eLuSiVeMiTe
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Aye green and I concur
Mine not to reason why
Seems people in the area like it. I've got two more in the works now
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Mine not to reason why
Seems people in the area like it. I've got two more in the works now
Dcal
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I can't take credit for it.Penny just dropped. That's a shockingly crap joke.
It's from the Marks Brother's Night at the Opera.
ronan
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I enjoy a Jigsaw, they seem to be selling a lot of them in the local newsagents. I always do one over christmas as its too cold for the shed and there is rarely anything worth bothering with on telly.
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Pen for my step sister....
She messaged though my Insta account asking to buy one, but didnt realise it was me until I said I could drop it off on my way home from work.
We aren't close. Probably seen her maybe 3 times in 15 years. 2 of them in passing in Morrisons
She messaged though my Insta account asking to buy one, but didnt realise it was me until I said I could drop it off on my way home from work.
We aren't close.
Probably seen her maybe 3 times in 15 years. 2 of them in passing in Morrisons I get the same ,so many people want their metalwork black.
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Not by me, but my workshop, my parts and my coffee.
A friend came by yesterday evening. This lock down has hit him hard. But things like this helps him.
This is how it arrived.
It was complete, all be it dirty.
So, it had to be tested.
It did fire up, very nicely, but being a blue flame it is had to capture.
Didn't clean up as well as we hoped, there is a hint of copper showing. Even the bench polishing grinder did not polish it out.
But as a post war unit it came up well enough.
But by then the beers were cold and Dave wanted to carry on.
Yes, Dave wanted a lamp.
One thing to consider when doing this, is the earth path.
This fitting has a tab that earths the metal fitting, but not the metal torch.
So a extra earth cable is routed and attached to the torch body.
The cables is held in place as with cable ties as the glue dries.
They have been cut off. Doing it this way does not wreck a serviceable torch, so if you want to use it as a torch you can.
£50 is in my pocket. Daves daughter brought it.
A friend came by yesterday evening. This lock down has hit him hard. But things like this helps him.
This is how it arrived.
It was complete, all be it dirty.
So, it had to be tested.
It did fire up, very nicely, but being a blue flame it is had to capture.
Didn't clean up as well as we hoped, there is a hint of copper showing. Even the bench polishing grinder did not polish it out.
But as a post war unit it came up well enough.
But by then the beers were cold and Dave wanted to carry on.
Yes, Dave wanted a lamp.
One thing to consider when doing this, is the earth path.
This fitting has a tab that earths the metal fitting, but not the metal torch.
So a extra earth cable is routed and attached to the torch body.
The cables is held in place as with cable ties as the glue dries.
They have been cut off. Doing it this way does not wreck a serviceable torch, so if you want to use it as a torch you can.
£50 is in my pocket. Daves daughter brought it.
My Old Landy
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I had a play with the VFD on my S&B lathe. I wanted an emergency stop now I am using it more. I also fancied a pot for speed control 
The panel is a mock up so I could test it safely.
Quick video of it in action.
The panel is a mock up so I could test it safely.
Quick video of it in action.
DennisCA
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Had a sudden urge to weld today and I got these old, really rust U-beams that's been laying around for years. Decided to make a rocket stove to experiment with.
Still new to mig welding, but weaving produces nicer looking and flatter welds than stringers for me.
After a test firing I can say that the combustion was not as clean as I had hoped, started smoking occasionally which indicates not enough oxygen makes it to the flue gasses to manage complete combustion. The lid being closed did not help any either. I think I was to experiment with adding a louvered intake on the back to introduce fresh air right over the flames to see what that does, maybe add something to create some turbulence too.
Still new to mig welding, but weaving produces nicer looking and flatter welds than stringers for me.
After a test firing I can say that the combustion was not as clean as I had hoped, started smoking occasionally which indicates not enough oxygen makes it to the flue gasses to manage complete combustion. The lid being closed did not help any either. I think I was to experiment with adding a louvered intake on the back to introduce fresh air right over the flames to see what that does, maybe add something to create some turbulence too.
Pete.
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Today (and yesterday) I made - a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Garage floor laid by someone with no clue. Quite a thick slab but laid with too much water and not enough cement. We had some material left over at work so I brought it home along with a floor scarifier and set aside this weekend for fixing the floor. Rightfully it should be completely removed and re-laid but that's never happening so this is making the best of a bad job.
Grinding the floor. You can see the rough patches where the powdery surface broke up. Some areas were very bad and had been patch-repaired before.
Grinding done yesterday and a good hoovering to pull out all the loose grit. After this the couple of really bad areas were repaired with Fosroc.
New self-levelling compound going down on top of PVA primer. The stuff (Ardex K301) self-levels but that doesn't mean that you pour it out and forget it - you have to trowel (or roll) it out flat then the trowel marks level themselves. I'm no expert floor layer but it's coming out very respectable.
All done, needs at least 48HRS before driving on it. Going to leave it a few weeks thne give it a couple of coats of light grey floor paint. The white marks are reflections of the striplights.
Garage floor laid by someone with no clue. Quite a thick slab but laid with too much water and not enough cement. We had some material left over at work so I brought it home along with a floor scarifier and set aside this weekend for fixing the floor. Rightfully it should be completely removed and re-laid but that's never happening so this is making the best of a bad job.
Grinding the floor. You can see the rough patches where the powdery surface broke up. Some areas were very bad and had been patch-repaired before.
Grinding done yesterday and a good hoovering to pull out all the loose grit. After this the couple of really bad areas were repaired with Fosroc.
New self-levelling compound going down on top of PVA primer. The stuff (Ardex K301) self-levels but that doesn't mean that you pour it out and forget it - you have to trowel (or roll) it out flat then the trowel marks level themselves. I'm no expert floor layer but it's coming out very respectable.
All done, needs at least 48HRS before driving on it. Going to leave it a few weeks thne give it a couple of coats of light grey floor paint. The white marks are reflections of the striplights.
Windy Miller
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Nice job there @Pete. you should get a job in the building trade!
MattF
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Searching for the Holy Grail.........
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Finally made the semi-permanent earth for the bench. This means I can remove the 4metre earth and put it away. This will connect a very short earth from the machine to the bench. Been "getting round tuit" for months.
Memmeddu
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Why I think that it will have buffers inside?
northwest
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Top man.
MattF
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Searching for the Holy Grail.........
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Either that or she's a serial killer & sees an easy target to raise her tally.
You never disappoint when it comes to wimmin Matt, always looking on the bright side.
