Stuff you have made today

[gaz1]

It's hard to get good ghost help these days. They seem to lack spirit, and they're always moaning about something or sneaking away through the wall to visit their mates in the cemetery across the road when my back is turned. And there's all that ectoplasm that they leave lying around...I get tired of cleaning up after them.

you forgot that damn Poltergeist always moving stuff that you cant seem to find when you need it and when you dont need it it shows up again or you trip over the damn thing

I could swear it has a wierd scense of humour or its after me its one or the other

never mind the screaming and moaning ghost always a high pitch squeal always moaning and groaning it has its good points as you know where it is and what its doing but I wish sometimes it wouldnt do it out of the blue when you least expect it as it does make you jump when its does it right at the side of you.

the worst one of all is the banging ghost when its all quiet its happy but when its banging around you know theres trouble coming or happening

the smelly one is trully awful dosnt show up often but when it does its wretching stinks like hell, no matter how much airing you do the smell still lingers away in the room

you see these are the ghosts of the machinist shop always there and always around

 

[MattF]

never mind the screaming and moaning ghost always a high pitch squeal always moaning and groaning it has its good points as you know where it is and what its doing but I wish sometimes it wouldnt do it out of the blue when you least expect it as it does make you jump when its does it right at the side of you.

the worst one of all is the banging ghost when its all quiet its happy but when its banging around you know theres trouble coming or happening

You need a ghost for that? Reminds me of marriage.

 

[Fraserb]

Cnc plasma = a few thousand £
Tig welder another thousand
Material cost 3p
Being able to modify a lampshade for the wife and keep her happy = priceless

 

[Brad93]

Cnc plasma = a few thousand £
Tig welder another thousand
Material cost 3p
Being able to modify a lampshade for the wife and keep her happy = priceless
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I like that. Did you find the design online? They sell copper versions like that on Etsy for serious dough

 

[Memmeddu]

Played with a Kubota 15-3 mini excavator this morning .
First time using it , after little bit of shaking , forgetting that lever are reversed when your blade is backwards etc .
I've taken little bit of confidence and started to control multiple functions togheter .
Not bad for less than 30 minutes practicing

 

[Fraserb]

I like that. Did you find the design online? They sell copper versions like that on Etsy for serious dough

She already had the lampshade I just modified it to fit a different lamp, however I may have mentioned I could make one the same so now I've a larger one to make from scratch.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Just finished fitting this to a friends wall.

The sparky who re routed the cable left the cable in the right place. Just above a wall nogging. So I had a chance to get a decent fixing in.

 

[daleyd]

Made a blank for a 20 tooth spur gear for my mill (16 tooth on right) - I made the bore a smidge too big so I’ll see how it feels when I get it finished and slid onto shaft completely - if it’s a bit too wibbly wobbly I’ll treat it as a practice, especially considering if I manage to get the teeth made ok it’ll be the first gear I’ve made in about quarter of a century

 

[RWD3M]

Noggins, membrane and featheredge fitted:

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Now to get busy with the creosote

I got busy!

Workshop smells amazing!

 

[Fraserb]

Done a few bits today, tomorrow is the start of bbq construction.

 

[Hood]

Plasma is wonderful, I came down at 6pm this evening and cut out some jigsaw pieces.

I then stuck them together. A bit out of practice with the Tig but was getting the hang of it by the end.

Now decision time, do I grind it down and get it powder coated or just leave it, knowing me it will be the latter especially as the guy I used to go to has been a bit poor on the coating lately.

 

[cianh91]

Made this yesterday fitted the timber today just have to paint the timber when I get some dark grey for it

 

[redlig]

I got busy!
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Workshop smells amazing!

Talking of smells. I dug out the cultivator from the shed for the first time in 35/40 years , cleaned the carb and filter bowl , new fuel and it fired up 2nd pull and ran perfectly but filled the garden with smoke for about a minute . The best bit was that I used to put a drop of Castrol R in the petrol and some of it was still in the system . The smell was FABULOUS .

 

[Hood]

Got the back welded up.

Bored and tapped.

Then checked that the DRO etc will fit.

 

[selectedgrub]

 

[Kram]

Another day messing about with primer, sanding and basecoat.

 

[DAPPH]

A workmate has a proper bar in his garden. Bar, slot machines, pool table, dart board etc. His missus bought him a brass & ceramic pump handle to mount on the bar. He wanted a "bit of hardwood" as a plinth. Off I went to my friendly DIY saw mill neighbour and got a chunk of beech with nice grain:

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These are rough just to see if he likes the idea.

Lovely spalting in the timber , there is a woman somewhere in the UK who is an expert in setting cut lumber so as it get the best spalting occurring in it , as a result her guided timbers are rather expensive . Think there is you tube video with her showing some of the better specimens too.


Just found this UK video about home spalting " woodworking # 77 how to spalt wood 2, part 1 of 3 - YouTube "

 

[DAPPH]

I often find that, when I'm working at the woodworking bench, I need somewhere to put stuff down temporarily. Some of the time I can put things down on one end of the bench while I'm working at the other end, but my bench isn't very long and if the thing I'm working on is large, I quickly run out of space.

In an attempt to overcome that issue, today I made a shelf.

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Made out of (and dimensioned based on) what I had: some 750 mm lengths of 3030 extrusion, some angle iron, some chopping board and the last bit of plywood I had.

The plywood is not permanently attached to the rails - it slides on:

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The slidey rails were made out an old chopping board (which I'd cut up a year or so ago but still had some bits left). I shaped them with the router:

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When not in use (and this is quite important), the table slides off easily and can be propped against the wall. The supports pivot up and are held in place with some magnets:

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Crude, but effective.

The reason I can't raise the whole shelf with the plywood attached is that my clamps would get in the way:

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The reason it has to lift up is that otherwise I wouldn't be able to get the motorbike in and out:

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What it will look like most of the time:

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The idea is that stuff that is actively in use goes on there (nothing permanent) and hence the shelf is mostly empty (so I can get the bike out quickly!). I guess worst case, I can always slide the shelf off with the contents still on and put the shelf + contents on the main bench when I want to take the motorbike out.

I'm not sure Treacle approves:

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If you ever in any doubt about how little space I've got left in my workshop, I hope this shows how desperate I am for every little bit of space!

I've started clamping my clamps to the rafters above my lathe so the long legs are over the lathe high up out the way , so far I've not dropped one on the lathe as it's always a two handed exercise putting them up or taking them down.

 

[DAPPH]

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Pigeon post ?

 

[DAPPH]

Just finished fitting this to a friends wall.

The sparky who re routed the cable left the cable in the right place. Just above a wall nogging. So I had a chance to get a decent fixing in.

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Is that a modern safe version of cotton covered three wire rubber sleeved cable Ardy ?