Stuff you have made today

[Farside]

Whilst there I saw the chippys ripping up beautiful oak flooring and other joinery out along with some natural stone flooring.
I asked why to be told the wood was too woody and the stone too natural.

I wired the electrics and installed UFH in a huge oak barn structure that was tacked on to the back of an unpretentious Georgian farmhouse. Overall, the effect was ok, and the flooring that went down was a lovely type of larch or maple, that would have looked marvellous if finished right.
When I went back the good lady of the house had taken it into her head to roller-wash the floor with white emulsion, deliberately unevenly with a heavily-diluted mix so that it was patchy as hell, in some form of misguided effort to achieve 'instant rural chic' as was the fashion at the time.
I was utterly aghast.
Not only did it not look anything like any rural dwelling floor I've ever seen, it just looked totally crap in its own right. Thousands of quid's worth of effort utterly ruined. That paint would never be got out again.

 

[jordhandson]

It was clear that the crucibles had broken.

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So all I could do was keep the fire hot and let the metal run out. I managed to run out 14kg but as you can see I have "berg" stuck.

Do you have any idea why the crucibles had broken, (damp or un-treated) reason I ask is I have just bought a I think it is a Salamander crucible to do almost the same thing, and wouldn't like the same thing to happen.

Cheers

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Did you know coffee can be used for quenching. Tip. Do not place coffee mug next to mug with water in for quenching.

Best behaviour from today then, now that they've got you outnumbered again.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Do you have any idea why the crucibles had broken, (damp or un-treated) reason I ask is I have just bought a I think it is a Salamander crucible to do almost the same thing, and wouldn't like the same thing to happen.

Cheers

One I am guessing was heat stressed. I think one side hot hotter than the other side and failed that way.
One the bottom just melted and fused with the embers bed.
The last I can find chunks, but not enough tgo make a complete one.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Best behaviour from today then, now that they've got you outnumbered again.

No I will not get found out.

 

[jordhandson]

One I am guessing was heat stressed. I think one side hot hotter than the other side and failed that way.
One the bottom just melted and fused with the embers bed.
The last I can find chunks, but not enough tgo make a complete one.

Ah ok cheers food for thought

 

[slim_boy_fat]

No I will not get found out.

Unless we blab......

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Ah ok cheers food for thought

 

[jordhandson]

Ive just had another Thort was you crucibles graphite or metal

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Unless we blab......

I know were you live.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Ive just had another Thort was you crucibles graphite or metal

Fire clay coated metal for 2 and the third was metal only.

 

[jordhandson]

Fire clay coated metal for 2 and the third was metal only.

Cheers that will explain a lot thanks

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Put the subtitles on. Nearly as good as DB with subtitles.

 

[8ob]

I made the kennel road worthy and ready for its mot tomorrow, new top and bottom ball joints both sides, all the rubber wishbone bushes, anti roll bar links, shocks and steering rack arms and track rod ends.

One of the new camber adjuster bolts had lost its thread in transit but managed to rescue one of the old ones, the rest had to be cut out with a recip saw, mobile suds saved the day



Saffire three bush removal tool



All had a bit of a hard life in the last five years



All done

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Saved this sapele from some banisters I replaced.

Turned it into a new bigger train table for the kids.
Still needs trimming and sanding.
Will have a ply top over the mdf eiher painted or detail burnt in.
Only screws used were for the internal batten. Mortise and tennons.

 

[Maker]

Are they Brio trains? I had a table about that high and used to put all the bridge pieces end to end to try to make a ramp down to the floor. It never worked.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Are they Brio trains? I had a table about that high and used to put all the bridge pieces end to end to try to make a ramp down to the floor. It never worked.

They are. Got a smaller one in the lounge already. Going to recover the table and will go upstairs to hopefully help contain the Lego that finds its way everywhere.

I have a plan to create two custom brio ramps to get from the table to the floor and back. May have to trim out some of the side to avoid the up/down off the table.

 

[Dieselman 63]

That’s the letterbox done. No red paint so I used wire wrapped around a baton. Works well, adds to the look! Hand painted numbers, best part is it was completely free.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Bit of time to myself again. Family back and now resting.
So I played.



Left in Citric acid, "wizzed" on a Bench mounted wire brush. Only one needed anything doing to it. All that needed was to dress a burr back on the third one from the left, cutting flute.

The Die, that was found in the bottom of the box what the tools arrived in. It is a BSP.




The pruning saw. Striped, de-rusted and the handle cleaned. The teeth were set, not they needed much.
The handle came up very well, a dense wood, heavy for the size. But no details on the maker yet.




The Compass plane.

Out off all the tools I have recently collected, this was the one what let me down. I know the wooden plough plane tested me.
This one cleaned up well, the blade has taken an edge. But is so badly pitted to the point of bring useless. After de-rusting it, holes appeared in the blade and the cap iron. They are both approx. 3mm thick, so you see how much wasted there has been. The blade and cap iron are a odd size, this makes replacement unlikely.

Worse, when the cleaned wedge was inserted a crack has appeared running 80% through the body. I am guessing the blade and cap iron swelled with rust making the crack start. Now they both have been cleaned the small amount of force I used was enough to allow the crack to expand.

Shame.

But a fun few days.

 

[Munkul]

started a frame for a tractor mounted 32kw generator