Stuff you have made today

[Mick Annick]

The customer does,uses putty,although it’s being stolen by the local birds .

Thanks Nick, not found putty in France yet so have been using Sikaflex, but it’s hard to get a good finish.

 

[Barking Mat]

Thanks Nick, not found putty in France yet so have been using Sikaflex, but it’s hard to get a good finish.

You've not found putty in France ?

it's pretty widely available.

 

[Mick Annick]

You've not found putty in France ?

it's pretty widely available.

To be fair I’ve only looked in Weldom!

 

[Gragson]

not found putty in France yet

Thought it was a French word? or at least originated - then again most english comes from those norman ankers

 

[Hood]

Another couple of slates.

 

[Dcal]

Today I made another pointless and uneconomic repair, this time to a front subframe on a Fiat Punto.
It's my daughter's car and just failed it's MOT.
I didn't have time to look at it because I was doing other pointless things to the rear of a 3 Series.

The subframes aren't expensive even new and there are lots about, but it's another excuse to get the tools out (and an excuse to put off clearing out the garage)

At least the subframe was easy and quick to remove.

The rot is the same both sides and it's a nasty enough little repair.

Started by cutting the sleeve out using a hole saw.

It's only welded at the bottom, so I made another sleeve I can bolt in to keep everything aligned.

Then just cut out the rot and make patches out of 2mm sheet.
The spot weld drill I bought on here was perfect for removing the spot welds.

Then weld it back together again.

I used a smaller hole saw to drill for the sleeve then opened it up with a die grinder. The nut for the suspension arm stopped me getting propper access for welding so I cut it off before welding in the other side.

I even gave it a quick blast and couple of coats of black epoxy primer.

I masked off the welds so the MOT tester can see the repairs.
My interpretation is it ok to weld this subframe, however they might think otherwise.
I'll find out on Friday.

 

[droopsnoot]

My interpretation is it ok to weld this subframe, however they might think otherwise.
I'll find out on Friday.

That'll be interesting to hear - I'm sure I've read somewhere that repairing stuff like this is not allowed any more, but I can't remember where. I put off doing the front one on my daily driver until it failed on me (fortunately at low speed on a non-busy road) but I'd already bought a replacement, had it blasted, repaired the holes and cleaned it all up so it wasn't obvious that it had had any work done. I put off swapping it because I'd read all sorts of horror stories about how tight the bolts were, only to find I had it out in a couple of hours.

 

[T5 TDI]

I know welding on steering components is not allowed but not sure about subframes, I thought not, but nice job anyway.

 

[Dr.Al]

A lot of swarf and a handful of ferrules:

I haven't trimmed the little bit at the end where it separated when parting: I thought I'd leave it there as a very obvious reminder of which is the shabbier end - it'll pull off easily just before I fit the ferrules.

 

[MattF]

What're they for?

 

[Bullet2012]

What're they for?

Ferruling

 

[MattF]

I knew I should've been more specific.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I knew I should've been more specific.

The gravity of that remark.

 

[Dr.Al]

What're they for?

I'm planning to make some new handles for my chisels.

 

[Dr.Al]

A simple sliding lid box made out of a single plank of 22 mm thick rough-sawn Ash:

What makes it unusual is what it was made with:

Exactly 8 tools: a Stanley 4½, a combination square, a 3 mm chisel, an F-clamp, a pencil, a (poorly chosen) cross-cut saw, some glue and a leather strop. No vice, no bench dogs, no marking knife, no hammer/mallet, no sharpening stone, no cloths/rags: nothing but those 8 tools, the flat surface of the bench and the plank of ash.

More details here if anyone is interested: https://thewoodhaven2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=9222

 

[Bullet2012]

A simple sliding lid box made out of a single plank of 22 mm thick rough-sawn Ash:

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What makes it unusual is what it was made with:

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Exactly 8 tools: a Stanley 4½, a combination square, a 3 mm chisel, an F-clamp, a pencil, a (poorly chosen) cross-cut saw, some glue and a leather strop. No vice, no bench dogs, no marking knife, no hammer/mallet, no sharpening stone, no cloths/rags: nothing but those 8 tools, the flat surface of the bench and the plank of ash.

More details here if anyone is interested: https://thewoodhaven2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=9222

handy box to keep ferrules in, don’t let @MattF know though.

 

[MattF]

I'd really love to have that middle finger smiley, on occasion.

 

[JOEPRO]

Today I made another pointless and uneconomic repair, this time to a front subframe on a Fiat Punto.
It's my daughter's car and just failed it's MOT.
I didn't have time to look at it because I was doing other pointless things to the rear of a 3 Series.

The subframes aren't expensive even new and there are lots about, but it's another excuse to get the tools out (and an excuse to put off clearing out the garage)

At least the subframe was easy and quick to remove.

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The rot is the same both sides and it's a nasty enough little repair.

Started by cutting the sleeve out using a hole saw.

View attachment 429948

It's only welded at the bottom, so I made another sleeve I can bolt in to keep everything aligned.

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Then just cut out the rot and make patches out of 2mm sheet.
The spot weld drill I bought on here was perfect for removing the spot welds.

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Then weld it back together again.

View attachment 429953

I used a smaller hole saw to drill for the sleeve then opened it up with a die grinder. The nut for the suspension arm stopped me getting propper access for welding so I cut it off before welding in the other side.

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I even gave it a quick blast and couple of coats of black epoxy primer.

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I masked off the welds so the MOT tester can see the repairs.
My interpretation is it ok to weld this subframe, however they might think otherwise.
I'll find out on Friday.

Very tidy work! I can't see MOT man having an issue with that at all

 

[m_c]

Officially a sub-frame is classed a suspension component, which means welding gets classed as an unsafe modification.

 

[nickk]

Some unusual table legs,rolled from 3mm,sawmill managers design,he’s placing a slab of walnut on top.Slots to allow expansion.