Stuff you have made today

[Kram]

My nan is 96 and has problems getting up from her chair, shes had one of these stander things but it wont work with her chair, it doesnt have a liftable cusion and the handles are far too high and too far forward.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01AFQK166/

So first change is fit the down tubes directly on the U frame. Plan handles to be bolt on so they can rotate to best position.

I got the feet onto welding bench.
Had 5 or 6 heavy showers and keep having to shift everything back indoors

First proper test of the wp20 watercooled torch. It works! Stayed nice cool at 100A and I wasnt feeling any heat. the cable is a bit short, and the tactile button I used is rubbish needs replacing.
Strange thing when I swapped to the wp17 at 60A, the back of my glove/hand/fingers were getting burnt and Im still not too sure how, or why it didnt with the wp20.

 

[BarrieJ]

One of these bending things (whose name completely escapes me) which I've been meaning to knock up for years but have not until now.
Whilst doing it I also upgraded the breaker in my garage CU to a 16A type C, as welding it on full whack tripped the old type B.

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Bending forks.
I eventually gave up on fabricated ones and forged a couple at different sizes.
Hope yours work well for you but I'd not had much success with mine, made similarly to yours. I always worked hot but invariably perhaps tried too much and I'd bend one or both of the forks.
I ended up as below (not mine but you get the idea) but have seen 'smiths fabricate them with a deeper base with more of the forks welded to a stem piece that would fit in the Hardy hole.




For steel, I found car coil springs gave the best results, cheap and plentiful
Anyway, lets hope you have more success (or you're a bit lighter handed!). than me.
All the best.

 

[Beeezer]

She’s looking good for 96!

 

[Other Daniel]

She’s looking good for 96!

Yep, I'd be happily fooled by that....!

 

[bricol]

My nan is 96 and has problems getting up from her chair, shes had one of these stander things but it wont work with her chair, it doesnt have a liftable cusion and the handles are far too high and too far forward.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01AFQK166/

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So first change is fit the down tubes directly on the U frame. Plan handles to be bolt on so they can rotate to best position.
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I got the feet onto welding bench.
Had 5 or 6 heavy showers and keep having to shift everything back indoors

First proper test of the wp20 watercooled torch. It works! Stayed nice cool at 100A and I wasnt feeling any heat. the cable is a bit short, and the tactile button I used is rubbish needs replacing.
Strange thing when I swapped to the wp17 at 60A, the back of my glove/hand/fingers were getting burnt and Im still not too sure how, or why it didnt with the wp20.

Don't over look the potential for the chair to be too low in the first place - I added some of these to all my mum's chairs - figured by the time I'd got the steel, measured, cut, made, painted . . . made a big improvement to her ease of getting up.

Morris Settee Raiser - Adjustable Height Frames

Morris Settee Raiser - Adjustable Height Frames

www.morrisandalexander.com

 

[W.olly]

work bench number 2 done, anther bodge but will be fine. already set up as can be seen for first job

Oh and cleared, well nearly, the welding table

It was filled with all the rubbish.....sorry much needed stuff i have collected over time.

feels like its all coming together now

 

[My Old Landy]

work bench number 2 done, anther bodge but will be fine. already set up as can be seen for first job

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Oh and cleared, well nearly, the welding table

It was filled with all the rubbish.....sorry much needed stuff i have collected over time.

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feels like its all coming together now

Looking too clear, better throw some stuff on it

 

[W.olly]

Looking too clear, better throw some stuff on it

Oh no, its the fun to have it clean and clear then fill it with junk of welding cock ups to then spend an hour try and find a tape measure or vernier

 

[W.olly]

On the elusive tape measure. I have gained more than i thought i had. I was routing for one every day while rebuilding the work shop. Now its near done i seem to have come by 6 of them. one i thought went AWOL a long time ago lol.

What is it with tape measures, or is it just me.

 

[Barking Mat]

On the elusive tape measure. I have gained more than i thought i had. I was routing for one every day while rebuilding the work shop. Now its near done i seem to have come by 6 of them. one i thought went AWOL a long time ago lol.

What is it with tape measures, or is it just me.

Tape measures and dust pans and brushes.

I must have six of each, tape measures I'm getting better with, when I find them lying around they go in the measuring drawer, dust pans and brushes, I can never find.

 

[My Old Landy]

Tape measures and dust pans and brushes.

I must have six of each, tape measures I'm getting better with, when I find them lying around they go in the measuring drawer, dust pans and brushes, I can never find.

When I packed up the workshop I found three dustpan and brushes and two yard brooms I also found all my Imperial tape measures. The metric one never goes missing as I rarely use it

 

[Onoff]

My nan is 96 and has problems getting up from her chair, shes had one of these stander things but it wont work with her chair, it doesnt have a liftable cusion and the handles are far too high and too far forward.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01AFQK166/

Gilf!

 

[m_c]

It was a cnc lathe,just not five axis.

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So my guess was reasonably accurate then

I would have thought the tool would have been mounted radially (or is it perpendicular - my brain is fried after spending 9 days working at an event!), so the cutting force was more direct into the holder, but I'm guessing it was more a case of what was available, rather what would be technically more robust?

 

[MattF]

Gilf!

There's just no hope for some.

 

[123hotchef]

I just finished getting the shogun ready to.go to the fuel station.

 

[My Old Landy]

I just finished getting the shogun ready to.go to the fuel station.

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Needs more armour plating and pointy bits for a successful trip

 

[123hotchef]

Needs more armour plating and pointy bits for a successful trip

armour i thre in pic 4! i like the pointy bit idea though more of a pointed scoop me thinks

 

[Kram]

Failure

I did manage to get some tacks inside, holding the filter mesh but, couldnt get a bead on the sheet any where near the cup, without punching holes in it and the 308l filler did not want to flow. Torch angled at the sheet. 25-,45A. 1mm sheet and 0.5mm cup.
I did try a bit of mild filler too.

Rain happened after.. waiting for it to stop so I can pack everything away!
I did get the fan mount and tube stuck with slightly more success, but rained again before I could start the inlet tube.

 

[Brad93]

Failure
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I did manage to get some tacks inside, holding the filter mesh but, couldnt get a bead on the sheet any where near the cup, without punching holes in it and the 308l filler did not want to flow. Torch angled at the sheet. 25-,45A. 1mm sheet and 0.5mm cup.
I did try a bit of mild filler too.

Rain happened after.. waiting for it to stop so I can pack everything away!
I did get the fan mount and tube stuck with slightly more success, but rained again before I could start the inlet tube.

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Arc gap too long

 

[Brad93]

Failure
View attachment 312837
I did manage to get some tacks inside, holding the filter mesh but, couldnt get a bead on the sheet any where near the cup, without punching holes in it and the 308l filler did not want to flow. Torch angled at the sheet. 25-,45A. 1mm sheet and 0.5mm cup.
I did try a bit of mild filler too.

Rain happened after.. waiting for it to stop so I can pack everything away!
I did get the fan mount and tube stuck with slightly more success, but rained again before I could start the inlet tube.

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Post it to me I'll do it for you