Stuff you have made today

[northwest]

Made the pulley's I was planning on doing last week, nothing like a DRO and a bit of forward planning:



Bandsaw for chopping them off and then set up for boring and reaming to 6mm:



All six done ready to drill and tap for a grub screw, will do it on the mill tomorrow:

 

[cianh91]

Made grabrails for a disability entrance . Arrived to fit yesterday to find out that the ramp was extended by 900mm . Lots of calls arguments and heavy words later they were installed with the agreement of engineer that’s was there fault and we will look at sorting it after Xmas as I can’t get another set made and galvanized in time . Only engineer iv ever come across who doesn’t think extending the length of sloped section by near 50% is an issue for anyone

 

[roblane65]

sort of finished today and a couple of previous evenings some reindeer.

 

[Kram]

First 7 tiles down, 163 to go. Seems I used 50% more adhesive than on the packet. Tile cutter taking up tooo much space in shed!

 

[Tom O]

what inspired the pattern

Actually it is quite well researched and health and safety agrees that it is the best way to stop your hand from slipping off the end.

 

[DennisCA]

Continuing with the catapults, not that much progress but should be done before christmas. Got the dowels turned and bored, once the last glue up dries I can start figuring out the ratchet release mechanism and make the throwing arm.

Also did some welding up of these pieces of flat bar I milled, making the first part of my 2x72 grinder build. A 2nd identical part will also be made.

 

[Feet 'n Inches]

Made grabrails for a disability entrance . Arrived to fit yesterday to find out that the ramp was extended by 900mm . Lots of calls arguments and heavy words later they were installed with the agreement of engineer that’s was there fault and we will look at sorting it after Xmas as I can’t get another set made and galvanized in time . Only engineer iv ever come across who doesn’t think extending the length of sloped section by near 50% is an issue for anyone

I can feel your frustration - engineers and draughtsmen can often be a pain.

Did you drill the 10mm holes in the return or was that done by the galvanisers? Having learned from experience where galvanisers are concerned, I always made a point of i) drilling holes where they would be out of side and where there was less potential for the item to fill with water and, ii) marking the steel to point out where the holes were already drilled in the hope that one of their staff wouldn't get carried away.

 

[Fraserb]

Done a bit more on this project, hoped to be a lot further on but paying jobs keep popping up.

 

[cianh91]

I can feel your frustration - engineers and draughtsmen can often be a pain.

Did you drill the 10mm holes in the return or was that done by the galvanisers? Having learned from experience where galvanisers are concerned, I always made a point of i) drilling holes where they would be out of side and where there was less potential for the item to fill with water and, ii) marking the steel to point out where the holes were already drilled in the hope that one of their staff wouldn't get carried away.

same galvaniser iv used for 10 year so all the holes were drilled by me even in places I didn want to drill because I knew they’d drill(attack wit oxy torch) if I didn . Not the nicest place for the holes but looks better than a gunter hole

 

[Roger440]

Done a bit more on this project, hoped to be a lot further on but paying jobs keep popping up.

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Whats this going to be?

 

[MattF]

Not made, but fitted it today. It's the 8' Edwardian style airer which arrived last week.



I've added some dowels to the laths to stop it doing the usual trick airers do. It'd have killed me, keep seeing everything going skew-whiff. Also used a different cord rather than the sash cord it came with. Horridly stiff stuff that was.

 

[EddyP]

Turned up some new bushes for the dampers on the TVR today, originals have a fair bit of corrosion. All starting to get back together now.

 

[Fraserb]

Whats this going to be?

A sprayer, but more importantly a rough scaled down version of my one, Ben wants a sprayer for behind his toy tractor but it needs to be like mine.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Finished off today, His 'n Her's key rings for my son and his wife [thanks to Al aka @Migmac for the cases ] with their respective birthstones. I tried to get them engraved but it wouldn't have been possible in the timescale, so.......

Difficult to photograph the stones, but I hope you'll get the idea

 

[Exuptoy]

Very nice Slim. They look like bullet cases. My missus would take that as an omen that she's safe now!

 

[Migmac]

Finished off today, His 'n Her's key rings for my son and his wife [thanks to Al aka @Migmac for the cases ] with their respective birthstones. I tried to get them engraved but it wouldn't have been possible in the timescale, so.......

Difficult to photograph the stones, but I hope you'll get the idea
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Think I’ve got some proper brass cases that you could have too

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Think I’ve got some proper brass cases that you could have too

Many thanks, Al.

 

[brewdexta]

Chicken run roof. Apart from the weather weeing down most of the day, I managed to get the wall plates, purlins and corrugated steel roof sheets on. I only had the head torch on to screw down the last sheet. I don't like leaving things to chance weather wise, I decided to put all the tech screws in rather than just tack it and finish it tomorrow even though it was going dark. We have a bit of a microclimate up in the Pennines, especially with wind.

When I ordered the roof panels for the chicken shed roof, they sent me two 3m x 1.1m panels too many, at least I think it wasn't me ordering too many. Together with the "cover sheets" they use to stop damage to the main sheets in transit, was enough to cover the run. And I just had enough tech screws and self amalgamating sealing strip. I need some flashing but that can wait until after the birds are home.

Yesterday, I messed about with two bits of oak trim for the kitchen, some weird angles and it took me all day. Today felt much more rewarding.

Tomorrow I'll start on the frames that will be covered in 25mm weld mesh. I'm hoping to get the chickens out of the polytunnel and into their des res by the weekend.

Cheers
Andy

 

[DAPPH]

View attachment 263680 View attachment 263681 Made grabrails for a disability entrance . Arrived to fit yesterday to find out that the ramp was extended by 900mm . Lots of calls arguments and heavy words later they were installed with the agreement of engineer that’s was there fault and we will look at sorting it after Xmas as I can’t get another set made and galvanized in time . Only engineer iv ever come across who doesn’t think extending the length of sloped section by near 50% is an issue for anyone

If they make a new set for you..... get them to put the vent hole drillings on the under sides ........................... to stop rain getting inside the tubes.

 

[DAPPH]

First 7 tiles down, 163 to go. Seems I used 50% more adhesive than on the packet. Tile cutter taking up tooo much space in shed!

I found that too when putting down a carbonised bamboo floor , had to buy another six lungs of adhesive