Stuff you have made today

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Now on the 4th set of taps. If this set leaks Im going to throw it all out in the garden.

Is that a drip I see forming?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

give me your full address and I will catch the sink before it hits the deck

I will catch it before it leaves the house.

 

[Shox Dr]

They used to shred old tyres, but I don't know if that still happens.

Yes. There’s a company locally, paid to take ‘scrap’ tyres. Most lorry tyres go to Gambia. The rest get shredded, for play matting etc.

The zGermans use it in roads. No water pooling, so zero spray, better braking, quieter and harder wearing.

 

[Dr.Al]

Holy Balls!

I made some holes in some balls:

They'll be used to cap off the end of some tommy-bars. I prefer the idea of having them screw on the end of the tommy-bars, but I've got a lot of custom screws to make in the near future and it's a lot quicker to make them this way (they just get glued on the end of the bar). I made a lot more than I need in the near future, but they can live in a drawer and be available as soon as required.

 

[RichardM]

If this set leaks Im going to throw it all out in the garden.

Have you left the plug out just in case it does

 

[Chillitt]

Have you left the plug out just in case it does

Yes, and a bowl under it, and a mop beside it.

 

[Cobbler]

Yes. There’s a company locally, paid to take ‘scrap’ tyres. Most lorry tyres go to Gambia. The rest get shredded, for play matting etc.

The zGermans use it in roads. No water pooling, so zero spray, better braking, quieter and harder wearing.

There used to be a place in The Forest of Dean, I think it was Lydney that scrapped old tyres. There was a yard full of them, It caught fire one day, you can imagine the result!

 

[Wedg1e]

There used to be a place in The Forest of Dean, I think it was Lydney that scrapped old tyres. There was a yard full of them, It caught fire one day, you can imagine the result!

The pikeys took the opportunity to burn off a load of copper while the fire brigade were otherwise engaged...?

 

[Muckmagnet]

Old tyres are now an alternative form of energy believe it or not, replacing fossil fuels and I would imagine more lucrative than play grounds.
Link; http://www.credenv.com/products/

 

[Shox Dr]

Old tyres are now an alternative form of energy believe it or not, replacing fossil fuels and I would imagine more lucrative than play grounds.
Link; http://www.credenv.com/products/

That’s the company I was talking about. Strangle there’s no mention of Breighton Aerodrome facility

 

[Muckmagnet]

That’s the company I was talking about. Strangle there’s no mention of Breighton Aerodrome facility

Hidden from sight, hidden from mind.
They were still performing a few months back when I did a job in there, wish I had a quid for every tyre on that site.

 

[badabec]

Hello Morrisman, if you like a challenge try wiring a 70's Citroen DS. Citroen used black cable throughout with coloured sleeves on the ends to distinguish. Except by now all the sleeves are beige and the insulation is falling off the cable.
I'm re-wiring my DS Safari, originally it had four fuses and one relay. So far I'm have 16 fuses and 16 relays. I've added a lights left on buzzer, interior light delay, handbrake warning light and a rear wiper and washer. The switchgear is marginal at best so I have put relays on every switched circuit, even a relay for the starter solenoid. The ignition switch is almost £200 so I try to take the pressure off. I used British Standards wiring colour codes. As Hood said, vehicle wiring products are the business.
I must admit I am not a fan of the blue and red crimp on connectors. I expect the ones I used in my youth were cheap and nasty. I still prefer to use brass terminals, crimped and soldered.

Peter

 

[Ali]

A hole

 

[brightspark]

we can see that . to what purpose is it an effort of a soakaway or are you putting a drain in

 

[Turbo]

Two years...

But now I can wash bits of motorbike under a hot tap without taking the plates out of the sink...

I got loads of brownie points by refitting our old kitchen in a utility shed, even repurposed an electric shower for instant hot water.

But it comes in so handy for me, I can wash either my greasy hands or engine bits without having to remove my mucky boots & no complaints about leaving a grease ring behind!

 

[Ali]

we can see that . to what purpose is it an effort of a soakaway or are you putting a drain in

Yep, new drain going in. Screwfix didn’t have the bottle gully I wanted and rained off anyway, so one to finish off next weekend.

 

[Dr.Al]

Hello Morrisman, if you like a challenge try wiring a 70's Citroen DS. Citroen used black cable throughout with coloured sleeves on the ends to distinguish. Except by now all the sleeves are beige and the insulation is falling off the cable.
I'm re-wiring my DS Safari, originally it had four fuses and one relay. So far I'm have 16 fuses and 16 relays. I've added a lights left on buzzer, interior light delay, handbrake warning light and a rear wiper and washer. The switchgear is marginal at best so I have put relays on every switched circuit, even a relay for the starter solenoid. The ignition switch is almost £200 so I try to take the pressure off. I used British Standards wiring colour codes. As Hood said, vehicle wiring products are the business.
I must admit I am not a fan of the blue and red crimp on connectors. I expect the ones I used in my youth were cheap and nasty. I still prefer to use brass terminals, crimped and soldered.

Peter

I once had the immobiliser unit fail on a Yamaha Fazer. I had to remove it so that I could ride back home from work. 18 black wires, some of which needed to be cut, some of which needed to be spliced. That was a fun afternoon...

 

[dobbslc]

I had a Meta alarm fail in my TRX850 like that! It was 15 years old and I sorted it out in my workshop so not as bad as yours!

 

[Memmeddu]

Just kicked out a kidney stone right now
About Airsoft BB size

 

[Morrisman]

There used to be a place in The Forest of Dean, I think it was Lydney that scrapped old tyres. There was a yard full of them, It caught fire one day, you can imagine the result!

Not sure if this is a parody, or true?

http://www.panarabiaenquirer.com/wordpress/kuwait-tyre-burning-facility-earth-hour/