slim_boy_fat
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Don't think the OP ever stated size - it might have been one of the NZ lads? Damned if I can remember.....
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Don't think the OP ever stated size - it might have been one of the NZ lads? Damned if I can remember.....
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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This is were the bee's wax ended up.
Scrap wood.
Ignore the mitred right angle. That is a gig used to hold the wooden blocks together.
They are ripped down hard wood from a garden rose arch. Cleaned up and cross cut to size.
Clamps and gigs in use.
PVA glue as my hot melt glue pot is more holes.
@slim_boy_fat wax. This had a fantastic smell to it. But as you can see not much. But easy enough for my plan off cunning.
Mix it with teak oil, it should melt down nicely, it not had more thinners. Of the type the oil is thinned down with.
Warm gently.
Apply with a cloth rubber and let dry.
This is were the bee's wax ended up.
Scrap wood.
Ignore the mitred right angle. That is a gig used to hold the wooden blocks together.
They are ripped down hard wood from a garden rose arch. Cleaned up and cross cut to size.
Clamps and gigs in use.
PVA glue as my hot melt glue pot is more holes.
@slim_boy_fat wax. This had a fantastic smell to it. But as you can see not much. But easy enough for my plan off cunning.
Mix it with teak oil, it should melt down nicely, it not had more thinners. Of the type the oil is thinned down with.
Warm gently.
Apply with a cloth rubber and let dry.
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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I did not use this to warm the wax, oil and thinners up.
Mate asked me if I could knock something up for his chair base that snapped. It's one of those turny reclining leather jobbies, they're available in varying degrees of quality, I've repaired a different one for another mate that broke in a different place. His had an aluminum block for the wooden legs to bolt to, this one was plastic, like I said varying degrees of quality.
Cut up some 120x6mm flat into the required shapes, welded together, and we have a pretty indestructible block. To quote my message to him, you could anchor a ship to it now
Far from perfect welds but it its't going anywhere.
New steel one against the old plastic one.
Finding the kind of centre of the pentagon
Drilled
Coat of paint and legs bolted on ready for the rest of the seat to go back in.
Cut up some 120x6mm flat into the required shapes, welded together, and we have a pretty indestructible block. To quote my message to him, you could anchor a ship to it now
Far from perfect welds but it its't going anywhere.
New steel one against the old plastic one.
Finding the kind of centre of the pentagon
Drilled
Coat of paint and legs bolted on ready for the rest of the seat to go back in.
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I got rid of a shiney patch on a Crosman 2240 that was there because someone used emery cloth to remove a rust spot rather than oil soaked wire wool 
It was still there so I broke out the wire wool and it only took a few seconds to get rid of it, It had a shiney bit on both sides of the receiver!
I used a bit of G96 blueing gel, Cleaned the area first with acetone a couple of times to get rid of any oily film then went for it!
T'uther side
John
It was still there so I broke out the wire wool and it only took a few seconds to get rid of it, It had a shiney bit on both sides of the receiver!
I used a bit of G96 blueing gel, Cleaned the area first with acetone a couple of times to get rid of any oily film then went for it!
T'uther side
John
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Second one made this afternoon for Goose, his brother Charlie had one made a few weeks ago. I'd have a single, larger one for them both but Charlie eats elsewhere as he likes to wine and dine his food whereas Goose inhales and would then go for his. There's a groove I cut in the wtop on the lathe so the bowls sit securely.
Quite weighty as the legs are 40 X 4 angle iron with flat plates TIG welded on the bottom so I could stick silicon rubber feet on.
Another project ticked off Project Management's list...
Quite weighty as the legs are 40 X 4 angle iron with flat plates TIG welded on the bottom so I could stick silicon rubber feet on.
Another project ticked off Project Management's list...
slim_boy_fat
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doubleboost
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1275 block under the bench
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Bloody hell you’ve got good eyesight!
It’s out of an Allegro. At some point I’ll rebuild it for one of the Minis.
You tigged all those tube ends? Wow...
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And changed to a laser sight too.
I struggled to keep the 4x32 pistol scope steady, Laser is easier!!
John
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got some heat sink
Munkul
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I find it easier than MIG to keep tidy, and faster too, because there's no rework or flaws
No doubt some can make a beautiful job with MIG, but I just don't have the skill or practice.
Hood
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Stick would be my choice for speed and looks.I find it easier than MIG to keep tidy, and faster too, because there's no rework or flaws
Obviously not as nice as Tig but not far off.
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Took a break from metalwork to sort out some seats. Shortened, narrowed, inverted and the armrest installed the other way up. Timber frames added to hold the original 1950s Dunlopillow foam in place. Nice to occasionally expand your 'repertoire'. Rejuvenated with a mix of Beeswax, Linseed oil and dark red T-cut polish.
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Ran a die down one of the long M6 bolts I acquired today to extend the thread†
Not pretty but it works.
Here it is in place:
† Actually I cheated and put the die in a die stock in a vice and the head of the cap head in the cordless drill chuck and let the drill do the work (in two passes with the split die open then closed). I didn't think it would work, but it did!
Not pretty but it works.
Here it is in place:
† Actually I cheated and put the die in a die stock in a vice and the head of the cap head in the cordless drill chuck and let the drill do the work (in two passes with the split die open then closed). I didn't think it would work, but it did!
