Stuff you have made today

[cardiffrob]

Ukrainian forges plane wreckage into key fobs to fund war effort

Not me, but this guy is deserving of a mention on here.

 

[4String.]

Finished the storage rack in the workshop for project wood:



And tidied up said wood:



Also finished the auxiliary woodworking table for my drill press:



And relocated its raising and lowering mechanism courtesy of a scrounged length of 14mm bar and a pair of bevel gears that cost all of £15 from Amazon:

 

[Dr.Al]

And relocated its raising and lowering mechanism courtesy of a scrounged length of 14mm bar and a pair of bevel gears that cost all of £15 from Amazon:

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That's a great idea

 

[4String.]

That's a great idea

Shamelessly stolen from numerous YouTube videos .

The "bearing blocks" that the shaft runs in are simply offcuts of the table which is 2 pieces of 3/4" plywood glued and screwed together, and as winding the table up or down is hardly a high speed operation they work perfectly. And it saves having to reach round the side of the table to get to where the handle was originally.

 

[Ali]

Finished the storage rack in the workshop for project wood:

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And tidied up said wood:

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Also finished the auxiliary woodworking table for my drill press:

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And relocated its raising and lowering mechanism courtesy of a scrounged length of 14mm bar and a pair of bevel gears that cost all of £15 from Amazon:

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@Tangledfeet

 

[Onoff]

Finished the storage rack in the workshop for project wood:

I'm still not sure how to store project wood. The big stuff is outside under cover. The small stuff is stored vertically in a variety of dustbin size containers. Always a pig to find a bit!

 

[Barking Mat]

I finished off putting the sliders in the base for the new drawers. I still need to make 5 more bins. But this meant I could put the drawer carcasses in position. They are screwed to the partion behind which is bolted to a hefty bench on the other side.

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I just needed to put all the drawers back.

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Done

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Loads of sorting and labelling to do now.

Wow, that's on a par with me sitting on the front bench of the house of commons googling tractors.

Very nice.

 

[Moose McAlpine]

Wow, that's on a par with me sitting on the front bench of the house of commons googling tractors.

I was Googling tractors earlier. Strangest thing happened; it returned pictures of tractors.

(John Deere 8640s.)

 

[Barking Mat]

I was Googling tractors earlier. Strangest thing happened; it returned pictures of tractors.

(John Deere 8640s.)

I ended up on CornHub.

Apparently he claimed £1200 on tissues on expenses.

 

[DAPPH]

Peg the 45 degree triangle in a double thickness of ply so it is ight up against transverse block , clamp the piece being mitred to the bench hook adding transverse feet on the underside so you can insert the clamps ?

Finished the storage rack in the workshop for project wood:

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And tidied up said wood:

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Also finished the auxiliary woodworking table for my drill press:

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And relocated its raising and lowering mechanism courtesy of a scrounged length of 14mm bar and a pair of bevel gears that cost all of £15 from Amazon:

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When you're making some fine work do you cover the cut & finished stock with a cloth or polyethene & store it flat ? .

On my C&G fine furniture making course we were taught to do it to try and keep the moisture content and humidity around the wood constant . For if you make a really quality joint that would only need the merest smear of wood glue the moisture & humidity can swell the joint so it wont fit or if it has been fitted and left exposed to the air for a week or so untouched it can actually split the joint in any mortice or dovetail . It also keeps all the wood in the came colour range ..no light & dark parches where light has got on the exposed wood .

 

[DAPPH]

I ended up on CornHub.

Apparently he claimed £1200 on tissues on expenses.

Well he certainly made a fool of himself that's for sure .. had he got Sy he could have had no end of butchers shop shots even if as we did he declined all major known chutney chuckers channels .

My lass called me one evening said " Dave just look at this " .. I curled up laughing ....... a butchers shop indeed called Naked Attraction or something like that . What dross , it makes me wonder who had the teams only brain cell when the Sky programming was decided

 

[Moose McAlpine]

I ended up on CornHub.

Very good.

 

[Barking Mat]

Very good.

I can't really take credit for that joke/s stolen from The Poke, Twitter, I'm not that imaginative / funny.

But it made me laugh, and needed sharing.

 

[Tangledfeet]

@Tangledfeet

Thanks @Ali - I actually have very little planked or square stock as I'm predominantly a bowl turner (not that I've done much in a while) so I just have loads of circular or randomly shaped chunks of trunk stacked up!

 

[Ali]

Thanks @Ali - I actually have very little planked or square stock as I'm predominantly a bowl turner (not that I've done much in a while) so I just have loads of circular or randomly shaped chunks of trunk stacked up!

Actually I meant the drill table mechanism

 

[Tangledfeet]

Actually I meant the drill table mechanism

Doh! Forgot about that.

Replacement was £60 or so so all sorted now.

 

[lchris21]

New number for the house... slate and stainless steel.

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Gonna steal this idea...sorry . Been meaning to do something with my house number for years. Numbers look very uniform, some sort of stencil? Really neat job

 

[Hitch]

Gonna steal this idea...sorry . Been meaning to do something with my house number for years. Numbers look very uniform, some sort of stencil? Really neat job

Done with a router and an old sacrificial bit, using Trend number templates.

 

[4String.]

When you're making some fine work do you cover the cut & finished stock with a cloth or polyethene & store it flat ? .

On my C&G fine furniture making course we were taught to do it to try and keep the moisture content and humidity around the wood constant . For if you make a really quality joint that would only need the merest smear of wood glue the moisture & humidity can swell the joint so it wont fit or if it has been fitted and left exposed to the air for a week or so untouched it can actually split the joint in any mortice or dovetail . It also keeps all the wood in the came colour range ..no light & dark parches where light has got on the exposed wood .

I fear you may be confusing me with someone who knows what he's doing as my woodworking skills are basic at best.

I only really started bothering wood a couple of years back having had very little spare time due to the job I had. Being away from home all week and consequently tired left barely any time at weekends to do the things I wanted after I 'd done the things I had to do, so most hobbies and pastimes have fallen by the wayside.

Thankfully that's all changed now and as I'll be home every night I might just get back into enjoying my spare time. I certainly don't see me ever rivalling Messrs Chipendale et al, other than getting my kit off whenever I can , but I'm learning new stuff every day and having fun doing it.

 

[brewdexta]

I put the saw blades above the track saw table and extended the dust collection so the hose to the track saw and mitre saw comes from above. All I need to do know is put the power to the track saw from above and add a bunjee to take up the slack so the hose and power don't drag across the bench edge. I may put both hose and power in a sleeve.