Stuff you have made today

[Hitch]

I seem to be doing more and more round stuff at the moment and never got trammels to suit...
So knocked up this little setup.
Centre point, sliding on 8mm bar, and a holder for pen or scribe, plus the addition of a copper cutter on the end so it can be used to trim plastic coating on sheets neatly.
Knocked up a large nylon pivot for it too, so it can be used with larger holes as the centre.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

this roof should catch the dead leaves and pigeon poo.

If the wind gets under that plastic roofing, it'll be difficult to stop the damage it's capable of doing to it.
Is there any way of preventing a gale getting a hold unde there?

 

[Maker]

If the wind gets under that plastic roofing, it'll be difficult to stop the damage it's capable of doing to it.
Is there any way of preventing a gale getting a hold unde there?

Sheds and fences on all 4 sides should shield it from the wind a bit, I might suggest she chucks a couple of bricks up there if it gets a bit blustery.

 

[Barking Mat]

@Maker expanding Pu foam bodges holes a treat. Keeps draughts out.

 

[Barking Mat]

Wow @Hood no, I've never seen 'marine engineering' like that either. But if it works..,.,.

 

[Cuthy246]

Press getting there, a few finishing touches are needed. Also need to find some scrap angle to use for legs/feet

 

[Hood]

Wow @Hood no, I've never seen 'marine engineering' like that either. But if it works..,.,.

Well the problem is, it didn't or at least not for long they have only had the boat a few months and it was supposedly a new engine fitted.

 

[Memmeddu]

This thing
I'm little bit out of training

 

[Lazurus]

This thing
I'm little bit out of training

For scaling the castle ramparts

 

[Memmeddu]

For scaling the castle ramparts

I need to fishing in my water well
Someone dropped trash into so I need to clean it

 

[8ob]

Meant to post a photoView attachment 191629

Very nice

 

[northwest]

Well, machine and enclosure all finished. Now all I need to do is learn how to use it. Ask me how I am getting on. In about three years..............



For those that are interested I stuck the polycarb sheet on the doors with 3M acrylic VHB tape. This stuff STICKS. I was very surprised the first time I used it, once it gets a grip it just does not let go. The last lot I had to cut apart.

 

[Barking Mat]

Nice enclosure, glass or perspex?

 

[Hood]

Got an urgent request to make up a short mast, MCA have decided a boat needs to have fishing lights and the skipper came in at 3pm asking if I could make up a mast so he would get the pass so an hour later after some cutting and welding I had the mast made up from the left overs of my gates

Decided to try and make the hinge joint on the tool setter arm watertight. When I got it the bearings were knackered as coolant and gunge had got in, I replaced the bearings but decided to drill some drain holes and also fit an O Ring.First job was to mill a groove for the ring.

Next was to glue up an O Ring.

 

[northwest]

Nice enclosure, glass or perspex?

I am pleased with it. The sides are 6mm Polycarb sheet but they can slide up so I could put long items in to work on. The doors are 3mm polycarb sheet and it bent really easily on the folder. Plenty of spring in it so a good couple of goes until I was happy then stuck to the doors with 3M VHB tape. Bit of a fiddly job but I am very pleased with it. I will get a couple of coats of Meguires (sp) plastic polish on before I use it in anger as I would like to keep the finish. We shall see. Fortunately the doors are easily removable if I need to cut it off for replacement.

 

[Hitch]

Pulling up a few cones this morning, weld up the seams next week, then they're away to have a knuckle spun onto the edge.

 

[henry Kadzielski]

^^^ Here in OZ when someone mentions 'pulling a few cones' they do not mean sheet metal ones. Had to put up with a few boys in my fishing days, after they had finished with a few cones. Now the only cones that I have to put up with are along the lines of what you do @Hitch. Life is now much better

@Hood good evening. You make me feel that I am a bit slack in producing things, so some of yesterdays. Was asked to do some steel brackets in an emergency, as they had been forgotten about and can we have them today. Was sent a pdf of what they wanted and they only wanted 4 each of three small items that also had to be bent. Oh forgot can we have them painted and what about the preparation. WEll I mentioned that I can put them into the blast cabinet, blast them, cold gal and even some epoxy prima on top. Let me know ASAP so we can start so you can have them this afternoon. So waited, nothing. Had a boat to get off the slip I had replaced the starboard side shaft in yesterday. Take it for a test run to see if all is good and put it back on it's mooring. Well trying to moor it side on against 25 to 30knots of NE wind, well that was an adventure to say the least. Returned to the workshop in time of lunch and get a breather after the 'mooring', check the emails and still nothing re drawings. Rang up it these drawings will be coming and 'OH' don't you have them yet and can you make them from 6mm alli and can we have some more. So twelve pieces turned into 28 and here is the result.

 

[henry Kadzielski]

All bits ready as requested 4.30pm on Friday afternoon, rang to tell them to collect, reply well we will send someone to collect Monday. Maybe I'm trying to please too much.

Well after the calm Friday I slept 10hours straight. Makes me wonder why we do this at times

 

[Hood]

Yes, get that quite often, urgent, need right away, tell them it is done and they pick up a week later. The best one was a guy needed some RHS stainless angled at ends and capped and then 200 holes bored in a specific pattern on one side and a 50mm hole on the other. Some kind of filter/strainer. He needed them urgently, that was 6 months ago and he still hasn't picked them up, he got billed for them and paid (a premium) for them so I am not caring too much, they are now in the scrap

 

[Hood]

Today I made my better half happy and my dog unhappy.
The dog likes to run round the back and be let in the back door when I go home, now he won't be able to Although I reckon within a few days he will have worked out that if he pushes against the gate it will open and he can get through.

I was hoping to just get the stainless gates blasted but the guy at the coating place reckoned they wouldn't end up very even so I decided just to get them powder coated instead.

Ok so front gate, not sure if Max is liking it or saying it looks terrible.

And from the outside.

The side gate from the outside, light wasn't the best as there is a Rowan in the way so pic is not great. Max is definitely not liking the gate in this picture

And finally looking from the back out to the front.