Stuff you have made today

[MattF]

Life is never as much fun as your imagination would have it.

That's why I stick with my imagination instead of this "real world" tosh. Much more fun.

 

[Cobbler]

Doing an oil and filter change on an 1968 E-Type something did not look right, the filter had no sealing faces and was floating about in the casing. Turned up a stainless steel washer and an alloy pressure plate, picked up the rest of the internals from a local specialist. No idea how long it has been running without filtration!

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That must have been obvious to the last person that changed the filter, either that or they know nothing as Manuel said!

 

[Wallace]

That must have been obvious to the last person that changed the filter, either that or they know nothing as Manuel said!

I think you are correct, the last person to change the filter simply fitted a new one, maybe an unwitting owner. My first thought was the filter being incorrect as there were no sealing faces to create filtration, a look at the parts diagram made me chuckle, how do you loose that lot on a filter change?
The fitting that screws into the block housing was finger tight, the washer I made sits behind this and I cannot see why you would remove it other than cleaning or during a rebuild. The whole car is odd, LHD converted to RHD as if RHD was not an option and solutions found to save moving parts to their correct locations.

 

[Cobbler]

I wouldn’t mind betting that the plate went out stuck to the old filter, doesn’t explain where the spring went though. Garage lost it maybe & thought “sod it” put it back together?

 

[Wallace]

I wouldn’t mind betting that the plate went out stuck to the old filter, doesn’t explain where the spring went though. Garage lost it maybe & thought “sod it” put it back together?

Possibly. The stainless plate I made is secured to the block housing by the centre nut which the canister bolt screws into and there's no way of losing it on an oil change so must have been taken apart at some stage. Honestly, I feel like a Detective most days working on these cars trying to solve the mysteries of missing and converted parts!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I have done it.
Yes I have.

I have............................

UPCYCLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I have.
Forgive me Forum. I may have sinned.

No, wait.
I have sinned.

But, I am sure I may be forgiven.

This is a prove of concept to see if it can be done. In such away it can be undone.

Can it be done by members of MIS?
Is it cheep enough to make it worth while?

What have I done?


This Monitor Kerosene is dead.
for the following reasons.
No ready supply of filetred kerosene.
The price of spares to fix and adapt to paraffin make it uneconomical.

So, a odd bit off 3 core cable, earthed bulb holder, bit of time and thinking.
I had the cable routed in such away the up-cycling can be undone and the item returned to service.
If I could get some golden coloured flex I will do it in the future.
But as a "Try Out", this will do.

Wired up. Lamp holder glued into place.
This temp the "5 Minute glue" wasn't.

Then I gave it a PAT.

Done, dusted and working.

Plus "Gone away" already.
Replaced with something better.



It is now .

That is one of 2.

 

[Cobbler]

Eternal forum damnation to you Mr Vark May all you blowlamps make soot. It is a crime against lamps!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

But........

Or, this may be accurate.

 

[Tangledfeet]

Start of something I've been intending to make for a couple of years; a centre steady for woodturning so I can turn deeper hollow forms.

Six 225mm lengths of 50 x 25 steel box MIG'd together to make a 390mm AF hexagon; I'm chuffed to bits with how flat it has come out, barely a wobble.

Rollerblade wheels arrived this morning, must order bearings!

 

[nickk]

Returning to some of last summers work,as the customer asked for some strips to be added to the bridge,for a wheel chair,the arch spikes into the ground,20/10 square,the bridge awaits some landscaping extras,for a normal 5 mile trip,it nearly doubled as so many roads were icebound,and as it was a 700’ climb there were many steep pitches to negotiate.
Didn’t mean them to upload and display like that?after taking 2 years to learn how to upload pics ,the forum has changed,here’s to another 2 years of frustration!

 

[ronan]

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Replica of the one above to replace the missing handles on my Hauser mill.
Life is never as much fun as your imagination would have it.

I seen people using Tufnol for handles as it looks like wood when done.

 

[toddy]

Today I wanted to make a floating table thingy
So I did

 

[zx9]

I seen people using Tufnol for handles as it looks like wood when done.

I've got one of the three original handles which is a hard plastic, celluloid ? material, we did discuss in its own thread what to make them from and if I did not have one of the originals I would have probably gone for a hardwood. I kind of wanted to keep it true to the original even if not the same, a bit like the way you extend a historic building on theme but not trying to hide the work that has been done.
We shall see, if I don't like them I can always back peddle and remake all three.

 

[Kram]

Cleared access to the lathe, not used it for a few weeks. I had some new CBN inserts I was wanting to try so a quick test on the first peice of HSS I found. Just light cuts on a rough ground boring bar.
Well, they work! Carbide will cut HSS but I found it requires excessive pressure and stresses the lathe. These cut without pressure, massive improvement!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A very king Member here sent me a lot of Cup washers.

So, what to do with them?
Well, if I didn't have a use for them, I would not of asked for them.

3 Brass Garden sprayers.
All with the washers and seals shot.

Unlike a Paraffin Blow torch, they need 2 cup washers.
The way to fit them and getting a good seal is.
Fix a washer 2/3 the diameter of the internal size of the washer in the upper one.
Fix a washer the same size as the internal diameter of the lower.

Then adjust the locking nuts to give enough flex to give a seal.

The lower 2 are double cup sealed sprayers.
The upper one is a different designe.

It was, by tradition on the continent, to use horse air and grease. Some can be converted to the double cup designe. By removing the seal fixing and fixing the new washers.

Not on this one. It was brazed into place.

So remove the old seal and clean up.
Then wrap a few layers of PTFE tape to bulk up the seal.
Then using PTFE Pipe seal fill up to the leval of the fixing.
Finally a few turns of PTFE Tape.

The cup washers need to be soft.
But some methods of forming them can leave them dry and hard.

So.
I soaked mine in warm Linseed oil.

.

 

[doubleboost]

Still a great looking car

 

[zx9]

Still a great looking car

It is John and I think that angle on it is one of your best yet.

 

[minimutly]

changed my Myford ml7 motor from the 2800rpm one I'd put on there for a rewired (star to delta by finding the star point), bearings cleaned and checked (genuine skf so I didn't change them), some shellac painted on for good luck. Runs like a dream on the vsd. Need a pulley with a smaller hole.

 

[lchris21]

not today...................a few years back actually. Just posted on one of my threads and though it might be useful here.....

some forum members might be interested........? what to do with the 1mm slitting discs when they get too small for the angle grinder?...................
I made this a few years back out of a couple of large head camshaft sprocket securing bolts off an old Ford. Ideal for a small air grinder........make sure you got safety glasses on obviously

 

[EddyP]

Quickly knocked up a sledge for my daughter as I forgot to buy one, oops. Worked quite well, apart from it’s not wide enough for mummy’s or daddy’s bums!