Stuff you have made today

[mtt.tr]

Today I made a few holesView attachment 269164

looks heavy enough

 

[brewdexta]

Another thing part 2.

it came out of clamps ok.

I then sliced it into more strips, I ended up with a pile like this.

See what it's going to be yet? I then sawed flat edges on the scruffy bits of burr oak

I put them through the bandsaw and resawed them to about 30mm, then took them down on the planer/thicknesser to about 23mm. There should just about be enough swirly wood to do what I'm thinking.

You have probably guessed that its a top for a chess table by now. Here it is before gluing up. There is about a 112mm border around the board, there will be a thin 2mm strip of walnut around the board, then the rest will be the burr oak. I'll finish off the outside with some more walnut, or possibly oak, I shall see what it looks like once the burr oak is done.

Here it is tucked up in clamps for the night.

I have looked at chess tables and I am going to add a northern trades union social club twist to it. The tables in most clubs have places underneath the table to hold your drink while you play dominoes or cards. But I also want somewhere to hold chess pieces, cards, draughts, dominoes and the essential crib board. So I've sketched up something that should do the trick. That may come later, my girls are into chess so they can play on the top once it's finished while I make the rest.

Sorry about the never ending wood bothering, I will be back on metal soon, honest

Cheers
Andy

 

[mtt.tr]

I welded some bits of glass together, does that count?

What's it for?

 

[Barlidge]

What's it for?

There's three different jobs there, over all three there's about 900 splices. The one with the pink pigtails are temporary (10 years) and are for a CCTV ring which goes around the site offices/laydown area for the new North London Heat and Power project which is a 10 year project to replace the ageing Edmonton EcoPark incinerator with a new one.
http://www.northlondonheatandpower.london/media/xdtkm1we/lee-valley-regional-park.pdf

The one with the aqua pigtails is for the backbone network between the buildings of the Woolwich Works, an arts and cultural centre located on the old Woolwich Arsenal site
https://www.woolwich.works/whats-happening/

And the fibre to the desk outlets are for some official type people to temporarily decant from London to a secure location in Northamptonshire.

 

[Nick DV]

I welded some bits of glass together, does that count?

Takes me back a bit! I used to 'weld glass' back in the 90's and early 00's on national/international cable networks. I think the kit then was Fuji but I imagine the cleaving tools, splicers and testers are pretty state of the art bits of kit now compared with what I used

 

[Memmeddu]

Replaced the camshaft cover gasket ,oil filter, and oil on my Punto MK2 this morning .
Helped a friend of mine who practically did the job alone

 

[slim_boy_fat]

A muck-up of my first use of the magnetic chuck on the Amolco mill.

I machined a couple of bolts to fit the table slots, fitted the chuck and had a go on a piece of scrap 6mm steel which already had holes in. Even with other bits alongside to brace the work-piece against the cutter [2-flute end mill, small & looked sharp ], the work-piece slid along the chuck.

I was only trying to cut at 2-3mm depth and had cleaned the chuck surface [Acetone]. I'll have another go tomorrow, other 'stuff' permitting, and try a different cutter and experiment with spindle speed [I wasn't feeding fast]. The chuck def holds lumps of metal [V-block etc] to the extent that you can't lift them off...... It's a mystery #scratching head

Here's what I had [I know the chuck isn't locked in the pic ......]



EDIT: If you enlarge the pic, you can see the extent of the 'wander', the slot was supposed to follow parallel to the edge of the chuck.

 

[Hood]

2-3mm DOC might be a bit ambitious and also the cutter looks like it may be meant for aluminium, not that that should matter too much.
You could try blocking the work piece in with larger bits of steel at the edges. BTW is it definitely steel and not some kind of ferritic stainless?

 

[Agroshield]

...a piece of scrap 6mm steel... The chuck def holds lumps of metal [V-block etc]

How smooth and flat is the underside of the piece you are holding? Generally V-blocks, etc. will be ground, so very smooth and flat. If the 6mm stuff has burrs or is only touching at one or two places, the adhesion will be poor.

 

[Hood]

Mixed day today.
First up was mill an RSS number plate.

Then welded a couple of 3mm studs to the switch panels I made a while ago, did 2 of them.

