Stuff you have made today

[DennisCA]

Modified the rocket stove with a secondary air intake on the side. Made a huge difference IMO, no more smoke once the fire is going, just a heat haze. That's what I wanted.

 

[angellonewolf]

Modified the rocket stove with a secondary air intake on the side. Made a huge difference IMO, no more smoke once the fire is going, just a heat haze. That's what I wanted.

wheres the vid of it working ?

 

[DennisCA]

Maybe next time I fire it up, kinda busy here, got vacation so I have a lot of work to get done.

 

[Dr.Al]

Spent most of the day today shovelling 5½ tons of type 1 aggregate over the access road that goes up the side of the house to the garages. I think I'm going to hurt tomorrow.

Once that was done I had a bit of time to do another practice dovetail, this time using my recently acquired Dozuki, which seems worlds better than my previous one. I hadn't been planning to replace the old saw, but it was my first Japanese saw and I'd managed (through incompetence) to damage some of the teeth and then struggled to get a replacement blade, so I replaced the whole saw with one with more readily available blades. I can't quite believe how much easier it is to produce clean, straight cuts with the new saw.

Still some little gaps here and there, but this is by far the best dovetail I've cut so far. The wood was a bit shabby before I started (and there's a big bit of sapwood in the tail board), but it was only for practice.

 

[MattF]

You never disappoint when it comes to wimmin Matt, always looking on the bright side.

I like to be consistent.

 

[Fraserb]

Made my last field brown with the current plough.

 

[Fraserb]

Some more plasma work.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Thanks to all who advised on my fitting of a security light with PIR to replace the useless bulkhead light that the Local Authority provide, today I went from this...



to this...







Just have to adjust for brightness and 'on' duration, but for the price I'm really happy. I think I've got the 'sensing' bit pretty spot on so that passing cars won't trigger it or be blinded.

Thanks all....great place this.

 

[Kram]

Cross drilling! Started these connectors ages ago. I found 35mm² welding cable is a bit bigger than I thought but it can be convinced into an 8mm hole.

There is only 2.5mm thick for the grub screw so might braze another bit on and put some hard CuP on the pins to protect.

 

[Wedg1e]

That is exactly the same as mine!! It is a Tyzack. I have a foot brake on mine.

Aha! Thanks, that's more info than I ever had on it! Lathes.co.uk didn't turn up any saws but a few lathes made or sold by Tyzack as 'Zyto'. Seems they rebadged a lot of other makers' kit.
Also found a history of the Tyzack empire, such as it was...

Tysick Genealogy

 

[selectedgrub]

Some precision CNC
A drilled bolt to use as a guide for some backyard milling.

 

[mrsbruce]

Before the snow, another area cleared, new gravel barrowed through, and random slabs set in place, and levelled.

After snow, my 6’ x 4’ greenhouse finally built, half the bolts drilled through the slabs to stop it flying off in a wind, and just the shelving to build. I have the tube frame from my old poly greenhouse, so I will use that to build my shelves. The mound of junk to the right actually consists mainly of the greenhouse contents.

Just one question, I levelled the slabs prior to the bad weather, and it was still a good 3cm off when it came to building the greenhouse. So....was my level out, or does the Earth really suck.

 

[Chillitt]

Aha! Thanks, that's more info than I ever had on it! Lathes.co.uk didn't turn up any saws but a few lathes made or sold by Tyzack as 'Zyto'. Seems they rebadged a lot of other makers' kit.
Also found a history of the Tyzack empire, such as it was...

Tysick Genealogy

I have one of their catalogues. Somewhere between a Sears and Roebuck and a Machine Mart book..... `

 

[Nick DV]

Knocked this up quickly. Sat firmly on top of the mig with rubber mat between the mig top and wooden base. Should keep the mig lid scratch and dent free

 

[Mick Annick]

Finished the installation of a handrail I made last week, 20mm posts and 25mm round bar for the handrail. I’d have puit in more posts but that’s how the client wanted it.

 

[angellonewolf]

Just one question, I levelled the slabs prior to the bad weather, and it was still a good 3cm off when it came to building the greenhouse. So....was my level out, or does the Earth really suck.

did you level each side and then the diagonals ?

 

[Hitch]

Made a tank not leak... hopefully.

Looked at the job just over a year ago. Manway leaking because of a distorted frame, and seals that keep coming away.

Cut out and replace with a new one whilst the line is on shutdown.

Inspected at every stage as it's a pressure vessel.

 

[mrsbruce]

did you level each side and then the diagonals ?

Think I did, but my main memory is of thinking “by eck, it’s cold”, while wondering why winters aren’t warmer.

I may have proven the old rule of what’s the difference between level, and flat. Or as a friend of mine puts it “a blind man wouldn’t notice it while running for a bus”.

 

[angellonewolf]

Think I did, but my main memory is of thinking “by eck, it’s cold”, while wondering why winters aren’t warmer.

I may have proven the old rule of what’s the difference between level, and flat. Or as a friend of mine puts it “a blind man wouldn’t notice it while running for a bus”.

sons fav saying it looks alright from the farm house (pub) after a few beers

 

[slim_boy_fat]

^^ Or, "a blind man on a galloping horse would never notice". This blind chap is really busy....