Stuff you have made today

[jimbo84]

Thank you, I love learning.

And me.

Cutting compound ? Not oil, please explain.

God, I'm 45, and know nothing.......

I use something called CT90, for cutting threads and drilling. It helps a lot.

 

[Morrisman]

Personally I learned from trial and error, lots of the latter

Experience: something you get just after you really needed it.

 

[MattF]

I use something called CT90, for cutting threads and drilling. It helps a lot.

I have some Fuchs cutting fluid. I've had it for years, & don't think I've ever used it.

 

[Morrisman]

I got a bit nervous of grinding and metal thrashing right in front of my shiny new workshop window, so I grabbed an off cut of OSB and it fitted just right in the hole, so then I had a bright idea....

Flipped down for plenty of daylight.



Flipped up for grinding, welding or nasty work.

 

[daleyd]

I use cutting oil I picked up from work work years ago (Cooks) - also trefolex is good for tapping and hole saws

wd40 squirty cutting fluid in an aerosol from Screwfix is handy for site work as it’s convenient and doesn’t spill everywhere!!

 

[slim_boy_fat]

and the glass of wine

He's clearly more 'fisticated that the rest of the herd here, we just use common-or-garden coffee mugs....

Like you, I'm a tad envious of his setup though.

 

[Jan-DIY]

Another repaired Tig welder.
Fortunately not that complicated.
Secondary snubber failed.
Lot of grind inside.
Changed MOV, cleaned inside and coated circuit boards.
Most difficult part was to weld brocken coolant reservoir.
Some material from a empty stinky window antifreeze concentrate does the job.

ugly but successful.

 

[zx9]

And me.



I use something called CT90, for cutting threads and drilling. It helps a lot.

"I love the smell of Rocol in the morning, it smells of victory."

Mrs. Zx9 hates it and can smell it in the house when I am using it in the garage, but I still use it.

 

[Memmeddu]

Made my car backfire yesterday
I was on a super road when a an idiot crossed the road .
I've changed gear from 5 to 3 keeping the brakes pushed .
Almost thought to have lost a connecting rod.
Those are the advantages to have a carburator ,no electronic and open muffler
This thing made me smile

 

[Fraserb]

Its alive

 

[Jan-DIY]

Special gift to my friend or friends.
In Germany we call it „Wichteln“.

Made a special container to avoid that he open it in my presence.

Smells like hell.

 

[Jan-DIY]

Its alive

Like it.

Did some similar thing on a lawn mower.
Hydraulic parts from convertibles are extremely strong.
Also parts from tailgate lifters.

 

[bigegg]

Good information.

Thanks.

Where does one learn this stuff?

This website has a lot of useful tips.
Lots to read, but a friendly bunch.

 

[Jan-DIY]

Meanwhile sorted some of my Mig and Tig parts.

 

[mr migwire]

Few more arty bits

are you anything to do with this guy?
https://www.metalbird.co.uk/?utm_so...RAYCOQFtexacA4oc2gQIV_ktcQexjhaQaAkECEALw_wcB

saw his stuff and thought what a great idea for gifts this xmas.

 

[MattF]

I use cutting oil I picked up from work work years ago (Cooks) - also trefolex is good for tapping and hole saws

wd40 squirty cutting fluid in an aerosol from Screwfix is handy for site work as it’s convenient and doesn’t spill everywhere!!

Washing up liquid seems to be quite handy at a push too.

 

[MattF]

"I love the smell of Rocol in the morning, it smells of victory."

 

[indy4x]

Still recovering from an operation so benchwork only at the mo'.

Using my Makita die grinder with Roloc discs always ends up mullering them as the die grinder runs at 25,000 revs. Rolocs are fine on air die grinder at around 10,000 revs, so slowing the die grinder to something around 10-15,000 revs should do the job. So with this in mind, I bought this cheapanese PWM controller and built it into a plastic box that I had kicking around.

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This is the finished item. Description says that it handles 2000W. With my experience of Cheapanese electronics, I thought it quite likely that the magic smoke will escape at that load so won't use it on anything near that. The die grinder is only 400W, so hopefully the controller will live.

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The ultra short lead is so that the box will dangle just below the workshop power points, which are quite high on the wall, so I'm hoping that the box and the delicate potentiometer knob will be clear of workshop rough and tumble. On a quick test with the die grinder it seems to do the job OK.

Dymo tape, proper old skool

 

[Migmac]

@ukracer, pm sent

 

[ukracer]

@ukracer, pm sent

Cheers mate. Just got back in and seen it.