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After trying to order a bed frame a few weeks ago and not finding anything i like due to wanting a size known as a small double (1200mm x 1900mm) i decided to make one now i have the spare time, Due to me being a hoarder i have lots of old new and used timber so the basic frame is now done and i am just waiting for some wood inserts to arrive, Ikea have quoted 5 weeks delivery time for the mattress so i have a bit of time to decide on a finish
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Brilliant that digger is.
Need to make something like that for my grandson and really tick his mither off.
I don't know, that's well thought out and I would say very useful, essential right now I would have thought.
Need to make something like that for my grandson and really tick his mither off.
I don't know, that's well thought out and I would say very useful, essential right now I would have thought.
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Not all today but in preparation for zombie apocalypse thought we better start growing our own veg.
So out with the bamboo patch, which naturally meant I had to borrow next doors mini digger
Ripped apart a pile of pallets from next door (the other side) to make a 2m x 4m raised bed frame
Then filled with about 4 1/2 tonnes of compost from the bins at the end of the garden clearing out about 10 years accumulation
Now we can plant some seedlings - yay
MM
So out with the bamboo patch, which naturally meant I had to borrow next doors mini digger
Ripped apart a pile of pallets from next door (the other side) to make a 2m x 4m raised bed frame
Then filled with about 4 1/2 tonnes of compost from the bins at the end of the garden clearing out about 10 years accumulation
Now we can plant some seedlings - yay
MM
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Good point, the next batch will get a Henderson's relish glaze.
Turned the original forward controls into dual. Much better option for a trike as getting caught in a tightening corner whilst not leaning into it is bad news.
The original forwards used 6mm stainless bolts in single shear - even for the brakes...
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Full power.
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Flight of Icarus
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No fun in that!erm...... a ramp .......
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Today I won (hopefully) a very small battle in the never-ending war against swarf.
I've already got some bits of aluminium screwed to the table of the milling machine to keep swarf out of the t-slots, but the milling vice had got quite clogged up with swarf as there are lots of crooks and nannies where it can get into. When I dismantled it yesterday it had got into the female thread of the vice screw and had to be scraped out to get the vice moving properly. This is the problem area - the gap between the "ways":
So I made this:
It's just a piece of acetal that's been fly-cut to size and has two countersunk holes in the middle. The drill and tap you can see are sitting in little extension pieces as they weren't long enough for the next job (I was too lazy to completely dismantle the vice again): drilling and tapping two holes thus.
The result:
It moves with the moving jaw and covers the whole gap (about 0.75 mm below the surface of the ways so it doesn't interfere with parallels). It's long enough to cover the gap until the jaws are about 100 mm apart.
Hopefully it will help!
Also made some new screws for the bench vice I got out of a skip:
I've already got some bits of aluminium screwed to the table of the milling machine to keep swarf out of the t-slots, but the milling vice had got quite clogged up with swarf as there are lots of crooks and nannies where it can get into. When I dismantled it yesterday it had got into the female thread of the vice screw and had to be scraped out to get the vice moving properly. This is the problem area - the gap between the "ways":
So I made this:
It's just a piece of acetal that's been fly-cut to size and has two countersunk holes in the middle. The drill and tap you can see are sitting in little extension pieces as they weren't long enough for the next job (I was too lazy to completely dismantle the vice again): drilling and tapping two holes thus.
The result:
It moves with the moving jaw and covers the whole gap (about 0.75 mm below the surface of the ways so it doesn't interfere with parallels). It's long enough to cover the gap until the jaws are about 100 mm apart.
Hopefully it will help!
Also made some new screws for the bench vice I got out of a skip:
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I tried a new to me method of "Blackening."
Smiths Carb Spanner was chosen for this.
Cleaned up, washed with "Meths." and a alkaline degreaser. Something they fail to mention on YouTube or from the supplier. When asked if I need anything else.
First coat.
Did not impress me.
Final coat.
Still not impressed.
Could be the steel, could be my method.
I will try another project in a few days.
Smiths Carb Spanner was chosen for this.
Cleaned up, washed with "Meths." and a alkaline degreaser. Something they fail to mention on YouTube or from the supplier. When asked if I need anything else.
First coat.
Did not impress me.
Final coat.
Still not impressed.
Could be the steel, could be my method.
I will try another project in a few days.
arther dailey
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I like the casting on the wall , right up my street that
