Stuff you have made today

[zx9]

Today I made (or at least nearly finished making) four planes (based on an idea from a book):
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Those are really good, thanks for the inside view, presumably the blades are bits of hss lathe tool blank?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Grinder rack. Will cut and fold tomorrow. Copied ZTFabs design

Neater than mine which are similar to this listing [not the Seller I got them from]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/122241412788?mkevt=1&mkcid=28&chn=ps

 

[KaneH]

First half of the car spit started this morning. Got to spend a bit more time on prepping the tubes as fit up on some of the joints was garbage but it’s glued together for now.

 

[selectedgrub]

Not me, but a souless machine.

 

[Dr.Al]

Those are really good, thanks for the inside view, presumably the blades are bits of hss lathe tool blank?

No, they're made from gauge plate (O1 tool steel). I had some 3 × 30 mm bar, which made all the cutters (most of which I haven't bothered to harden/temper yet) except the 5 mm ones: most are 3 mm thick; I made the 3 mm ones a bit thicker (4 mm) for strength. The 5 mm ones are actually 5 × 5 mm as I had some 5 × 5 mm gauge plate so that made it *really* easy.

I milled them to thickness and added the 25° bevel on my mini-mill, stamped the width into the blade (which was probably pointless, but what the heck), then hardened, tempered and sharpened them. Sharpening was fairly quick given I'd already milled the bevel to about the right angle.

 

[Munkul]

made a quick n dirty coolant tank for the lathe yesterday... it was some pretty well oxidised aluminium and I rushed the welding, but it looks not too bad considering. Out of sight, anyway

 

[Wallace]

Phase 3 and 4 complete, I have X,Y and Z on my POS mill now. I needed a relocation plate to move the control box for fitting the Z axis scale. I started marking out a piece of 3mm plate then decided it was a perfectly good excuse for overengineering so used the mill.
Centre drilled all the holes then drilled and tapped as required. So nice to skip back and forth to each position on a tool change without worrying about backlash or changing tools multiple times on each position.

Well worth the £359 I paid, has increased the value of my mill to £364. Downside is I might need my Father's drawing board out if the loft now.

 

[Robert.]

Today I made a tidy

 

[Memmeddu]

Replaced the air filter on my car
Just for do something ,I've eventually checked the engine oil level
And discovered I've been driving with no oil .


So I've filled up with Selenia 10W40 (which is common here for our weather conditions)
I'll take the car to a mechanic .
Oil alarm light does work but it did never light on to warn me that there was no oil .
The engine is running well , and did never show any symptoms of lack of lubrication .
When I got the car home the oil was full level , perfectly clear and clean .
It's been maybe 7 weeks ago .
I've discovered a loosen bolt on the rocker arms cover .
It's hard to me to believe that in 180km ,2.8 litres of oil could have leak out from there

 

[h-dom]

Replaced the air filter on my car
Just for do something ,I've eventually checked the engine oil level
And discovered I've been driving with no oil .


So I've filled up with Selenia 10W40 (which is common here for our weather conditions)
I'll take the car to a mechanic .
Oil alarm light does work but it did never light on to warn me that there was no oil .
The engine is running well , and did never show any symptoms of lack of lubrication .
When I got the car home the oil was full level , perfectly clear and clean .
It's been maybe 7 weeks ago .
I've discovered a loosen bolt on the rocker arms cover .
It's hard to me to believe that in 180km ,2.8 litres of oil could have leak out from there

Any smoke out the back? I had an e46 330ci that would burn through nearly two litres/1000 miles. If it's leaking out you'll see leak quite clearly if it's lost that much.

 

[Farside]

Replaced the air filter on my car
Just for do something ,I've eventually checked the engine oil level
And discovered I've been driving with no oil .


So I've filled up with Selenia 10W40 (which is common here for our weather conditions)
I'll take the car to a mechanic .
Oil alarm light does work but it did never light on to warn me that there was no oil .
The engine is running well , and did never show any symptoms of lack of lubrication .
When I got the car home the oil was full level , perfectly clear and clean .
It's been maybe 7 weeks ago .
I've discovered a loosen bolt on the rocker arms cover .
It's hard to me to believe that in 180km ,2.8 litres of oil could have leak out from there

You should be checking your oil every day.
Now that you know it's a burner or leaker, you must do that.
2.8L in 180km is a helluva lot - there must be blue smoke.

 

[h-dom]

180km is a helluva lot - there must be blue smoke.

I missed the bit where he said 180km, that would be thick blue smoke!!

 

[Nick DV]

I missed the bit where he said 180km, that would be thick blue smoke!!

 

[Memmeddu]

Any smoke out the back? I had an e46 330ci that would burn through nearly two litres/1000 miles. If it's leaking out you'll see leak quite clearly if it's lost that much.

You should be checking your oil every day.
Now that you know it's a burner or leaker, you must do that.
2.8L in 180km is a helluva lot - there must be blue smoke.

I know that's an huge amount of oil in not so long time .
Anyway no smoke ,I've even put a piece of cardboard under the exhaust pipe and it was clean and remained clean even after few seconds at 7000 RPMs .
The engine is covered with oil ,I believe that the head cover gasket is gone .
There were few loosen bolts on this cover ,I hope that's just this .
Hopefully connecting rods are fine ,I wouldn't survive at seeing a piston shot through my car's hood .

 

[slim_boy_fat]

The engine is covered with oil ,I believe that the head cover gasket is gone .
There were few loosen bolts on this cover ,I hope that's just this .

I suspect you mean the rocker cover gasket [right on top of the engine] had slack bolts - if so, remove the cover, clean everything thoroughly and refit, using a new gasket.

If the head gasket had blown, the engine would be down on power/losing coolant/in small bits or any combination of the foregoing.

Can you post a pic or video?

 

[Memmeddu]

I suspect you mean the rocker cover gasket [right on top of the engine] had slack bolts - if so, remove the cover, clean everything thoroughly and refit, using a new gasket.

If the head gasket had blown, the engine would be down on power/losing coolant/in small bits or any combination of the foregoing.

Can you post a pic or video?

Rocker arms cover ,I've written the correct name before but was too long name .
Bolts were not tightened
I'll buy the gasket later
Picture will arrive later

 

[Burdekin]

Hallway table for over the radiator. Mrs Christmas pressie. Still needs a bit more polish.

 

[AndersK]

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Looks just like when I had a rupture on the oil cooler hose, sprayed nearly 8 litre engine oil on the exhaust

Or when one squad member filled 20 litre kerosene in a nearly empty petrol tank, no need to deploy smoke that day