Stuff you have made today

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This week I have acquired a few items. But due to the fact I lost (Misplaced) the camera battery charger. It has taken until now to upload the images.

First off all a big thank you to @barking mat and @MikeBB1970 for the items they sent to me. As @barking mat parcel arrived first.

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Gasket sheet, and a note.

But @MikeBB1970 came with 2 items.

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BUBBLE WRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh yes, a decent Fret Saw.

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Thanks to the 2 good members.

My neighbour has taken over an allotment, with a small shed. He is keeping the tools and I snaffled a few useful bits.
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Some rough sawn hard wood, that is about 1/8th of the total.



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A plastic saw handle. It has a nice feel to hold and should be good to use. But the finish needs to be finished.
Not sure what will happen to it.


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A "Space Age" looking motorist torch.
It does work and the top does flash.
Takes 2 x D cell batteries. Looks phallic.



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A Paraffin Rail lamp.
It is in a poor state or repair, not complete and has been previously, badly, restored.

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A bit of work.

Part One.

Last Thursday I acquired some nice bits.
But due to a "Thumb war," in which I lost I was nobbled. I was slowed down and forced to make slow adaptations to my work plans.

@MikeBB1970 sent this nice, but old Fret Saw.



Complete, but rusty. Oddly it was covered with something that made the water act like it was on a waxed surface.
So it was placed in water and washing up liquid and boiled.



Then using a lot of clamps and other ways to hold it. So power tools could be used.
Hand methods were used as well.
Maybe I do need a sand blaster.......



The paint was applied by hand, over rattle can primer.
New blades fitted and the ease it cut some nice curves in wood was very nice.
I will invest into some "Piercing saw" blades"


@barking mat was kind enough to send be some gasket paper, so I carried on with "Slow" project of rebuilding a Braodwell pump.



This is how I left the pump, in need of many parts on the inside.



I also acquired some wood.
What gave me another idea.
Hand tools again I ripped, cut and planed own the oak into some useful sizes for me.



It was very nice to use hand tools again and relearn the old ways I used at school.



Marked up and drilled to allow the motor to move and adjust to tension the belt. (On order). The base is slotted and the RHS narrow bit is not fixed, it is just there to support the rear of the motor frame.



Fitted and waiting on a belt.
The wood was French polished and waxed. The mess, behind, has been tidied up.
Ish.............

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Part 2.



This tired old railway lantern was a mess.



The base fell off, a red curved glass missing, glass frames bent, bad conversion to a modern "Foreign" wick and tank. The handle was glued on. The glass was fitted with way to much silicon and some nasty paint.





After sitting in hot caustic soda most of the 5 layers of paint came off.
This is the lead solder repairs. The base was sweated on, the lens holder was soldered on and the handle was as well. Plus a few smaller repairs.
A lot of the dents were dressed out. But the in a lot of cases the thin metal was stretched.




This was removed, it is not original, as it was brazed in, as was the front lower ring . The fuel tank came up a treat. The reflector is meant to be adjustable, but the frame is far to gone. I think when some tried to restore it, they ripped it out. So I polished up a bit of alloy and glued it on.
Hand painted over rattle can primer.



Yes, it is a B&D sanding pad, holding the brass bezel. The metal was thin, cracked and badly distorted. The cracks were soft soldered up, inside the curve.



Assembled, in satin black. The distortion and missing metal on the base ring is clear. The inner ring, holding the tank is another modern addition. I had to make it into a circle and dress things around to make it look appeasing to the eye.




The curved glass frame had to be bent and silver soldered up to allow it to move freely. Then the glass was puttied into place.




Done.
The front glass was puttied into place and cleaned. The brass ring is fitted in the wrong place . But it was a compromise. The glass is 4 mm to small so it was a case of fiddle the glass to fit, round the damaged sect. Then it was soldered on.

