Stuff you have made today

[Hood]

Thanks for that, there is a notable change from the first ones I did, certain pictures make it easier though. I've a couple done at the moment I really like as well.

I have always been meaning to try and do some of the boats but I did try once and quickly got annoyed at myself so gave up, one day...

 

[Fraserb]

I have always been meaning to try and do some of the boats but I did try once and quickly got annoyed at myself so gave up, one day...

The first time I tried drawing something it didn't go well so decided it was a stupid idea and gave up, came back to it a while later and got it done eventually. It's noticeable how much quicker I can draw them now.

 

[Hood]

The first time I tried drawing something it didn't go well so decided it was a stupid idea and gave up, came back to it a while later and got it done eventually. It's noticeable how much quicker I can draw them now.

Aye, like anything it is practice I may get back to trying one day as a few people have asked me for images of their boats in gates, weather vanes and other things.

 

[Brad93]

@Fraserb

When I drew this it probably took 6 hours to get it right. I reckon I could do it in 2 now.

 

[selectedgrub]

Didn't realize they were all handmade.
I though a picture was scanned and a button was pushed.

 

[Fraserb]

Didn't realize they were all handmade.
I though a picture was scanned and a button was pushed.

Certain images you can scan, normally still need a bit of manual tweaking though to make sure everything's connected.

 

[Seadog]

Finally I've something to post that's welded.

I use the word in the loosest possible sense. Welding has improved but my grinding has come on by leaps and bounds

It's a stand for my mill/drill. It only took me two days.

 

[mtt.tr]

Finally I've something to post that's welded.

I use the word in the loosest possible sense. Welding has improved but my grinding has come on by leaps and bounds

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It's a stand for my mill/drill. It only took me two days.

Get out of here

 

[Memmeddu]

So yesterday evening I've shot down the calendar trying to remove broken fastener.
Nothing to do .
Vise grips
Heat+vise grips
Nut welded on it
Drilled and attempted to use an extractor , broken it
Than drilled through the hardened steel and nothing to do drifted and ruined the part .
This morning I've removed the infamous lawnmower blade holder using the propane torch .
Cleaned the shaft ,applied copper grease once cold, heated up the new part and put on the shaft.
Sharpened the blade , reassembled.
Easy money.
And then once home little bit of relax.
pasta with fresh cherry tomato sauce, sautéed garlic, chopped onion, dried tomato, chilli pepper and olive oil. (Obviously I'm the chef)

 

[Cheesie]

Was asked to kit out this wee trailer

 

[cianh91]

Finally I've something to post that's welded.

I use the word in the loosest possible sense. Welding has improved but my grinding has come on by leaps and bounds

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It's a stand for my mill/drill. It only took me two days.

Only way to get better at welding is practice . Keep at it and it will click and you will only get better

 

[Seadog]

I know. I've a couple more projects lined up that will need some metal sticking together.

What I am pleased about is that it's square to within a millimetre and sits flat on the floor. Quite a testing thing to assemble when you don't have a flat surface to clamp things to.

 

[mtt.tr]

This is just a part of today, i haven't needed to cut a squinted scarf for a very long time mostly joists are just bolted with a splint.



But because it was at home and i could i did.

 

[DAPPH]

I've a welded up framing table my BiL lent me. Makes up 6'x6' panels nice and square. Pretty easy with the collated nail gun firing ring shanks. I thought I could maybe have this on wheels in a big workshop to use as a bench then just clear it for fencing now and again.

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I was going to do the bench thing for 22 panels . Could I find anywhere to buy the feather edging ..could I ***%4 .
The nearest greenwood sawmill was 35 miles away , then the day we went there to check things out they told us the sawmill was no longer used due to horrific insurance and HASAW compliance costs. All their sheds & cabins were now imported as self assembly packs which they nail gunned & glues together for you if you were prepared to pay extra . Fence panels were coming in from Finland by the container load .

 

[Hood]

Today I was asked to make some stanchions on a boat. One was 3 way for the boards to fit in , two at right angles and the third at 103 degrees. It also had to be removable and he didn't want a socket in the deck so I drew something up in Fusion which looked like it would work.

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Sorted it out for coding.

Then chopped on the plasma.

All welded up.

And the two parts separated.

The other stanchion was just for a single board and was to be fitted against the gunwale, so was a lot easier to do.

A vid of the plasma doing its stuff.

 

[DAPPH]

Aye, like anything it is practice I may get back to trying one day as a few people have asked me for images of their boats in gates, weather vanes and other things.

Would one of the small USB projectors help in projecting a picture on a surface , then drawing it or perhaps even a simple stripped picture down to line drawings only photo copy / print ....stuck on the backing metal plate wood plastic board then working at cutting & gouging as needed ?

 

[Hood]

Would one of the small USB projectors help in projecting a picture on a surface , then drawing it or perhaps even a simple stripped picture down to line drawings only photo copy / print ....stuck on the backing metal plate wood plastic board then working at cutting & gouging as needed ?

Nah, would be cutting on the CNC so it needs to be done in CAD.

 

[pcwizme]

Didn't realize they were all handmade.
I though a picture was scanned and a button was pushed.

For my laser cutter (same idea but in plastic or plywood) I use a program called Lightburn and this allows me to trace an image and send it to the laser, but of course first I need to make the photo work right to make it cutable

 

[DAPPH]

Psst... got any pictures ?

 

[Fraserb]

For my laser cutter (same idea but in plastic or plywood) I use a program called Lightburn and this allows me to trace an image and send it to the laser, but of course first I need to make the photo work right to make it cutable

How I do my stuff from pictures is tracing the lines onto the picture, just making sure to not join too much up.