Stuff you have made today

[DAPPH]

Couplings because then easy swap and to store. 3 and perhaps more different sized coils for different jobs.

KRAM ,

Can we have lots of stage by stage project photos if you're able to please ?

 

[northwest]

A friend of mine made me know Bukowski and some of his words.

I don't think he is a friend, Bukowski can be hard going and brutal.

 

[MattF]

Workshop Organisation 2

Found myself sat in an electrical cupboard with this delight.View attachment 273767

I often find myself digging through thé drawers, so after 6 odd years i pulled off the protective plastic and 5 minutes and a few stupid spelling mistakes.

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Nothing amazing, but made me happy, I'm easily pleased.

Handy little things are those tape printers.

 

[Nick DV]

Did my odds n sods ice cream tub storage boxes on the weekend, just makes life easier

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Just an excuse to eat more ice cream ..................................

 

[Nick DV]

I have a similar indexing system using Chinese takeaway food containers

Same here! A great excuse to buy Chinese

 

[Munkul]

Workshop Organisation 2

I have the same label maker used mostly for labelling up trestle legs for dispatch... they have long part names and cba writing it all out a hundred times
The only bad thing about them IMO is the ABCDE keyboard, not QWERTY... annoys me every time I have to type out a label.

 

[dobbslc]

Did my odds n sods ice cream tub storage boxes on the weekend, just makes life easier

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How did you get an engine stand into an ice cream container?

 

[MysterG]

Wish I was that organised.
My stuff is generally in a drawer and that's as narrowed down as it gets.
Although on the odd occasion it might be found in 'a pile' or 'on the floor'.

That said I did put up a tool holder at the weekend for some of the files, pliers, and other tools which just live on the bench. I say holder, it's a plank with another bit of wood screwed to it

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I give it five weeks before they come off .

Mine are still going strong after 6+ years.
The contents almost match what the label says.
But I know were my tools are.

 

[Maker]

My stuff is generally in a drawer and that's as narrowed down as it gets.
Although on the odd occasion it might be found in 'a pile' or 'on the floor'.

I labeled the top few drawers in my Bisley cabinet, they get more vague and mixed as you go down, no.6 is full of random pins and shafts, mostly to be used as punches and drifts, affectionately labelled "****".

 

[Cobbler]

No, not concerned at all as the grid will be at least 30 inches higher than the couple of inches of water in the top cut off & removed ex gas cylinder . So I won't get splashed or even damp from hot water or burnt by the molten aluminium ...

It's how they used to make lead shot in 90 foot tall towers , several tons at a time pouring molten lead through a round hole screen bucket , the length of fall to the water pit lent itself to a quality spherical lead ball forming at low cost . . Once cooled they were then graded for rollability , being roundish over a set of drop out tables then sized along two long heavy iron rods set off parallel to each other so the smallest stuff drops out first . some would go to shot gun cartridge makers & others to haberdashery concerns who made lead weighted rope/cord for dress hems & curtains . Some would go to angling concerns as split weights & they also went to various engineering establishment that wanted soft lead pellets to balance things or to set a slotted head screw thread in a small hole

Sheldon Bush shot tower, Bristol.

 

[Big_B]

I've been lurking around the forum for a while now, reading the posts. There has been some great stuff posted, and while I'm not in the same league as many of you, I thought it was about time for me to add some of the things I have made.

So, here is my first contribution. My labeling system. I print a word document, cut out the labels, and use packaging tape to fix them to tubs.

and re-purposed VHS tape covers

 

[My Old Landy]

I've been lurking around the forum for a while now, reading the posts. There has been some great stuff posted, and while I'm not in the same league as many of you, I thought it was about time for me to add some of the things I have made.

So, here is my first contribution. My labeling system. I print a word document, cut out the labels, and use packaging tape to fix them to tubs.
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and re-purposed VHS tape covers
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I like the repurposed video cases. Do you have foam or something to stop things rattling around?

 

[DAPPH]

Did my odds n sods ice cream tub storage boxes on the weekend, just makes life easier

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They look tidy but wait till they go brittle in about 10 months from oxidization of the plastic when things start cooling down from the forth coming summer .
Best plastic cases I've found so far were the ones that wet wipes used to arrive in ... I still got three minus the hinged lids from when my daughter was born 19 years ago ..use them to store all my shorter drills in as 0-5 , 6-10 and 10 -15 mm sizes , all in half mm sizes & several in each size .

I've also got some rather expensive at the time Stanley clip together drawer trays from B&Q , three big bottom drawers and five upper ones for two stacks purchased as individual items , they are almost 30 years old and the only damage is one drawer front pull a bit of plastic has broken out of it . ( they get emptied & washed in Fairy suds once a year to remove any grit/crud then puffed with talcum powder once they are totally dry to lubricate the plastic drawer runner surfaces .

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Best plastic cases I've found so far were the ones that wet wipes used to arrive in ...

I discovered Brompton House cakes/biscuits containers, Asda used to have them at £1 a go - and as a bonus the contents taste pretty good too.

Tricky to source now, Home Bargains are my current suppliers.

 

[DAPPH]

Mine are still going strong after 6+ years.
The contents almost match what the label says.
But I know were my tools are.

I don't have any labels for the drawers of filing cabinets or stuff on shelves & I even know where everything is as I've had the system of placing things in set areas going for years & years ( 40 years plus )

 

[Big_B]

@MyOldLandy
With reference to your comment "I like the repurposed video cases. Do you have foam or something to stop things rattling around?" - No. Nothing inside apart from the contents. As they sit on a shelf, there is no real movement. The cutters are all covered in a protective coating. I remove this carefully when I use the cutter, and then slip it back on afterwards.

@DAPHH
I use ice cream tubs and plastic bottles. They have been in use for about 6+ years with no ill effects from the hot summers and freezing winters. Anyhow, they are cheap to replace, and the contents taste good too.

 

[Kram]

What happens then when you put stuff in thats not on the label? Better not to label them just look when you want something. If I had a labeled tub for each different thing Id have no space for anything else!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

What happens then when you put stuff in thats not on the label?

Then you join the great game of find the bit or find the part.

 

[Tangledfeet]

I've been lurking around the forum for a while now, reading the posts. There has been some great stuff posted, and while I'm not in the same league as many of you, I thought it was about time for me to add some of the things I have made.

So, here is my first contribution. My labeling system. I print a word document, cut out the labels, and use packaging tape to fix them to tubs.
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and re-purposed VHS tape covers
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Welcome - and you really, really need a wee label printer! Perhaps something you could add ask for next birthday or Christmas? They're like something you didn't know you needed until you get one!

(Oh, and I'd suggest one with a QWERTY keyboard rather than an alphabetical one. Don't ask me how I know this...)