James1979
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BuggerMyford ML7 with a QCTP - accepts up to 12mm shanks at most iirc.
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indy4x
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TBH I'm dreading looking, need about 40sq m of OSB to redo my garage roof plus a load of 2x1 roofing batten, not looking forward to paying for that lot!pallets + 2nd hand scaff boards.
Have you *seen* the price of decent timber at the moment?
- cheapest 2nd hand scaff boards are 1.50 a foot round here
just the (rough as anything) ply sheets, and roof beams, cost the best part of £400!!!
(pallets were free, except for diesel)
bigegg
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word is that prices will drop late next summer (12-15 months)
theres a reclamation yard near here that do (rough as fk) 8x4 sheets for a tenner apiece, still. gaffer was saying price is likely to hit 20 a sheet; but lots of new sites starting up (they use the 8x4 sheets as fencing, so when theyre stripped down they end up piled up in the yard) on jobs due to finish august time next year
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The roller skate with a Citroen DS Safari on top. Used it to pull the car from the garage, turn it around and push it back in. I've done the sills on one side, turned it around so I can do the other side.
The sill is nearly 3mm thick where the screwdriver has been poked through. No rust proofing and no seam sealer.
The effects of mouse urine on the hydraulic pipes.
The sill is nearly 3mm thick where the screwdriver has been poked through. No rust proofing and no seam sealer.
The effects of mouse urine on the hydraulic pipes.
Hood
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Removed the gear/throttle and donkey engine controls and then chopped the top out of the box and then welded in the drop down section I made on Friday.
Then refitted the longer handled throttle/gear controls and the original donkey engine one.
Also swapped over the outside helm pump to one with a lower volume per turn to hopefully lighten up the steering.
Then refitted the longer handled throttle/gear controls and the original donkey engine one.
Also swapped over the outside helm pump to one with a lower volume per turn to hopefully lighten up the steering.
Pete.
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No but I can see how that could be it given my background.
I've made several of these before but they have always had a 21mm socket on the end, which more properly should have been a 7/16BSW.
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Locking wheel nut socket ? 
northwest
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Today I successfully produced three bits of scrap!
Screwdriver bit for scale. The top one is the original and the three below are scrap.
I made the schoolboy error of not double checking the size of cutter I should be using, I could have sworn I had put 2mm in the CAD but turns out it was 3mm after all. Ho Hum, try again tomorrow it seems.
EDIT: The material is annealed CD70 spring steel, it is bloody hard stuff.
Screwdriver bit for scale. The top one is the original and the three below are scrap.
I made the schoolboy error of not double checking the size of cutter I should be using, I could have sworn I had put 2mm in the CAD but turns out it was 3mm after all. Ho Hum, try again tomorrow it seems.
EDIT: The material is annealed CD70 spring steel, it is bloody hard stuff.
northwest
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Start again.
Today I made a little tray for my new wireless keyboard. The old keyboard has served me well but it is starting to produce gremlins so I have bought a wireless Microsoft thing. Looks and feels quality actually so then I made a little tray for it and fastened some magnets to it. I can stick it out of the way anywhere in the workshop:
Now all I need do is finish the new controller (yes, still on with it).
Today I made a little tray for my new wireless keyboard. The old keyboard has served me well but it is starting to produce gremlins so I have bought a wireless Microsoft thing. Looks and feels quality actually so then I made a little tray for it and fastened some magnets to it. I can stick it out of the way anywhere in the workshop:
Now all I need do is finish the new controller (yes, still on with it).
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7/16 BSW makes me think it could be scaffold fitting related?
Pete.
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Another good guess but no.Locking wheel nut socket ?
I'm not one for dragging out the suspense so I'll tell you. It's a tool for undoing security couplers on metal fence panels.
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Most of the ones we use have a 7/16BSW nut same as scaffold clips (as Dave-Sparks guessed). Putting the panels up is a PITA though especially if the ground is not very flat and level you end up fighting with two panel ends, a 3-part clip and a wobble-ended box spanner. I make the tool for putting them up with a battery powered nut gun by welding a 21mm socket onto another socket (you need the extra length because otherwise the thread pushes the socket off the nut).
Nowadays you get a lot of the security type to stop people putting their hand through the wires and un-doing the clamp with a spanner from the outside. They sell you a 3-pronged spanner end that's really poxy and prone to breaking off the prongs. This tool should allow me to remove and re-fit the panels quickly with the nut gun and unlike the proper tool it's very unlikely to snap off a prong.
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Made the egg
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3rd day this week Ive lost my safety glasses, looked everywhere. 
Rigged up the lathe extraction. This little fan shifts plenty of air with a bit of pressure.
32mm pipe. 35-37mm hole through wall. Could use ideas how to finish the outside.
Painted the shed celing and walls. Get a lot of midges and small flies in shed. Hard to see where to swat when its dirty!
Keep putting my hand in it
Rigged up the lathe extraction. This little fan shifts plenty of air with a bit of pressure.
32mm pipe. 35-37mm hole through wall. Could use ideas how to finish the outside.
Painted the shed celing and walls. Get a lot of midges and small flies in shed. Hard to see where to swat when its dirty!
Keep putting my hand in it
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I was hoping to do it this year as condensation in there is awful in the colder months!
But time is ticking and winter is coming
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Saturday I was doing lots of small jobs.
But I did find time to experiment with the charcoal paper bags from MIS to see how hot the could get.
First try was with scrap lead.
Still warm, you can see the rainbow colours on the "blobs."
Next try was with scrap alloy. But done with a mix of coke and charcoal.
Not my best sand casting. But The sand was to wet.
But I did find time to experiment with the charcoal paper bags from MIS to see how hot the could get.
First try was with scrap lead.
Still warm, you can see the rainbow colours on the "blobs."
Next try was with scrap alloy. But done with a mix of coke and charcoal.
Not my best sand casting. But The sand was to wet.
