Stuff you have made today

[bigegg]

Not read it. Hasn't appealed to me.

Didn't get into strata.
Loved the Johny Maxwell trilogy. And the carpet people.
Haven't read his short stories.
Truckers diggers and wings were top notch.

Diskworld has always been top of the pile.

"dodger"? or "shepherd's crown"?
if the latter, it's actually a Granny Weatherwax novel, even though it's in the "tiffany aching" series. Worth a read.

Dodger is set in AM, so is a diskwyrld novel?

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

"dodger"? or "shepherd's crown"?
if the latter, it's actually a Granny Weatherwax novel, even though it's in the "tiffany aching" series. Worth a read.

Dodger is set in AM, so is a diskwyrld novel?

Dodger is set in dickensian London.
And the Shepard's crown was excellent.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

 

[bigegg]

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Probably why it's never appealed to me, either.

<edit> just read the wiki page on it - it actually sounds pretty good.

 

[Country Joe]

Just an aside, and sort of off-topic I know, but...

Reading does seem more immersive than watching a film, before it actually becomes compulsive - hopefully all the way to the end!

I'm reading "Earth Abides" by George R Stewart, at the moment, after not having read anything for years.

To bring it more on-topic, though - it's about the aftermath of a pandemic, where seemingly nearly everyone has died.
Not all of them, though - or there'd be no narrator - and no story!

All the Best,
CJ

 

[Anguz]

A portable vice.. same height as my bench vice for when I want to hold long things

 

[Country Joe]

A portable vice.. same height as my bench vice for when I want to hold long things

The wheel looks a bit small, as if it might topple with too much side-ways movement.
Very handy, though.

All the Best,
CJ

 

[zx9]

Mk.2 is brass because it looks cool, it has nothing to do with running out of steel.
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The knurl is much better this time, the tapped hole is blind so you can't see how wonky it is and I didn't cock the counter bore.

The M3 screw needed its head reducing to fit, my chuck doesn't close that small and I don't have a back plate for my smaller chuck, so...
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Nice to see it is not only those of us with small lathes that have to get inventive with set up.

 

[Anguz]

it may.. its either the wheel is small or the vice is too big!

wont be used gor anything i want to swing on

 

[DennisCA]

I'm working on some coal forges. I want a side blast design with water jacket (for the tuyere) and I want it to be mobile enough for me to pull it ouside. With some advice from a smithing forum I drew up this hybrid design, welded steel firepot and steel top for a light and mobile design.

I also have a more traditional, but small forge (450x650mm) I was thinking the bottom could be lined with hollow fire bricks and a minimal amount of sand or bentonite clay used to shape the pit. In both cases I want a separate water tank instead of a traditional bosch.

 

[Munkul]

made a couple new stair stringers at the weekend... decided to be a tart with TIG root and MIG capped double sided V joint.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Not me.
But a "Expert" at MIS.

This guy thinks he knows it all, but 99.99% of the time it is BS and taken from the WWW.

This is a classic example.

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This was set up at my place to show what was wrong.

Paraffin Blow lamps are very common, 60% are not worth repairing but look good to look at. The other 40% are worth spending time and funds to get them going. Service parts are cheep.
I always replace all seals, they are in the kit.

This person only replaced the cup washer in the pump and "Declared it was now fit for use."

First use, he primed it, pumped it up and after it was burning nicely the Pump to tank washer failed. Allowing paraffin vapour to escape with the resulting fire.

I now have to get a new CO2 extinguisher, as it was sued to make the torch safe in MIS.

When it all had calmed down and new coffee made, our expert was heard to say.

It had to be cheep parts from china, he could not made that mistake.

A rectum on legs.

30 minutes yesterday, a quick test and it was working.

All it took was a repair kit, we have a few a strip down and replace all seals, washers and that was it.



On this version all There is to change are
The Cup Washer in the pump.
The Non return seal in the pump (WWW is needed as there are many versions)
Pump to tank washer.
Filler cap seal.

A simple job.
By changing the cup washer, if there are metal washers and spacers, re-fit them as they are needed. he had allowed the full working pressure to be reached.
Thus the old and damaged filler seal and pump seal had failed.

They also now have a new 2kg CO2 extinguisher.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Not me.
But a "Expert" at MIS.

This guy thinks he knows it all, but 99.99% of the time it is BS and taken from the WWW.

This is a classic example.

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This was set up at my place to show what was wrong.

Paraffin Blow lamps are very common, 60% are not worth repairing but look good to look at. The other 40% are worth spending time and funds to get them going. Service parts are cheep.
I always replace all seals, they are in the kit.

This person only replaced the cup washer in the pump and "Declared it was now fit for use."

First use, he primed it, pumped it up and after it was burning nicely the Pump to tank washer failed. Allowing paraffin vapour to escape with the resulting fire.

I now have to get a new CO2 extinguisher, as it was sued to make the torch safe in MIS.

When it all had calmed down and new coffee made, our expert was heard to say.

It had to be cheep parts from china, he could not made that mistake.

A rectum on legs.

Just had an interesting coffee break, with the MIS chairperson and the Membership register person.

I have pointed out that I had to replace the used CO2, at the cost to the MIS.
I explained to them why it had to be replaced.
Unlike one member who insisted it would be ok to use.

Plus no "hot works request had been made, so the blow torch should not of been in use.

This means the member has broken our H&S rules, to the cost of the MIS and the session leader was not enforcing the rules.
Both breaches of the membership T&C.

With luck some action will be taken.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

@The_Yellow_Ardvark Your MIS involvement(s) seem to cause a disproportionate of 'hassle' for you - is it all really worth it?

 

[northwest]

@The_Yellow_Ardvark Your MIS involvement(s) seem to cause a disproportionate of 'hassle' for you - is it all really worth it?

It's the old 20/80 rule. Twenty percent of your life generates eighty percent of your grief. It's one of life's undeniable facts and can be applied to almost any life situation: Work, Women, Cars, Customers, Work, did I mention women?

 

[Fraserb]

Today I made the bumble bee a bit cleaner.

 

[brewdexta]

Today I made a cock-up.

The wife and kids have been away since Friday camping near Wells while I work, look after the dog and chickens and do a bit of DIY on the kitchen.

All was going well. I had a brew day on Saturday and in between had built 5 panel doors for the new kitchen. Today was fitting day. Four went grand, the last one, not so grand.

I measured twice, and cut once, but still cocked it up. I can only assume I added the 4mm of clearance (2mm either side) rather than take it off as the door is 8mm too wide.

I can't just take 4mm off each side, it would look stupid as the stiles are only 50mm. So I'll cut the stile just near the joint, hope the floating panel is floating and not stuck with glue squeezed out from gluing the frame, cut the rails and panel to size and make a new stile and mortices.

The missus is back tomorrow, the plan was to oil the doors tonight so it will be dry tomorrow afternoon. It will have to wait, time for a beer.

Cheers
Andy

 

[bricol]

Today I made the bumble bee a bit cleaner.]

Do owners still tie ignition keys in the ignition with baler twine like my great uncle did with everything so they couldn't get lost?

 

[Tupers]

I had to cut open this YZ400 exhaust up to find out why it didn’t want to rev out. It looks like a mouse has been having a good time in there but it’s all back to standard now.

 

[dobbslc]

I bet it was quite though!