Stuff you have made today

[Hood]

Never made it up to the hopper until today, got it finished so just need it brought down to Arbroath then a bit of fitting to the boat and I am done, hopefully


The four gussets welded in, 12mm 5083

Got the table welded up and funnels welded on. Also sliding doors fitted.

And with the table folded up.

The guys will bring it down for me first thing in the morning but I will then go back up to do some alterations to one of their boats so this afternoon I cut and welded up a bit to lower the throttle/gear controls as he is putting ones on with longer handles.

I did this on one of their other boats recently and it made a big difference to the ease of taking the boat out of gear due to the extra leverage the longer handles have.
To save altering the whole console I made up this bit that will fit into the hole I cut in the top of the current console.

 

[God mode restorations]

That's me done for today. Sorted out the dog leg on one side. And got the other side on.

 

[Kram]

Had a pair of badly chipped PCD and CBN inserts - from careless stupidity, not from cutting!
I suspected the diamond wheels would slowly eat PCD but it was, slow. They are still chipped but now usable and did not wear the wheels, may have blunted the surface grit but, did not make any dust. They look ok under loupe so will try later.

Its got bloody cold outside! Warming up before I go back in the shed.

 

[DAPPH]

Something that looks a bit like a tipping die for a bead roller.

It's a first go at making one so not sure if my dimensions are suitable as I've just copied it from images off the internet. None of the sellers are daft enought to provide dimensions as they are pretty simple to make. I need a skateboard wheel or some firm plastic to make the part it rolls against. 22mm ID to fit my rollers. The tippy bit is 3mm wide with a bit of a radius done with a file on the lathe. Grub screw is M8 so it matches all my other rollers. It might need a little spacer on the back as the material I used was a bit short. It's not hardened but it only needs to upset 1mm steel or ally sheet so I think it should hold up.

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This is what the Chinese will sell to you for about 40 quid.

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This is what it does on the bead roller.

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PM me if a round of black Delrin 1" thich by 8 inch dia is any good for the roller or give me a dimension & I'll check the Delrin bins to see if I've got a more suitable bit. .
Dave

 

[Richiew]

Cheers Dave,
I ordered some 70mm skateboard wheels last night so I should be good. I have some 1" thick ice hockey pucks which are very cheap on ebay as material too but I wanted something a bit thicker/deeper.

Thank you very much for offering though.

 

[DSR]

A couple of exhaust gaskets for my generator. I couldn't find exact matches online so bought an A4 sheet of gasket material (which was less than buying two individual gaskets) and cut the gaskets out on my CNC router. It vibrated a bit but didn't make a bad job. For those that 'do want to try this at home', I used a 1/8" single flute carbide cutter running at 8000rpm with a feed rate of 80mm/minute. The material was 0.2mm steel sandwiching a non-asbestos core - it was about 2.5mm thick and I cut it out in one pass.

Hand crafted the G Code - LinuxCNC controller & I had to get my maths head for the trig bits and yes, I called the function lozenge because I may want to have different shaped gaskets in the future...

It was definitely a 5 minute job that took about two days The server I was using for running LinuxCNC went pop when I turned it on so I had to rebuild the whole thing on another box then tune the machine in. I had the old settings to work from but it was so long since I had built it I also spent a lot of time re-learning what I had done and what I had tweaked. It now works better than it did before but it was a lot of trial and effort for not a lot of improvement.

 

[DAPPH]

A couple of exhaust gaskets for my generator. I couldn't find exact matches online so bought an A4 sheet of gasket material (which was less than buying two individual gaskets) and cut the gaskets out on my CNC router. It vibrated a bit but didn't make a bad job. For those that 'do want to try this at home', I used a 1/8" single flute carbide cutter running at 8000rpm with a feed rate of 80mm/minute. The material was 0.2mm steel sandwiching a non-asbestos core - it was about 2.5mm thick and I cut it out in one pass.

