Stuff you have made today

[badabec]

I modified the cute Halfords toolbox with over centre catches and a carrying handle.

 

[dazza]

You guys make such cool things... I made a brass pin for some clamps I'm cleaning up. Also made a mess of my lathe jaws

 

[Seadog]

Good solution but but some means or other I would not have a gap between the bars that could easily be bridged. Suggest cutting the bars square and a wider insulator between them.

Here you are. I found a use for one of numerous shipping bolt spacers from washing machines that I've collected over the years. I thought a nice lime green would look good

 

[MattF]

I like that colour scheme. It's funky.

 

[Bki26]

Blades on the new disc and cover reduced in height with the excess welded as the overlapping lip. All that's left to do is bolt on the 2 bits of angle to make the chip sweeper/fan and add the chute top plate and it's good to go though I think I'll add some reinforcement around the cover sides just as extra protection.

 

[MattF]

Is it balanced, or is it likely to be a bit of a bone-shaker?

 

[Bki26]

Is it balanced, or is it likely to be a bit of a bone-shaker?

Will be balancing it once I have the angle bolted like this one for reference, have a large bearing I've degreased and 3d printed a spacer to sit in the middle whilst it's on a horizontal bolt.

 

[Turbo]

Will be balancing it once I have the angle bolted like this one for reference, have a large bearing I've degreased and 3d printed a spacer to sit in the middle whilst it's on a horizontal bolt.

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You also need to balance it sitting horizontally.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Balancer-P...3396137018-B0GVK5C49P-&hvexpln=0&gad_source=1

I have used one of these to balance lawnmower blades after sharpening. It works similar to a manual balancer for car wheels. Not sure if it would take the weight of that flywheel.

 

[indykid]

You also need to balance it sitting horizontally.

Why?

 

[julianthegypsy]

You also need to balance it sitting horizontally.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Balancer-P...3396137018-B0GVK5C49P-&hvexpln=0&gad_source=1

I have used one of these to balance lawnmower blades after sharpening. It works similar to a manual balancer for car wheels. Not sure if it would take the weight of that flywheel.

I've always just hung it through the centre hole and sharpened a bit more off the heavy end. Flymo used to do a nice tool that was wall mounted. It had a similar sliding taper and a magnet to hold it I'm place on a spindle. Put the blade on, sharpen heavy end, rinse and repeat.

 

[Turbo]

Why?

Vertically you are relying on it overcoming the friction of the bearing. It will show up a larger imbalance.
Car balancers spin the wheel and use electronics to detect imbalance.

Horizontally it is balancing on a point and any heavy side will be obvious.

I have used both methods on lawnmower blades and the horizontal one is more accurate.

 

[George Dennis]

I've finally got around to making the missing spindle used to slide spiral mill cutters on the Imperia cutter grinder

 

[indykid]

Vertically you are relying on it overcoming the friction of the bearing. It will show up a larger imbalance.
Car balancers spin the wheel and use electronics to detect imbalance.

Horizontally it is balancing on a point and any heavy side will be obvious.

I have used both methods on lawnmower blades and the horizontal one is more accurate.

Oh right, I see what you're getting at. More that you need to do one well (mitigate the friction in the vertical plane setup - mount it on a mandrel and sit it on a pair of knife edges) rather than that single plane balance is somehow different in a vertical plane to horizontal and you need to do both

 

[Tupers]

Made a good show of painting the engine bay and boot the Cooper. I’m seeing Old English White in my dreams these days.

 

[Craig-SM]

Feeling good with my knee recovery I decided at the weekend to finish replacing the SY cable that had been used for the outdoor lighting. It’s been up for decades and the sheath was brittle and broken with the wire braid rusting. Replaced with H07RN-F so hopefully will last, used a clients account to get it much cheaper. All the switches and boxes had gone just as brittle so they were replaced too and all cable secured with stainless steel p-clips and screws to stay looking good.
Unfortunately up and down ladders means my knee is screaming at me now but hey ho it’s another job ticked off.

 

[Puglet1]

Made a good show of painting the engine bay and boot the Cooper. I’m seeing Old English White in my dreams these days.
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Great choice of colour for a classy classic. Back in the day I had a mk1 Cooper S in Old English White with a black roof and a set of minilites. Wish I’d kept it!