Stuff you have made today

[Dcal]

Today I nearly finished my garden hose reel.











These things always take longer than I think.
It's the little details that take the time, the handle, the bushes, the water inlet and outlet etc.
I found a few inches of stainless pipe, but not enough for the whole axle so I joined it to steel pipe with dissimilar rods so the water is only going through the stainless pipe.
I lined and welded it in the lathe to get it reasonably straight.



Also sealed all the ends to stop it rotting from the inside.





Just need to paint it now (and finish prepping it)
I'm very pleased with my surface perperation tool.
This is half the drum done and half not.

 

[selectedgrub]

It will contain metal

 

[Dr.Al]

Today I made 5 legs

Made out of a bar of 20 mm diameter 303 stainless. The ends are at 75° rather than 90° and (hopefully) parallel to each other. One end of each is tapped M5, perpendicular to the face so not parallel to the body. Hopefully all the same length!

 

[Kram]

Floor primed with 2:1 leveller:sbr, wanted to level it tonight but taking ages to dry.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Did the carpet tiles in the main area of the shop today and i was high on the spray

 

[Fraserb]

Another couple of hours on it.

 

[Kram]

"Leveled", might have cocked it up, hopefully it settles flat over next few hours!

 

[selectedgrub]

 

[DennisCA]

Made a jack-o-lantern. Got the pumpkin from my SO's sister in september, she'd grown a bunch and they got quite large. Never had pumpkin before to the best of my knowledge, not a common food in Finland... We're wondering if we can use the insides, it sat outside since early september, we've had cool temps and even snow and below freezing, seems to have weathered it well. Figure a pumpkin is one of those foods that store well for a long time. Wonder how to turn it into a pumpkin pie, never had that before.

 

[Tangledfeet]

@Fraserb The horse's head you're doing is amazing! Are you working from a pattern or doing it all 'ad hoc'?

(I'd love to make a smaller version for Mrs TF's Christmas or birthday.)

 

[Fraserb]

@Fraserb The horse's head you're doing is amazing! Are you working from a pattern or doing it all 'ad hoc'?

(I'd love to make a smaller version for Mrs TF's Christmas or birthday.)

I'm making it from a pattern you can buy online, it was a thread started by @northwest that encouraged me to have a go, I scaled mine up by 50%.

 

[Tangledfeet]

I'm making it from a pattern you can buy online, it was a thread started by @northwest that encouraged me to have a go, I scaled mine up by 50%.

Could you tell me which pattern you used..? It seems to have fewer parts than most I've seen online.

 

[Fraserb]

This is the one I have,

I used the cnc plasma to cut the pieces out, a few still needed a bit of tweaking, that was proba ly down to my metal working skills though, theres a couple of bits I learnt which would help doing another

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/632189904/diy-horse-head-welding-sculpture

 

[Tangledfeet]

This is the one I have,

I used the cnc plasma to cut the pieces out, a few still needed a bit of tweaking, that was proba ly down to my metal working skills though, theres a couple of bits I learnt which would help doing another

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/632189904/diy-horse-head-welding-sculpture

Cheers - much obliged. Don't have access to plasma so I'd just print out on paper, glue to sheet and cut out.

 

[Shox Dr]

Made a jack-o-lantern. Got the pumpkin from my SO's sister in september, she'd grown a bunch and they got quite large. Never had pumpkin before to the best of my knowledge, not a common food in Finland... We're wondering if we can use the insides, it sat outside since early september, we've had cool temps and even snow and below freezing, seems to have weathered it well. Figure a pumpkin is one of those foods that store well for a long time. Wonder how to turn it into a pumpkin pie, never had that before.

Only had pumpkin pie the once. Very very nice

 

[earthman]

@Fraserb The horse's head you're doing is amazing! Are you working from a pattern or doing it all 'ad hoc'?

(I'd love to make a smaller version for Mrs TF's Christmas or birthday.)

Those are my thoughts too. I'm not going to pay £30 just to be able to print out the shape/sizes, I don't have CNC equipment for a start. The chances of mine looking that good regardless of the equipment I don't have are slim, beyond my skill level I feel, still would like to have a go through.
Best of luck, let us know how you get on.

 

[Hood]

Cheers - much obliged. Don't have access to plasma so I'd just print out on paper, glue to sheet and cut out.

You not know anyone with a CNC plasma?

 

[Tangledfeet]

You not know anyone with a CNC plasma?

Come to mention it, I do!

(I'll be in touch - cheers!)

 

[Hood]

Come to mention it, I do!

(I'll be in touch - cheers!)

One thing I should mention however, I do not have any steel

 

[Tangledfeet]

One thing I should mention however, I do not have any steel

Yup, knew that!