Stuff you have made today

[Kram]

I'm not too bothered about free climbing atleast on rock but I hate ladders

Another... a used offcut (chainsaw ) of Liros Reef rope with a ring spliced.

They say used rope is much harder to splice. The cover is getting tight and near stuck already with 4" left to bury, its taking all my effort to move it milimeters.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

Figured out the technique to get reasonably neat beads formed and

Impressive work there...well done.

 

[magnet]

I'm not too bothered about free climbing atleast on rock but I hate ladders

Another... a used offcut (chainsaw ) of Liros Reef rope with a ring spliced.
View attachment 451678They say used rope is much harder to splice. The cover is getting tight and near stuck already with 4" left to bury, its taking all my effort to move it milimeters.

I've put loops in nylon longnet head and foot lines by drawing the inner strands through the outer sheath with a needle and threading it up the standing part for a few inches. It holds quite firmly for that application. I found a sniff of pound shop silicone spray could help things along. However there were no big loads on any of those loops. Makes a lovely neat job when its done.

 

[nickk]

Here’s the home made axles fitted with wheels,although both are 13”, one was more worn and lower profile,so I’ve adjusted the stub axle to compensate,it rides so much better now.
Next mod is for an offset drawbar,to reach under the trees,and so I can see the mower!

 

[Tigman]

I weldes these Brackets today , little bit of stainless with my Jazzy 10 cup !

 

[Hitch]

Practicing some very basic sign painting again.
Finding it quite relaxing tbh.
Could have done with the layout being a bit larger for the wood panel. And need to redo the Detroit, Mich bit. Dripped on the M

 

[DennisCA]

Made tool to make another tool

First I made this chuck in a chuck that slides in and out on a steel rod, for drilling with small drills. Got the idea from Joe Pieczynski. I broke several drills trying to drill 2mm holes in stainless first.

And from that I made a new nozzle for the pressure washer. I'm still trying to figure out how the fan shape is affected by the nozzle geometry, I figured a bigger angle on the chamfer on the nozzle = wider fan. Though the chamfer on my homemade nozzle is quite wide it's not very wide, maybe 10 degrees. I was aiming for 30-40 degrees. Maybe depth also affect it. I am not sure how they achieve the flat fans, likely the nozzle is not round. I don't got any nozzles to look at to reverse engineer from.

Here's the video by Joe Pie:

 

[Windy Miller]

… I am not sure how they achieve the flat fans, likely the nozzle is not round. I don't got any nozzles to look at to reverse engineer from…

I seem to remember 2 flat, thin stainless plates that moved progressively closer as the adjuster was turned that produced the flat fan.
This was on a very old Karcher I had donkeys years ago. No idea if this is a common approach or not, but it seemed to work ok

 

[selectedgrub]

 

[Turbo]

Made tool to make another tool

First I made this chuck in a chuck that slides in and out on a steel rod, for drilling with small drills. Got the idea from Joe Pieczynski. I broke several drills trying to drill 2mm holes in stainless first.

And from that I made a new nozzle for the pressure washer. I'm still trying to figure out how the fan shape is affected by the nozzle geometry, I figured a bigger angle on the chamfer on the nozzle = wider fan. Though the chamfer on my homemade nozzle is quite wide it's not very wide, maybe 10 degrees. I was aiming for 30-40 degrees. Maybe depth also affect it. I am not sure how they achieve the flat fans, likely the nozzle is not round. I don't got any nozzles to look at to reverse engineer from.

Here's the video by Joe Pie:

The nozzle tips are cut by lazer afaik (I used to work for Karcher) and I don't think its possible to machine cut them. The hole is actually slightly oval & tapered from the inside out.

You could try using a gas nozzle tip cleaner to file out your parallel hole.

https://www.boconline.co.uk/shop/en/uk/nozzle-cleaner-set

We used to use them to resize nozzles on machines running over pressure.

 

[DennisCA]

Think it should be possible to machine cut an oval hole (small end mill, or a small rotary mill). I mean if we're after a flat fan, but a conical jet shape should be simpler. I want to make a few blanks and experiment on them.

 

[magnet]

little garden line for setting out my newly created veg garden

 

[Tupers]

I spent the afternoon turning a mates BBQ into a smoker.

Variety’s the spice of life or so they say.

 

[minimutly]

I spent the afternoon turning a mates BBQ into a smoker.

Variety’s the spice of life or so they say.

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I'll bring the herring round

 

[ajlelectronics]

Repair ends for the broken wooden spars on a patio brolly. I need to get some suitable screws now to replace the only one I could find in my parts bin.

 

[selectedgrub]

Smooth the lava

 

[Tigman]

Yesterday and today , I've been assisting with the fitting of some submersible pumps , I done the4" pipework , all the bits that are black! Nice job I didn't go down the hole , not had injections , waste water chamber

 

[magnet]

rustic sweetpea tower. Made from the prunings from my hazel tree

 

[MattF]

Smooth the lava

You do know you're peculiar? Stay so.

 

[minimutly]

Yesterday and today , I've been assisting with the fitting of some submersible pumps , I done the4" pipework , all the bits that are black! Nice job I didn't go down the hole , not had injections , waste View attachment 452174water chamber

All good there - been to ones where all 3 pumps are running, but lying at the bottom on their sides, sh1t everywhere...