper bit @HughF that one we used. Lead solder was used. The flux and the iron got the holes filled a treat.



Brush painted.

To the man who supplied it. Yes I was tempted to paint it in a shade you may of choosen.
But that meant going out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Today I made an improvement to the linisher I recently got.

A bit of measuring, cutting, drilling, milling, welding, grinding and painting saw it go from this puny effort of a 'workpiece rest' to something more user-friendly





to a much more useful this





Another little 'project' crossed off the list and gained some extra useable bed length - happy bunny, me

 

[northwest]

So, it being Saturday I decided it was time to fix one of my own guns. This is an interesting item, a 9mm Parabellum Lee Enfield. I know, quite unusual and they have an unusual bolt arrangement. All of the number 4's have removable bolt heads so they are ideal for this sort of conversion. The snag with this particular conversion is the cartridge balance spring (for want of a better term), it helps extract then eject the cartridge. Apparently there are no more so I decided to fix my own and then make some as a "product" if it worked out. The design is not the best, it has a very sharp bend right where the bolt head goes into the bolt itself. The last replacement lasted 15 or so rounds before it snapped.



The material is 24 SWG "spring steel" in it's annealed state. I was fortunate to get it but I have absolutely no idea what the hardening and tempering requirements are of this specific piece so a few educated guesses are in order. Bending it into the required shape is pure bench work. For the couple I am making a press set is just not realistic. Hammers and formers, little ones though:-)



Forming, fitting and filing, the "three 'F',s"



Finally happy with the fit it was to Cherry Red and into my trusty tub of whatever it is, oily anyway:



Missus was cooking Lasagna tonight so I wrapped them in some tinfoil, racked it up to 220 Centigrade and left them there for a while, oven is cooling now so I will let you know if it worked tomorrow. If not it's back to the drawing board.

 

[m_c]

Got yesterdays brackets welded on -

And got the brackets machined for the opposite end -

Just need the threaded rod to finish the links to connect the bits now, but it's looking like Hermes have lost it, as it's status hasn't changed since Wednesday

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Well.
It is back to the drawing board.
The Vapour tank did not work as well as I expected this time.

No change apart from I used a different type of "Meths."



The top one, the dirt and grime is clear to see. But soft.
Ok, we leave longer or use an external heat source?

The bottom one.
Didn't make a dent on the grime and crud.

Still there and stiff hard.

So we try again with the same brand of "Meths."

A shame.

 

[nickk]

Me and my new workmate have prepared the ground for a surface drain,there’s been a pool under this doorway for 30+ years,so I’ve dug up the block paving I laid( ) 12 years back so will lay 14 m of soil pipe down,then drill a hole in the ha ha and out into the meadow,oops see the kink in the trench.

 

[Michael Bennett]

Landing pad for very small helicopters?

Almost

DVLA wheel clamp.

To clever got a few more to do then sending them off to the dvla

 

[selectedgrub]

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Condolences, Sorry for your loss.
A beautiful tribute.

 

[mm289]

Finished this just before the nonsense started so quite timely. Wanted to be able to work in the workshops and keep warm and the fan heater was costing a fortune. Got a couple of old Eber D1's last year and eventually got round to refurbing them. Was short a few parts so picked another spares and repairs up locally for £50.

Wanted it to be a self contained portable heater unit so built a cage out of box section with a bottom section to mount the burner and power supply with the electrics and fuel tank above.

Finally mounted the thermostat and a isolation switch as well.


The bottom half is caged to allow air circulation in case it gets a boit warm and the top half is semi boxed. Adjustable vent comes out the front and exhaust runs out the back.



Wheels and handle fitted so it can be rolled around the workshop or carried from one workshop to the other.

The bigger challenge was the power supply. The Eber's are 24v which is a bit of a pain but they are cheaper than 12v. To test and setup I had coupled a couple of 12v car batteries in parallel but that didn't work for a portable device. I tried a 20A 24v Chinese power supply off e-bay but the first one arrived damaged and the second one wasn't powerful enough as although rated at 20A the Eber draws about 23 on initial startup. 30A supplies are about £60 and I didn't fancy taking another chance on them so one of the chaps on here pointed me to the RC car world where they couple together 2 computer server supplies to maker a high amperage 24v supply for charging batteries.

