Stuff you have made today

[Richiew]

Dishing stump, again.


There was another thread on here today discussing routers. I remembered I had one in the garage so dragged it out to tidy up my shoddy woodwork. It is rarely used. My router bit selection is pretty limited (Aldi special buys!) and I didn't have anything that would tidy the bottom of the dish, but the circumference cleaned up pretty nicely.

It's fairly circular for cutting by hand to a line, and the diameter has gone up to about 4 and three quarter inches. It doesn't sound a lot, but the area increase is very noticeable.

I thought I'd a have a go with this planishing hammer to smooth out all the bumps from yesterday. I didn't persevere very long. The hammer is very noisy. It is currently powered by a 24litre direct drive compressor which kicks in after about 10 seconds of use. Double the annoyance.

There's a bit of a knack to working the metal which I haven't picked up yet. I got the sheet looking fairly smooth and nice and then promptly hammered the crown flat. I think that the problem was that I didn't apply enough downward pressure with my hands to keep the metal stretched and the crown in shape. I made a little effort trying to rescue it but I think I've stretched the metal a bit too much so I packed in. Notice all the hammer marks around the edges too. Deffo something wrong there. It's a little less lumpy than yesterday. Probably wouldn't take long to get a reasonable finish.

 

[Richiew]

Shame you're so far from @8ob

Postage might be a killer....

 

[Kram]

Does it work on acetylene tips?

The yellow propene? I doubt it, very different flame, but have only used OA once :'(

 

[Memmeddu]

The yellow propene? I doubt it, very different flame, but have only used OA once :'(

I mean mapp gas

 

[Memmeddu]

Today I've done something really important to me.
Always been terrified by blood samples ,so I've had to do them for my job, something I've never done even for my own health.
Today I won one of my biggest fears

 

[KimB]

Made my power tools fit perfectly in one box with the sockets, bought this foam for like £15 I guess and cut it all out. This is for my lorry. Handy tools to have with me for what I do.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

bought this foam for like £15 I guess

And it's a fetching shade of pink....

Very neat job there, @KimB

 

[minimutly]

Dishing stump, again.


There was another thread on here today discussing routers. I remembered I had one in the garage so dragged it out to tidy up my shoddy woodwork. It is rarely used. My router bit selection is pretty limited (Aldi special buys!) and I didn't have anything that would tidy the bottom of the dish, but the circumference cleaned up pretty nicely.

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It's fairly circular for cutting by hand to a line, and the diameter has gone up to about 4 and three quarter inches. It doesn't sound a lot, but the area increase is very noticeable.
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I thought I'd a have a go with this planishing hammer to smooth out all the bumps from yesterday. I didn't persevere very long. The hammer is very noisy. It is currently powered by a 24litre direct drive compressor which kicks in after about 10 seconds of use. Double the annoyance.

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There's a bit of a knack to working the metal which I haven't picked up yet. I got the sheet looking fairly smooth and nice and then promptly hammered the crown flat. I think that the problem was that I didn't apply enough downward pressure with my hands to keep the metal stretched and the crown in shape. I made a little effort trying to rescue it but I think I've stretched the metal a bit too much so I packed in. Notice all the hammer marks around the edges too. Deffo something wrong there. It's a little less lumpy than yesterday. Probably wouldn't take long to get a reasonable finish.

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What did you say eh? Sorry?

 

[KimB]

And it's a fetching shade of pink....

Very neat job there, @KimB

Actually not that need. Hard to cut out nicely but it’ll work anyway

 

[Richiew]

What did you say eh? Sorry?

I own and use ear defenders. I'm more concerned about what the neighbours think. Ideally, I want to get the missus to run the air hammer so I can stand outside and hear how loud it actually sounds outside the workshop. I don't think she'll be impressed though.

 

[AndersK]

Today I've done something really important to me.
Always been terrified by blood samples ,

Take a piece of hot tungsten that just formed a bit of collyflower on the tip and it's done in a fraction of a sec. You hardly feel it. 5 minutes ago. The bacon smell made me hungry, time to call it a day.

 

[bourbon]

A start on finding a job. Dropped an application form and a couple of CV's to local companies, then on the Indeed website and knocked a couple applications on there. Then carried on lining my van out with insulation. Had to stop when my knee gave out.

 

[mtt.tr]

A start on finding a job. Dropped an application form and a couple of CV's to local companies, then on the Indeed website and knocked a couple applications on there. Then carried on lining my van out with insulation. Had to stop when my knee gave out.

Keywords are vital on job websites,look at the jobs you want and use the keywords that they repeat in your CV.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

A start on finding a job. Dropped an application form and a couple of CV's to local companies, then on the Indeed website and knocked a couple applications on there. Then carried on lining my van out with insulation. Had to stop when my knee gave out.

Good luck!

 

[Lewis_RX8]

Keywords are vital on job websites,look at the jobs you want and use the keywords that they repeat in your CV.

Also the CV libary type places where the vast majority of search atleasts to narrow down numbers are done by computers looking for keywords like you.

 

[Hood]

Got the steering finished today, skipper will connect the pipes and bleed himself when the oil arrives.

a few pics.

Had to relocate the rudder feedback unit and make up a different pin arrangement for it. The long arm on it is something I made originally as they are meant for short tiller arms on a conventional rudder but as the motion on this is linear I had to make the slotted arm yup t accommodate the 12" linear travel., you can see where it was originally, the glass got pulled up with the silicon when it was removed, another job for the skipper

Good thing was I was able to reuse the short arms and joints on either side, just had to cut them shorter and reweld the ends.

 

[decca]

Got the steering finished today, skipper will connect the pipes and bleed himself when the oil arrives.

a few pics.

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Had to relocate the rudder feedback unit and make up a different pin arrangement for it. The long arm on it is something I made originally as they are meant for short tiller arms on a conventional rudder but as the motion on this is linear I had to make the slotted arm yup t accommodate the 12" linear travel., you can see where it was originally, the glass got pulled up with the silicon when it was removed, another job for the skipper



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Good thing was I was able to reuse the short arms and joints on either side, just had to cut them shorter and reweld the ends.



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That’s quite a cleaver arrangement. The more steering angle you have the more leverage you have to counteract the weight on the rudder (if I’m seeing it right).

 

[Hood]

That’s quite a cleaver arrangement. The more steering angle you have the more leverage you have to counteract the weight on the rudder (if I’m seeing it right).

Not sure, it is twin 150hp outboards so no rudder as such.

 

[decca]

Not sure, it is twin 150hp outboards so no rudder as such.

I know nothing about boats so I got it wrong. Thought that black bit on the ali bracket was attached to the rudder on the other end.

 

[Hood]

I know nothing about boats so I got it wrong. Thought that black bit on the ali bracket was attached to the rudder on the other end.

That is a rudder feedback indicator, basically it just tells the auto pilot the angle of the rudder. Because this is a twin outboard setup there is no rudder as the outboards themselves swivel. The rod that links the two engines moves in a linear motion and because the rudder indicator is meant for a rotational motion I had to make up the aluminium extension arm with a slot so that it can measure over the 12" of travel.