Stuff you have made today

[James1979]

That Orkney one is gorgeous.

Thank you

 

[brewdexta]

I've been busy up in the lofts sorting out ductwork, cabling and insulation, so not a lot to show for it apart from lots of swearing, but I did find time to print a few things.

I have a few raspberry pi, probably too many, and decided to tidy them up onto a DIN rail as that's where the PSU for them lives. I use these aluminium heatsink cases on them, and wanted to continue to use them,

They come with thermal pads to stick on the various chips and keep the pi nice and cool passively, at least for what I use them for.

At first I printed a couple of these off.

But the stand-offs get in the way of the aluminium heatsink case. And the clips break trying to put them on the DIN rail. I tried a few other designs based on various spring mechanisms, they are all carp.

So I had a look around for a better mount, and found these. Nice and simple, no effort to mount on the DIN rail and to take off too., its just a plastic tab that fits in a slot.

There are mounts for most of the flavours of pi, arduino etc. Below is an SSD mount too, although it would also take a full 2.5 HDD.

And here they are on the din rail. I have a few more to mount and I need to add some cable management and move a few other things out of the way

Here's the link to the 3d print on Thingiverse

Cheers
Andy

 

[AndersK]

Had two great days. First painted concrete floor red, jigsaw draw blood for the first time and it wasn't even running.
Then I was wading in the fish pond trying to pull up the water Lily's when I lost the grip and fell backwards to my wife and daughters amusement.
Fortunately there are no pictures as evidence so it will be denied when mentioned further

 

[Fraserb]

do u just cover that now with plastic

For anyone else interested as well.

Once we've finished chopping and rolling the grass in we pull in the clear side sheets you can see in this pic.

After that the whole pits covered with the double skinned plastic sheet. You can see the 2 layers seperating

On top of that is the green netting which is weighed down with old tyres.

 

[Gareth0123]

This is something I made back in April.

I have been extremely ill since December 2019 and have not been able to do a full day's work since then, which means my R-Tech 250 has pushed less than 1 X 15kg reel of wire in 18 months.

My adopted daughter lives about 2 miles across Norwich from where we do and she wanted to put her house on the market and move from her 2 up-2 down Victorian mid-terrace with a tiny north facing garden albeit in a desirable residential area to somewhere else in Norwich with a much larger south facing garden like ours.

No sooner had she decided to set about some of those little tidying up and decorating jobs done to make the house more saleable than some itinerant metal fairies disappeared her back garden gate. The gate was nothing special at all, just a cheap 30-40 year old Cannock mass produced wrought iron gate we haggled down to a fiver at a car boot. However, when Hannah moved into this house six years ago I had foreseen this particular issue and had replaced the cheap bolts and nuts used as the hinge with some grade 12.9 cap head bolts and nylock nuts thus I thought negating the casual two adjustables disappearing magic trick. I also thought I had thwarted all but a cordless grinder attack by cross drilling the nylock nuts and installing hardened roll pins as a further measure of antitheft security. I had not considered the cordless reciprocating saw approach as the Caravan Utilising Nomadic Travelling Scrap-collectors cut the wooden gate post off at ground level and stole it along with the gate.

For almost six months Hannah was without a proper garden gate, using an old pallet propped up to prevent her 5 year old son Isaac and her 10 year old dog Terra from escaping out the back and on to a reasonably busy residential commuter route.

As soon as I began to feel fit enough I made good on my Christmas promise to her and started to make a new gate.

I have inoperable kidney failure, my condition is currently not terminal but it is permanent as I we have found out with dramatic results about 12 months ago that I am allergic to both general and local anaesthetics.

Because of my condition, the proteinuria, the oedema, elevated blood pressure, retained fluid, dry retching and breathlessness, etc. I can only work for about 30 minutes and then I have to rest for about 3-4 hours, and this really frustrates the hell out of me.

Hannah's garden gate from beginning to end took me 5 days to complete; a job that normally would have taken me an afternoon and most of that would have been a tea break! .... and I didn't do the digging and concreting bit.

So here we go.

The rusty old new stock 75 x 75 x 3 box section steel gate posts. I've welded them to the 120mm X 10mm flat because of the step down from the garden to the communal back alley.

On the 1st of April I had got this far:

Rob & Paul did this for me on the 2nd of April.

Unfortunately I became ill again and it was the 22nd of April before I was well enough to start on the gate and by then the morning frosts had arrived here in Norfolk.

I set up a temporary work station in our garden and because Hannah was wanting to put her house on the market I decided to use some rusty old new stock that had been left uncovered and open to the elements and British weather outside my workshop for 15 months due to my illness.

05.45am on Friday the 23rd of April, it's -2°C out there and the steel for Hannah's new garden gate is covered in frost.

It's 06.30am on Saturday the 24th of April, it's -2°C and the frost is beginning to lift.
The main fabrication has been done and in about two hours time I'm going to position and fix in place the the closing stop plate and hinges and drill and tap the holes for the return spring and catch.
My trusty R-Tech 250-1 mig welder has been left out all night under that green garden waste bag.

I can only work for about 30 minutes before I become tired and have to rest. I rushed about and only rested for about 1½ - 2 hours between sessions, it took me all day to get to this stage and I've made a terrible school boy error: can you see it?

My adopted daughter Hannah stood proudly with her new gate at the pre-completion fitting to ensure everything is OK before painting it chocolate brown and final installation ready for her house to go on the market.

Back at ours and after a lick of Red Oxide the Chocolate Brown gloss has been applied.

I forgot to take my camera with me when I delivered the gate and Rob installed it for me, so alas there is not a final insitu photo.

 

[My Old Landy]

This something I made back in April.
I have been extremely ill since December 2019 and have not been able to do a full days work since then, which means my r-tech 250 has pushed less than 1X 15kg reel of wire in 18 months.

