Stuff you have made today

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I've used VHT heat resistant paint before now. I originally thought it was no good because I hadn't read the instructions, and not heated the item up before applying the paint. Even when I did that, though, it still comes off as soon as it's handled. I've read good reports on B&Q Barbecue paint, but not tried it myself.

I have as well, but my local B&Q didn't know what it was or if they had any in stock and would refer me to "Shopping on line" to ensure I did not waste my journey,

Halfords were better, they at least refunded the funds I spent on the paint. The lady was very good and understandable. Her manage tried to say they could not give a refund on items used. Until I explained to her that:
"How do I know if Halfords Heat Resistance paint was not going to work with out trying?"

Just this once then, the till lady even said sorry about her.

But, I am going to use it and rub it over with clean engine oil.

 

[Cobbler]

A welly rack, made for a friend

 

[MattF]

Last bit under the stairs almost done.





The before:



Just need to add a stop lat to the rear slat, & tidy those cables up, & I think I've finally done faffing under there then. Panelled that piece of wall between the two tanalised uprights too. Less hassle than sanding, filling, sanding & painting the wall.

 

[Ashley Burton]

Her manager tried to say they could not give a refund on items used. Until I explained to her that:
"How do I know if Halfords Heat Resistance paint was not going to work with out trying?"

Just this once then, the till lady even said sorry about her.

But, I am going to use it and rub it over with clean engine oil.

That's comedy!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

That's comedy!

All to common, staff who do not know their own ranges, or unwilling to get kelp.
I hope over the boarder to Somerset and a Halfords there, completely difference, or to the next B&Q, helpful staff.

Locals ones have life forms from the lower end of the gene pool.

 

[Brad93]

A welly rack, made for a friend
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Like that, I’ve got all the bits scattered around here to make something similar.

 

[Ashley Burton]

All to common, staff who do not know their own ranges, or unwilling to get kelp.
I hope over the boarder to Somerset and a Halfords there, completely difference, or to the next B&Q, helpful staff.

Locals ones have life forms from the lower end of the gene pool.

I had a nightmare returning some paint to ScrewYouFix as the guy was being a jobsworth. After having a stand off he bent over & gave me a refund

It shouldn't of been that difficult

 

[Cobbler]

Like that, I’ve got all the bits scattered around here to make something similar.

The design, if you can call it that, involved what was in the shed. The horse shoes from Hotponyshoes a good while ago. Thanks

 

[dan.taylor.1]

Today I put a drawer where there wasn't really space for a drawer.

This is what it looks like:

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The upright bits screwed to the workbench top are 18 mm plywood, but the right hand one has been thinned down to 12 mm for about 35 mm depth. When I made my router table recently (out of 30 mm square aluminium extrusion), I designed it to mount onto the bench and arbitrarily decided that it should sit 12 mm from the end of the workbench. It felt too hard to move the router table's 6 mm diameter mounting holes 6 mm to the left, so I just made the drawer support a bit narrower so the router table can slot in above the drawer. It also leaves plenty of room above the drawer for F-clamps to hold bits of material sticking off the end of the bench to be cut off or whatever.

The drawer has very low sides (height chosen as I had some off-cuts in that size) such that the sharpening stones that live in this drawer protrude above the top of the drawer sides:

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That skateboard bearing on the bottom is spring-loaded into the block of aluminium (note to self: I must get better at cleaning marker pen off things when I've finished making them!). It runs on the bottom of the drawer. Close-up:

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There's a circular groove of about the same diameter as the bearing (a bit like a slot for a Woodruff key) that was cut with the flat part of a rounding-over bit in a router. When the drawer is half-way out, the bearing drops into the groove and locks the drawer in place:

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The marks on the bottom of the plywood are there because I used to use that bit of plywood as a don't-mind-if-it-gets-damp-and-grimy surface on top of my bench for sharpening.

The bearing locks the drawer into this position:

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Just far enough out that I can use the sharpening stones for a quick touch up of a tool (the drawer moves around slightly, but not enough to affect the sharpening operation and I can always shove my hip against it to hold it firmly in place if I'm trying to do a fairly aggressive grind). I then just pull the handle on the bottom of the bearing down and can either pull the drawer all the way out or push it back out of the way.

I used it this afternoon to sharpen all of my plane blades and it worked really well. Being lower than bench height means that I can lock my elbows while holding the blades, move my shoulders around and sharpen the secondary bevel really comfortably.

sorry to reply to an older post, but where did you get the aluminium extrusion from? I've been looking at a few websites but they all charge silly delivery fees.

 

[mr migwire]

last bit of the engine cover repaired, ready to go back to the loco shed for prep and paint.

 

[nickk]

Like the combination wire wheel flap disc,is that for when you slip off the edge wire brushing,you automatically bevel the edge to 120grit..

 

[dobbslc]

@The_Yellow_Ardvark
How do I know if Halfords Heat Resistance paint was not going to work with out trying?"

I had that at Halfords once with a pair of pipe grips I bought, they slipped without any force on them squashing my fingers! The monkey of a store manager said he wouldn't give me a refund as the "display packaging " was damaged.
I said how would I know they were **** and not of reasonable quality if I hadn't used them and that I had to take the packaging off to do that?
He couldn't answer that but still refused to give a refund that was until I quoted the sale of good act etc etc and he coughed up!
****!
I actually think he wanted the packaging to put them back on the shelves to sell again

 

[mr migwire]

Like the combination wire wheel flap disc,is that for when you slip off the edge wire brushing,you automatically bevel the edge to 120grit..

shear laziness on my part, had to knock some scale off before buffing with the flapper so did what any self respecting home bodger would do, looked at the grinder and thought, "theres enough threads showing on that to hold a cup brush for a quick job" very red neck but did the job,

 

[dan.taylor.1]

Yes I’m going to be on a long shelf with 6 holes in it so I can have it mounted to a wall but easily pull rods out when I need them.

Any chance of a list of parts for these? Have a few card tubes I want to replace

 

[Kram]

Heres a photo from yesterday. Lucky rain stopped me from messing it up. Today flattened it and done some test peices, but I need more practise

 

[Memmeddu]

Today has been a Makita day
So checked those cordless tools today
The brushless driver drill has a faulty ball bearing .
The impact driver needs a new switch
The brushless grinder probably needs a new PCB (I have to ask to my friend which has much more experience than me with those things)
The other driver drill needs a complete motor and gear assembly and I'm of the idea that could be not worth to repair
Also gave a look to a plasma cutter and made a thread about

 

[Memmeddu]

Heres a photo from yesterday. Lucky rain stopped me from messing it up. Today flattened it and done some test peices, but I need more practise

CBR?

 

[Tupers]

Any chance of a list of parts for these? Have a few card tubes I want to replace

It’s basically just 6x 50mm access caps, 6x 50mm tube joining sleeves & 6 meters of 2” pipe from my local plumbing shop.
Each end is capped with a piece of abs cut from a sheet and glued in.

 

[Kram]

CBR?

Yes 2002 model

 

[Memmeddu]

Yes 2002 model

My cousin has one RR