Stuff you have made today

[Memmeddu]

Some measurements

 

[My Old Landy]

I haven't had much time to get in the workshop today. I just thought a picture of the way the slide is captured in the saddle may explain what I am doing?
The lathe will never be accurate as it has been broken and repaired multiple times over it's 100 year life!

 

[Memmeddu]

I haven't had much time to get in the workshop today. I just thought a picture of the way the slide is captured in the saddle may explain what I am doing?
The lathe will never be accurate as it has been broken and repaired multiple times over it's 100 year life!
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You just need to be parallel to the bed
It's a simple lathe I believe .
Still good to make round stuff , there are people which built their own lathes and use them to make their own machines , mechanical stuff like tractors parts etc
You have a starting point ,if you achieve the parallelism wouldn't be too hard to maintain the squareness and eventually an angle on the tool post.
Essentially a functional lathe

 

[Fraserb]

Bit more on the weather vane.

 

[outofthefire]

I carved a new pendant out of titanium

 

[vwmark]

I got asked as a favour to make stainless baskets that contain gravel.

They are used in an organ at a local cathedral to regulate the humidy. I take it water is somehow dripped onto the stones.

Turned into a nightmare as I had 3 orders for the mesh not turn up and then a month later turn up.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I carved a new pendant out of titanium

Can you open beer bottles with it?

 

[outofthefire]

Can you open beer bottles with it?

I've not tried, but I reckon

 

[outofthefire]

I got asked as a favour to make stainless baskets that contain gravel.

They are used in an organ at a local cathedral to regulate the humidy. I take it water is somehow dripped onto the stones.

Thats fascinating, now I've got to go research cathedral organs

 

[DennisCA]

Machining a piece of aluminum, it will be an adapter for mounting the reader head of a DRO scale to my mill.

Able to take a pretty heavy cut in aluminium

 

[RWD3M]

I didn't manage to get any where near the workshop yesterday but have now welded up all the sheet metal.





I just need to weld a couple of nuts inside to mount the grinder to, fit the top plate and then mount the quench tank.



A lick of paint later in the week then smack a few holes in the floor to nail it down!

 

[Cuthy246]

Less made more unmade. Found the problem with a walk behind brush cutter. That would explain the monstrous noise it was making.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Found the problem with a walk behind brush cutter.

Someone on here was looking for steel balls to go in a 'relief' valve.

 

[Tupers]

After 4 months of sitting in the corner my viceroy grinder has a working motor.

I also made a start on my overly complicated GN125 exhaust.

 

[Morrisman]

I have 'generated a hole', as they always told us when I was doing college during my apprenticeship.

 

[Brad93]

After 4 months of sitting in the corner my viceroy grinder has a working motor.View attachment 237539 View attachment 237541

I also made a start on my overly complicated GN125 exhaust.
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Nice work

 

[Maker]

Someone on here was looking for steel balls to go in a 'relief' valve.

Only thing I'd put those in is a slingshot.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Only thing I'd put those in is a slingshot.

Ahhh, I've only just enlarged the pic.

 

[Cuthy246]

Someone on here was looking for steel balls to go in a 'relief' valve.

Don't think there is a single round one left, what size was needed may have one or two others lying around.

 

[Munkul]

Finished this lot off last night. Gatepost was being modified for a friend.