Stuff you have made today

[Pete.]

Nice knob mate....

 

[Munkul]

Finished handrailing this yesterday, ready to deliver.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Had a busy day yesterday, finishing off project started last week end.

This little Anvil vice was an education to me. Eg check and read description before parting with funds.




The square lower bar was bent, but some heat and a tap or two had it straight.



Fresh from the Citric acid bath. Temptation was to dry it with a hot air gun and polish the black oxide with wax and be done.
But Russian coffee was made and normality returned.
So.



Filler primer to fill the casting blemish and life dings.



The expense of a of cut of oak and brass screws.

Then Gold leaf.
Why not.

I got some old rusty tools the other day.


The spanners are due to be used in another project, but I liked one chisel, so it was cleaned up for me to use. But in a different way to what some may think.

Again way to much coffee, lack of sleep plus I was board.




Some un known hard work, whittled down by hand tools. 5am on a Saturday morning is not the time for making noise.
The design is copied from a tool I saw in the Steam Museum in Swindon.




A nice stone dressing tool.

Why?

Because. is the best I can come up with.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

The stone dressing tool was made as other jobs were in the stage of being unable to work on them.



This was in a bad way. I knew it was bad, but I saw as a challenge.

I had to repair the top joint first, I posted about using a 28oz soldering iron the othe day.



Strong caustic soda was used to remove the hammer paint. Took a week soaking to remove the may layers of paint.





This image is one of those that doesn't show the real extent of the damage from rust.

That is the bottom of the fuel tank, you can just make out the double wall of the sides. You can't see the double bottom. As it went away.



Even the filler cap rusted away, So I made one out of oak.

Yes I up-cycled it.
It was so badly rusted it was that or scrap it.



But I did find a replacement brass filler cap.

This Davey lamp was found and was almost complete.



Yes it is bent.



In bits.
The lower part is square, but the whole of the chimney is bent.
The wick is missing, but we had a spare from the Storm lantern.



Washed, by hand and dried on a hot plate.

 

[Guzrik]

Working my way through the hydraulic pipes

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What is it, and are you replacing the hoses because of the paint?

 

[Woody.v8]

What is it, and are you replacing the hoses because of the paint?

It's a tilt slide truck body, The hoses are being replaced because they are old and perished and the fittings are crusty, I want it as reliable as possible so im going though it bit by bit.

 

[mtt.tr]

Finished handrailing this yesterday, ready to deliver.

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What's ypur setup? You are employed and have this workshop as a side gig?

 

[Munkul]

What's ypur setup? You are employed and have this workshop as a side gig?

Pretty much, yeah I'm quite fortunate because I have one decent size business customer that puts stuff my way, nice size jobs that I can handle within reasonable timescales and material free-issue.
The other customers I have are small and easily handled, plus I work for the farm in there too.
I'm working part flexi time at work to be able to handle it all - 40 hour full-time employment and 20-30 hours side gig, per week. Busy enough.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This wick was slavaged from the storm lantern.



It is not perfect, but it works well enough.



This is how it was when it was dragged from the storm lantern.
To clean it I placed it in a coffee jaw with washing soda, hot water. Using a paddle made from scrap in a drill I made a mini washing machine.



What ever was on the glass was not dust. Nothing in the cleaning cupboard was getting close to removing it.
I even tried lime scale remover. It helped.

So it was warm vinegar, baking powder and news paper. Again old methods.
Polishing with newspaper.

 

[Windy Miller]

When I tow my caravan or a trailer have find it impossible to check the brake lights are working with out the help of another person.
I had a bit of spare time today so I made a gadget to press and hold the brake pedal so I can check the lights on my own.

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I used to do that with an 18” length of gas pipe, a Britool pry bar, and a pair of mole grips.
Your solution is far more refined than my quick bodge redneck version!

 

[My Old Landy]

I had a go at making Roman numerals for my clock today. I will paint them but I need to add fixings on the back first.
I cut the 3/16" rod after working out the sizes on paper. I am quite pleased but I know they are not brilliant

Mug for scale, they scale nicely with the clock. I will show the whole thing once it is complete.

 

[Dr.Al]

Today I did a lot of rearrangement of part of the garage wall (and made the shed even more crammed than it previously was), but my new bar clamps are all stored and easily accessible now:

 

[Kram]

I made a £3 straight razor a lot sharper.

A quick test its still not as sharp as it should be.

 

[DAPPH]

I made a £3 straight razor a lot sharper.
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A quick test its still not as sharp as it should be.

You'll just have to get stroppy with it .. jewelers rouge on a leather belt strop is very very good , so is CAV diesel injector paste , the final bit is to wipe it......... back first across the palm of your hand several times each side to remove any super fine hairs of metal or you'll get them in your face on the first shave.

In my time I've had several cut throat shaves , one I thought the guy doing it was trying to skin me alive .....my face ended up like a beetroot . The last one was from a very pleasant seductively perfumed curvaceous Asian Indian gal who made me want to have another shave straight after the first one .

 

[Memmeddu]

I had a go at making Roman numerals for my clock today. I will paint them but I need to add fixings on the back first.
I cut the 3/16" rod after working out the sizes on paper. I am quite pleased but I know they are not brilliant
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Mug for scale, they scale nicely with the clock. I will show the whole thing once it is complete.
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Do you know that they cannot be seen ,if positioned this way?

 

[My Old Landy]

Do you know that they cannot be seen ,if positioned this way?

I don't understand your question? I can see them when on the clock, I have just mimicked a commercial design.

 

[Memmeddu]

I don't understand your question? I can see them when on the clock, I have just mimicked a commercial design.

They should put like on a normal clock
12 XII its not put upside down
6 VI Is put upside down
3 III Is put on a side as well as the 9 IX

On a normal clock you don't read 9 where there's the 6 , and you don't see 9 and 3 tilted on a side

It's not a critic just an honest opinion ,it makes the clock little bit strange to read and not historical-popular correct .

 

[My Old Landy]

They should put like on a normal clock
12 XII its not put upside down
6 VI Is put upside down
3 III Is put on a side as well as the 9 IX

On a normal clock you don't read 9 where there's the 6 , and you don't see 9 and 3 tilted on a side

It's not a critic just an honest opinion ,it makes the clock little bit strange to read and not historical-popular correct .

Ah I see, they are just on the table awaiting finishing I am waiting until it's finished before posting a picture of the whole thing. Cheers for the comment.

 

[James1979]

Scratch plate for a mates guitar! It’s only a test - the finished article will be in stainless and have his initials on.

this one was to test the shape and holes from a paper template he sent me. The logo? Well that’s what friends are for. Right?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

A quick test its still not as sharp as it should be.

If you've not posted for a few days, we'll know you've reached that point...and possibly beyond.