Stuff you have made today

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Well, I have now finished pottering. No night work for me, no day work for me in morning.
So, I made this.



I do have a spare tip for this iron, I also have a some scrap copper cable.



A new tip.
It is my attempt to make a wood burning tip.

The copper wire was a lot ticker, but to make the tip you need to thin it down.
This makes it hard, so you anneal it.
The silver bit?
It appeared as I worked the wire, but after a few heat and cooling, then hammering it was worked in.

A bit of fun.

 

[bletchmonster]

And to be fully inclusive, here's the mirrored left pointing arrow
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[DAPPH]

What would be the cost of 3d printing a handle please? I normally use a bolt for the pivot as it's more easily replaced if I need to. Easiest ones to fix are these. View attachment 297988

My handle & trigger arrangement is quite different to the one you show so is the moveable & fixed jaw

 

[DAPPH]

Next batch of 100 blanks. Mainly posting this for wider info, should anyone else go down this road

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that was after 4 hours in a belle mixer with granite chips. The HAZ round the edges and in the holes has gone. Just a bit of dross on the back remaining which a quick flap disc will sort.

Would like to demo a vibrating tumbler with a view to buy as this job has now gone from 4000 to 8000 pieces

Would it be easier & cheaper to get them CNC water jet cut by the sheet & add a few pence for profit ?

 

[miggie weld]

I finished spray painting a retro 1992 giant atx 760 mountain bike, found just how tedious sanding is, haven't spray painted something this big for 20 years.

 

[Prajna]

Our little box trailer would be so much more useful with a dropping tailgate so I did some fettling. It has a lid on top so I had to make some brackets that would fit under the lid and hold the tailgate when it's closed. I didn't have any channel the right size so I made some from some angle I did have in my scrapheap.

I love this welding lark and I love it even more now I have a A40 Savage helmet.

 

[James1979]

Would it be easier & cheaper to get them CNC water jet cut by the sheet & add a few pence for profit ?

Possibly. I need to find a laser / water jetter who is happy to ship here. Be interested to know if it’ll work out any cheaper. I would like to think so.

 

[Hood]

Been looking for a C4-PSDNN tool for the capto holder like this for quite a while

but the cheapest I have found is about £200 so this afternoon I had a rake in the tool drawer and I found these.

Got the grinder out and had this.

Onto the mill to face them off.

Got the hot metal glue gun out.

Coolant ball put back in

Works great

 

[Feet 'n Inches]

Finished an occasional table foe sale by my local men's shed. All the steel barring the "carpet-friendly" feet is reclaimed from old balustrading and scrollwork that was donated/acquired.



And like every good maths student I've shown my working out.



Handy to have old 3mm ali chequer plate as a bench top

 

[JMS1972]

Finished an occasional table foe sale by my local men's shed. All the steel barring the "carpet-friendly" feet is reclaimed from old balustrading and scrollwork that was donated/acquired.

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And like every good maths student I've shown my working out.

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Handy to have old 3mm ali chequer plate as a bench top

It was at this point @Feet 'n Inches realised they'd summoned beehexabub the six sided devil....

 

[tommy_lad]

A much needed workshop storage trolley.

 

[JMS1972]

A much needed workshop storage trolley.

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I like that

 

[tommy_lad]

Cheers JMS1972, it soaks up a lot of stuff

 

[JMS1972]

Cheers JMS1972, it soaks up a lot of stuff

Everything to hand too.

Jamie off Myth Busters is a big fan of this type of cart rather than drawers...

 

[Hood]

This afternoon I made this

Into this

 

[dobbslc]

I can visualise a Honda sized spot on the right although I think a Yamaha would be better

 

[Hood]

I can visualise a Honda sized spot on the right although I think a Yamaha would be better

Wouldn't need to put a new garage up if it was a Yamaha, no one would pinch it

 

[dobbslc]

Fffff....

 

[Jan-DIY]

Today was shopping day.
2 Bessey Clamps, Fronius rollers, ThermalDynamics spares and some other stuff.
Now cleaning some tubes and weld brackets on.
tomorrow will be final assembly.

 

[KimB]

Made this door the other day, dropped it in for galvanising Tuesday night and had it back and fitted today very pleased. Just need to establish how I’m going to clad it now.