Stuff you have made today

[bourbon]

I assembled another wooden five plank box. ran out of clamps so I had coffee

 

[arther dailey]

I finally got around to insulating a storage shipping container , had the back ten foot done a couple years back , now the front halfs done, just need to do the doors some time. it went better than expected. tomorrow .sort through and re stack/tidy the contents

 

[nickk]

Fridays job,couple of railings,for a sloping entrance,when the galvanisers re open ,I’ll take them in ,by then a few other jobs will be ready to spread the cost.£85 min charge now

 

[EddyP]

The ladies in our village have been making colourful Pom poms and hanging them on one of the trees to make it brighten the place up and as a thank you to the couple of nurses that live here. I said I can’t make a Pom Pom, it needs to be something a bit more manly. So knocked this up.

 

[cianh91]

13ft by 10ft lean too

all made from freebies except screws

 

[pjk]

A mad rush to the head.
I watched a friend use an adapted Adze to clear weeds.
I have an adze, but for my mad idea it would be to big.

This build has no other use than to keep what's left of my sanity going.

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Take a dead handle and mount into a vice, drink coffee.

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Shape, you can see the hand tools just above it.
Drink a coffee. Use the green hand sanitizer.

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Shape the hole to suit the bit off steel you have to hand. Drink a coffee and tidy up the scrap bin.


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Hand file, drink coffee and shape into a chisel bit.

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Now, to harden the steel.
Heat the whole lot up to a cherry red, then quench in oil.
Here you can see me re heating the tip to dip into charcoal powder to add an layer of carbon hard steel.
It was then polished, after coffee and tempered to a light blue colour.
The paraffin torch went pffffts, so I had another coffee.

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Make a wedge and add a strap to the handle.
2 rivets, made from a mug of coffee and 5.5 mm bar were fitted and a ball pein used to flatten and tighten.

The blade I made, with a coffee was used to scrape the dirt off the handle. Before I fitted the strap.

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Drink a coffee as the stain dries, this was shop brought stain. Over the coffee the different woods took the stain in different manner.

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Assemble, yes, sips a coffee, this is correct.
In use the force will secure the blade very well.
But in this shot the blade needs the be turned, so the bevel faces you.
I saw that and went for a coffee.

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In use.
No it is not perfect.
The blade needs a better edge, the angles are to steep. for tis kind of operation.
I used 25 and 30deg. They need to be at least 15 and 20 deg.

Plus it needs to be a bit keener.

But as prove of concept, it works.
Coffee time.

Very cool tool! Please show it in action!

 

[selectedgrub]

Copper link diode with cooling fins

 

[nickk]

Only small progress on the spiral staircase yesterday,fitted the landing bridge,balustrade next ,then .....replace the horrible railings,plan is before the kids are tall enough to “hinge” over the side,or get pushed(joking).

 

[zx9]

Remember this, my Dad's old 110 block plane.


After a bit of work it now looks like this


Not restored by any stretch but back into a usable condition. There is no indication of manufacturer cast into the plane just 110, I remember using it when I was around ten or so in the mid 1970's and it was no where near new then so I would guess it is a 1950's version of this model.

 

[Hitch]

I have a project in mind that would want a spun top, having some copper sheet kicking about, I made up a former and did a bit of experimenting...

 

[Seadog]

There is no indication of manufacturer cast into the plane just 110

A rip-off of the Stanley 110.

 

[Dcal]

Today I made a heavy duty scorpion's tail -

 

[zx9]

A rip-off of the Stanley 110.

Yep, I guess so.

 

[arther dailey]

Nearly finished insulating containerjust need to finsh stacking beams and clean/sort re fill ,you know how it goes, get rid of some and make some room , doors to do but out of insulation now so that will have to wait.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Today I made a heavy duty scorpion's tail -

Blimey!! How big's the finished article going to be?

 

[Dcal]

Blimey!! How big's the finished article going to be?

6 foot odd.
But will end up as something else.

 

[MCKDAVID]

irish wheel per chance?

 

[Tangledfeet]

After an hour or so at the 'puter finalising dimensions I enjoyed a few hours in the workshop cutting and getting set up for the closest I've ever come to a production run! Horizontal bars across the windows in the workshop to beef up security as we're a bit more wary since it seems someone tried to nick the trailer.

 

[Hood]

After an hour or so at the 'puter finalising dimensions I enjoyed a few hours in the workshop cutting and getting set up for the closest I've ever come to a production run! Horizontal bars across the windows in the workshop to beef up security as we're a bit more wary since it seems someone tried to nick the trailer.

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Man, you live in the land of the Fly Fifers, they will just nick the bars as well

 

[Hood]

Oh and BTW I wonder whether I should grass you off the the FMA or not