Stuff you have made today

[Dr.Al]

What motorised frame did you go for? Keep thinking about converting my desk, considering the amount of time I spend at it!

I went for a Flexispot E5 as it was relatively cheap (especially as they had a £70 off back-to-school special offer on it for the week that I bought it).

It's a little wobblier than I would have liked (I guess that's a problem with only having two legs rather than four), although I think I'll get used to it. One of the screws they sent had a manufacturing fault (the hex socket hadn't been broached so it couldn't be tightened). I contacted them thinking it would be simple for them to stick a spare in the post and that turned into a bit of a nightmare of carp customer support. I've got similar screws (albeit not button-head stainless ones), so it's not a big issue, I just thought it would be easy to put one in an envelope and post it.

After a few back and forths with indecipherable emails from them, they suggested I buy a replacement on Amazon. Suffice to say I wouldn't be recommending flexispot as a good company to deal with! I can't imagine many companies would think it reasonable customer service to send a faulty part and, rather than replacing said faulty part, suggest the customer buy a replacement on Amazon.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

This week's task

Seating area was sent down as end panels. Lot of work but looks smart

Shame about the ceiling

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Got this yesterday.



Small anvil.

So I hatched a plan.



A good clean up and a degrease.




Silver leaf.

This was harder to do than gold leaf. It may have been the shape or the sheet silver.
I will leave it for a few days to see if I can get a shine.



Just need something to bronze next.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Small anvil.

That'd make a good keyring, just stay away from water.

 

[nickk]

Not today but 2 weeks ago.
My outdoor scales were reading inconsistently,so after investigations,one of the 4 corner “staples?”,was worn and bent.
A new one was bent to size,suitably grooved ,and all recalibrated.Each staple fits where the nail has been temporarily inserted.

 

[gaz1]

this is what i was fitting friday

 

[Mick Annick]

View attachment 252657 View attachment 252658 Not today but 2 weeks ago.
My outdoor scales were reading inconsistently,so after investigations,one of the 4 corner “staples?”,was worn and bent.
A new one was bent to size,suitably grooved ,and all recalibrated.Each staple fits where the nail has been temporarily inserted.

Interesting, do you use them a lot?

 

[nickk]

Several times a week,it’s how I charge for most steel.

 

[Mick Annick]

Several times a week,it’s how I charge for most steel.

Makes sense, I order steel by the metre and pay by the kilo!

 

[Lewis_RX8]

Attacked the hedge today, Quite liking cordless Makita trimmer does the job nicely and battery were ok just charging them over lunch as they went down to 2 bars.

The result of a few hours of trimming and messing around with a stepladder.

Tarp made for easy cleanup just use it to bring it all into middle then scoop into brown bin

 

[brewdexta]

I've just finished the last of the big drawers for the kitchen. I still have 14 through dovetail drawers to make for the utility larder and 12 small one for the kitchen for odds and sods. These will have half blind dovetails.

I did buy half a dozen sliding wire baskets but came to the conclusion they were carp so replaced them too. I just have to put fronts on the top drawers, and cupboard doors over the bottom ones. The packers to once side of the bottom drawers are there so that the drawer misses the door when sliding out. Its a face frame kitchen so this needs to be taken into account.

Cheers
Andy

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Spent some time yesterday and today re doing some H&S rules for MIS.

To that end I had to re-stage what happened, complete with mistakes and failures.




This was very strange setting this up.

Everything is wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Scary as well.

But we had 3 fire extinguishers standing by, hose switched on, anything that could burn was removed, fuel was the barest amount.

The units were pre-warmed outside. So the burn time inside was the shortest we could get away with. We even had Naval Anti-flash on.

The things wrong here.

2 untested(staged) units going at the same time.

No catch tray.

Mocked up fuel leak. It was water.

Inside.

Plus much more.




More messing around, more staging and mocking up. To a point.

Rear unit. Leaking, not enough pressure to vaporise the fuel and the warming depression over filled.

The front unit.

This has been over pressurised, the give away is the liquid fuel on the vice and work top.

That was not allowed to do that for very long.



So we reset again, sorted it all out and did another incorrect test.




This was so wrong, but had to be done to be able re-write the rules, again.

I was pleased to finish this as everything was against the grain.


The 2 torches are mine, so I know they work. But it took some thinking on how to make it look wrong.

 

[Hitch]

Been back at the pens the last week or so. Few for stock, and a couple of custom ones.
@Munkul yours in there too... I'll drop a PM later

 

[doubleboost]

Not made but repaired
Nasty oily aluminium

 

[mtt.tr]

Not made but repaired
Nasty oily aluminiumView attachment 252709 View attachment 252710 View attachment 252711

Well done sir, getting good at this

 

[slim_boy_fat]

this is what i was fitting friday

How will those eventually be secured to the floor?

 

[Anguz]

re bearinged my old Clark?? band saw... both oilite bearings on the blade wheels replaced from bearingboys
the guide bearings replaced with the finest chinesium..
see how long they last... in total it cost me 20 quid, its gone from unusable to as rubbish as the day i aquired it

just got to sort the switch now

 

[DennisCA]

Been working on my first pair of tongs. Had a brain fart when doing the twisting of the bits, I made a 90 degree bend instead of twisting the whole tihng. Believe I will hammer it flat again and redo it before making the hole and riveting.

 

[Feet 'n Inches]

Today it was two holes in my workshop door.


My bandsaw is positioned just inside the door and the lights tend to cast a shadow making it tricky to measure on occasions. Fine during the summer, the door stays open and the sunlight floods in but in the winter, it's a different story. The 'glass' is 10mm thick perspex which has an opaque sheet bonded to it on one side - it will come off but it sticks pretty well. I welded 10mm round bar across the perspex as a bit of additional security should some smart alec come a-knocking. Next fine day I'll give the door a coat of paint.

The little plaque on the right, partially in shot says "Grumpy's Shed". No prizes for guessing who bought me that.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Got a few items over the weekend.



English oak and in need of a lot of TLC.



0V to 450V over 3 terminals. Plus one Common.




Over the years the box has been varnished, lacquer and French polish. Leading to a real mess. Plus it had caused the frame to twist. The sealing of the outside and the heat and damp inside added to the issue.
Here you can see the depression I the mid section of the side, taking a plane to it would of not been a wise move. So using a scraper plane, cabinet scrapers and wire wool. plus lots of "Meths." we had it back to bare wood.




The MCM was held on the 0 Volt position. Of course releasing the stress showed the coil frame was warped. Adjusting the frame screws I could get the needle to move to any position. But connecting it to a suitable power supply it was not a stable or a steady readout.

The hunt is on to find a replacement or finding a way to repair it.



Bit of history on the back of the scale.
This and construction marks were saved. Made it a bit difficult to save the ones on the wood. But it was done.




The metal work was painted in Satin black, visible screws were polished and the inside was waxed.

The bottom bit of wood, had a name on it and the words:
"writing to meter."
It would only fit one way.





10 coats of French polish.
The grain shows up very well.
All the screws were an odd size. All the old holes were filled with sawdust and glue. Re-drilled and the slots all point the same way.




The Leather handle is still drinking leather food. But it is intact and it will recover.




All done.