Stuff you have made today

[vwmark]

Made a nuc for hopefully more bees next year. Made from scrap pl

y and a piece of Aluminium from @Jacktegla which he wipped from a skip.
Got a few more to make as gifts for people that have helped me with my bees. Just need to find more roof covering - cheap!

 

[selectedgrub]

a steam punk lighter

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I wish I had your talent, that's awesome.

 

[Jacktegla]

Made a nuc for hopefully more bees next year. Made from scrap plView attachment 240294 y and a piece of Aluminium from @Jacktegla which he wipped from a skip.
Got a few more to make as gifts for people that have helped me with my bees. Just need to find more roof covering - cheap!

Looks good. How did you do the corners, are they welded ?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

"nuc"? Can you please translate, I know nothing about bee keeping (well, other than what my pal tells me - he has cut back to a couple of hives now).

 

[zx9]

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.

Given an un restricted root run it will grow like a weed.

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!

I don't know why you can not grow them given your local climate, I planted one in our London garden I think the variety was Brown Turkey, I dug out a pit and lined it with concrete slabs in a futile attempt to restrict the roots and plant size. Within ten years it had a eight inch diameter trunk and was over twelve foot tall. Within twenty years it was a monster despite heavy pruning and had to be taken out which was a shame as the fruit tasted lovely and were about the size of a cricket ball, though the wasps liked any that got over ripe, I don't miss the wasps.

A year after I had felled the fig tree I found a bit of root that had formed a new plant and potted it up, that was four years ago. The new plant is in a smallish pot of around twelve inch diameter, is about six feet tall and has born fruit these last two years.

 

[nickk]

Given an un restricted root run it will grow like a weed.



I don't know why you can not grow them given your local climate, I planted one in our London garden I think the variety was Brown Turkey, I dug out a pit and lined it with concrete slabs in a futile attempt to restrict the roots and plant size. Within ten years it had a eight inch diameter trunk and was over twelve foot tall. Within twenty years it was a monster despite heavy pruning and had to be taken out which was a shame as the fruit tasted lovely and were about the size of a cricket ball, though the wasps liked any that got over ripe, I don't miss the wasps.

A year after I had felled the fig tree I found a bit of root that had formed a new plant and potted it up, that was four years ago. The new plant is in a smallish pot of around twelve inch diameter, is about six feet tall and has born fruit these last two years.

It’s in the middle of a field,50m from the workshop,so not going to be a problem.

 

[vwmark]

"nuc"? Can you please translate, I know nothing about bee keeping (well, other than what my pal tells me - he has cut back to a couple of hives now).

Nuc is a "Nucleus" of bees which is basically a small or temporary hive. Used if you have an issue with a full size hive and you need to split bees or for storage of a swarm. Not used for the production of honey, just the development of bees.

 

[vwmark]

Looks good. How did you do the corners, are they welded ?

I tig'd the corners and mig'd the long runs.

 

[Jacktegla]

I tig'd the corners and mig'd the long runs.

Didn't realise you had the kit to to aluminium. Or was it stainless.

 

[vwmark]

Didn't realise you had the kit to to aluminium. Or was it stainless.

Thought you were joking about the plywood!

 

[Jacktegla]

Thought you were joking about the plywood!

What do you mean, about the plywood ?

Edit I get it now. I can also see youve just folded the corners if the aluminium.

 

[optima21]

I wish I had your talent, that's awesome.

Im not that talented, its just that I make small(ish) things, there are loads of people on here who are talented at different things.....like yourself being talented in having the vision to see the sculptures that you're making, now to me thats a real talent,

 

[AndersK]

Where's my drill???
Drilling and tapping 3/8 BSP in some Uddeholm Alumec.

 

[Lazurus]

Where's my drill???
Drilling and tapping 3/8 BSP in some Uddeholm Alumec.

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If that is ali or non ferous I would love the swarf to put in resin

 

[Olderisbetter]

If that is ali or non ferous I would love the swarf to put in resin
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looks like something from a alien planet, what is in that resin?

 

[AndersK]

Looks like Ike bread to me

 

[Wedg1e]

If that is ali or non ferous I would love the swarf to put in resin
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That reminds me of a load of brass swarf I gave someone from here to fill a resin kitchen worktop with, never heard whether or not it worked...

 

[Munkul]

Fitted a Moscha swivelling spout to the old slurry spreader last night. It came with brackets but had to build a new one to bolt on where the old splash plate attached.

It's kinda cool ran a test load of dirty water through it and it does as advertised - splish-splashes from side to side, throws rather than squirts, and spreads large droplets rather than spray. Much better than a splash plate, and a lot cheaper/simpler than a dribble bar. Looking forward to seeing the spread pattern in heavy slurry.
Basically the equivelent of a HVLP spray gun, it cuts down on volatiles and doesn't cap the grass in a heavy coat of slurry.

 

[Fraserb]

Fitted a Moscha swivelling spout to the old slurry spreader last night. It came with brackets but had to build a new one to bolt on where the old splash plate attached.

It's kinda cool ran a test load of dirty water through it and it does as advertised - splish-splashes from side to side, throws rather than squirts, and spreads large droplets rather than spray. Much better than a splash plate, and a lot cheaper/simpler than a dribble bar. Looking forward to seeing the spread pattern in heavy slurry.
Basically the equivelent of a HVLP spray gun, it cuts down on volatiles and doesn't cap the grass in a heavy coat of slurry.

I'd be interested too see how you get on with it, we could be looking at something for our tankers.

 

[Woody.v8]

Fiddling away, crane back on next week hopefully.