MattF
Forum Supporter
- Messages
- 16,596
- Location
- South Yorkshire
- Thread starter God mode restorations
- Start date
Wildatlanticwelder
Member
- Messages
- 158
- Location
- Co.Cork, Ireland
Well here is what i made yesterday, well finished two hours ago, a gift just in time for mothers day.
All stainless steel again .5mm sheet 5mm rod and stainless .8 mig wire for the stamen
We wont go into how many hours it took
All stainless steel again .5mm sheet 5mm rod and stainless .8 mig wire for the stamen
We wont go into how many hours it took
James1979
Member
- Messages
- 8,434
- Location
- Orkney
Wish I saw them! Been after one for years. One days I'll get a pressbrake one I hope
The_Yellow_Ardvark
https://www.death-clock.org/
- Messages
- 19,608
- Location
- Going Away.
I got this set of Animal castration pliers.
Here they are seized, one handle I split, the other has worm holes.
A week in citric acis had the rust almost gone.
Here I am drying the metal out and getting some heat into the joints.
Cleaned up.
The joints were heated and oil was worked in.
The old handles were removed and added to the wood pile.
The finish is wax and linseed oil, applied when the metal is warm.
New handles and more wax/oil.
Now I need a volunteer to test them out on..
The_Yellow_Ardvark
https://www.death-clock.org/
- Messages
- 19,608
- Location
- Going Away.
Got this Mill Stone Dressing tool the other day. For the only reason is I didn't have one.
But..........
It was full of worm holes.
So, striped it down. Then a lot of worm killer.
Sadly this image does not show how bad the metal is and how far the worm has gone.
Getting the worm treatment in.
A good trick is to soak it well, then wrap it in cling film, so it doesn't dry out or drain out.
The wood was also given some wood hardener and the holes filled.
This picture shows the holes being filled.
The RHS is covered with 2 pack filler and brown stain, it does dry lighter. The LHS shows the access filler removed and the wood sanded.
The metal work was original, but in a bad state. De-rusting or power tools would of left me with no metal work.
So I cook it, turning red oxide to black oxide.
When the metal is still warm I coat it with bee's wax and linseed oil.
Finished, new edges dressed on the blade.
Due to the worm damage and the rust it is now a show only tool.
The knowledge I gain from your posts TYA is amazing, and the stuff you come across is jealousy inducing... and now I want a mill dressing tool for no other reason than I know they exist and I don't have one.
The_Yellow_Ardvark
https://www.death-clock.org/
- Messages
- 19,608
- Location
- Going Away.
Carefull, that's a rabbit hole to suck you in?
Do you want a :
Northern style.
Southern style.
Mill stone.
Grit stone.
Single wedge.
Double wedge.
Single hand.
Double hand.
zx9
Forum Supporter
- Messages
- 5,170
- Location
- South East London
You going for the Doc Brown school of workshop design?View attachment 279087
Finished welding up the frame for my pseudo 'tool wall' and made a bracket to mount it on the back of the old bureau; took some sash cramps and harsh language to get it screwed on the rear if it single-handedly.
Annoyingly the spanners have become magnetised and rather than hang perfectly vertically on their screws they swing towards each other and congregate - only bugs me because I spent so much time spacing them out!
Looks good though.
Tangledfeet
Think outside, no box required.
- Messages
- 3,111
- Location
- Top of a hill above St Andrews, Fife
slim_boy_fat
Forum Supporter
- Messages
- 29,540
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
The_Yellow_Ardvark
https://www.death-clock.org/
- Messages
- 19,608
- Location
- Going Away.
Don't alert him.
Or I will mail him to you.
Melvyn Best
Member
- Messages
- 1,545
- Location
- Cambridge
Try looking on your local illegal caravan site?
W.olly
Member
- Messages
- 3,723
- Location
- Radcliffe, Manchester
I havnt made this today but made the adjustment from 8foot wide to 10 foot to get over the new boat can lift out the engines now and get the boat off the trailer well once i add a few side plates and sort a few welds out but as ran out of mig wire it came to a stop.
/.
can lift out the engines now and get the boat off the trailer well once i add a few side plates and sort a few welds out but as ran out of mig wire it came to a stop./.
Hood
I am obsessed.
- Messages
- 17,308
- Location
- Carnoustie, Scotland
Couple of jobs today for the Cheetah Catamaran I am presently fitting out.
First was squaring off some 30mm round stainless to 21mm. It will be used to join the steering rods which are 25mm OD and 2mm wall square. A good tight hammer in fit is required so I had to mill it. I used an old but excellent Hartford Super Spacer to do the indexing.
I then popped it into the lathe to cut a radius on the corners and part off.
Then I put some 20mm thick Acetal into the Chiron and cut some square holes, this will be used as guide bushes for the steering rods.
First was squaring off some 30mm round stainless to 21mm. It will be used to join the steering rods which are 25mm OD and 2mm wall square. A good tight hammer in fit is required so I had to mill it. I used an old but excellent Hartford Super Spacer to do the indexing.
I then popped it into the lathe to cut a radius on the corners and part off.
Then I put some 20mm thick Acetal into the Chiron and cut some square holes, this will be used as guide bushes for the steering rods.
Barking Mat
Cuddler of hedgehogs.
- Messages
- 12,917
- Location
- France, Brittany.
Not hydraulic steering?
Hood
I am obsessed.
- Messages
- 17,308
- Location
- Carnoustie, Scotland
Yes, hydraulic ram but twin engines so link rod between them with 4 of the bronze/stainless steering joints I make to allow for individual trim/tilt if required.
Mick Annick
Forum Supporter
- Messages
- 2,618
- Location
- Burgundy, France (450 miles SE of Somerset)
Are you going to run a a separate thread on the build? (Please)
Barking Mat
Cuddler of hedgehogs.
- Messages
- 12,917
- Location
- France, Brittany.
Very nice, I imagined those God awful steering cables for a moment, nice work.
Hood
I am obsessed.
- Messages
- 17,308
- Location
- Carnoustie, Scotland
Most of the ones I have done in the last few years have had HyDrive rams which have the rod protruding either side and thus I just have a link rod with the ends attached to the ram and engine at either side. The problem however is, although they are rated for the power, they are heavy on the steering. This latest Cat will have a conventional Kobelt ram and thus the rod needs to go right through from engine to engine. Because there is a drop down to the engines (higher deck on this model ) then I need to have a 30mm drop on the end of the rods and thus it needs to be joined in the middle so they can be fed through the bushes.
