Stuff you have made today

[Turbo]

Having a few days off before starting the new job next week so I've managed to do a bit.

Picked up a "whetstone grinder" from Machine Mart last week for sharpening my wood turning chisels and it's now sat on a pedestal. The next task is to attack the block in front of the grinding wheel with a router and set the "T" track into it then make an adjustable bracket so the gouges will be ground at the right angle. (I briefly contemplated buying a Wolverine grinding job but my Yorkshire-ness objected to parting with the thick end of £200...)

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An unused length of 1" thick pine board has been repurposed to hold chucks and faceplates and other lathe sundries:

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And a similarly unused length of 40mm (proper measurements are available as opposed to this modern metric foreign nonsense which will never catch on ) drain pipe makes a great place to store turning chisels. And there's plenty of room for the inevitable future purchases :

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A woodturner friend has the Tormek sharpening system for his chisels & every thing you need is an 'extra'. You need to sharpen a skew chisel? The jig for that is an extra. A plane blade jig an extra & so on.
He's now starting to use carbide insert tooling, no sharpening needed & great for abrasive hardwoods that quickly blunt normal chisels.

 

[henry Kadzielski]

I was to be making a mast for a boat but I reckoned it was too big so I cut out some hardboard to let the skipper see and he agreed. So I scaled it down a bit and it seemed better although the radar plate looked a bit out of proportion but nothing can be done about that as he wants the open scanner type and the slightly smaller version would cost him £4k more.

Anyway got two sheets chopped on the plasma.

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Tacked it up.

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Then the wind started picking up so I had to weld it in my workshop which doesn't really have much room.

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Still have loads of brackets etc to weld on but quite happy with todays progress.

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I don't know weather you may be aware but a cleanup might be called for I've got **** every where pushed aside as haven't had time to get it all cleared, just saying, might be worth a look

 

[Hood]

I don't know weather you may be aware but a cleanup might be called for I've got **** every where pushed aside as haven't had time to get it all cleared, just saying, might be worth a look

That is it clean
I just don't have room to put things, workshop is the wrong shape oh and BTW that is the part of my workshop with the most room in it

 

[Beeezer]

That is it clean
I just don't have room to put things, workshop is the wrong shape oh and BTW that is the part of my workshop with the most room in it

Not many pikeys round your way? Lot of offcuts in your yard….

 

[T5 TDI]

Made 60 strawberry trollies 7 years ago,now due to regular punctures,farmers changing to solid tyres,so I’m putting suspension on each corner and widening them as he’s changed tray suppliers.View attachment 398626View attachment 398627View attachment 398629

Bet you are getting really quick at doing those!

 

[Seadog]

Today I turned this

Into some of these

To complete the set that @Dr.Al sent to me.

 

[4String.]

I've got **** every where pushed aside as haven't had time to get it all cleared,

1. Get your head round the old saying "A place for everything and everything in its place".
2. When you've finished with something, put it back where it lives.
3. Spend your time productively rather than wasting endless amounts of it wading through s***e looking for tools


Alternatively, don't bother with the above and have a workshop that resembles a midden. I've never understood people whose workshop is inefficient and quite probably dangerous but wear it as a "badge of honour..."

 

[daleyd]

1. Get your head round the old saying "A place for everything and everything in its place".
2. When you've finished with something, put it back where it lives.
3. Spend your time productively rather than wasting endless amounts of it wading through s***e looking for tools


Alternatively, don't bother with the above and have a workshop that resembles a midden. I've never understood people whose workshop is inefficient and quite probably dangerous but wear it as a "badge of honour..."

Live and let live, some people thrive in chaos. My garage is an absolute tip, but there you go.

 

[nickk]

I used to be more tidier,then suffered a burglary and thought I’d made it easier for them to be quick as all the power tools were lined up and visible.
Latterly I find if I put certain fixtures and steel away,I need it again in a few days,so will often leave it out until it becomes a nuisance/ obstruction.

 

[Seadog]

Was one of your clamps not fully tightened, perhaps? That happened to me a while ago when I was distracted.

 

[MattF]

I've never understood people whose workshop is inefficient....

Innefficient is incorrect, because it works well for some. It's only inefficient if your mind's wired for tidiness. Not everyone is the same. You stick with your method, others will stick with theirs.

 

[MattF]

Was one of your clamps not fully tightened, perhaps? That happened to me a while ago when I was distracted.

That's in reference to?

 

[smashweld]

Latterly I find if I put certain fixtures and steel away,I need it again in a few days,so will often leave it out until it becomes a nuisance/ obstruction.

this just means nothing ever gets put away! then it gets forgot about, then you can't find it when you need it ....3weeks later...'I'm sure I had it over here' etc

actually - putting things away in random places just so it's tidy is even worse, even less chance of finding things then!

 

[4String.]

Innefficient is incorrect, because it works well for some.

"inefficient
/ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃnt/
adjective
not achieving maximum productivity; wasting or failing to make the best use of time or resources"

 

[Hood]

"inefficient
/ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃnt/
adjective
not achieving maximum productivity; wasting or failing to make the best use of time or resources"

Exactly, my time is more productive when I am doing work that I get paid for. I also have a good memory and it is very rare that I can't find things.

 

[T5 TDI]

I also have a good memory and it is very rare that I can't find things.

A good memory? I have forgotten what one of those is!

 

[Morris]

Not me but wifey. She's an amateur water colour artist and has some of her paintings made into greetings cards.
This is her latest.

 

[Guzrik]

Today I turned this

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Into some of these

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To complete the set that @Dr.Al sent to me.

Wooden toolholders?

 

[nickk]

Some horseshoe bends for the bug hotel,25round.

 

[arther dailey]

1. Get your head round the old saying "A place for everything and everything in its place".
2. When you've finished with something, put it back where it lives.
3. Spend your time productively rather than wasting endless amounts of it wading through s***e looking for tools


Alternatively, don't bother with the above and have a workshop that resembles a midden. I've never understood people whose workshop is inefficient and quite probably dangerous but wear it as a "badge of honour..."

no badge of honour , just cant get time at the moment , but do know where everything is , every time I make a major tidy up cant find anything afterwards..