Stuff you have made today

[Maker]

I made a very stiff wooden box.

It's a 15 inch Wharfedale driver, had it nearly three years. Finally found a sheet of ply and an amp with a subwoofer pre-out so that was my round tuit.

Don't have any specs for the driver, couldn't measure anything particularly useful and Wharfedale wouldn't tell me so rather than risk a ported enclosure sounding like crap, it's sealed with the internal dimensions all the golden ratio of each other (That's is, it's 1.618 times wider than it is deep and 1.618 times taller than it is wide, on the inside at least), it's supposed to reduce harmonics or something. The volume is very close to that of thr enclosure wharfedale used. Uneven bracing is supposed to help too...

Still needs some damping material inside, painting, ideally handles and a SpeakOn connector, and possibly a grille but I'll listen to it for a few weeks first I think.

 

[MattF]

You can't beat, (well actually, you can), some stiff wood.

 

[Hood]

You can't beat, (well actually, you can), some stiff wood.

I was waiting for you to reply with something along those lines, you are getting slow however, it took you almost 25mins

 

[MattF]

I was waiting for you to reply with something along those lines, you are getting slow however, it took you almost 25mins

I'm having to take breaks from here, to make it look like I'm doing some housework, you know.

 

[4String.]

I'm having to take breaks from here, to make it look like I'm doing some housework, you know.

 

[Blue Chips]

Just a small project: I made a clamp-on aluminium easel tray for Mrs. Blue Chips. I was going to TIG weld it, but I'm waiting for a replacement gas solenoid valve for my TIG welder, so I fabbed it up the old-fashioned way, with solid rivets, pneumatic rivet gun, and bucking bar. The stainless water cup is removable, the clamps have wedges adjusted to provide a slight rearward tilt, and I left gaps at the rear corners to allow drainage for spills or rinsing. The clear silicone bumpers are just for keeping a palette centered. She plans to give it a workout later this week, as she's scheduled to attend a four-day plein-air painting workshop.

I think the lens and camera angle in this photo make the tray look a lot bigger than it actually is.

 

[Kram]

Brazed a damaged insert onto 10mm hex key. 600g diamond wheel to light sharpen

Then as I had grinder out, I have a 22IR TR4 insert, too big for a 12mm bore, for a 16x4 nut. Ages ago I chopped into 3 parts. 4.8mm thick, so need to take some off the bottom while preserving flatness for brazing. Brazed onto some key steel so I dont burn my fingers, and for a parallel reference to scribe from.

Dimond wheel to just over 2mm thick

Next to unbraze, grind a 15 degree seat on a bar and stick it on.

 

[ronan]

Brazed a damaged insert onto 10mm hex key. 600g diamond wheel to light sharpen
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Then as I had grinder out, I have a 22IR TR4 insert, too big for a 12mm bore, for a 16x4 nut. Ages ago I chopped into 3 parts. 4.8mm thick, so need to take some off the bottom while preserving flatness for brazing. Brazed onto some key steel so I dont burn my fingers, and for a parallel reference to scribe from.
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Dimond wheel to just over 2mm thick
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Next to unbraze, grind a 15 degree seat on a bar and stick it on.

Thats good thinking Batman.

 

[Onoff]

Mr Cheapseats here...some storage tubs with handles:

I also made the surface gauge...

 

[Maker]

7/16" draw bar for my new boring head.

Couldn't be bothered setting up a steady to turn a long slender part so I made a thread and a hex and stuck them on a bit of 6mm bar with a thread and a dab of Loctite 638, it's not going anywhere.

 

[MattF]

it's not going anywhere.

Awaiting the "how do I get this out of a boring head taper" thread.

 

[awemawson]

Do I recognise that boring head ?

 

[Maker]

Do I recognise that boring head ?

You should do.

 

[Agroshield]

They make good trolleys for storing/moving v8 engines

Mr 8ob, I know I am a little late to this, but your attempt to circumvent the upcoming ban on petrol-engined cars is pure genius. Four wheel steering as well.

 

[8ob]

Today I cleaned up the engine build bench in the mancave, gave the engine fixture/crane combo a coat of paint, also made a fixture for an engine.

 

[Kram]

Finishing off the spindle mount on a 5" bar of alu. I did try the brazed hex key tool from previous post, worked with lots of chatter, far too much stick out.

Lathe is not a good drill press but beats the cordless.

 

[Bullet2012]

Today I cleaned up the engine build bench in the mancave, gave the engine fixture/crane combo a coat of paint, also made a fixture for an engine.

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Nice, what is the final destination for the baby pony’s

 

[Kram]

Got the bar mounted. Was going to leave the OD raw but it was unbalanced, so now its shiny.

 

[Johnnybravo]

Gave the little Hardinge lathe some love. New belts. New layshaft bearings. Adjusted the Gibbs, replaced missing bolts. Looks like it spent part of its life at Bodgeit and Bashit. Made some adjustable toolholders and it made 100 plastic bushes in no time flat

 

[cardiffrob]

BS361C colour charts would be a common source of colours in the post-WW2 era. That's how we match paint on the early Jets etc.