Stuff you have made today

[julianthegypsy]

I made a strange looking test part, very coarse tapered thread in a straight shaft, quite cool.

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It's an expeller press, for crushing the oil out of nuts and seeds, the final part would be stainless, twice and long and narrower flights/wider flutes, probably more trapezoidal than square threadform too. In use it would slowly rotate in a housing, which I think needs lengthways grooves, seeds would be fed in at the "deep" end, be forced along to the shallow end, crushing them leaving the oil and any water in them to flow back along the grooves and out of a screen, and dry smushed up seed pulp to come out the end.

I probably won't actually build it though, I don't know how I'd machine the grooved housing, I don't know what I'd power it with or how I'd attach it, I doubt a Kitchenaid has the torque and I'd be worried about breaking the juice extractor if it seizes. Plus, I imagine for the oil to be any use in cooking it would need to go through a centrifuge after pressing to separate the oil from any water and any solids that make it through. You can actually buy an oil press to fit a juicer, not cheap though. It's good to know I can machine the auger anyway, I'll keep thinking about designing the rest of it until I get distracted by a new idea, I'll have moved on by tomorrow knowing me.

You wouldn't necessarily need to centrifuge it, just heat it to about 95⁰ in a pan and skim it off. You'd get better results if you had a pressure cooker too. Bung all your seeds in with a little bit of water and steam it for ten minutes, then run it through your screw press. That's a crude version of the way palm oil is extracted. If you have a vacuum pump you could vacuum off the last bit of water. If you have a glass flask you can watch it boiling off too, it's quite fun!

 

[Hitch]

Just a practice piece really, no purpose. Shadow on the o isn't quite right.

 

[Jan-DIY]

Today I broke my right thumb.
(Left) thumb up.

 

[brightspark]

Just a practice piece really, no purpose. Shadow on the o isn't quite right.

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who built the stewart turner no 1

 

[Hitch]

who built the stewart turner no 1

That was one of my lockdown projects, it's a 10V, the baby brother of the No1 I think.

 

[GRW]

Being picked up in an hour got to de burr some holes and hoover out filings, first time making one using 3mm and folding front section instead of using box, don't know why I didn't do it this way before

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Cor - I wish I could produce welds as pretty as that - just on mild steel with a Mig would make me very happy

 

[GRW]

Today.... I made myself extremely annoyed.
Went to replace the rear discs & pads on the OH's Kia Rio - and had a right 'mare.
It's got brake shoes that use the inside of the disc as the drum (handbrake shoes) - and on one side the retaining pin (that has those nightmare spring half-turn retainer thingies) had corroded and sheared - so the shoes twisted and jammed the disc so I couldn't get it off.
Much swearing and struggling later - I got it off - but the lining on the shoes is damaged.... and no shoes and retainers in stock locally either.
The retainers are horrible to refit on the front face especially, cos the Diddy shoes are obstructed by the wheel bearings & wheel stud assembly.
AARGH! I could have cheerfully torched the damned thing

 

[roblane65]

Today I made the Transtig all QR rectus on the gas. So of fleaday I acquired a rectus 21 panel fitting for 6-8mm pipe

well we know what they say , presumption is the the mother of all F***ups. Now all the welders I've messed with have had the solenoid on the gas inlet , well I took the side panel of and guess what ? ( btw is was very clean inside )

yep the solenoid is on the outlet at the front that was friday night so a bit of head scratching . now luckily for me front and rear gas fittings on this machine are 1/4" male bsp so of to the plumbers merchant this morning for these

1/4" bsp female -female barrels/nipples or what ever you call them then turned to these

and this


I'm gathering quite a selection of fittings now

now all I've got to do is fit the NOS boc shield saver , I'm hoping with all the stop start learning tig I'm going to save a bit of gas

It is preset at 7 lpm but is adjustable when the tamperproof cap is removed off the bottom .

 

[Nick DV]

Today.... I made myself extremely annoyed.
Went to replace the rear discs & pads on the OH's Kia Rio - and had a right 'mare.
It's got brake shoes that use the inside of the disc as the drum (handbrake shoes) - and on one side the retaining pin (that has those nightmare spring half-turn retainer thingies) had corroded and sheared - so the shoes twisted and jammed the disc so I couldn't get it off.
Much swearing and struggling later - I got it off - but the lining on the shoes is damaged.... and no shoes and retainers in stock locally either.
The retainers are horrible to refit on the front face especially, cos the Diddy shoes are obstructed by the wheel bearings & wheel stud assembly.
AARGH! I could have cheerfully torched the damned thing

Should have gone to Kwikfit ……..

 

[GRW]

Should have gone to Kwikfit ……..

I really should've!

 

[Melvyn Best]

Can’t get thicker than a Kwikfit fitter!

 

[pedrobedro]

so the shoes twisted and jammed the disc so I couldn't get it off.

A friend's Shogun did similar but there are two threaded holes in the disc bell that take M8 bolts and you can push the disc off with them, really considerate of them.

 

[magnet]

Free fire wood cutting and stacking
Pigwire and pallet wood rick

Homemade log saw horse

 

[Kram]

Can’t get thicker than a Kwikfit fitter!

They are good for disposing of scrap tyres since the tip started charging, but wouldnt let them touch a car again!

@GRW what year? We are having scrappy collect our 2008 tomorrow morning. It is good condition apart from an electrical issue on the ECU/immobiliser.

 

[GRW]

They are good for disposing of scrap tyres since the tip started charging, but wouldnt let them touch a car again!

@GRW what year? We are having scrappy collect our 2008 tomorrow morning. It is good condition apart from an electrical issue on the ECU/immobiliser.

Ours is a 2011 (probably the same model as its the last of the MkII's I believe, as its replacement came out in the same year). It's not a bad wee car really, and it's only got 58k on it, so we're hoping to have it on the road for a good few years yet.

 

[Tupers]

I made an adapter plate to mount a new single phase motor in my new old Viceroy polisher and also made plate to mount a new switch. Just need the new pulley to turn up and I’ll be good to go.

 

[roblane65]

Is that a rover SD1 in the back ground with the cardboard on the roof

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Is that a rover SD1 in the back ground with the cardboard on the roof

I was thinking a Citroen CX?

 

[Tupers]

Is that a rover SD1 in the back ground with the cardboard on the roof

Good eye it’s a series one 2600 auto.

 

[roblane65]

Always wanted a Vitesse but never got , weren't they the fastest four door production saloon for a short while ! .are you restoring it ? , was a pretty strong motor the 2600 . nice sound to a straight 6 .