Stuff you have made today

[God mode restorations]

Been kind of busy making my bulkhead plate....just over 2mm thick and was a tough cookie to bend....I used everything I had but got the results.

know better device for measuring angles...good set of eyes.

 

[Burdekin]

Hi...my floor mounted pedal box will be very similar to the picture below....I have just finished making the bulkhead reinforcing plate that strengthens the footwell and the pick up points . I did make some inquiries and I was told plates reinforce are generally 2 mm 2.5 . View attachment 103670

2 to 3mm would be good for that.

 

[God mode restorations]

2 to 3mm would be good for that.

Cool. Am in the middle 2.5 mm.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

@spencer 427 Are you going to drill holes in them? Save some weight, and give your navigator's toes something to cling to

 

[God mode restorations]

@spencer 427 Are you going to drill holes in them? Save some weight, and give your navigator's toes something to cling to

I still have more to do on it as yet...I will drill some holes on to attach it properly to the floor pan....will give the navigator a nice alloy one ...

 

[Jim Davey]

In the past if I've had to get a nice sharp fold on something thick when heavy duty folding gear has been unavailable I've run a slitting disc along the fold line so it can be folded by hand, then healed up the cut with a weld afterward. Ok, it's not so fast but it increases the scope of what you can form with basic hand tools.

 

[God mode restorations]

In the past if I've had to get a nice sharp fold on something thick when heavy duty folding gear has been unavailable I've run a slitting disc along the fold line so it can be folded by hand, then healed up the cut with a weld afterward. Ok, it's not so fast but it increases the scope of what you can form with basic hand tools.

I do this often on 3mm plus materials. ...I wanted to try avoid do it this time....but did make me grunt a little. But will be making a huge metal folder very soon...

 

[God mode restorations]

Trial fit number 1.

 

[God mode restorations]

Trial number 2.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Not something I've made, more modded a little. My pal made me a chuck key for the 4-jaw which came with Maurice. He left it drilled so that I could plug weld it in place, but I decided to do this instead - drilled out and tapped to 5mm and secured with an Allen grub screw. Excuse poor phone pic

Will update the "Tale of two Myfords" thread later with progress to date.

 

[ian f]

finished the welding on the mudguard yesterday

 

[ian f]

followed by sanding the welds down today. 40 grit flap disc then power file

then 80grit sanding disc followed by a going over with 320 disc

ready for final trial fit then filler and paint

 

[Mee]

Not something I've made, more modded a little. My pal made me a chuck key for the 4-jaw which came with Maurice. He left it drilled so that I could plug weld it in place, but I decided to do this instead - drilled out and tapped to 5mm and secured with an Allen grub screw

Now, that's cheating Slim.

 

[Mee]

Finished my street lamp heads, sent them to a mates for powder coating and he returned them this morning, loose fitted the LED boards I made up during the week and marked them up for drilling, drilled, tapped and installed them along with their drivers and wired them in, set up a power supply and they are all burning brightly in the barn, will fit the glass covers tomorrow.

 

[daleyd]

Today I have made..... Electricity appear in my summerhouse

I'd post some pics but a trench with some swa buried in it is not really the most interesting! Need to order a 2 way fuse box from work to finish it off properly (wago connectors are taking its place at the moment!) and the lights are still to do, but we're getting there slowly.

 

[8ob]

Got a puncture on one of my machines today so made an axle stand , its sat a on a lump of 1" thick plate so some metalwork was involved

Bob

 

[Pete.]

Got a puncture on one of my machines today so made an axle stand , its sat a on a lump of 1" thick plate so some metalwork was involved

Bob

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[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

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A chip of the old block.

Or am I barking up the wrong tree.

 

[daleyd]

I wooden say that was very safe.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Now, that's cheating Slim.

Possibly, but seeing as I don't currently have an operating lathe to turn my own on, it's a moot point.

I see what you mean though.........