Stuff you have made today

[Onoff]

A quick bedside table for No.2 daughter. Shelf, drinks holder, a couple of router grooves for pens, lip balm, whatever.

Should have bought a new cooker then I wouldn't have had to buy the MDF! Screw holes now filled. When dry it'll be sanded, primed and rollered black:

 

[Hitch]

Are you going to run a a separate thread on the build? (Please)

Not a bad idea that, once I've done a bit more I'll start one.

 

[Agroshield]

Started a small shepherds hut project, 3" scale or near as.

Wheels on temporary hubs to check for scale/size.

Just make the wheels 25% full size and they will be near enough.

 

[Hitch]

Just make the wheels 25% full size and they will be near enough.

Good thing is theres so many designs and sizes, as long as it looks right i'm happy.
Rims are from 168dia CHS..

 

[Fraserb]

Another couple.

 

[Fraserb]

Got a large area of stone to level off, unusually for us it's all dead level so decided I needed a grading beam, raided the scrap pile and made a start.

 

[Kram]

Had this tank years with bad paint in the wrong colour. I bought the paint last year, saw a video yesterday on stripping, so it became top of the list while the weather is not too warm.

Sniffing dcm for a few hours Used up about 400ml. Suprisingly little rust it is a clean tank. Much nicer than sanding it off!

 

[slim_boy_fat]

raided the scrap pile and made a start.

That must be some scrap pile you have

 

[Hopefuldave]

Today I tried to get the crankshaft pulley off my Honda, made a nice drift out of a 6" long 1/2" drive socket extension... cleanest shear-off i've ever seen!

I suppose it hasn't been off in 18 years, and the torque wrench clicking at 130 lb ft without budging it should have been a clue, before I went for the long breaker bar...

Dave H. (the other one)

 

[selectedgrub]

Are you going to run a a separate thread on the build? (Please)

+1

 

[selectedgrub]

That tube I twisted back a few posts, went on a diet.

 

[Fraserb]

That must be some scrap pile you have

Well when I say scrap pile, it's the not for scrap pile, beams were cut out the gable of a shed so the building can be modified.

 

[badabec]

After far too many hours scraping, grinding, Roloc flap discing I finally made it to bare metal. Today it was warm enough to roller and brush epoxy primer. In a couple of days I'll give it another coat.
Then I have to finish scraping the underside ready for more primer.

 

[Tangledfeet]

I'm quite pleased with this quick and dirty prototype I quickly cobbled together after work an hour or so ago.

The GPPH welding table I bought late last year has 28mm holes rather than the more normal 16mm found in most offerings, and this has drastically limited the availability of hold down clamps. I turned some dogs/stops that work well but aside from a couple of small G-clamps I didn't have anything to hold work down - so I bought a cheap 6001 bearing (12x28x8mm) and cut the fixed end off one of my cheap Lidl F-clamps and welded the upright to an M12 bolt.

Works so well that I think I'll get some better quality F-clamps and try some cheap 63001 (12x28x12mm) as the extra bearing thickness should minimise the tilt of the bearing in the hole as the bench is 8mm thick - don't have the access and time to get to a lathe at work at the moment.

 

[Kram]

Connectors soldered on the bigger coil. It took me ages to find a suitable former for it, a horse radish jar was perfect.

 

[Hitch]

Got the top welded on this top half of a tank, and the seam hammered ready for polishing.... plus the cladding cone on the bottom half.

 

[MysterG]

Tea

 

[Onoff]

If I'd have known No2 daughter wanted the ruddy thing painted black GLOSS I'd have taken a bit more time and rubbed the primer down! Of all the finishes to show up every imperfection!

 

[Barking Mat]

If I'd have known No2 daughter wanted the ruddy thing painted black GLOSS I'd have taken a bit more time and rubbed the primer down! Of all the finishes to show up every imperfection!

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What is it?

 

[nickk]

Not made today,just checked,more of the restaurant frame,this is the main portion of the roof,on the top left ,are the 100/50 box members of the Brie solleil,the rest that sit 90 degrees to them are 6.3m long,but have already been galvanised,the tapered beams I showed off before are at the top of the photo.