Stuff you have made today

[JMS1972]

Finished machining a dozen collet blanks for my capstan lathe. These are 85mm by 35mm reduced to 22mm at the narrow point and bored out to 16mm. Kept the Myford busy!

 

[Hood]

Went through the last batch of lobster gauges in record time, not sure why all the fishermen have taken to throwing the gauges over the side instead of the undersized lobsters but who am I to argue
Made up a new batch today, all spot on 87mm or at least as accurate as I can measure, may be a few 1/1000ths of a mm +/- but I suspect that won't matter


Also made up some stainless knife covers for the 3/4 tonne haulers, I think it will work out cheaper than filling up worn ones with the tig and grinding flat again, I made 5 but two have already gone.

 

[MattF]

not sure why all the fishermen have taken to throwing the gauges over the side instead of the undersized lobsters but who am I to argue

Just have visions of a fisherman stood there, looking at a lobster in one hand, then his empty hand, & thinking: "********, not again.".

 

[Hood]

Just have visions of a fisherman stood there, looking at a lobster in one hand, then his empty hand, & thinking: "********, not again.".

I have been there myself when I was a fisherman, the other common one was when you were gutting the fish and you went to throw the guts away but the knife sometimes went with them

 

[God mode restorations]

A bit more progress on the hangers for my lorry lights. Tomorrow will weld them on and paint and re wire

 

[James1979]

Went through the last batch of lobster gauges in record time, not sure why all the fishermen have taken to throwing the gauges over the side instead of the undersized lobsters but who am I to argue
Made up a new batch today, all spot on 87mm or at least as accurate as I can measure, may be a few 1/1000ths of a mm +/- but I suspect that won't matter


Also made up some stainless knife covers for the 3/4 tonne haulers, I think it will work out cheaper than filling up worn ones with the tig and grinding flat again, I made 5 but two have already gone.

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Not sure what’s got into them! All the ones I posted up last week have gone too. Had a call for more today.

and grapples apparently. Can’t get them in to the country quick enough

 

[RichardM]

I have been there myself when I was a fisherman, the other common one was when you were gutting the fish and you went to throw the guts away but the knife sometimes went with them

You want to have a word with @mrsbruce to supply leather thongs and toggles to go through the hole and over their wrist - they'll never lose another one again!

 

[Hood]

You want to have a word with @mrsbruce to supply leather thongs and toggles to go through the hole and over their wrist - they'll never lose another one again!

They still could lose them but they would also lose their hands. Never have anything hanging loose when in amongst fishing gear, I have seen a few people hauled over the side with hood drawstrings tickling into gear as it is going away.

 

[James1979]

If you wore a leather thong around some of the fishermen I know you’d be in for a surprise!!

 

[Hood]

If you wore a leather thong around some of the fishermen I know you’d be in for a surprise!!

That may say more about you

 

[RichardM]

They still could lose them but they would also lose their hands. Never have anything hanging loose when in amongst fishing gear, I have seen a few people hauled over the side with hood drawstrings tickling into gear as it is going away.

Oh well that's another money making idea blown out of the water - or should I say thrown into the water!

 

[selectedgrub]

Bent this pipe for a support on my bandwagon project.

 

[henry Kadzielski]

What current and feed are you using @henry Kadzielski ?
Does the nitrogen make a nicer edge or?

Good evening @Hood. Feed rate is 1270mm/min at 65 amps. I have slow down a bit to 90% of the book spec for the nitrogen as that gas, nitrogen seems to be cooler and such requires a slower speed. I did take a photo,but the pics doesn't do the edge finish any justice, however it is noticeably much better than with compressed air. You mat ask why 65amps, well Hypertherm make nozzles for 65amp then the next size up is 125 (for their 'Hi amp' torches), so there is little choice for me. I haven't tried cutting at 125 amps where the travel speed is 3000mm/min. Would it work, absolutely yes, is there a need, not that pressed for time, will it happen in the future, if I have much more to do I would have to run some test cuts to see if the cut quality is good or any better and go from there

 

[Kram]

Turning a dinse 35-50 plug from 18mm hex, resulting in curly brass stringers. Tool angle is somewhere around 45 degrees 5mm off diameter at 600rpm to get that, with a slow feed.

There's lots of houses still with no roofing felt at all under the tiles. In principle, if the tiles are good, there should be no need for the membrane. The only time it is really useful is when it blows a hooly and drives the water upwards. Keep an eye on it and make sure the loft is well ventilated, so if some damp comes in, it will dry quickly.

Redoing it properly, well beyond my ability. I asked neighbour, they had theirs redone a few years back costing £8000. The roofer cocked it up and had to go back twice. Im not convinced that we need to get a professional in yet.

Im thinking to attach a new sheet underneath the joists so that any water gets funneled into a container, to see how much, if any, is leaking past the tiles.

 

[Hood]

Good evening @Hood. Feed rate is 1270mm/min at 65 amps. I have slow down a bit to 90% of the book spec for the nitrogen as that gas, nitrogen seems to be cooler and such requires a slower speed. I did take a photo,but the pics doesn't do the edge finish any justice, however it is noticeably much better than with compressed air. You mat ask why 65amps, well Hypertherm make nozzles for 65amp then the next size up is 125 (for their 'Hi amp' torches), so there is little choice for me. I haven't tried cutting at 125 amps where the travel speed is 3000mm/min. Would it work, absolutely yes, is there a need, not that pressed for time, will it happen in the future, if I have much more to do I would have to run some test cuts to see if the cut quality is good or any better and go from there

Thanks Henry, not likely I could justify using nitrogen but always interesting to see different things.

 

[Screwdriver]

Camera tripod mounting. 3D printed Velbon connector, Titanium bar (!), 3D printed soft rubber mounting plate.

Quite important it makes a firm, strong connection and the through bolt sandwiches the lot.

Didn't have a spare mounting screw so drilled out a 1/4 20 bolt and bent some welding rod through it.

Works as it should.

Tada!

I really am now running out of excuses for making more YouTube content...

 

[Edward Teach]

Camera tripod mounting. 3D printed Velbon connector, Titanium bar (!), 3D printed soft rubber mounting plate.

Quite important it makes a firm, strong connection and the through bolt sandwiches the lot.

Didn't have a spare mounting screw so drilled out a 1/4 20 bolt and bent some welding rod through it.

Works as it should.

Tada!

I really am now running out of excuses for making more YouTube content...

I like that a lot

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Titanium bar (!),

Posh!! Nice job!

 

[selectedgrub]

Yes, I would of used Palladium myself.

 

[cardiffrob]

Today I made Blackberry Jam and Elderberry Syrup. Yesterday I watched a colleague 'invent' a new tool..."4-inch-Grinder-on-a-broomhandle" to slice a rounded-off bolt head whilst removing the wings from a Gulfstream Bizjet. Not the safest tool I've ever seen.