My adopted daughter lives about 2 miles across Norwich from where we do and she wanted to put her house on the market and move from her 2 up 2 down Victorian terrace with a tiny north facing garden albeit in a desirable residential area to somewhere else in Norwich with a larger south facing garden like ours.

No sooner had she decided to set about some of those little tidying up and decorating jobs done to make the house more sellable than Nomadic metal fairies stole her back garden gate. The gate was nothing special at all, just a cheap 30-40 year old Cannock mass made wrought iron gate. However, when Hannah moved into this house six years ago I had foreseen this particular issue and had replaced the cheap bolts and nuts used as the hinge for some grade 12.9 cap head bolts and nylock nuts thus I thought negating the casual two adjustables approach disappearing magic trick. I also thought I had thwarted all but a cordless grinder attack by cross drilling the nylock nuts and installing harden roll pins as a further measure of antitheft security.
I had not considered the cordless reciprocating saw approach as the Caravan Utilising Nomadic Travelling Scrap-collectors cut the wooden gate post off at ground level and stole it along with the gate.

For almost five months Hannah was without a proper garden gate and using an old pallet propped up to prevent both 5 year old Isaac and her 10 year old dog; Terra from escaping out the back and on to a reasonably busy residential commuter route.

As soon as I began to feel fit enough I made good my Christmas promise to her and started make a new gate.

I have inoperable kidney failure, my condition is not terminal but it is permanent as I we have found out that I am allergic to both general and local anesthetics.

Because of my condition, the oedema, elevated blood pressure, retained fluid, dry retching and breathlessness, etc. I can only work for about 30 minutes and then I have to rest for about 3-4 hours, and this really frustrates the hell out of me. Hannah's garden gate from beginning to end took me 5 days to complete; a job that normally would have taken me an afternoon and most of that would have been a tea break! .... and I didn't do the digging and concreting bit.

So here we go.

The new 75 x 75 x 3 box section steel gate posts. I've welded them to the 120mm wide flat because of the steps down from the garden to the communal back alley:
On the 1st of April I had got this far:

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Rob & Paul did this for me on the 2nd of April.

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Unfortunately I became ill again and it was the 22nd of April before I was well enough to start on the gate and the frosts had arrived her in Norfolk.

I set up a temporary work station in our garden and because Hannah was wanting to put her house on the market I decided to use some rusty old new stock that had been left uncovered and open to the weather outside my workshop for 15 months due to my illness.

05.45am on the 23rd of April, it's -2°C out there and the steel for Hannah's new garden gate is covered in frost.

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It's 06.30am on Saturday the 24th of April, it's -2° C and the frost is beginning to lift.
The main fabrication has been done and in about two hours time I'm going to position and fix in place the the stop plate and hinges and drill and tap the holes for the return spring and catch.
My trusty R-Tech 250-1 mig welder has been left out all night under that green garden waste bag.


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I can only work for about 30 minutes, I rushed and only rested for about 1½ - 2 hours between sessions. It took me all day to get to this stage and I made a school boy error: can you see it?

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My adopted daughter Hannah stood proudly with her new gate at the pre-completion fitting to ensure everything is OK before painting it chocolate brown and final installation ready for her house to go on the market.

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Back at ours and after a lick of ready Oxide the chocolate brown gloss has been applied.
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I forgot to take my camera when I installed the gate, so alas there is not a final photo.

That looks really good

 

[Hood]

Gate looks good, not so great regards the health, hopefully you get some better spells.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I assume you're retired, to be able to put those sorts of hours in?

Nah, like the Pinkerton Detective Agency, he never sleeps

 

[123hotchef]

I made a water wall and I also made my shogun lower

 

[dobbslc]

I can see you having a waterfall when those bottom bottles crush down!
Nice job on the Shogun lowering kit

 

[Barking Mat]

Water wall?

 

[h-dom]

Posted in another thread but fitted the handle today. A bit of carving in the handle and a leather wrap and it's all ready to go out.

 

[EM1L4]

I made a water wall and I also made my shogun lower

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When you said shogun lowering and water wall I pictures the weighing scales at the end of the water wall as a shotgun target and the water as a makeshift bullet stop! Thankfully that’s not what you’ve created!

 

[Justme]

Last couple of days I have been making the raised deck & ramp frame.
Today I painted it.

Tomorrow I plan on fitting the 4 rails on the ramp & then cut / shape the ends. Which will be about all I get done as I have a learner lesson for a couple of hours & the odd car repair to do as well.
Thursday I will be laying the decking boards & if I have time / the paint arrives painting with anti slip resin paint.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I'm always amazed at how you take something that looks crappy, and turn it into something desirable. And it never seems to take you all that long, either... I assume you're retired, to be able to put those sorts of hours in?

Parts ordered during the week, on a works slow point.

Striped Thursday, repairs on Friday evening, paint and more repairs on Saturday.
Small jobs Sunday, assemble Monday and steamed.

Thank you for your kind commit.

 

[Barking Mat]

Parts ordered during the week, on a works slow point.

Striped Thursday, repairs on Friday evening, paint and more repairs on Saturday.
Small jobs Sunday, assemble Monday and steamed.

Thank you for your kind commit.

photos @The_Yellow_Ardvark ...

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

photos @The_Yellow_Ardvark ...

Go see my Mamod rebuild @Barking Mat

 

[Barking Mat]

Go see my Mamod rebuild @Barking Mat

I've seen it, liked it, probably catching up on a unreviewed thread, .....

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I've seen it, liked it, probably catching up on a unreviewed thread, .....

Or out of beer.

 

[Barking Mat]

Or out of beer.

No danger of that...