Stuff you have made today

[Olderisbetter]

local chip shop was quoted some mental price for a tiny screen and 2 weeks before they can fit it, we managed to fit a full length screen over a metre high with a small hold to pay through and you collect at a space at the end, The local Chinese take away has something made from wood and plastic sheet it looks very tatty but they are doing plenty of trade.

 

[cianh91]

Post beater for the brother she ain’t pretty but it’s made to take extreme abuse

set of gates for my own house forgot how hateful stick welding bars in is

 

[Ton-up]

local chip shop was quoted some mental price for a tiny screen and 2 weeks before they can fit it, we managed to fit a full length screen over a metre high with a small hold to pay through and you collect at a space at the end, The local Chinese take away has something made from wood and plastic sheet it looks very tatty but they are doing plenty of trade.

Dont forget your G clamp

 

[Olderisbetter]

Dont forget your G clamp

G clamp? that's my personal hand grab to climb over to get to the food

 

[slim_boy_fat]

although the skipper tried to make out it was me

What a cheeky git - add some ££££s to your bill for his impertinence.

A stand for the gong

Would it not be better with a down-facing edge in case of the odd Rick O'Shea? [well known Irish golfer.... ]

 

[pjk]

View attachment 226941 View attachment 226942 View attachment 226943 So the same gates are finished,they’re being left to rust I like that and it’s fashionable now.i really like old rusty gates ,centuries old,and even some of my earlier projects are now maturing into this style.Im getting old .

How are you getting the gates to rust? I have used salt+vinegar+water sprayed on the steel- It does produce surface rust quite quickly, but easily wipes off. Do you have a better approach?

 

[Brad93]

View attachment 227542 Post beater for the brother she ain’t pretty but it’s made to take extreme abuseView attachment 227541 View attachment 227543 set of gates for my own house forgot how hateful stick welding bars in is

Did you roll the square box yourself?

 

[Migmac]

Would it not be better with a down-facing edge in case of the odd Rick O'Shea? [well known Irish golfer.... ][/QUOTE]


The gong swings and the bullets I use break up on impact, risk of Rick O’shea making an appearance is low

 

[cianh91]

Did you roll the square box yourself?

no iv a subby that works for us that does the rolling for me

 

[stuvy]

How are you getting the gates to rust? I have used salt+vinegar+water sprayed on the steel- It does produce surface rust quite quickly, but easily wipes off. Do you have a better approach?

mid you key the metal will that no make it shiny then rust quicker?

 

[Shox Dr]

Would it not be better with a down-facing edge in case of the odd Rick O'Shea? [well known Irish golfer.... ]

The gong swings and the bullets I use break up on impact, risk of Rick O’shea making an appearance is low[/QUOTE]

My dad bought a rifle in .244 in the 70s he made a swing plate. First shot at 100yds you heard it hit the plate then about 2sec later it hitting a shed 200yds away. It punched a hole through the sheet, liked it had been reamed.

 

[Migmac]

The gong swings and the bullets I use break up on impact, risk of Rick O’shea making an appearance is low

My dad bought a rifle in .244 in the 70s he made a swing plate. First shot at 100yds you heard it hit the plate then about 2sec later it hitting a shed 200yds away. It punched a hole through the sheet, liked it had been reamed.[/QUOTE]


Planning on shooting 300m, 400m.The bullets are 70gr ballistic tip, they should fragment on impact. Possibly leave a dimple on the surface

 

[Shox Dr]

My dad bought a rifle in .244 in the 70s he made a swing plate. First shot at 100yds you heard it hit the plate then about 2sec later it hitting a shed 200yds away. It punched a hole through the sheet, liked it had been reamed.

Planning on shooting 300m, 400m.The bullets are 70gr ballistic tip, they should fragment on impact. Possibly leave a dimple on the surface[/QUOTE]

These were German Bullets, had a very hard nose.

 

[nickk]

How are you getting the gates to rust? I have used salt+vinegar+water sprayed on the steel- It does produce surface rust quite quickly, but easily wipes off. Do you have a better approach?

Time!
When I’ve done NT projects,then I’ve used salt water.

 

[Hood]

Nipped down to the workshop to pick up some tools and ended up doing some work.

First off I cut up a sheet of 1.5mm 316 stainless, cut at 3000mm/min but probably should have been a bit faster but it went ok.

What was left after cutting.

Then I cut some Aluminium to make another box separator for Lobsters but this time for bigger ones, so only 6 divisions instead of 9 as in yesterdays one.

Also some to make a bracket for a small depth sounder which had broken.

Then I decided to tack up some of the stainless to make sure it all fitted together correctly, still have 2 more to tack and then add the tube but that can wait for another day.

 

[Sean]

made a trigger switch set up for the Tig torch and finally managed to re attach the handle on the lid of the ikea pot that broke 6 years ago.

so far its taken 6th week of Furlough
a Microswitch that had come out of some old boiler in the past.
some wire that was robbed out of an old washing machine 4 bullet crimps and various heat shrink
a Amphenol 8 pin plug bag of pins and back cap from Farnells £30
Bottle of Argon £60
regulator and flow meter £40
torch £25
Aldi inverter welder£60...which didnt tig!
Thermal Ark 181i "for spares or repair" £300 which cost about another £50 in bits and pieces to get it to work

and all she said was "About time too!"

 

[jimbo84]

How are you getting the gates to rust? I have used salt+vinegar+water sprayed on the steel- It does produce surface rust quite quickly, but easily wipes off. Do you have a better approach?

Hydrogen peroxide (hair dye) works very well but again needs a bit of time.

 

[Country Joe]

How are you getting the gates to rust? I have used salt+vinegar+water sprayed on the steel- It does produce surface rust quite quickly, but easily wipes off. Do you have a better approach?

Hydrogen peroxide (hair dye) works very well but again needs a bit of time.

And Ammonium Chloride, too - it used to get a regular mentionon here.
CJ

 

[cianh91]

Today’s job is a shed door to be timbered out . Unfortunately my own gates go on the back burner till this is finished and iv no material to make a hinge till Tuesday

 

[Mike Pinches]

I used to do a bit of spoon carving, just using a pen knife and a crook knife but always intended to try making my own knives for it. Got the urge to do some more carving, but decided I would have a go at making a sloyd (carving knife) first.
Roughed out the blade today from an old flat chainsaw file. Apart from removing the teeth from the file everything was done with hand tools. A bit more work before I can try hardening and tempering the blade.