Stuff you have made today

[DAPPH]

Sit down folks, it's getting exciting (or perhaps not)

This evening I made one end of a short offcut of drain pipe (thanks @Bobtail4x4) slightly smaller...

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One end was the perfect size (it's going into a 68 mm right angle drain bend), the other was just too big, so I had to skim a bit off. That was a fun exercise in work holding in the lathe...

I did that earlier on today with a five inch long lump of 110 mm soil pipe ( unused ) I wound out the three jaw 5 inch chuck and got a good fit on the jaws then took the parting tool to it . . Almost got it faced when number three jaw came adrift and went & hid in the scrap metal box under the lathe .

Once reassembled I actually slid the tube over the chuck this time used my odd leg callipers to get it nearly set up , and opened the jaws to lock it in place & turned a perfect square face ., whipped it off turned it round then did a repeat . On checking it with a digital calliper it's 9 thou out of parallel on the turned faces . Good enough for what I want .... this time round .

 

[DAPPH]

I made my dehumidifier happy today, 6 new PCB touch buttons so I can refit the control panel that has been hanging out for 4 years and gave it a clean inside too. This was full of plaster when I was asked to find out why it wasn't working and the guy bought a proper industrial one telling me to skip it. That was several years ago.

Filter needs a clean! The ice tells me two things don't runn it flat out and there is gas in it. New foam on order, switches fitted and a thorough clean inside at a total cost of £12.10 including a spare filter foam. Years of service an that's all I have spent on it other than time and electricity. Purring nicely now.

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I left my £ 138 dehumidifier on over the last winter in the caravan when temps dropped to minus 11oC ...big mistake ..... The ice block that formed bust the copper pipes somewhere so the refrigerant escaped . Found the operating instruction for it a few weeks ago .. " do not use in freezing conditions or below 5 oC .

 

[Wallace]

I left my £ 138 dehumidifier on over the last winter in the caravan when temps dropped to minus 11oC ...big mistake ..... The ice block that formed bust the copper pipes somewhere so the refrigerant escaped . Found the operating instruction for it a few weeks ago .. " do not use in freezing conditions or below 5 oC .

I had it running on the bench with the covers off and frost started to build up quite quickly and disappeared almost as fast turning to condensation once the compressor shut down. As it was a freebie I was never really fussed about if it packed up but I am impressed with the abuse it has taken and still keeps going so I will try and give it an easier life. In previous years I have left the small internal heater it has switched on during cold nights and that seems to keep the cold edge off and nothing was damp in the workshop plus the air did not feel damp.

 

[Memmeddu]

Good evening to everyone
So this morning I've tried to fine tune the carb on the jonsered ,but found an air leak
The entire chainsaw is actually disassembled.
Tomorrow I'll solve the issue because today I've had to do.
So this evening I've removed a pump and a 80 litres pressure bowl
I've had to use a big 2" pipe wrench with 1 meter tube + my 1.7 meters prybar to break the fittings loose .
The bowl has the diaphragm broken so I've practically move 80kg of steel and water alone , and I'm skinny and just 50kg .
I'm pretty tired now I'll try to fix the leak on my saw just because I'm starting to get annoyed .
Ahh another thing , I've discovered a lathe I've just asked the price , it's an used little cheap lathe , hopefully the price isn't to much

 

[northwest]

That will probably do the job.

mate done our roof with the biocide. The roof continues to get cleaner and cleaner. However the moss was stopping some leaks

Snag with the biocide is the cost! Hypochlorite is cheaper.

 

[Kram]

Dead centre is in the bore chuck side of the parting so it wont crush. I need a long mt2 dead centre! Tail stock is well past the screw travel.

Tried the iscar parting blade. I have one worn insert, it sharpened ok and cut good. Will use more often.

Notmuch clearance to centre!
A longer bristled shaver cleaning brush would be useful for parting.

Need to make up some m4 transfer screws next and drill lots of vent holes.

 

[steviec_lj]

Bit of a boring one, been meaning to do this for a while, made a couple of little machinist jacks to support long and odd shaped stuff in the mill:

Good to see a mug for scale

 

[brewdexta]

Five more kitchen doors which I will fit this evening. I make them in batches of similar sizes.

Stiles and rails sized, grooved for floating panel and domino mortices cut. I had already glued and clamped the panels. Each panel is cut to size and rebated on the back to fit the groove. Although they are similar sizes, they do differ by a couple of mm so each frame is slightly different, saves too much planning later.

Assembly starts, one in clamps.

All glued and ready for final sand. Trial fit and slight planning where necessary.

Two thin coats of clear satin polyx hard wax oil, hinges on and ready to go.

