Stuff you have made today

[Olderisbetter]

Today I tried to make this Abies look more like a Bonsai!!

Not sure if I did improve it!

John

If you need any work doing on bonsai trees my mate is a 4'9" lumber jack and dor years we have been saying he should branch into bonsai..

 

[nickk]

Made a cutting happy today,went to a very old (30 years),customers yesterday to measure some gates,his wife gave me this fig tree,look carefully you can see one.

 

[Wedg1e]

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Coated in a paste of Citric acid, distilled water and a few drops of liquid soap.
This ensures the rust in the pits and the casting flaws gets treated.
What I can find out this model is at least 60 to 100 years old, casting floors would be frowned at the final finish, my coffee fuelled plan was taking shape.
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Hey 'Vark, I'm sure there must be room in your bag of chemical treatments for such techniques as Parkerizing and Cosletizing...

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Now, is it just me that thought the drawn outline was that of a hand and... ermmm... a gentleman's bedroom toolkit?
See, after the 'Vark mentioned an 'incident', I thought he was heading down the road of 'don't poke your finger anywhere you wouldn't poke your...'

No a potential Norbert knocked off a AVO7X I was fixing and broke it to a point it can not be repaired.

I have placed my thumb where a thumb should not be poked.

 

[johnny7]

If you need any work doing on bonsai trees my mate is a 4'9" lumber jack and dor years we have been saying he should branch into bonsai..

I caught Ronnie Corbett climbing up one of mine years ago! I Threatened to tell his mam on him!!


John

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Kodak eat your heart out.....

Too late to edit - that should obviously read "Kojak"

 

[Mick Annick]

View attachment 240058 Made a cutting happy today,went to a very old (30 years),customers yesterday to measure some gates,his wife gave me this fig tree,look carefully you can see one.

Good luck Nick, I’ve been trying to grow them for years without success, I’ve currently got four on the go, if you have any tips please share!

 

[mr migwire]

did these for the railway where i volunteer, simple but they work....

 

[EddyP]

Not made, but repaired an old tool makers cabinet that was my dads, still has his old milling cutters in it. He had two brilliant mills, an Aceria F3 and a Deckel with the dividing head etc unfortunately when he died I had to sell them as there want room for them at the house I moved to, keeping his Chipmaster was a big enough challenge. I kept the mill tooling though knowing one day I’d get another one. Having bought one last week I thought it time to dust off the cabinet and repair it.

 

[optima21]

a steam punk lighter

for the ultimate chain smoker........

...or Ive finally got a working burner for the boiler for my yet to be designed model steam engine, I'll do an update early in the week,

 

[Wedg1e]

Too late to edit - that should obviously read "Kojak"

Kodak... the name for Linda McCartney's grandad's mass-market camera, after the sound the shutter made.

 

[Wedg1e]

No a potential Norbert knocked off a AVO7X I was fixing and broke it to a point it can not be repaired.

I have placed my thumb where a thumb should not be poked.

Black Bakelite? The devil's own plastic (although IIRC it was accidentally invented during development of a treatment for rubber)...

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Black Bakelite? The devil's own plastic (although IIRC it was accidentally invented during development of a treatment for rubber)...

No, it was out the case as I was repairing the balance resistors. The damaged was to the needle assembly.

 

[Brad93]

Quick adapter to sort out the 7/8” BSP Tap fiasco from a few weeks back.

Used my new Band-It tool.

 

[cardiffrob]

Made a thingy for home-made Jubilee clip whatsits. Not rich enough to be able to afford a Band-It tool.

Clamps down reeeeeeeally tightly.

 

[Brad93]

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Made a thingy for home-made Jubilee clip whatsits. Not rich enough to be able to afford a Band-It tool.

Clamps down reeeeeeeally tightly.

I paid £30 for mine off eBay with a bunch of clips

 

[nickk]

So the GP dispensary chutes are made,they will then be painted and logos,then fitted by others,will get a photo then.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I was board.

 

[My Old Landy]

Started on clamps for the rotary table.

 

[8ob]

Got a bit more done on the boat trailer today, the chunks of 12" channel from the cutnshut went into the back of the uprights as reinforcements. Only tacking up at the moment.