Stuff you have made today

[daleyd]

Today I made..... a bit of smoke

First go of the fire pit with a load of cardboard and wood to get it nice and hot to get the outside coating burnt off. Did the job a treat - got an area around the bottom I need to clean off but the majority has gone - next job clean down the outside and give it a lick of high temp paint.

 

[Fraserb]

A mirror

 

[selectedgrub]

I got to make a knob.
But the sun come out I rubbed the lotion on it's skin.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

The other day @northwest sent me a care package. The 3 tins were, as you would expect for their age, dirty, dented, damaged and a few large paint blobs.






The original designed is badly faded, were the pain was it had eaten the design away. But they cleaned up well. The metal was soft enough to allow the dents and dings to be dressed out.














Theses 2 brass screwdrivers were in the contents, they are well made and useful. So a clean up, by hand and the tips didn't need any work.



The other day I made a version of a Butchers block, my neighbour saw it, liked it and asked if I could make him 4, if he supplied the wood.







Here are the first 2.

 

[Mick Annick]

Nothing exciting, a railing for a nearby gite balcony

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Now installed

 

[jerrytug]

Now installed

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Nice neat job..and what a lovely old gaff! The brickwork (not actual bricks but I don't know the word) was obviously laid very skillfully, it reminds me of dry stone walling. At first sight it looks like it needs repointing, but maybe it just works as it is. If mortar is used I presume it's lime mortar.

 

[Woody.v8]

That's both plates fabricated now thank dog.

 

[daleyd]

The finished article, after a couple of coats of Aldi finest heat resistant paint, and the daughter trying her hand at a bit of spraying

 

[Jlg]

A new nail guid for my nail gun

 

[mangocrazy]

The KTM Duke bars give me a pain in the wrists after any length of time, so decided to try making something resembling the old 'Ace' bars, but without any messy bending. KTM bars are a bit odd in that they're not 7/8" (22mm) throughout their length, the bit where the bars clamp to the fork risers are 1 1/8". This is my first stab (awaiting welding, obvs.)

 

[My Old Landy]

Made a 1/2" BSW nut for the mill. Nothing exciting!

 

[Badger1bear]

Modified the new shed/workshop with a dedicated cnc plasma table area. New PVC heavy duty strips are coming this week to add protection for the front. Can’t be too careful in a wooden workshop/shed

 

[Mick Annick]

Nice neat job..and what a lovely old gaff! The brickwork (not actual bricks but I don't know the word) was obviously laid very skillfully, it reminds me of dry stone walling. At first sight it looks like it needs repointing, but maybe it just works as it is. If mortar is used I presume it's lime mortar.

Jerry

It could do with repointing but it’s not in a bad way, and yes, all lime mortar. It has beautiful views across the valley it sits in - Rue Glanot in Mont st Jean if you want to look on google maps

 

[nickk]

Finished today,replacement grille for my tractor,old plastic one had got brittle,plus I’d bashed it loading,then a branch went thru it and the rad,so this is all steel.

 

[sako243]

Does a mess count?

If you go down in the woods today you're sure to be in for a surprise.

Oi what's that digger doing on my tennis court!

Shouldn't have gone there, ruined the turf (let's ignore the sheep poo)!

It must be some damp somewhere around here...

Found it!

Also this popped in from next door. The A frame had decided last year that it didn't like being an A frame and wanted to be an S frame after some rather big bangs against the floor. I'd offered to see if I could straighten it out on my press. First time it's come close to using its full capacity (size wise), stupidly didn't take a before or an after but only a mid way through.

Tractor was dropped off and mower was lifted up, so thought I'd fire it up and get the mower off. Do you think I could start it? Turn key, nothing. Foot on clutch, nothing. Foot on brake, nothing. Foot on clutch and brake, nothing. All three gear levers into neutral, nothing. Realised float would probably still work so dropped the mower down and got it detached. Little M18 impact came out to unbolt the frame, three bolts came out with a little fight. Fourth wouldn't, spanner on the back was a bit of a loose fit so was losing most of the impact. Out came Mr Angry.

Anyway that right hand bit of the frame (upside down the two outer bits bolt to mower and accept lower links, the bit blow the D ring takes the top link) is meant to be straight... I've already partially straightened the other one.

Didn't end up the straightest or neatest but a damn sight better than what was there before. At least it can now lift the mower up, previously chains were attempting to hold it up in transit (not very well).

Still we'll see how it goes, cheaper than replacing it.

 

[nickk]

Following on ,here’s a part fabrication view,the headlight rims were only 20x3 flat,so I was able to roll them on my basic rollers relying on spring to extract them,rather than lift 6’ of 80mm solid round,ended up with minute distortion that was easy to press flat,thanks to all the clamps and screws.

 

[Lewis_RX8]

A bit of a mess

found out rather quickly you cant cut tempered glass with a diamond blade

Was making a window for sandblast cabient thought tough tempered glass was way to go as it was harder but no so easy to manipulate as can be seen.

Made it out of normal glass that i scored and snapped in the end.

 

[Memmeddu]

That's what I've managed to do today
I was putting screws when the bit slipped off the screw head...
Results I've just drilled a hole in my finger

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

That's what I've managed to do today
I was putting screws when the bit slipped off the screw head...
Results I've just drilled a hole in my finger

Welcome to the 90% digit working club.

 

[jimbo84]

That's what I've managed to do today
I was putting screws when the bit slipped off the screw head...
Results I've just drilled a hole in my finger

I feel your pain, I cut a groove out of the end of my thumb with a grinding disk the other day