Stuff you have made today

[Bki26]

I'd say the 372 would be quicker. Anyway theres no point being quick if you can only cut tiny logs, 5 or 6" max depth on that?



Steel toe caps will stop a chainsaw, but not so much a carbide tipped cut off saw... I dont think it would notice they were there.

90% of these logs are 4-6" so I've been able to process them significantly quicker than the chainsaw here.

Yea they definitely won't stop the blade but like motorbike PPE vs jeans in a slide it gives you more time to react so potentially just a bad cut rather than your foot becoming a mermaids tail.

Anyway I printed out some more washers so it holds the metal one on the arbor meaning it can't vibrate out and allow the disc to unbalance.

Couple of hours later and pretty much full!

 

[sako243]

90% of these logs are 4-6" so I've been able to process them significantly quicker than the chainsaw here.

Couple of hours later and pretty much full!

It's a novel idea I'll give you that and probably has it's use case but quicker than a chainsaw??!

With a sharp chain on my 562XP that'd be half an hours work, if that...

Chogging this ash tree up and carting the logs out of the paddock into the log shed was a couple of hours work.

The trick is not to double handle stuff where possible - simply walked around with the saw starting at the outside and cutting it up into the correct length. Then just chucking them into the trailer and taking them up to the shed. The bigger logs came out second and probably spent a total of 4h with an axe splitting the 2ft rounds down, again actually just splitting on the trailer where possible to minimise handling stuff.

 

[Morris]

Started on this today. It looks a bit dodgy but al will become clear in a later post. It's one of my Chinese 38mm dome ends welded onto some tube and polished.

 

[Blobber]

Started on this today. It looks a bit dodgy but al will become clear in a later post. It's one of my Chinese 38mm dome ends welded onto some tube and polished.
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Does it take one or two AA batteries? asking for a friend...

 

[Morris]

Does it take one or two AA batteries? asking for a friend...

Three phase. Does your "friend" feel lucky?

 

[Blobber]

Three phase. Does your "friend" feel lucky?

Lucky im an ex-electrician then!

 

[minimutly]

It's a novel idea I'll give you that and probably has it's use case but quicker than a chainsaw??!

With a sharp chain on my 562XP that'd be half an hours work, if that...

Chogging this ash tree up and carting the logs out of the paddock into the log shed was a couple of hours work.
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The trick is not to double handle stuff where possible - simply walked around with the saw starting at the outside and cutting it up into the correct length. Then just chucking them into the trailer and taking them up to the shed. The bigger logs came out second and probably spent a total of 4h with an axe splitting the 2ft rounds down, again actually just splitting on the trailer where possible to minimise handling stuff.

Keeping you warm twice..

 

[minimutly]

I thought I'd try TIG for a repair on one of the front wings on my MX-5 (just another drop in the ocean ). The panel is only 0.7mm thick (over the paint!) which doesn't leave much meat for grinding things flat, so I thought I'd see if I could butt-weld it with the TIG and planish it flat after...

Rusty bottom - the outside is similar. The speckles on the left (behind the wheelarch flange) aren't rust, just over spray from underseal concealing a previous bodge:

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Wing cut off, and section of a repair panel trimmed to suit and tacked in place with TIG. I was pleased with the fit-up.

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Gritted my teeth and sent it. Blew a couple of holes where I fumbled the filler when it was needed, but they filled in OK.

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As expected, it was bent to hell:

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The best thing I found to planish it with was an old tyre lever that I polished up a bit. I mostly used it as a slapper with the dolly from my cheapo set behind.

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It definitely improved things, but I couldn't seem to do anything about the slight hollow in the centre - hitting it more didn't seem to change anything, so I decided to quit while I was ahead.

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I didn't clean up the inside very much. I'll stick some seam-sealer over it once it has been epoxied.

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Nowhere near professional standards, but I think it'll be reet with a lick of filler (and it'll be stone-chipped down there, anyway).

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It is an mx5, bit like painting the Forth bridge. Good job, will see out the rest of the car I expect.

 

[Bki26]

It's a novel idea I'll give you that and probably has it's use case but quicker than a chainsaw??!

With a sharp chain on my 562XP that'd be half an hours work, if that...

Chogging this ash tree up and carting the logs out of the paddock into the log shed was a couple of hours work.
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The trick is not to double handle stuff where possible - simply walked around with the saw starting at the outside and cutting it up into the correct length. Then just chucking them into the trailer and taking them up to the shed. The bigger logs came out second and probably spent a total of 4h with an axe splitting the 2ft rounds down, again actually just splitting on the trailer where possible to minimise handling stuff.

Its definitely gonna be quicker with a £800+ saw lol, like racing a corsa against a porsche!

It's just a ~£100 saw so good enough for most work but all these logs I'm cutting are ~1m long and were free so don't normally process this much wood. Most of the time is spent moving them over to where I'm cutting and do a couple at a time if they were all on grass and laid out then yes just a 30m job but it's on concrete so can't cut in situ to speed it up.

 

[Bki26]

Started on this today. It looks a bit dodgy but al will become clear in a later post. It's one of my Chinese 38mm dome ends welded onto some tube and polished.
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Flared base or it ain't coming back out!

 

[roblane65]

Its definitely gonna be quicker with a £800+ saw lol, like racing a corsa against a porsche!

It's just a ~£100 saw so good enough for most work but all these logs I'm cutting are ~1m long and were free so don't normally process this much wood. Most of the time is spent moving them over to where I'm cutting and do a couple at a time if they were all on grass and laid out then yes just a 30m job but it's on concrete so can't cut in situ to speed it up.

Unless I've misunderstood that if that's a £100 saw can you get me a couple please ........

 

[Morris]

Parted off and a section milled out. There's a small piece welded in. Still needs some tidying up and another web welded in.

 

[steve t]

Made another video putting up steel stanchions for a turf shed.

 

[Blobber]

Parted off and a section milled out. There's a small piece welded in. Still needs some tidying up and another web welded in.
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Wossit for Mr?

 

[Craig-S]

Today i ave been mostly making.....beads and the odd fillet, but i did finish my first 20l bottle

 

[Morris]

Wossit for Mr?

Tomorrow. Maybe.

 

[Bki26]

Unless I've misunderstood that if that's a £100 saw can you get me a couple please ........

Whoops I meant the £100 chainsaw in the shed, this cutoff saw is a stihl ts480i that was left behind by previous owner so technically cost nothing

 

[sako243]

Whoops I meant the £100 chainsaw in the shed, this cutoff saw is a stihl ts480i that was left behind by previous owner so technically cost nothing

562XP was a Christmas present by my parents so technically cost me nothing

 

[Tangledfeet]

Erm...

... Yorkshire pudding(s).

An example of function over form; they were delicious!

 

[Bki26]

Erm...

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... Yorkshire pudding(s).

An example of function over form; they were delicious!

I think you accidentally picked them up from Chernobyl instead of york!