Screwdriver
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I should have stayed in bed...
Very pleased with progress on a couple of rollers I am making up for my tree shredding client.
Everything looked ticketyboo except I couldn't for the life of me find any 60mm diameter alloy for the second roller. 10mm short on the only bit of suitable stock.
So I had to chop up something unsuitable...
88mm exotic aluminium alloy bar and I threw away a HUGE amount.
Though, I did make up a bag especially to keep the swarf. I'll melt it down later.
So I am half way through the final piece then turned it around to match it with the first.
So I grabbed a quick photo, pleased with the minimal wastage...
Only to discover I had made the first one half an inch short!
I can't believe it. I only hacked into my prize specimen of super large alloy bar to grab a few inches off it. Now I'll have to do all that again...
This is, sadly, NOT an April fool gag, it is a real April fool...
Very pleased with progress on a couple of rollers I am making up for my tree shredding client.
Everything looked ticketyboo except I couldn't for the life of me find any 60mm diameter alloy for the second roller. 10mm short on the only bit of suitable stock.
So I had to chop up something unsuitable...
88mm exotic aluminium alloy bar and I threw away a HUGE amount.
Though, I did make up a bag especially to keep the swarf. I'll melt it down later.
So I am half way through the final piece then turned it around to match it with the first.
So I grabbed a quick photo, pleased with the minimal wastage...
Only to discover I had made the first one half an inch short!
I can't believe it. I only hacked into my prize specimen of super large alloy bar to grab a few inches off it. Now I'll have to do all that again...
This is, sadly, NOT an April fool gag, it is a real April fool...