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Hand crafted the G Code - LinuxCNC controller & I had to get my maths head for the trig bits and yes, I called the function lozenge because I may want to have different shaped gaskets in the future...

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It was definitely a 5 minute job that took about two days The server I was using for running LinuxCNC went pop when I turned it on so I had to rebuild the whole thing on another box then tune the machine in. I had the old settings to work from but it was so long since I had built it I also spent a lot of time re-learning what I had done and what I had tweaked. It now works better than it did before but it was a lot of trial and effort for not a lot of improvement.

You'll soon be able to offer bespoke gaskets online for old machinery if you're able to make such a decent job like that.

 

[Hood]

Got the hopper down the road and craned onto the pier, hopefully the weather will be better on Monday so that I can get it fitted to the boat, today it is a screaming gale and plenty sleet.

Got the top cut out of the console and the drop down welded in.

Controls sitting in, skipper will fit the cables and covers

Moved a roller out from the bulkhead and welded extension sides on.

Built up a missing chunk from an outboards skeg, forgot to take a before pic.

 

[Lewis_RX8]

Got the hopper down the road and craned onto the pier, hopefully the weather will be better on Monday so that I can get it fitted to the boat, today it is a screaming gale and plenty sleet.

Mental down here aswell

 

[Migmac]

Mental down here aswell

It’s pretty windy here too, a wee bit of sleet here this morning. To get worse before it gets better

 

[James1979]

Been evil here. Sleet and snow. They’ve cancelled the buses, kids got sent home early from school and the inter island ferries aren’t running. Was supposed to peak at 1500 till 2100.

 

[Hood]

If it gets any worse we will have to think about putting the heating on.

 

[Rrunnach]

Got the hopper down the road and craned onto the pier, hopefully the weather will be better on Monday so that I can get it fitted to the boat, today it is a screaming gale and plenty sleet.

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Got the top cut out of the console and the drop down welded in.
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Controls sitting in, skipper will fit the cables and covers

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Moved a roller out from the bulkhead and welded extension sides on.


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Built up a missing chunk from an outboards skeg, forgot to take a before pic.


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Your hopper has been an interesting manu process, good to see hopper now in place. Skeg repair reminded me of my first outboard purchase, which was a Mariner 40HP job. This was pre 1991 (as i left the company where I did repair in 91) I can't recall where engine was advertised, ad did state engine anti-cavitation plate was missing a fair chunk. Anyhooooooooooo, homed in on this, viewed the engine, "oh, that is a costly repair" engine price reduced and deal done, took engine to work and repaired, as we do. Paint job around repair area, engine worked a treat, sold a few year later, for more than I paid for!!

 

[drjim]

Back when I was going to college, I worked part time at a crating service. This reminds me of when we built a wooden box sixty-four feet long with saddles & yokes, which sat on swivels mounted on two flatbed trailers to protect an airplane wing for transport. It was fun working at that place.

Clearing out the Manchester air and space hall, sad to see that go was a great place to visit.

 

[Hood]

Anyone know how quickly you can get a passport?
Thinking I may need one to fit the hopper on Monday, probably half way to Norway by now

 

[nickk]

Nearly completed the outdoor cooker,awaiting stainless steel delivery to make the cooking grille.
The fire base is 1” mesh overlapped to reduce aperture size.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Nearly completed the outdoor cooker,awaiting stainless steel delivery to make the cooking grille.
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That looks amazing

 

[selectedgrub]

Hand crafted the G Code -

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I'm going to steal that.

 

[selectedgrub]

 

[Hood]

If it gets any worse we will have to think about putting the heating on.

Didn't have to consider it for long, power went off about 5pm and is still not back, so no heating and no internet and even the mobile signal is non existent. Down at the workshop now looks like power has been ok here.

Anyone know how quickly you can get a passport?
Thinking I may need one to fit the hopper on Monday, probably half way to Norway by now

No need for a passport, hopper still more or less where it was