Stuff you have made today

[Kram]

New peice to fill the big hole in the chip guard.

 

[badabec]

And their after-sales service was rubbish too, and they were only 10 mins down the road at Milton Park!

Wallace and Gromit got it right, their fridge was a SMUG

 

[henry Kadzielski]

Been a busy few weeks with handrails and wall tops View attachment 312015View attachment 312016View attachment 312017View attachment 312018View attachment 312019View attachment 312020View attachment 312021View attachment 312022View attachment 312023View attachment 312024There was also 400mtrs of railing along a wall that looks horrendous as the engineer decided it had to follow the wall and ground exactly and the concrete work was terrible so didn even take a pic of it

@cianh91 Very probably a stupid question, but here goes. With all those angles, different lengths, variation of the walls and hanger brackets, do you do most of this on site? I have been asked to do handrails. On boats, I can do the longer runs in the workshop and connections on site and finish the connections also on site. Apart form the swaying due to the boats rolling in harbours it's OK, wind is a problem though. But boat stuff seems to be far simpler than what you do and to get it right and in the correct position, especially from drawing that are not always correct seem an impossible task. So the question begs to be asked, HOW DO YOU DO THIS AND GET IT TO LOOK AS GOOD AS IT DOES??????

 

[cianh91]

@cianh91 Very probably a stupid question, but here goes. With all those angles, different lengths, variation of the walls and hanger brackets, do you do most of this on site? I have been asked to do handrails. On boats, I can do the longer runs in the workshop and connections on site and finish the connections also on site. Apart form the swaying due to the boats rolling in harbours it's OK, wind is a problem though. But boat stuff seems to be far simpler than what you do and to get it right and in the correct position, especially from drawing that are not always correct seem an impossible task. So the question begs to be asked, HOW DO YOU DO THIS AND GET IT TO LOOK AS GOOD AS IT DOES??????

All done on site with a grinder and scratch start tig . Cutting mitres takes practice on site isn’t as easy as with a nice bandsaw . Best way to go about it start with the easiest part
And make the rest fit . I start with the level sections then make the in between sections. The other thing is fit up is important especially when dealing with wind make sure your not tryna fill big gaps

 

[henry Kadzielski]

@cianh91 Thanks for that, that was the only way that I could see it happening. Far too complex for any other method. I clearly understand 'fit up'. The better the fit up the easier it is weld and also the faster, not to mention the less post weld dressing required. Still very nice job there

 

[selectedgrub]

 

[Barking Mat]

I've been putting this off, as I've had so many other things on, and really worried it was going to be a nightmare and I'd mess it all up.

That table. Bending the 5mm flat bar round the tight curves.

I marked out the edges of the eight mill verticals, so at least I stood a chance of aligning the flat bar correctly, and put some tack welds in to hold it, then oxy acetylene, many clamps...

Really pleased with how the first bit came out, much more to do this afternoon.

 

[Munkul]

Looking good!

 

[Johnnybravo]

Difficult to photograph,but I tested out the tooling and program today. 11mm od,7mm id with 36 serrations that are 120 degrees and cut 0,18mm deep. I’ve got 200 adjusting screws to make and this is the detail under the head of the screw

 

[Barking Mat]

It would be so nice to say this afternoon was as successful as this morning.

This afternoons internal curve following took a lot of head scratching.

I initially tried by tacking one end to the internal curve, oxy acetylene, clamps, but this didn't work.

So I returned to my initial idea of slitting the back, and many clamps, and tacking it at each stage.

Wasn't as pretty, I'm now thinking of running a smear of body filler into the corners and over the slits.

Once it painted, no-one will know.

Pipes and nut stock have gone off to be made up too.

I see why you can never have enough clamps.

Cute little folder rejects 5mm, fail !

Slowly, slowly.

 

[Mick Annick]

Another bench, this one to go under the window for a bit of decent light.

Finished (badly) in @8ob Blue, from the Farrow & Ball ‘Industrial Wasteland’ range

 

[Fraserb]

Started on a tool/spare part box.

 

[selectedgrub]

The end is near

 

[Johnnybravo]

Getting more screw like. Just got to get it to grow some threads

 

[mtt.tr]

Getting more screw like. Just got to get it to grow some threads

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What's the process for the serrations?

 

[Hood]

What's the process for the serrations?

Having a fancy lathe with live tooling

 

[Johnnybravo]

Nope. No live tooling and not on the 5 axis either. Diesel supply has scuppered plans for the 5 axis lathe to have its pc ladder and parameters reinstalled. Maybe next week…

Having a fancy lathe with live tooling

 

[Johnnybravo]

What's the process for the serrations?

Wizardry Harry….

 

[mtt.tr]

Wizardry Harry….

I knew it.

Cross slide shaper?

 

[Johnnybravo]

I knew it.

Cross slide shaper?

Nope. All cnc