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This was a tool box and tools I got the other day.
As Is aid, the tools are a mix of good ones and Christmas crackers tools.
The tool box is in the stage of being restored/saved etc. Even through it is ply wood. The construction is very good.
Worth saving.
Off all those tools. The above is all that were worth saving. The rest are in the scrap pile.
Most of the wooden handle tools had worm, the files were blunt, the drills had been over heated.
An example off the bad.
The good.
The box.,
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In the link Mr Chillitt posted, it said the regiment was stationed in Gibralter. Could it have anything to do with the Napoleonic time?
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Yesterday, cleaned up my latest purchase and took some test cuts. Adapted a tray to work as coolant reservoir but it didn't work... needs to be way deeper.
It's fairly worn... suppose anyone who knew lathes at all could have told me that by one glance at the missing gap plug
Looking at rebuild options now. It's such a great capacity and mechanically in great nick, that I kinda want to give it to someone and throw money at them until it comes back and cuts like new.
It's fairly worn... suppose anyone who knew lathes at all could have told me that by one glance at the missing gap plug
Looking at rebuild options now. It's such a great capacity and mechanically in great nick, that I kinda want to give it to someone and throw money at them until it comes back and cuts like new.
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Slide way services gone now unfortunately. Blue diamond may be an optionYesterday, cleaned up my latest purchase and took some test cuts. Adapted a tray to work as coolant reservoir but it didn't work... needs to be way deeper.
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It's fairly worn... suppose anyone who knew lathes at all could have told me that by one glance at the missing gap plug
Looking at rebuild options now. It's such a great capacity and mechanically in great nick, that I kinda want to give it to someone and throw money at them until it comes back and cuts like new.
Munkul
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Already talked to them... their full service costs way more than its worth. Talking to someone on this forum about them maybe doing the work and BD doing the grinding, though
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I cut some vents in the motor mount for the grinder thing Ive been making. Aso got a video but this tit recorded in slowmo by mistake, watch it at 2x.. and no sound.
The pcd inserts came in a different box with hinged lid, stupid design. I knew it would happen eventually. As I opened the lid, the unused insert pinged off under the bench amongst swarf and scrap. 10 minutes looking, no luck, I might have to tidy up
The pcd inserts came in a different box with hinged lid, stupid design. I knew it would happen eventually. As I opened the lid, the unused insert pinged off under the bench amongst swarf and scrap. 10 minutes looking, no luck, I might have to tidy up
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It's a suicide , applying tiles at 2 o' clock of the morning .I have just finished sticking 11 more tiles down.
Many more to do, then everything after, feels like it will never be done
I believe that you need to finish as quickly as possible.
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Pretty lousy quality on these photos, but got the throwing arm and "spoon" done. Basically done now, finishing remains. Maybe some kinda feet. I used a wood router bit to make the gouge, I modified it and cut off the bearing that was used to follow along edges. It was broken anyway, a cheap 1/2 router bit set from ebay. I needed a pilot hole though so I used a normal 12mm router to make that, then I plunged the router bit on the mill and moved it a little along the X-axis to make an oval indentation.
I might need some kinda soft "catcher" for the arm so it doesn't break itself when firing.
I might need some kinda soft "catcher" for the arm so it doesn't break itself when firing.
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I have just finished sticking 11 more tiles down.
Many more to do, then everything after, feels like it will never be done
Looking good but I would have taken of the skirting boards on the right hand side. It would have made life a little easier for you and they don't look anything special so would have been easy and cheep to replace.
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Looks like a real weapon
the missing arm to stop the travel of the arm - is this an oversight? You'd want the "catcher" to be pretty high up the arm, to limit the torque exerted on it by the inertia of the arm...
Like this sort of visual ratio:
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The original design has a stop but it's much farther down, I am getting the impression that the payload will be thrown away on it's own when it reaches a certain point in the swinging arc. It will require some testing to see.
Edit, example of a similar cataputl in action, slow motion towards the end shows the payload being thrown free from the arm:
Edit, example of a similar cataputl in action, slow motion towards the end shows the payload being thrown free from the arm:
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Some oak burr timber from scrap. These are the bits that the sawmill was going to dump when I had an oak tree planked over 4 years ago. They have been sitting in the barn waiting until I had the right tools.
So I'm using this as a dry run before trimming the planks to size, seemed a shame to waste them.
First trim them to just under 300mm wide which is the width of my new planer thicknesser, plus the band saw max height is 330mm. This gave a nice straight edge for it to balance on while resawing.
Next cut it into slices. I use a Kreg resaw guide. The blade is a M42 3tpi 3/4" from Tuffsaws. You want a nice deep gullet when resawing to take away the sawdust. This is a good general purpose blade that is ok with resawing if you take it steady.
That's the blue thing standing up. It's got a bit of a crown to it so you can pivot the timber on it if the blade starts to wander.
I got two 36mm slices off of it. This first one has a a bit of a cup on it, but the PT will fix that.
Here's a slice after going through the PT, and a touch of oil to show the grain. There's a few shakes in it, but that's to be expected. It will move a bit more now its resawn, so I'll leave it a couple of weeks then put through the PT again. It's from the outside so not quartersawn so may cup a little bit more. The swirly bits will move more than the long grain but after the next go through the PT it will not move much more, if it does it adds to the character.
The planks have far fewer shakes, but less character as it goes closer to the centre of the log and most will end up being a dining table.
I'll decide what do with these bits later. I have the faces of some small tea drawers for the kitchen that would suite them nicely, or a couple of beer tables for the brewery.
I will probably fill the shakes with resin, I may even add a bit of colour.
I've got a couple more of these to do so should end up with a for bit of wood that would have otherwise end up as firewood.
Cheers
Andy
So I'm using this as a dry run before trimming the planks to size, seemed a shame to waste them.
First trim them to just under 300mm wide which is the width of my new planer thicknesser, plus the band saw max height is 330mm. This gave a nice straight edge for it to balance on while resawing.
Next cut it into slices. I use a Kreg resaw guide. The blade is a M42 3tpi 3/4" from Tuffsaws. You want a nice deep gullet when resawing to take away the sawdust. This is a good general purpose blade that is ok with resawing if you take it steady.
That's the blue thing standing up. It's got a bit of a crown to it so you can pivot the timber on it if the blade starts to wander.
I got two 36mm slices off of it. This first one has a a bit of a cup on it, but the PT will fix that.
Here's a slice after going through the PT, and a touch of oil to show the grain. There's a few shakes in it, but that's to be expected. It will move a bit more now its resawn, so I'll leave it a couple of weeks then put through the PT again. It's from the outside so not quartersawn so may cup a little bit more. The swirly bits will move more than the long grain but after the next go through the PT it will not move much more, if it does it adds to the character.
The planks have far fewer shakes, but less character as it goes closer to the centre of the log and most will end up being a dining table.
I'll decide what do with these bits later. I have the faces of some small tea drawers for the kitchen that would suite them nicely, or a couple of beer tables for the brewery.
I will probably fill the shakes with resin, I may even add a bit of colour.
I've got a couple more of these to do so should end up with a for bit of wood that would have otherwise end up as firewood.
Cheers
Andy