 

[gaz1]

on another note i posted this weve been left good feedback on this

nice to see you are well thanked for doing the jobs you do





this is ours

the last bit of shared property roof to be done weve taken the broken back out of the roof as nothing but trouble



the insides are redesigned and made better

ive liked @Burdekin shower reference so its been fitted in this property

 

[AndersK]

Needed a 45° bend 1/2" BSP in stainless to fix the angle of the outdoor shower nozzle.

Nothing to heat and bend with at the moment so cut 2 pieces of 3/8" 22,5° and glued together with 316LSi

 

[AndersK]

...and a small repair of the family silver.
(I had nothing to do with breaking it, seriously )

 

[Lewis_RX8]

Had a go at some cardboard aided design for a odd job today.

My sandblaster is now in a permenant home next to a workbench however every time the door opens a little bit of media falls onto the table and onto the floor where there is no table.

Got the rough shape of the extention and size , Tacked in place with some tape to see how it fitted up and seemed alright.

Cut out in ply with the jigsaw.

Then was offered up and a strut added below screwed into the wood and the workbench to hold it. Wasnt going to have much if any load on more to catch the media.

Then masking taped a little gap inbetween the cabinet and table to stop any tiny bits falling through so know it should all be contained for easy hoover cleanup

 

[Seadog]

Today I made a 200lb flypress body move from my car, in the street, to a four foot high bench in the garden, under my own steam. No photos I'm afraid, it was too stressful. Anyone that's been to my place will know how complicated it was.

 

[Melvyn Best]

When do you go for your hernia op

Today I made a 200lb flypress body move from my car, in the street, to a four foot high bench in the garden, under my own steam. No photos I'm afraid, it was too stressful. Anyone that's been to my place will know how complicated it was.

When do you go for your hernia op?

 

[Shox Dr]

Anyone that's been to my place will know how complicated it was.

Is that a euphemism for ‘steptoes yard’

 

[nickk]

Another gate to go with 2 more ,+ fences that I made for the same house 19 years ago,that owner had moved so new one tracked me.also doing an arch to go with,will post when it’s installed as it’s asymmetric.
My wife’s repainted the originals last week.

 

[Seadog]

Is that a euphemism for ‘steptoes yard’

More like Steptoe's house

Actually it was only 3 feet high, but felt higher. It must weigh about 125kg all up with the bits back on it.

When do you go for your hernia op?

As it happens I need some balls, if you have a spare pair

 

[Mick Annick]

View attachment 235390 Another gate to go with 2 more ,+ fences that I made for the same house 19 years ago,that owner had moved so new one tracked me.also doing an arch to go with,will post when it’s installed as it’s asymmetric.
My wife’s repainted the originals last week.

Lovely scroll work Nick, do you run training days?

 

[Mick Annick]

A marquise (porch!) I made for a friend, installed today, just glass to fit now, it’s 2.2m x 1.1m. Not keen on the scrolls but it’s what he wanted

 

[sako243]

A reasonable sized trench in the neighbours yard

 

[Melvyn Best]

More like Steptoe's house

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As it happens I need some balls, if you have a spare pair

Mine were about the right size after I had my hernia op and a lovely shade of black and blue

 

[fizzy]

A reasonable sized trench in the neighbours yard
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Some of those outbuildings look pretty old - hope they are not mutilating them!

 

[Hood]

Cut out the ends from a 3ft long 220mm dia roller pictured below after they had been removed.

Then welded them into a 5ft long one

 

[nickk]

Lovely scroll work Nick, do you run training days?

No ,job to cope with workload as it is ,have often been asked,maybe when I’m older and need more rest from the physical.

 

[sako243]

Some of those outbuildings look pretty old - hope they are not mutilating them!

Protecting them!

The building attached to the archway is going to be my electronics workshop / office / machine shop. The other barn has an old, decommissioned blacksmiths forge which will either be storage, wood working or perhaps a climbing wall.

Ditches are for French drains around the back.

 

[Olderisbetter]

I made a nice fire in the night as i was very bored and i love a good burn up.