Only one more door to make it's an odd size/shape

Cheers
Andy

 

[Memmeddu]

Good evening to everyone
So this morning I've tried to fine tune the carb on the jonsered ,but found an air leak
The entire chainsaw is actually disassembled.
Tomorrow I'll solve the issue because today I've had to do.
So this evening I've removed a pump and a 80 litres pressure bowl
I've had to use a big 2" pipe wrench with 1 meter tube + my 1.7 meters prybar to break the fittings loose .
The bowl has the diaphragm broken so I've practically move 80kg of steel and water alone , and I'm skinny and just 50kg .
I'm pretty tired now I'll try to fix the leak on my saw just because I'm starting to get annoyed .
Ahh another thing , I've discovered a lathe I've just asked the price , it's an used little cheap lathe , hopefully the price isn't to much

So
Today I've put together the jonsered , adjusted the carb and it runs quite well .
I like to adjust my 2 strokes little bit rich so they won't rev up too much .
But since I've modified the muffler it runs fast like if stock even if I've adjusted the carb to give more fuel than normal .
It sounds good tomorrow I'll cut firewood after work
I think that I'll probably modify the bar oiler ,so make the hole bigger for a better lubrication other than that it's fine.
In a next future I'll buy a better bar and chain , maybe an Husqvarna bar and a Stihl chain .

 

[Dr.Al]

I do love a bit of gratuitous knurled brass. Completely unnecessary for the application, but what the heck. 31 mm diameter (before knurling), reducing to 20 mm with an M5 blind tapped hole.

I've just noticed from the photo that the top chamfered edge is a bit shabby. I'll touch that up tomorrow.

 

[zx9]

I do love a bit of gratuitous knurled brass. Completely unnecessary for the application, but what the heck. 31 mm diameter (before knurling), reducing to 20 mm with an M5 blind tapped hole.

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I've just noticed from the photo that the top chamfered edge is a bit shabby. I'll touch that up tomorrow.

I have noticed that stuff I have turned on the lathe looks much less nice in photos than it does in real life.

 

[Seadog]

Yes they do. Damned high resolution cameras

 

[DAPPH]

I do love a bit of gratuitous knurled brass. Completely unnecessary for the application, but what the heck. 31 mm diameter (before knurling), reducing to 20 mm with an M5 blind tapped hole.

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I've just noticed from the photo that the top chamfered edge is a bit shabby. I'll touch that up tomorrow.

Lordy me .. another miracle ....that brass has turned into aluminium

 

[Milkybars]

Been fitting a chuck to a backplate, this came with some other tooling.
slightly hampered as the fitting is breaking into the register on the back of the plate, but once recessed it works fine.

I still can't stand machining cast iron on the lathe..what a bloody mess

I don't think it's seen much action. As the grease had hardend out, it needing stripping for a full clean. Its certainly trickier than some to strip !
very happy to get about 0.001 run out, using the body as a reference as it's for soft jaws

The great thing about these chucks is although nice an old the soft jaws are readily available around £30 a set
https://www.zoro.co.uk/shop/spindle...rrated-soft-jaws-7-1-2"-(set-3)/p/ZT1124846X?

Nice addition to the harrison for not much money

 

[Hood]

Been fitting a chuck to a backplate, this came with some other tooling.
slightly hampered as the fitting is breaking into the register on the back of the plate, but once recessed it works fine.

I still can't stand machining cast iron on the lathe..what a bloody mess

I don't think it's seen much action. As the grease had hardend out, it needing stripping for a full clean. Its certainly trickier than some to strip !
very happy to get about 0.001 run out, using the body as a reference as it's for soft jaws

The great thing about these chucks is although nice an old the soft jaws are readily available around £30 a set
https://www.zoro.co.uk/shop/spindle-nose-and-workholding/lathe-chuck-jaws/aj07-standard-serrated-soft-jaws-7-1-2"-(set-3)/p/ZT1124846X?

Nice addition to the harrison for not much money

I will have to check out the dimensions of these jaws. I have a tudor chuck at the workshop that could do with some soft jaws for use on the Chiron

 

[KaneH]

I’ve got a freestanding squat rack that takes up far too much space so to save some room I decided to split it in two so that the front half could be bolted directly to the garage floor / wall. With that I needed to make up a few brackets which turned out ok. TIG work is coming along if a a little shaky.

 

[mpats]

So
Today I've put together the jonsered , adjusted the carb and it runs quite well .
I like to adjust my 2 strokes little bit rich so they won't rev up too much .
But since I've modified the muffler it runs fast like if stock even if I've adjusted the carb to give more fuel than normal .
It sounds good tomorrow I'll cut firewood after work
I think that I'll probably modify the bar oiler ,so make the hole bigger for a better lubrication other than that it's fine.
In a next future I'll buy a better bar and chain , maybe an Husqvarna bar and a Stihl chain .

You really can't beat an Oregon bar and chain.

 

[Moose McAlpine]

I’ve got a freestanding squat rack that takes up far too much space so to save some room I decided to split it in two so that the front half could be bolted directly to the garage floor / wall. With that I needed to make up a few brackets which turned out ok. TIG work is coming along if a a little shaky.

Beautiful welding.

 

[bigegg]

Xmas tree decoration.
Etched mild steel.

 

[Kram]

Motor mount fitted. Used die grinder so looks ugly.

Im not sure which cockup is to blame but the bearings/shaft it runs slightly hot.