Stuff you have made today

[Hood]

Something I have been meaning to do for years.

A cover for my vice, often junk gets trapped under the sliding part of the vice, most often when I am trying to hold something with one hand and tightening the vice with the other.

 

[Kram]

You could tidy the junk?

 

[Hood]

You could tidy the junk?

And where would I tidy said junk to?

 

[Blue Chips]

This is a fun little project I've been working on. A TIG torch holder that uses geared gripping arms to hold the torch. It sits underneath a welding table using a magnet, and it's entirely made from stainless steel. The bright finish is actually very difficult to photograph!
I'm going to refine the design and then produce these to sell, if anyone is interested. I think it has a number of practical advantages over other "premium" holders in the market, and it's still cost effective.

That looks interesting. Have you made a video yet that shows the use/action of the torch holder?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

And where would I tidy said junk to?

It is not junk is it.
It is stuff that will be useful.
One day, soon.

 

[Kram]

The floor!

 

[Hood]

It is not junk is it.
It is stuff that will be useful.
One day, soon.

Exactly.

The floor!

It is already full

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

The floor!

What do you think is holding the soon to be useful stuff up.

 

[Morris]

Not all today. I cleaned up on of the Pop project doors. Sanded off the extensive surface rust and cleaned it with phosphoric acid until there was no rust left. I then had a repair to do to the front lower corner and the rear frame. Cleaning in progress.

The rust, rear frame section.

Rust at the front.

Opened up.

I'll skip to the repairs as finished to avoid lots of photos of rust.

This is the back section, it still has a repair to be done on the line of rust where it has perforated. It tigged up fine.

The door was given two coats of epoxy primer before the final filler work. It didn't need much but it was subtly wavy and needed thin coats over various areas that looked flat but weren't. Today I gave it two more coats of primer over the lot ready for cutting back for base/lacquer (photo is before filler work).

 

[Munkul]

That looks interesting. Have you made a video yet that shows the use/action of the torch holder?

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[nickk]

This is where all those brackets (featured in these very pages last week) went,fitted to the underside of the shed rafters,then sealed with a cover plate and a tested cable fitted and tensioned once the feeders and drinkers are lowered to the floor.
All suitably lifted up in the centre with the help of the JCB scissor lift in the distance,with the help of @s410man for one day.
When the sheds full of 18,000 birds,it’s very hard to walk from one end to the other and has put me off mass produced chicken.

 

[oldbikedavey]

Adjustment rings to enable B.44 valve springs to be used with B.33 base cups.
Got to TIG braze them together tomorrow, but they ain't so shabby.
Base insulating washer for the exhaust valve spring in red fibre as well.....

 

[Blue Chips]

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I like your idea. It looks easy to use...just a quick tap on one of the holder hooks with the torch's tail cap, and it closes up to the perfect holder size.
When you get it finalized, I think I'll want one. The only mod that comes to mind would be to use a switched magnet to make it easy to detach/attach under a table. I made a TIG torch holder a couple of years ago, which I like OK, but it's not as fancy as yours.

 

[arther dailey]

This is a fun little project I've been working on. A TIG torch holder that uses geared gripping arms to hold the torch. It sits underneath a welding table using a magnet, and it's entirely made from stainless steel. The bright finish is actually very difficult to photograph!
I'm going to refine the design and then produce these to sell, if anyone is interested. I think it has a number of practical advantages over other "premium" holders in the market, and it's still cost effective.

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thats one decent top on the table

 

[arther dailey]

This is a fun little project I've been working on. A TIG torch holder that uses geared gripping arms to hold the torch. It sits underneath a welding table using a magnet, and it's entirely made from stainless steel. The bright finish is actually very difficult to photograph!
I'm going to refine the design and then produce these to sell, if anyone is interested. I think it has a number of practical advantages over other "premium" holders in the market, and it's still cost effective.

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thats one decent top on that table

 

[oldbikedavey]

You would get a lot more response/ interest if you posted photos. Unfortunately your text means precious little to most, without visuals…. Now… what seems to be the problem with posting pictures for you? I am sure, between all of us here, we will be able to find a solution

It'd be fun, I'm sure.
Basically, I share photos and videos via WhatsApp and FB, from my mobile .
That's it, really.....
Doesn't make me a bad person....

 

[Seadog]

But doesn't fit with the forum ethos.

 

[Munkul]

I like your idea. It looks easy to use...just a quick tap on one of the holder hooks with the torch's tail cap, and it closes up to the perfect holder size.
When you get it finalized, I think I'll want one. The only mod that comes to mind would be to use a switched magnet to make it easy to detach/attach under a table. I made a TIG torch holder a couple of years ago, which I like OK, but it's not as fancy as yours.

Thanks for the kind words I'm a pretty practical guy, I'm not really about gimmicks unless it's genuinely useful as well as pretty. I've got two cheapo top mount torch holders that I use a lot for production work, but I've often had to mount them under the table which they're not designed for, just to get max table top space. I like the Furick torch holder but it didn't tickle my taste buds, so thought I'd do something different

The cherry on top is having access to a laser where i can try out prototypes quickly and easily, and fold them using my own press brake. This was just the first one.

Re the switchable mag base, i actually tried one of my spares as a torch mount. It wasn't very good. The slimline height of a regular magnet keeps the stack short and stable, since when they're mounted topside there is a lever moment the way the torch and cable sits. At least, it didn't work for me.
Edit : I've just had a look at yours, i forgot that I'd seen it before! Looks like it works nicely both ways up.

 

[Munkul]

It'd be fun, I'm sure.
Basically, I share photos and videos via WhatsApp and FB, from my mobile .
That's it, really.....
Doesn't make me a bad person....

But we would like to see those pics as well

 

[Blue Chips]

Re the switchable mag base, i actually tried one of my spares as a torch mount. It wasn't very good. The slimline height of a regular magnet keeps the stack short and stable, since when they're mounted topside there is a lever moment the way the torch and cable sits.

I agree with what you're saying about the geometry of a short, wide magnet base vs. a taller, narrower magnet base and its greater leverage. I had an issue with the stand tipping over once or twice with the first switched magnet base I used, but being rather stubborn, rather than abandon the idea of a switchable magnet, I changed to a much more powerful switchable magnet, and it hasn't tipped since. I don't recall the official rated breakaway strength on 1-inch steel...I'd have to go look...but it's impressive. The downside is that good switchable magnets aren't cheap.