Stuff you have made today

[northwest]

View attachment 257098 View attachment 257099 Today,we spent a good couple of hours,adjusting the folder,now I’ve had this machine since 1993,it’s never been true end to end,so a feeder repair prompted me to attempt to rectify the situation,plus I just got determined..

They are just such a great tool, built like a tank and will fold really difficult shapes. As I have said before, I would love one of my own but I am happy I have access to one.

 

[mechman]

Daft job this morning, "can you make me one of these mate?"
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Course I can, so 20 minute later we have this, stainless steel of course, for a cot apparently.
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Thought I was gonna see another pen.

 

[Fraserb]

Made a start on this, inspired by @northwest 's thread a while ago I got the plans and decided to have a go at making one, should earn some brownie points.
Tonights progress

 

[Tom O]

Who’s bed are you going to put it in?

 

[Kram]

Made up spacer for the blinds. Annoyed the spring loaded pin is a tighter fit than the spring! The verynears told me 10.5mm and I bored it out 10.55mm. Refitting the other end is a pain, so they can stay like that!

The new VCGT1604 inserts are good! this was mostly an excuse to try one. Better than the other two packets, no idea.

 

[Dcal]

Today I made a couple of ends for the drum of a garden hose reel I'm building.
Bit over the top but the material was free and it was a good excuse to use the rolls I got from @Sammy7 a while ago.





Also used my poor man surface prep tool to get rid of the rust and mill scale.

 

[Munkul]

I made a little progress on the table legs. Top plates drilled and slotted, and tacked into place.
I'm really pleased with how the slotting turned out - drilled end holes, set a guide up and used the plasma. Definitely an underused tool in my workshop.

 

[Brad93]

View attachment 257098 View attachment 257099 Today,we spent a good couple of hours,adjusting the folder,now I’ve had this machine since 1993,it’s never been true end to end,so a feeder repair prompted me to attempt to rectify the situation,plus I just got determined..

That’s a swing out Morgan right?

 

[h-dom]

Heavy duty ground anchor for the motorbikes whilst the workshop is being built. 10mm plate base, 40x40x4 SHS, m12 throughbolts into the concrete 75mm deep, nuts welded to the plate, total cost £0 all from the scrap bin and much stronger than the offerings online which tend to use a ball bearing tapped into the head of a torx bolt.

 

[nickk]

That’s a swing out Morgan right?

Don’t know,what’s that?
Nothing removable without a spanner.
Did you know John lattaway,from Multiform machinery ,Southend? He called in once and told me it is a Ufb3? and said I need a piece of small channel on the front to give more leverage,to bend 3mm,which I duly did,I’d love a handbook for it.

 

[Brad93]

Don’t know,what’s that?
Nothing removable without a spanner.
Did you know John lattaway,from Multiform machinery ,Southend? He called in once and told me it is a Ufb3? and said I need a piece of small channel on the front to give more leverage,to bend 3mm,which I duly did,I’d love a handbook for it.

I know John very well, see him a few times a year. An old school engineer and super knowledgable.

 

[My Old Landy]

Made a cover for the hole that was the control aperture. Decided I would make it into chuck key holder just a bit of scrap ally but it worked out ok

 

[mtt.tr]

Does anyone else have a bizzarly diverse work life.

Saturday replaced 100 spotlights and tested the 4 circuits
This is a box of old ones


Monday to wednesday tree cutting.
This week's highlight birch tree this the initial formative prune in about 5 years it will look cracking. Time and trees go hand in hand
Before
After


Today small plastering set only 3 hrs work which is nice.
Nice corners are key




Ceiling will be taped and jointed this is an experiment on my part.


This weekend some machine repairs involving bit of tig work, then onto the lathe

 

[nickk]

I know John very well, see him a few times a year. An old school engineer and super knowledgable.

How is he,last spoke last year,was complaining of leg pains,was quite down.
Anyway what’s the swing out bit?

 

[Brad93]

How is he,last spoke last year,was complaining of leg pains,was quite down.
Anyway what’s the swing out bit?

I thought that was a Morgan with a swing out top beam but it’s not. They’re super rare.

had a couple of ops now but still not good unfortunately. Haven’t been over much due to vivid

 

[3000alloy]

No Pulley puller? No problem. A scrap piece of uni strut, a few bolts and a bit of jiggery pokery. Pulley be gone!!

 

[nickk]

@Brad93 ,any photos?
Imagine swinging that top clamp! You’d need a crane,half tonne?

 

[Hood]

Today I got the other two stub shafts welded in to the plates then all 4 back on the lathe to face off both sides, reduce the OD to 218.5mm and a step of 6mm down to 211.8mm. Tapped them into the tubes and welded up the two rollers.

Got asked for some more lobster gauges and also some crab gauges.

Also measured up for a job that I will be doing Feb/March next year. A shelter deck and a hopper/lifting gantry. Started modelling up the hopper/gantry in Fusion.

 

[nickk]

A few replacement panels on a calf creep,this time with 1.6mm sheets instead of the miserly 0.8mm,that reminds me I need an anti-lose chain on that lid bolt,really should’ve taken a photo of the feeding side.

 

[Fraserb]

Although it doesn't look like it had another 2 hours on it tonight.