Basically you use a couple of used switchable power supplies from rack mounted servers, lift the earth in one of them and connect in parallel to give you 24v at whatever their stated amperage is. Bit of a mission as you have to solder a jumper to fool the supplies into thinking they are connected into a rack so that they will switch on. Anyway after 3 attempts got it right in the end and it works a treat . Eventually went with some HP 460's that only cost £6 each so a really cheap power supply. Still need to get some large shrink wrap to hold them together so in the pics below they are temporarily mounted.



Have cut a small hole in the shed door for the exhaust to go out so now all I do is plug in the power lead, switch on and away it goes. Was working in the shed yesterday and nice and toastie

Cheers,

MM

 

[jimbo84]

Finished this just before the nonsense started so quite timely. Wanted to be able to work in the workshops and keep warm and the fan heater was costing a fortune. Got a couple of old Eber D1's last year and eventually got round to refurbing them. Was short a few parts so picked another spares and repairs up locally for £50.

Wanted it to be a self contained portable heater unit so built a cage out of box section with a bottom section to mount the burner and power supply with the electrics and fuel tank above.

Finally mounted the thermostat and a isolation switch as well.
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The bottom half is caged to allow air circulation in case it gets a boit warm and the top half is semi boxed. Adjustable vent comes out the front and exhaust runs out the back.

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Wheels and handle fitted so it can be rolled around the workshop or carried from one workshop to the other.

The bigger challenge was the power supply. The Eber's are 24v which is a bit of a pain but they are cheaper than 12v. To test and setup I had coupled a couple of 12v car batteries in parallel but that didn't work for a portable device. I tried a 20A 24v Chinese power supply off e-bay but the first one arrived damaged and the second one wasn't powerful enough as although rated at 20A the Eber draws about 23 on initial startup. 30A supplies are about £60 and I didn't fancy taking another chance on them so one of the chaps on here pointed me to the RC car world where they couple together 2 computer server supplies to maker a high amperage 24v supply for charging batteries.

Basically you use a couple of used switchable power supplies from rack mounted servers, lift the earth in one of them and connect in parallel to give you 24v at whatever their stated amperage is. Bit of a mission as you have to solder a jumper to fool the supplies into thinking they are connected into a rack so that they will switch on. Anyway after 3 attempts got it right in the end and it works a treat . Eventually went with some HP 460's that only cost £6 each so a really cheap power supply. Still need to get some large shrink wrap to hold them together so in the pics below they are temporarily mounted.

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Have cut a small hole in the shed door for the exhaust to go out so now all I do is plug in the power lead, switch on and away it goes. Was working in the shed yesterday and nice and toastie

Cheers,

MM

Nice setup I need to make something similar for mine (chinese 12v cheapy).

 

[Fraserb]

A customised wind vane, man is a builder and his wife is a gardener.

 

[Hopefuldave]

A customised wind vane, man is a builder and his wife is a gardener.

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I have a suspicion that'll point the wrong way... might need a bigger vane at the builder end?

Dave H. (the other one)

 

[Memmeddu]

Started a new project
I'll upload pictures

 

[Seadog]

I have a suspicion that'll point the wrong way... might need a bigger vane at the builder end?

I agree, the wheelbarrow should be the back end since it has a much greater surface area.

 

[Fraserb]

I have a suspicion that'll point the wrong way... might need a bigger vane at the builder end?

Dave H. (the other one)

The angle of the photo doesn't help but theres a decent amount more surface area on the builder end, hi tech testing with the compressor confirmed it points the right way.

 

[Dr.Al]

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It probably needs painting at some point, but I think I'll leave that until the weather gets a lot warmer. It also needs a bit of sheet material on the top so I can store stuff on top of it, but I couldn't be bothered to cut that out today, so that's a job for tomorrow. I'll probably attach it with some screws rather than welding it on, so I don't have to worry about gas for that job!

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I added a bit of 1 mm thick sheet to the top (held in place with cap screws for simplicity) and then put the anti-slip matting (that was on top of the Halfords unit that the unit is sitting on) onto the top with some double-sided tape to hold it in place.

I've already managed to fill all but one of the drawers!