Stuff you have made today

[Tangledfeet]

It took three applications of resin before the chess table stopped drinking it. Rather than pour loads on which is a pain to sand, I left each coat for about 20 mins then used a plastic squeegee to remove the excess. I then sanded it back to through the grits from 60 to 400 and this is it with 2 coats of satin Osmo Polyx wax/oil.

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It will have last light sand of 400 and one last coat. It has to be ready for my youngest daughters birthday on Thursday, it's a joint present to both my daughters.

I looked up board/piece sizes and there's a range of recommendations, so I went with standard US chess federation tournament sizes. That's 2.25 inch squares and 3.75 inch king height. The pieces are boxwood and sheesham, a type of indian rosewood.

There's quite a few things I would do differently, but as a first attempt I'm happy enough. I'll make the rest of the table later unless the girls like if as it is.

Cheers
Andy

Did you turn/carve the chess peices yourself..? Lovely work.

Is one of the squares at 90* to the grain

Lovely job Andy

That's mean!

 

[brewdexta]

Did you turn/carve the chess pieces yourself..? Lovely work.

No, I bought them. I'm definitely not up to carving chess pieces yet, either time or skill wise. I may 3D print a Dr Who chess set though

 

[brewdexta]

Back to the bread knife handle prototype. Here it is with resin poured into a border made of masking tape. Burr oak soaks loads up which means lots of applications if put on thin, hopefully this will allow one pour as it takes a day to dry.

this was done on both side, with a few hours in between to allow the first to gel a bit. And you end up with this. A lot to sand off but its a small area.

it didn't take too long.

A lot resin for a few cracks, but it didn't take long to sand with the ROS. I took it down to 400 grit before applying Danish oil

I kept applying it for about 10 mins while it absorbed it, I then wiped off the excess, and I'll let it dry and apply probably 2 more coats.

Things I've learned. Protect the blade with masking tape to stop resin/sanding marks. Tint the epoxy resin glue, I can see that in a couple of places. Better choice of wood with slightly larger inclusions to show up the resin a bit more. I have a couple more knives to do, no rush, I need to get back to the remaining kitchen/utility room drawers and some wall lights.

Cheers
Andy

 

[Shox Dr]

I take it you don’t have a vacuum setup @brewdexta.

 

[brewdexta]

I take it you don’t have a vacuum setup @Andy.

No unfortunately not, that would have been a good use of it if I did.

Edit

but we do have a vacuum bag heat seal machine we use for the freezer.......

 

[slim_boy_fat]

....but as a first attempt I'm happy enough

Justifiably so, and I'll lay odds your daughters will be even more so.

 

[Munkul]

That chessboard is stunning!

 

[Munkul]

I kinda like TIG brazing. I'm not there with it yet, but these fillet joints look really nice.

It seems to work really well on AC. 90hz, 30% balance.

 

[Tangledfeet]

I kinda like TIG brazing. I'm not there with it yet, but these fillet joints look really nice.

It seems to work really well on AC. 90hz, 30% balance.

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Saw that on the 'gram last night. Can I ask what filler rods you used? I have some somewhere and keep meaning to try it again sometime...

 

[Munkul]

Saw that on the 'gram last night. Can I ask what filler rods you used? I have some somewhere and keep meaning to try it again sometime...

Silicon bronze, 1.6mm filler I got from ebay a long time back

Supposed to be done on DC, but the arc is too focused, and the puddle is scummy. The cleaning action seems to help a lot, as well as the natural rounding of the tungsten.
I'd say a blunt tungsten on DC pulse would work just as well, if the metal was spotless.

 

[Tangledfeet]

Silicon bronze, 1.6mm filler I got from ebay a long time back

LOL - Ditto! Possibly same seller...

 

[Hood]

Silicon bronze, 1.6mm filler I got from ebay a long time back

Supposed to be done on DC, but the arc is too focused, and the puddle is scummy. The cleaning action seems to help a lot, as well as the natural rounding of the tungsten.
I'd say a blunt tungsten on DC pulse would work just as well, if the metal was spotless.

Only tried it once and can't remember the settings I used, came out reasonably good for a first attempt.

 

[Hood]

Just looked back and afraid I made no mention of the settings I used, likely DC though and it was on some manky stainless.


Pic of post I made below.

 

[Hitch]

Been on with these today, water testing and sorting a couple of weeping joints. Waiting for a missing part to finish the pipework on the third one.

 

[Tupers]

I bent a load of 6mm rod into a fire guard frame. Next up is a door and mesh.

 

[Tangledfeet]

No, for you with a durty mind it isn't that.

 

[Hood]

That was a right manly tug

 

[indy4x]

MT3 holder for my drill chucks and centres

Drawn in Inventer and then 3D printed

 

[Kram]

I finally got this power supply communicating and programmed, the problem was a bad CAN chip. New one today didnt work at the claimed 3.3v so I added a resistor divider to use 5v, now works. I cut the trace and put an 0603 smd resistor on the RX pin. I forgot how small these are!

 

[selectedgrub]

Cross link the CAN drop a diode in the mod and upload a DX3 resistor and you will create a planet with that.