Stuff you have made today

[Migmac]

Didn’t make but got an old ratchet back working again. It had been left out in the elements for 4 years. Being next to the coast it’s a very harsh climate for anything metal. It was left soaking for a few days in various solutions. Today we had a wee bit of movement. The button for releasing the socket became free! The circlip that holds the ratchet into the body refused to move but the switch for changing direction came off very easily and allowed me to get more releasing fluid in. A bit of time spent wiggling things and it’s back working again.

 

[spaffmonkey]

More tinkering in the shed today making use of 2 old steel hanging baskets that my son found in a skip a few days ago.

 

[northwest]

Didn't Triumph and Hillman use these back in the 60's and 70's?

Yes they Bl**dy well did. For my sins I raced and Hillclimbed Hillman Imps (no, I don't know why either) and these were always an absolute nightmare. I would always struggle with one or more on the day.

Anyhow, today's effort, a long time finishing as I started this a good few years back. A rotary broach tool:

 

[Melvyn Best]

Remember as an apprentice two of us being sent out to a local pub to an Imp van that had a broken driveshaft coupling, there was 6 inches of snow on the ground at the time .

 

[8ob]

I bet that's expensive to buy new

They are, got this one at a reasonable price but still makes your eyes water.

What kind of roofing material will you be using?

Very heavy vinyl Mr Chips.

Got it finished today.

 

[northwest]

Remember as an apprentice two of us being sent out to a local pub to an Imp van that had a broken driveshaft coupling, there was 6 inches of snow on the ground at the time .

I changed the gearbox in one in a pub car park in Mansfield with a thick frost on the ground. Will never forget that experience.

 

[Dr.Al]

I'd left this far too long, so this was a lot of work, but...

Today I finished making a whole new section of my website with most (all?) of the woodworking projects I've done in the last year:

CGTK - Dr Al's Woodworking Pages

www.cgtk.co.uk

If you bother reading any of it then please let me know if you spot any typos or mistakes!

 

[Shox Dr]

More a repaired than made. My dads for the last 40+yrs. Its been bent for most of it. Seamed tube replaced with a bit of 4130 from a scrapped Airframe

 

[nickk]

A bench extension on the right end,makes the table up to 10’,although it’s 40mm solid,there’s a slight dip,about 1-1.5mm along the length.then some longer grinder hooks,replaced the short ones of 1 grinder capacity.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Over the last few days managed to repair and paint a fence outside the toy shop to get it ready for opening on April 12th

 

[indy4x]

Didn't Triumph and Hillman use these back in the 60's and 70's?

Yes, they were called Rotoflex couplings

Triumph GT6 MK11 and early MKIII had them on the rear drive shaft a and the 1300 FWD had them as well on the driveshafts

Changing the GT6 Rotoflex was a bit of a mission, the coupling came banded so you could fit it and then cut the banding once installed.

There was a special Churchill tool to decompress them which I used to have along with a shed load of other Triumph tooling but a messy divorce saw me lose them

I have made do with BIG jubilee clips to decompress the couplings

I worked out you could cut the old Rotoflex off if it already hadn't fallen apart, cut the banding on the new coupling and leaver it over the ears on the outer shaft and then recompress it to get the bolts in.

Why? Getting the outer shaft out of the hub and back in was a proper mission

 

[RWD3M]

Yes they Bl**dy well did. For my sins I raced and Hillclimbed Hillman Imps (no, I don't know why either) and these were always an absolute nightmare. I would always struggle with one or more on the day.

Anyhow, today's effort, a long time finishing as I started this a good few years back. A rotary broach tool:

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Sorry, didn't mean to touch a nerve

 

[RWD3M]

Yes, they were called Rotoflex couplings

Triumph GT6 MK11 and early MKIII had them on the rear drive shaft a and the 1300 FWD had them as well on the driveshafts

Changing the GT6 Rotoflex was a bit of a mission, the coupling came banded so you could fit it and then cut the banding once installed.

There was a special Churchill tool to decompress them which I used to have along with a shed load of other Triumph tooling but a messy divorce saw me lose them

I have made do with BIG jubilee clips to decompress the couplings

I worked out you could cut the old Rotoflex off if it already hadn't fallen apart, cut the banding on the new coupling and leaver it over the ears on the outer shaft and then recompress it to get the bolts in.

Why? Getting the outer shaft out of the hub and back in was a proper mission

I'm lucky I guess, Mine is a very late Mk3!

 

[The Artilleryman]

Finished yesterday. Started this a few months ago, but realised I needed a larger welding table.

Now fitted under my power hacksaw.

All I need to do now is work out where to mount the electrics box.

 

[Dcal]

Nice job and nice saw.
However, the reaction from the saw cutting will probably make the trolly move unless you chock it.
Don't ask me how I know.

 

[sardine]

Finally got around to setting up the battery adaptor @Oneoff printed for me last September, Worx drill on a Ozito battery works ok, both came out of a DIY stores skip.

Thanks to Oneoff.

 

[The Artilleryman]

The front casters are braked, rear fixed. If it rocks back and fore I'll lift lift it and put a wood beam behind the front wheels and the same at the rear, but parallel to the wheels (cannot put a beam in front of the rear wheels as the saw is tail heavy.

 

[James1979]

Remote start I made quickly after seeing Lord Muck on YouTube. Wish I’d seen that 20 years ago! Just quick and rough out of stuff I have ready to run up an engine I’ve got to work on tomorrow.

Yes it’s a 50 and yes I fired it

 

[bricol]

Finished yesterday. Started this a few months ago, but realised I needed a larger welding table.
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Now fitted under my power hacksaw.

All I need to do now is work out where to mount the electrics box.

Forget the saw, an uncovered photo of the registered traction engine please

 

[MattF]

Made replacements for the braindead hardened tip screws which hold the parallel guide in place on the Bosch 12V saw. Only used that guide once, & they left the inevitable gouges/burrs on it.



As you can see, where it used to say 13.

Originals & replacements.



Fitted.