Stuff you have made today

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I'll never forget having a wee after applying Deep Heat!

I could tell you about the time a "person who self abuses himself" was found helping himself to my tools.
A nice helping off deep heat to his pot of Haemoid cream.

 

[Barking Mat]

Bit more done to the trailer.
All the box and hubs welded on.

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The final vertical weld.

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Flipped it over as normally I don't mind doing overhead welds but in stainless I was not so keen especially as I would be having to lie down directly under it and stainless is runny

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I got all of the frame welded underneath and only have some eye bolts to weld on but that will be tomorrow.

Vid of a vertical weld, slag eventually came off after it cooled

Ooh soo many questions...

Is that a slight up and down weave?

What's with holding the chisel to it ?

To dissipate heat ?

316L or other flavour.

Surprised how much rod you put in for such a short bead.

Nice welding.

 

[MattF]

I could tell you about the time a "person who self abuses himself" was found helping himself to my tools.
A nice helping off deep heat to his pot of Haemoid cream.

You're a bad man.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

You're a bad man.

He stole my tools.

 

[Hood]

Ooh soo many questions...

Is that a slight up and down weave?

What's with holding the chisel to it ?

To dissipate heat ?

316L or other flavour.

Surprised how much rod you put in for such a short bead.

Nice welding.

Just a side to side weave most of the time but just watch the pool to see how it is filling and move accordingly.

Yes, just trying to cool the slag down so it will chip off, normally I don't bother as I usually have another weld nearby on the go so by the time I have put a rod into one the other is cool and the slag usually drops off.

Rods are 316, trailer is 304.

 

[roblane65]

I could tell you about the time a "person who self abuses himself" was found helping himself to my tools.
A nice helping off deep heat to his pot of Haemoid cream.

Well this needs explaining ! exactly how intimate with said person were you to be able to deposit deep heat in their Haemeroid cream ?
conjours up all sorts of johnny english type escapades .

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Well this needs explaining ! exactly how intimate with said person were you to be able to deposit deep heat in their Haemeroid cream ?
conjours up all sorts of johnny english type escapades .

Not at all.
He used to leave the pot on top of his locker, in plane view.
Simple as that, it was even his deep heat cream.

 

[roblane65]

Well that was a very boring reply !

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Well that was a very boring reply !

It made it very hard for the workshop manager to pace the blame on any one.
The list was too long.

 

[MattF]

He stole my tools.

That's okay then. Thought you meant he had just borrowed/used them.

 

[Kram]

Tungsten pot.

 

[DAPPH]

Got bored with the plasma tonight.


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Is that cutting freehand or on a CNC machine . I bet you could do at least 10 mean sets of Santa and 7 reindeers just in time for crimbo crap & auction sites at £50 or more each .

 

[DAPPH]

I could tell you about the time a "person who self abuses himself" was found helping himself to my tools.
A nice helping off deep heat to his pot of Haemoid cream.

I was in the bath after a hard 10 mile cross country race in Cumbria .. ached all over .
Set a bottle of Sloans liniment on back edge of the bath by the taps , top off ready to rub my quads & calves , Had a good 10 min or so hot soak & got up out the bath , decided it was too cold ( snow on the ground outside ) as there was very little effective heating in the barrack room spider huts especially in the ablutions area , so I sat back in the water reached forward to turn the hot tap on and have a bit longer warming up and easing the muscles off .

Yep ...you guessed it the bottle got knocked in to the bath as I turned the hot tap off , cursing softly I leant forward to find it when this golden circle appeared in the water .. Oh well I thought . A second later the circle had become a bike wheel size and started to burn like hell .
Had an idea ... Filling the bath with more hot and cold water I tried to send it out down the over flow .. over flow was blocked ......... BSTD !
Things were really burning at the tide mark .. I realised I'd have to do something ...one quick crazy dash out the bath cubicle to the row of washbasins & get as much warm soothing water on the family jewels as possible .
I got some funny looks from a few guys who'd also finished their Wednesday afternoons sports session & come in for a shower . They pee'd themselves laughing when I told them what was happening.. I got nicknamed the Sloan Ranger for the rest of my 3 yr apprenticeship .

 

[DAPPH]

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Tungsten pot.

If I stood my sharpened tungsten's up like that I guarantee I'd push one down the back of my nail at sometime or other . I just have mine laid flat in a plastic case

 

[Danez]

If I stood my sharpened tungsten's up like that I guarantee I'd push one down the back of my nail at sometime or other . I just have mine laid flat in a plastic case

the thought of that proper made me cringe

 

[daleyd]

Got a lot of 250W LED floodlights, only been up 5 weeks and removed due to the company deciding to demolish the building, took my brackets down and fitted new tops to accept the larger mounting holes and they will be going back up to replace the smaller ones, also got the back up battery pack which needs mounting inside one of the barns.

They sound good, I’m looking for something similar - have you got any pics?

 

[EM1L4]

That was a bit if a hacked mess.

The simple method (which I'll use for my third attempt!) Is buy one of these.

Pardon our interruption...

And one of these.

Mini Digital Voltmeter Ammeter - 100V 10A - Voltage Current Meter w/ LED Display | eBay

Display: 0.28" Red + Blue Dual LED Display. Working current: <20mA. Size :48x29x20 mm. Current: Range x 0.08%+Two decimal point. Red line (thick): IN+, current input. Refresh rate: 3hz. You get 1 of -.

www.ebay.co.uk

(Make sure you get one with a built in current shunt.)

And wire up as per the diagram in the second advert.

Thanks for the links! I’ve never been bothered to hack one of my spare PSU’s but this makes it soo easy I might actually be able to use them for something

 

[Claud 1]

Wall bracket for 12" sander.
Made from scrap. First arc welding project. Pls don't zoom in on welds!
They're not pretty but I don't think it's going to fall apart, even with 33kg of sander on it.
Fastened to the wall with resin anchor studs.

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Going off subject how do keep the discs from falling off, mine won't stay on (same sander)

 

[awemawson]

If I stood my sharpened tungsten's up like that I guarantee I'd push one down the back of my nail at sometime or other . I just have mine laid flat in a plastic case

I've always cringed when I see sharp things standing up ever since I poked an eye out with a mapping pen aged 5 !

Pens and pencils in jacket outside breast pockets is a pet hate.

 

[bricol]

I've always cringed when I see sharp things standing up ever since I poked an eye out with a mapping pen aged 5 !

Pens and pencils in jacket outside breast pockets is a pet ha

Wander in many factories, and pens, rules, etc in breast pockets where they could fall out and contaminate production is a no-no anyway.

Warned once, and kicked out second . . . "but it's only a pencil. . ." - which causes the customer to send an entire artic trailer of product back, meaning you have to check each and every item . . .