Stuff you have made today

[MattF]

I'd expect them to dry out and crack, not ideal for working with food?

You lot are a tough crowd to please.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

You lot are a tough crowd to please.

Yes, and?

 

[Maker]

I'd expect them to dry out and crack, not ideal for working with food?

You might be right, I'll post an update in a few months, or sooner if they're really shish. I make noodles often (and I can't afford the rolling machine I want) so they should see a lot of use.

 

[Dcal]

Today I made a small parrot.



I didn't mean to, it just turned out that way.

The bonnet release latch on the Alfa 159 I recently acquired was broken.
It worked ok, you just had to reach in below the bonnet a bit further.
Instead of leaving it alone or spending £10 in a scrap yard I thought I'd have a go at fixing it.



I cut the shapes out of 5mm stainless flat bar and welded them together to form a step that I could grind to the required shape.



I should have counter bored the 6mm hole before I cut the shape out but didn't.
It's a weird shape and I had to come up with a way of holding it while counter boring with a milling bit.
Decided to weld a stainless nut and clamp that in the drill vice.



Worked ok (@Rannsachair might recognise the vice)



Then I needed to make a 6mm hinge pin, with a stepped head and a 5mm section to rivett over.



With that done I put it together, then made, shaped and welded in the missing bit.



Think it's now starting to look a bit Egyptian.
It was originally rivetted to the main body of the latch but I just welded it, enough is enough.





A bit crazy I know but it keeps me out of the pub

 

[500e]

Is that good ?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Tut, tut....is that a guard off an angle grinder I spy there?

 

[Cuthy246]

You might be right, I'll post an update in a few months, or sooner if they're really shish. I make noodles often (and I can't afford the rolling machine I want) so they should see a lot of use.

lovely looking machine, are there modern equivalents or is it the proper made in Japan one you are after?

 

[Dcal]

Tut, tut....is that a guard off an angle grinder I spy there?

Indeed it is.
It's off a two inch air grinder.
Gutless, but handy for when nothing else will fit.
I mostly use it with roloc discs.

 

[DAPPH]

I went through my stock of round bar and considered 30mm stainless, that would do for hitting things. I also briefly considered Tufnol but ultimately there's better uses for such posh material.

Pine isn't ideal but it's cheap. I've wanted a really long one a few times, and also thought a short one could be handy, this way I can play with them for a few months, see what work and and make some from a more expensive hardwood if I feel the need.

Wouldn't proper industrial grade broom sticks have been cheaper???

Oiling the wood ....oiled with olive oil after scrubbing off before natural air drying after use ?

 

[My Old Landy]

You might be right, I'll post an update in a few months, or sooner if they're really shish. I make noodles often (and I can't afford the rolling machine I want) so they should see a lot of use.

Use a food safe oil https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pure-Mineral-Oil-Chopping-Pharmacopeia/dp/B0076YERWU

 

[Fraserb]

Made it too the last field of the year and last field for current seed drill.

 

[Blobber]

Made my doors swing, byfold so I can just use the small one for personal access and then open them up for the big stuff, just got to do a mirror image the other side now and find something cheap/free and light to clad them, total cost so far is free! just got to buy pair of decent hinges for the next set

 

[Maker]

Wouldn't proper industrial grade broom sticks have been cheaper???

Oiling the wood ....oiled with olive oil after scrubbing off before natural air drying after use ?

Probably, but then it's only 25mm, I thought about it.

My objection with cooking oil is it goes bad if it kicks around too long, especially exposed to the air. I've got some mineral oil somewhere, that would work I reckon.

 

[Kram]

Found a spare couple hours to mess about.

Took me way longer than expected to pour the plaster and may have messed up the timing, but it was still very runny. 3 mixutes to mix, powder to water. 1 min to vacuum. 1 min to pour. 2 mins to vac and release.

Upto this point it was going quite well,but who knew that PLA floats!?!
Saw the cows nose bobbing above the surface. Stuck my fingers to try and position it until started to set. I may have cocked this up!
Theres not much clearance between the print and flask so I wouldnt be suprised if it cracks in a thin place.

I went with the measures for a 4" * 63mm flask, 262ml water, 652g plaster, Id say about right, only a little excess.

 

[Hood]

This evening I made my Africa Twin extremely low

 

[awemawson]

You're obsessed man !

 

[Hood]

You're obsessed man !

Thanks

 

[RichardM]

@Hood Well you did say it was too tall for you!

 

[henry Kadzielski]

My contribution, finally started the new boat project.

First sheet onto the plasma machine with the new first time useage of the 'approved lifting device

Ready to start cutting, machine is zeroed, just need the press the start button.

This video shows the start of the cutting without the new suction fan on. I just forgot when it started

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This video shows the 5mm 5083 being cut at 65amps with nitrogen at 3.6m/min

 

[James1979]

What’s the benefit of nitrogen over normal air?