Stuff you have made today

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Just found some of my old website, must have been a few years back as memory was 2x 256Meg
CPU was OC'd from 1800MHz to 2729mhZ, those were the days

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The first rig I made ran that chip. Bet a lot were at the time. Clocked very well. Switched to Intel when I upgraded for a c2d. 2003/4 I think. 13 years. Massive jump to these days.

 

[angellonewolf]

How we all move on in life spent meny a years playing with pcs upgrading over clocking

Now my life is filled with diy sorting house stuff out only time I get on the of is to pay bills and cheak the welding forums

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Tell me about it. 5 years ago I was still living on Jersey subbing for a company renovating farm buildings. Weekends and evenings were spent on the beach going fast pulled by a kite riding trials bikes or gaming as part of a clan.

Scroll forward. I have another trials bike. Its been riden twice in 12 months. Kites and buggy were sold as I moved inland from Devon (lived there for a year on returning to uk) 3 children (one blue peter baby) a wife and a business to run. Taken me 4 months just to get my lathe close to finished. Free time is a thing of the past.

How we all move on in life spent meny a years playing with pcs upgrading over clocking

Now my life is filled with diy sorting house stuff out only time I get on the of is to pay bills and cheak the welding forums

 

[gaz1]

so you never got to the freezer cooled then

 

[Hood]

so you never got to the freezer cooled then

Yes, that is what the Vapochill was except it was bought and not home made. I did however make a different mount for the evaporator though

You can see the compressor in the top of the case.

And here is the home made evap housing, the original was poor in that it was extremely easy to chip the CPU core when mounting it, this solved that problem.

 

[AndersK]

 

[DAPPH]

ha ha i usually end up laying it it too when i flush the rad block and matrix no other way

Tip ..... for a clean dry back :-
Let the engine cool over night .
Drain the antifreeze into a deep tray , a quick start of the engine & drive the vehicle out to drain /wash place ........no more than 25 seconds engine run time don't rev the engine .
Do the flushing , let it drain off for 1/2 hr or more , now drive it back in the garage again .. again less than 25 seconds engine running time without revving the engine .


There will be no damage to the engine so long as it was not hot when you started the exercise .

 

[DAPPH]

While trying to get the workshop tidy i got fed up, having to keep moving short lengths of bar and bits about so made a stock holder.
I based it around a euro pallet so it can be moved with the pallet truck. I had some old angle iron frames i had previously cut up. Built a set of shelves in the middle to take bar ends and off cuts.
Then a frame around the outside clad with 12mm mdf to hold longer bits upright.
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Just need to add a few chains and hooks, will maybe get a coat of paint one day.

Stick it on a set of 100 mm hard nylon lockable castors & you can move it in all directions to put it in places you can't reach into with a pallet hand truck

 

[DAPPH]

Made myself nervous today , I needed to drill/open up some 32mm holes on a chipper and only had that size in a 3mt which meant using that gurt gut buster

Twas a wild ride but I did it

Got chucked off a Tank transporter wing , about 4 foot sos from the floor using a 120 psi air version on a 150 psi supply of one of those drills & a 1.5 " drill bit . I thought I was prepared for the bite ,.
However the start trigger was slightly better than all or nothing but not much , it got me big time .
Is your drill slow start & full control to the different trigger positions ?

 

[DAPPH]

A chalkboard for the kids playroom:

Nice bit of cabinet making , simple & clean cut lines & , a decorative eye catching grain of the wood

Will you'll be doing haunched blind mortise & tenon joints or biscuit jointed mitered joints one the next one ?

 

[DAPPH]

Let them see this........

I can remember when school was a bit like that........

WOW ! Those kids are absolutely astounding .. I get confused once I have run out of toes and fingers .

I noticed how the champ used an imaginary abacus on his work sheet to finger his numbers into his mind ....... amazing ... absolutely amazing .

 

[Johnseat]

Today I've started on the built in wardrobes.
I'm using Ikea doors as they were cheap and the perfect size.
More pics over the following days as these are constructed. I'll be making my own draws and draw fronts as well.

 

[selectedgrub]

Epic

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[8ob]

Got chucked off a Tank transporter wing , about 4 foot sos from the floor using a 120 psi air version on a 150 psi supply of one of those drills & a 1.5 " drill bit . I thought I was prepared for the bite ,.
However the start trigger was slightly better than all or nothing but not much , it got me big time .
Is your drill slow start & full control to the different trigger positions ?

Its got three speeds, very on, off and the slowing down cycle that seems to take about an hour. It would be easier to stop the Titanic

Bob

 

[GW8IZR]

A nice gap in the skyline, took out a big tree. It was a very satisfying job as it overhung a neighbours field and there were a few fences round it so was able to play with lots of toys from the cupboard.

Climbing gear, Tirfor, steel wires, ground anchors, ropes, chainsaws, Land rover, axe, bow saw, shackles, slings, ladders .. great fun.

About three hours setting up, ten minutes with the saw and it dropped exactly where planned meaning logs could be carried six feet to the store and the branches are stacked right next to where the chipper will be.

Happy day!

 

[dobbslc]

Proper work! None of this keyboard warrior ballcocks.......

 

[selectedgrub]

Some more work on the tiki

 

[GW8IZR]

Proper work! None of this keyboard warrior ballcocks.......

I'm getting used to proper work since I retired ;-)

 

[-Matt-]

Someone at work, who will remain nameless *coughthebosscough* managed to chew up the clamp screw on my combination square so I've brought it home and made a new one.
Happened to require a 1/4" hexaganol section and so with the help for a nasty cheap out of centre Aldi spade bit I can get on.

Turn down shank and cut an M6X1 thread (Imperial hex, metric thread?)

Then mark off and cut/file out the end. Somehow, and I blame not paying attention, I've managed to cut deeper with the grinder as I went along (cut slots, made to look like a comb then filed down). I'm usually very good with a grinder so I'm not sure how I've done that. Make another if this goes wonky anyway.

Actually looks terrible now I've seen it on full screen... Hrmm.
Matt

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Ref post #1597

Head weight is 1.9kg.