Then a repair on a Chinese stainless helm wheel, the spokes had come loose and the wheel was walloping about so a quick tak on eack spoke cured it.

Then a couple of hauler knife wear plates.
Forgot to take a pic of it before I started but here it is with the first weld, as can be seen it is nearly worn through..

All filled up.

Then ground to shape.

Then rinsed and repeated on a second one.

Decided to go out to the plasma table and make a loader slide out of some alu angle and a couple of the knackered trucks. It seems like it will work, I should be able to slide the front edge of a sheet onto it and then push from the opposite end of the sheet and slide it onto the table.

 

[Farside]

I was only trying to cut at 2-3mm depth and had cleaned the chuck surface [Acetone]. I'll have another go tomorrow, other 'stuff' permitting, and try a different cutter and experiment with spindle speed [I wasn't feeding fast]. The chuck def holds lumps of metal [V-block etc] to the extent that you can't lift them off...... It's a mystery #scratching head

Trouble a' t' mill, then?

 

[Dr.Al]

Trouble a' t' mill, then?

One on't cross beams gone owt askew on treddle

 

[Hitch]

One of them things you do just to prove a point...
Little 20t gear, quickly knocked up with a simple setup.

 

[Barking Mat]

Got a new blade for my évolution chopsaw, decided to see how fine it would cut Oak, got to .8 mm, just for fun.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Got a new blade for my évolution chopsaw, decided to see how fine it would cut Oak, got to .8 mm, just for fun.

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I see some beer coasters in your future.

 

[daleyd]

One on't cross beams gone owt askew on treddle

 

[Barking Mat]

I see some beer coasters in your future.

I hadn't thought of that yet. Might make them into shapes and follow @KimB 's example.

 

[brewdexta]

Not much done today. I added a 5mm plain oak border to the board, I decided it looked daft if it was the same wood as the squares on the chess board. I then started to look at the boards I had for the 100mm border. They had some nice burr, but lots of boring bits, like the board below, nice bits on the right, but not much character on the left.

So rather than cut up big boards just for a bit of burr, I decided to saw up all the small bits of tree I had left and salvage what I could. Here's a bit getting the chop before going through the bandsaw and planer.

Here's some of the bits I ended up with, I have some more scabby bits lurking in the barn so I think I may just about have enough.

I can't cut them thinner to go further, the back of some of them is nearly back to bark. Here's a piece with a reasonable bit of burr.

but the back looks like this and its only 20mm thick.

But cut down to size and glued with polyurethane glue that foams up and fills the voids, its fine. Here's a trial fit of a couple of bits. It may be a patchwork of bits but it gets rid of all the odds and sods of oak I have and makes a bit of room and I think it will look fine once polished up.

I've just about run out of poly glue and time so I glued the right hand corner on and the last bit of oak edging and clamped it up for the night. If I left it overnight it would probably move a little and need cutting again, but once glued to the ply base and chess board it should be fine.

Cheers
Andy

 

[slim_boy_fat]

2-3mm DOC might be a bit ambitious and also the cutter looks like it may be meant for aluminium, not that that should matter too much.
You could try blocking the work piece in with larger bits of steel at the edges. BTW is it definitely steel and not some kind of ferritic stainless?

Aye, wondered if I was a bit ambitious . Scrap bit I'm pretty sure is ordinary steel & not stainless of any kind - I seem to recall drilling & tapping it for practise ages ago. Might try bigger 'blocks', but if I wanted to mill off the edge I'd be snookered?

I'll try tomorrow if I get a chance with a different cutter with more flutes and def sharp [i.e. new]

How smooth and flat is the underside of the piece you are holding? Generally V-blocks, etc. will be ground, so very smooth and flat. If the 6mm stuff has burrs or is only touching at one or two places, the adhesion will be poor.

Pretty sure it's flat but will check tomorrow. 'Blocking' bit was def smooth.

Thanks for observations so far, lads.

 

[Kram]

Started on the rear enclosure bit for power supply. Plan to put steel mesh on the top. If it feel warmer tomorrow I might get the tig out to glue the bottom sheet on.
Not decided on the output connectors, XT60's might do it.