Stuff you have made today

DAPPH · Dec 14, 2020

slim_boy_fat said:
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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Ever thought of getting or making an etching transfer and acid etching the words on the body instead ?

DAPPH · Dec 14, 2020

After getting flooded out he mancupboard with 2 & 1/2 " of rain yesterday afternoon I've had to wait till today for the waters to subside .
I'm part way into making a stand alone bird feeder for my lass one that will be difficult for the crows & gulls to get at .

I've cut the floor and roof T&G boards and glued them to make a 450 mm wide square board ready for cutting tomorrow . made four 45% angled tree supports to fit the table to the up right total PIA as I don't have a chopsaw just an elastic band blade for the bandsaw . It took seral adjustments to get a good cleane squared 45 % angle set to the slide fence .

Whilst it still set at 45 % I'll be cutting the four 45 % supports for the cross halving jointed base plate piece tomorrow . Then the awkwards stuff starts , my lass would like , " The feeder house to be octagonal , having a sort of pointy roof with some sort of pretty hand cut plastic shingles etc etc. , that look good and in scale to the overall design . Think I'll need to turn up a cutting tube punch and grind half the tube side off to give me a repeatable fancy curvy shingle edge . For the shingles I'm using a reinforced 400 mm wide DPC and DPc sealant and a staple gun to fix them in place .

Jan-DIY · Dec 14, 2020

Not today but not long ago.
Really good quality and cheap 2nd hand pedal modded for Tig welders.
Boss FV500
Easy to install microswitch and spring.
They’re 2 versions of it.
L and H.
Need to have a look at it because of different mechanics in pot drive.

Migmac · Dec 14, 2020

slim_boy_fat said:
Many thanks, Al.

I’ll get on it

slim_boy_fat · Dec 14, 2020

Migmac said:
I’ll get on it

Many thanks, but there's absolutely no hurry, [I've still got loads of the last box yet] even when you're in Tain next. :thumbup:

Migmac · Dec 14, 2020

slim_boy_fat said:
Many thanks, but there's absolutely no hurry, [I've still got loads of the last box yet] even when you're in Tain next.

I’ve no idea when that could be. I’ll send them up and you can tinker away !

slim_boy_fat · Dec 14, 2020

Migmac said:
I’ve no idea when that could be. I’ll send them up and you can tinker away !

Cheers, appreciated as always. :hug:

Newlands · Dec 15, 2020

Not today, but every day over the past several weeks! The 3 axis cnc base machine came from Slovakia, with all the electronics and hardware sourced from eBay and various cnc suppliers. Anyone familiar with the sparky John Ward on Youtube will probably recognise it, as he has built a similar machine. Eventually it will be controlled by Mach 4, which will be interesting as I have never used it and have no idea how to set it up! The spindle is a water cooled 2.2kW with a Chinese inverter (same as one I have fitted to my lathe which has worked well for several years).
Any questions, best ask someone who knows what they’re on about, which is not me!

Migmac · Dec 15, 2020

slim_boy_fat said:
Cheers, appreciated as always.

They are on their merry way

Kram · Dec 15, 2020

3 out of 13m², from last night. Im hoping to get 2 or 3 m² done today, starting after lunch.

Tangledfeet · Dec 15, 2020

Took a box of bowls I turned last year in to work this morning and sent round an email with a photo... so far I've made £215 and still have a few left...

Newlands · Dec 15, 2020

Tangledfeet said:
Took a box of bowls I turned last year in to work this morning and sent round an email with a photo... so far I've made £215 and still have a few left...

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What is the shiny one middle top? A lot of the others look like spalted ash, and a couple of sycamore/maple ones at the bottom??

Tangledfeet · Dec 15, 2020

Newlands said:
What is the shiny one middle top? A lot of the others look like spalted ash, and a couple of sycamore/maple ones at the bottom??

Most are spalted beech, third from bottom on left is plain beech, the one at middle top is (I think) ash* and the bottom two are sycamore.

* But I have an inkling its actually another hardwood whose name escapes me but I'll suddenly recall at a random time... they were all in a box I hadn't opened since after a craft fair a year ago!

EDIT: It's laburnum! Top middle and the wee one nestling in at the bottom.

roblane65 · Dec 15, 2020

Kram said:
3 out of 13m², from last night. Im hoping to get 2 or 3 m² done today, starting after lunch.

you need to start laying the tiles in full runs , if the ends are slightly out of square you'll not end up with straight lines which you'll not see till the floors complete . Lay full runs the check every third or forth row with a straight edge/ line /laser then you can adjust accordingly while the adhesive is still wet :thumbup:

nickk · Dec 15, 2020

Security box for a nice simple W.I.gate.

PEZZER · Dec 15, 2020

Started fully welding the manifold... It's taken me a month to get a new bottle of gas. Welded the flanges from inside the pipe... No idea if that's the right way? It's what I've seen on a lot of headers so I assumed so. I won't show you the other end as it's a right mess :whistle: