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Every time I see Micheal Gove on TV I see Penfold, Danger Mouse’s sidekick
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Yep I can see the connectionEvery time I see Micheal Gove on TV I see Penfold, Danger Mouse’s sidekick
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I better not say what I see but it is related to his adopted fathers old business and involves scales and slime.Every time I see Micheal Gove on TV I see Penfold, Danger Mouse’s sidekick
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I made these today from a piece of aluminium left over from terminal 4 @ Heathrow They partially cover line of sight from oncoming traffic as the indicators on the front wings combined could cause confusion. And I like "bling"
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This evening's output wasn't very interesting as I didn't have long once all the various jobs were done.
I've been doing a lot of threading on the lathe recently. I almost always do single-point threading with an upside-down tool and the lathe running backwards, but a couple of times in the last couple of weeks I've forgotten that I had been threading and have left the lathe running backwards. It's not always obvious once the lathe is up to speed and I've broken a couple of carbide insert turning tips trying to plunge them into a backwards running work-piece.
Anyway, hopefully this evening's little mod will help that:
I added the little light underneath the back / forward switch. If the switch is in the position for backwards running, the light flashes at about 2 Hz. If the switch is in the position for forwards running, the light stays off.
Hopefully that will stop me from being an idiot in future (at least in that way).
I've been doing a lot of threading on the lathe recently. I almost always do single-point threading with an upside-down tool and the lathe running backwards, but a couple of times in the last couple of weeks I've forgotten that I had been threading and have left the lathe running backwards. It's not always obvious once the lathe is up to speed and I've broken a couple of carbide insert turning tips trying to plunge them into a backwards running work-piece.
Anyway, hopefully this evening's little mod will help that:
I added the little light underneath the back / forward switch. If the switch is in the position for backwards running, the light flashes at about 2 Hz. If the switch is in the position for forwards running, the light stays off.
Hopefully that will stop me from being an idiot in future (at least in that way).
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christmas canapes for 100 people is what we made this evening
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Storage for power tools and organiser boxes. A work in progress.
CLS frame with plywood dividers and shelves. For now an old MDF board for the top.
The shelves are 400mm deep which leaves a 200mm void between the back of the shelves and the wall. I'm using this space as a cable tidy for any leads that would otherwise be cluttering up the top.
The welder at the far end is plugged into an extension lead that disappears into the void. It's permanently plugged in.
Any wall mounted tools such as the angle grinder will be plugged into a wall mounted socket with a cable tidy (hole) to hide the cable until required.
The shelf at the far end was an afterthought. As I was about to put the MDF top on, I thought it was a shame to waste the depth of the top CLS, so I turned the space between the top and bottom of the top horizontal CLS into drawers. Perfect for drill bits, pencils and the like. The idea was to put the top on hinges and gas struts to allow easy access. This meant I would have to keep the worktop clear, hence the shelf. Everything that is on the shelf never moves: radio, battery chargers, rechargeable work light (on charge) and eventually WiFi router. That's a lot of leads dropping down from the shelf. Messy. The shelf idea turned into a wall mounted box. There's a hole on the top to drop the power leads into and a 6 way extension strip inside. That just leaves one power lead from the strip to drop down and plug into the wall socket. I had also planned to mount lights under the shelf, but as there was a perfectly good light already there and on charge, no need. As it turns out I am unable to keep the worktop clear of anything which makes accessing the drawers a PITA. I screwed the top down. The whiteboard that is directly under the light is hot glued to the top. I was getting tired of misplacing it. At the other end of the shelves and not in view is a home for the workshop vacuum with a shelf above it for brush, shovel and vacuum bags.
CLS frame with plywood dividers and shelves. For now an old MDF board for the top.
The shelves are 400mm deep which leaves a 200mm void between the back of the shelves and the wall. I'm using this space as a cable tidy for any leads that would otherwise be cluttering up the top.
The welder at the far end is plugged into an extension lead that disappears into the void. It's permanently plugged in.
Any wall mounted tools such as the angle grinder will be plugged into a wall mounted socket with a cable tidy (hole) to hide the cable until required.
The shelf at the far end was an afterthought. As I was about to put the MDF top on, I thought it was a shame to waste the depth of the top CLS, so I turned the space between the top and bottom of the top horizontal CLS into drawers. Perfect for drill bits, pencils and the like. The idea was to put the top on hinges and gas struts to allow easy access. This meant I would have to keep the worktop clear, hence the shelf. Everything that is on the shelf never moves: radio, battery chargers, rechargeable work light (on charge) and eventually WiFi router. That's a lot of leads dropping down from the shelf. Messy. The shelf idea turned into a wall mounted box. There's a hole on the top to drop the power leads into and a 6 way extension strip inside. That just leaves one power lead from the strip to drop down and plug into the wall socket. I had also planned to mount lights under the shelf, but as there was a perfectly good light already there and on charge, no need. As it turns out I am unable to keep the worktop clear of anything which makes accessing the drawers a PITA. I screwed the top down. The whiteboard that is directly under the light is hot glued to the top. I was getting tired of misplacing it. At the other end of the shelves and not in view is a home for the workshop vacuum with a shelf above it for brush, shovel and vacuum bags.
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I've been getting a bit frustrated with the spanner I bought to turn the gas on and off. It's very short and (possibly as a result of the orientation of the cylinder and regulator) either seems to clash with the regulator or with the gas bottle. So I made a new one (and it went a nice purple colour with the welding heat):
Fits nicely:
Fairly straightforward to make; the only interesting bit was the 7 mm AF square hole. I took a bit of EN3B bar stock and drilled a 7 mm hole in it. I then stuck it in the mill and got rid of half of it for a length of 30 mm or thereabouts, then opened the round hole into a 3.5 mm deep, 7 mm wide rectangular one. Something like this:
I then cut the end in half, flipped the cut-off bit over and welded it back together:
Then it was back to the lathe for a tidy-up etc.
Fits nicely:
Fairly straightforward to make; the only interesting bit was the 7 mm AF square hole. I took a bit of EN3B bar stock and drilled a 7 mm hole in it. I then stuck it in the mill and got rid of half of it for a length of 30 mm or thereabouts, then opened the round hole into a 3.5 mm deep, 7 mm wide rectangular one. Something like this:
I then cut the end in half, flipped the cut-off bit over and welded it back together:
Then it was back to the lathe for a tidy-up etc.
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Brilliant got same issue in fact almost same picture. I’ll have ago no mill though
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Dr.Al
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You could always cut the end off your existing spanner & weld it onto a bit of bar stock.
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Looks perfect! I'd wondered about doing it that way, but my spanner had a thick layer of horrible paint on it and my other half was asleep & probably wouldn't have appreciated all the angle grinding!
