Stuff you have made today

[Pete.]

Ordinary mild steel bar

 

[mtt.tr]

Made some little locking levers to replace some missing ones on one of my machines. Top one is original, bottom one I made.

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Nice work.

 

[Windy Miller]

Ordinary mild steel bar

Blimey. That’s an amazing finish for mild steel!

 

[Seadog]

One of these days I'll get around to trying skiving.

 

[Hood]

A hinge made from an old prop shaft, it is for a handrail on a Cat so that the rail can be folded right back on itself allow a mackerel stripper box to sit in between the stanchions instead of being mounted on the handrail.

 

[Blobber]

Made big bits into smaller bits! should make the OPEC members profits a bit smaller

might need a lie down now!

 

[Geoffm]

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I bought an old Singer 29K (1934) and have been sorting out some timing issues. Seems a lot better. I cut up some leather scraps to make a Poppy or two, and a Keyfob thing for my father.

I think the manual for this is at http://homeappliance.manualsonline.com/manuals/mfg/singer/29k72.html
I have a 132k6 Singer my grandfather bought new either just before or just after the war.

 

[Screwdriver]

1.2mm stainless from the look of it. Need to make a valence similar to the black one. marked out with sharpie line followed by a scribe.

Need to leave about 2mm for the fold and chop a bit extra out of the corners so they don't foul when folded.

Oh and you got to get it right first time. eek.

My knife isn't long enough to form it in one go so I do the middle a bit, then gradually bring in the ends etc.

Worked a treat.

Nice clean bends and the press tool allows me to remove all the fingers except one that fits the channel for the last bend.

Rinse. Repeat.

It's for a neighbour and he tells me it fits a treat.

S.

Well that was a blast from the past. Thanks for the "likes". I only respond since this property has changed hands twice since I made that thing and I am now doing odd jobs for the new owner. The kitchen has been remodelled and the appliance long gone so I was quite happy to recover this exact piece which the new owner asked me to dispose of for her...

 

[Windy Miller]

Well that was a blast from the past. Thanks for the "likes". I only respond since this property has changed hands twice since I made that thing and I am now doing odd jobs for the new owner. The kitchen has been remodelled and the appliance long gone so I was quite happy to recover this exact piece which the new owner asked me to dispose of for her...

That’s a nice job. I need to make something similar for the oven in our new house. My folder won’t form such nice tight bends tho unfortunately

 

[Puglet1]

Not finished yet. Got to cut and weld the top (rusty sheet it is standing on) and cut/fit another shelf. All free scrap so far.

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Using my cheap welder.

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That is a quality weld - especially when using an arc welder. I have looked at the final product whereby you have used the checker plate and 8mm steel . Beautiful !

 

[6ply]

That is a quality weld - especially when using an arc welder. I have looked at the final product whereby you have used the checker plate and 8mm steel . Beautiful !

Thanks for the comment.

It's not quite finished yet as I'm a slow worker and been looking after the kids. I've now added supports for a middle shelf and have three more bits of checker plate to stitch into one. That's the problem of using scrap!

I stuck these two bits of angle together as they were offcuts and too short for one of the parts I needed. I bevel the but joint as that seems to work best for me.

 

[Hood]

Made the capping for the gunwale that the stripper box will sit on.

Also got some thinner leather today so this evening I have made a keyring for my bike.

And a couple of ones for the boss to use at Christmas. the bigger one was a mistake as I meant to make the height 60mm but instead made that the width. So made the correct size one after.

 

[Hood]

Another couple done this morning, monkey almost dry, elephant still wet from washing the soot off.

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

Airtight lid for 10 liter glass jar. I broke my head, but I figured out how to do it.

Silicone, Viton, PTFE gaskets and seals will be added later

 

[My Old Landy]

Airtight lid for 10 liter glass jar. I broke my head, but I figured out how to do it.

Silicone, Viton, PTFE gaskets and seals will be added later

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That looks superb!

 

[Hood]

Some interesting results with various powers/feeds and air assist on/off in Acetal or possibly Delrin.
Had to stop the middle one as it was giving off fumes.
The ones in each of the ovals are with same settings and without air assist, without being the right most of each.
Tried cutting (circle top left) at a high feed/power and lots of passes but seems like it gets about 1 or 2mm and won't go further. Slower feed with high power would likely fare better but may give off fumes so I am not trying at the moment

 

[Onoff]

A mate in NZ, his neighbour makes these based on old mobility scooters:

 

[henry Kadzielski]

Thought I should contribute. Have left home, gone north about 1000km to southern Queensland for and engine replacement in a long liner. Out with the Volvo 163 and in with a John Deer, I think about 585hp at 1900rpm.

Had the engine mounts constructed several days ago, but needed painting and hardening so engine bolted down today and aligned. For those that are interested, alignment error down to .05mm.

Starboard side view, rear mount also incorporates the bell housing and gearbox.

again for those that are interested a closer look.

What's left to do, oil coolers for the gearbox and the hydraulics, the exhaust dry extension to the water mixer which is on the the opposite side of the turbo outlet and the 'oper house' that will hold the 24volt clutch pump and the power steering pump. I expect to be here another week.

 

[Hood]

Thought I should contribute. Have left home, gone north about 1000km to southern Queensland for and engine replacement in a long liner. Out with the Volvo 163 and in with a John Deer, I think about 585hp at 1900rpm.
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Had the engine mounts constructed several days ago, but needed painting and hardening so engine bolted down today and aligned. For those that are interested, alignment error down to .05mm.View attachment 415296

Starboard side view, rear mount also incorporates the bell housing and gearbox.

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again for those that are interested a closer look.

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What's left to do, oil coolers for the gearbox and the hydraulics, the exhaust dry extension to the water mixer which is on the the opposite side of the turbo outlet and the 'oper house' that will hold the 24volt clutch pump and the power steering pump. I expect to be here another week.

My days of that kind of thing is long gone thankfully Not so bad if you are working with someone else but working on your own can be a PITA.

 

[henry Kadzielski]

My days of that kind of thing is long gone thankfully Not so bad if you are working with someone else but working on your own can be a PITA.

Must admit that the owner is helping, but my legs hurt and are swolen at the end of the day. These are quite fun to do with the right customer, but as you say I am now really too old for this. This one will probably be my last. When I get back home, rest a week and then go south about 400km to complete the vessel that I did the hydraulic on. That job will be the chiller recirculating and distribution pipe work and the live bait distribution manifold and pipe work. After that I thing that I am done, too old and I like sleeping in my own bed with the events coordinator at home!