Stuff you have made today

Mark 2 · Jun 3, 2020

Re purposed a mk3 Simmons drum pad (skin)

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eLuSiVeMiTe · Jun 3, 2020

dobbslc said:
You'll have to explain how you scribed that line! I can never get it right

Practice and one of these.
Gone up a lot since I bought mine 5 years back think I paid a tenner

Though had to be inventive due to the contours. Used it flat with a second pencil to mark

Hood · Jun 3, 2020

Did a few jobs whilst waiting on some stainless arriving, one was a 1.1/4" BSP threaded boss for welding to the water tank for the new plasma.

The stainless arrived just after mid day so I got two of the sheets on the plasma and chopped up.

Got two of the main parts of the mackerel stripper boxes made up.
Pic of one below.

Vid of some of the plasma cutting.

eLuSiVeMiTe · Jun 3, 2020

eLuSiVeMiTe said:
Practice and one of these.
Gone up a lot since I bought mine 5 years back think I paid a tenner

Though had to be inventive due to the contours. Used it flat with a second pencil to mark

Always used to cut a bit of wood with a v one ond and a pencil notch the other end but one scribe one job

Never got on with a pair of compasses. Couldn't get enough pressure of the pencil.

dobbslc · Jun 3, 2020

But how do you set the scribe?

AndersK · Jun 3, 2020

eLuSiVeMiTe said:
Practice and one of these.

Those are really handy at times.
I've split a pencil and replaced the graphite with a sharp 2,4 mm tungsten, great for using it on metal.

eLuSiVeMiTe · Jun 3, 2020

dobbslc said:
But how do you set the scribe?

Il use this picture to explain.

I Cut the board 60mm wider than the unit.
Temp screwed in place and scribed and cut to the floor.

Mark 22mm from the front. (offset for doors)
And temp screw in place level and plumb

Set scribe from carcass face to 22mm mark.
That's how much needs to be cut off from any point in the wall to fit

Run scribe down wall and transfer that distance to the end panel

I cut 15 mm shor of the line
Refitted it temporarily and double checked and adjusted. (not normally needed on a normal wall but this was all over the shop.

Then set the angle on the jigsaw to allow clearance as per

And cut to my final line.

eLuSiVeMiTe · Jun 3, 2020

eLuSiVeMiTe said:
Il use this picture to explain.

View attachment 234439

I Cut the board 60mm wider than the unit.
Temp screwed in place and scribed and cut to the floor.

Mark 22mm from the front. (offset for doors)
And temp screw in place level and plumb

Set scribe from carcass face to 22mm mark.
That's how much needs to be cut off from any point in the wall to fit

Run scribe down wall and transfer that distance to the end panel

I cut 15 mm shor of the line
Refitted it temporarily and double checked and adjusted. (not normally needed on a normal wall but this was all over the shop.

Then set the angle on the jigsaw to allow clearance as per
View attachment 234440
And cut to my final line.

For infills.
I do them like this

eLuSiVeMiTe · Jun 3, 2020

eLuSiVeMiTe said:
For infills.
I do them like this

Different tools but same process.

Distance from the roller to the pencil is how much further the board needs to go back.
As long as the boards clamped true it's foolproof.

eLuSiVeMiTe · Jun 3, 2020

AndersK said:
Those are really handy at times.
I've split a pencil and replaced the graphite with a sharp 2,4 mm tungsten, great for using it on metal.

Yup. Don't regret buying it
Saves cutting a bit of timber to the size needed and it's much easier to keep it level compared to compasses.
Good idea re the tungsten actually
Come in handy on high gloss panels that don't hold a pencil line well.

Beeezer · Jun 4, 2020

You'll have to explain how you scribed that line! I can never get it right :doh:

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A pencil taped to a block of wood works for me, make the block of wood the same size as your biggest gap or there about..

Olderisbetter · Jun 4, 2020

Beeezer said:
You'll have to explain how you scribed that line! I can never get it right

A pencil taped to a block of wood works for me, make the block of wood the same size as your biggest gap or there about..[/QUOTE]
I just cut a really wonky line down some timber and then build the wall up to that line, it looks scribed and i charge extra for the "ristic" effect :laughing:

Hood · Jun 4, 2020

Had a couple of jobs to do repairing haulers etc on boats this morning but got back to the stainless this afternoon.
Got the third box made up and also got the chute welded up and welded to the box.

I then got the last sheet of stainless onto the plasma and got that cut up, much easier to store a sheet in 20 smaller pieces

Kram · Jun 4, 2020

Garage has been a proper mess for a long time. These two old cabinets were from the kitchen, finally got them moved and a lot of stuff on them already. Much neater. Then theres a few stacks of new kitchen off cuts I saved from the skip to move somewhere useful. Need to sort through the bits on the floor. Half is old rubbish and the rest is bike bits as its in pieces right now.

gaz1 · Jun 4, 2020

we started this today even on a poor day it has to be done 3 people on this

top end has to be waterproof as its a seperate house had enough at 9.30pm

so this was the start

morning rip off slates get wet with drizzle

3pm rain

had enough

AndersK · Jun 5, 2020

Tried some 230 mm Klingspor cutting discs for the first time and I really like how well they perform.
This is from cutting roughly same amount that consumed a whole Dronco disc. My last Dronco, ever.

Memmeddu · Jun 5, 2020

Came back home 55 minutes ago
Thought about killing the customer ,his father in-law , the wood workers and someone else down the street .
I have a question for you all
Did you ever think (corrige I've written thought ) to put a switch into the roof?

The installation was ready to being mounted on a drywall style wood cover .
Who made that was to lazy to cut some hidden lumbers without any structural function to have enough tolerance for the wires .
Nope he did ruin my work and put the switch box inside the roof .
I have to restart from zero .
They told it's my fault , that's not the first problem they caused me and to my family business...
I have my 32mm and adjustable wrench in the toolbox full time .
I'm thinking that's better leave them at home prior to kill someone .
Tomorrow I'll hopefully close this dammed job ..

PS
If it doesn't match the family friendly rules I ask to the staff to remove or maybe better modify .
Sorry and thanks for the comprehension