Stuff you have made today

[Moose McAlpine]

Unsurprisingly, gift wrapping today.



I wrap all gifts like this.

 

[MCKDAVID]

Got a fry from one of the boats, boiled them up and shelled some of them.

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Then added some rice and curry sauce.

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And a fine fry it looks... Nice one..

 

[DAPPH]

Today I made my workshop tidy after a VERY long time in absolute chaos. I've been doing too many parallel projects using every corner of my workshop at the same time and it was quite cathartic to have a thorough tidy-up. Started yesterday after work and spent yesterday evening and all of today on it, but it's finally looking presentable.

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Al, what sort of mill is that , where did it come from , is it a table top size ??

Ha ha just seen the posts after the picture ..that looks interesting for next year if Covid does not get me.

 

[DAPPH]

Got a fry from one of the boats, boiled them up and shelled some of them.

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Then added some rice and curry sauce.

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I wish we could get Scottish shrimps like that instead of the dirty sewer water Indonesian pond stuff the supermarkets sell .

 

[Hood]

I wish we could get Scottish shrimps like that instead of the dirty sewer water Indonesian pond stuff the supermarkets sell .

We call them prawns. Shrimps up this way are totally different beasties.

 

[Olderisbetter]

This is a cross made from quality old 10mm ply and some 38mm x 19mm clear pine off cuts and a toy play sword, it is a very over engineered box to put chocolate bars in and a voucher for an adult but hopefully it will then become a bit of pirates treasure for a young lad.
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My home made cross is now filled with chocolate bars a few gold coins and a Steam voucher..

 

[selectedgrub]

That turned out real nice man.

 

[DAPPH]

We call them prawns. Shrimps up this way are totally different beasties.

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Interesting ....are they also (Pandalus borealis) ?

Here is a tube vid about Canadian shrimp ..ate lots of them in the nearly three months I was over there on a long fly drive holiday to see the in laws . (15) Atlantic Canadian Coldwater Shrimp (Wild Atlantic Prawns) - YouTube are they the same beastie ?

 

[Hood]

What we call prawns are often called langoustines by the posh people


The shrimps we have this way are similar to the ones in the vid.

 

[RichardM]

It's an Sieg SX3 with the longer table (might be called an SX3L or something) and an aftermarket DRO, along with various modifications (some essential, like the spindle lock lever). Lots of info on mine is on my website (link: https://www.cgtk.co.uk/metalwork).

For a benchtop mill, it's a nice little machine, although I'd much rather have a floor standing one. Like all benchtop ones, there's a distinct lack of mass so it struggles under heavy cuts. The spindle depth DRO is terrible (I replaced mine it was so bad) - jumps all over the place. The display thing can also get glitchy with heavy cuts (i.e. with vibration), but hot melt glue on the connections sorts that.

That all makes it sound awful, which it isn't. I'm sure to a user of an FP1 or a Bridgeport it would be shockingly bad, but I've done an awful lot with it and it's coped with everything I've thrown at it. Read the pages on my website about the mods I've made and why. I'm happy to answer any questions about it.

Oh, and buy a fairly decent vice to go with it if you get one.

Many thanks, I'll have a look and read. It's to upgrade a Chester 16v, don't have the space for a "big" mill but would like something with a bit more rigidity.

 

[Fraserb]

And we're off.

 

[Fraserb]

In action

 

[James1979]

And we're off.

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Thats mega. I want to make one for my god daughter

 

[Westfield-builder]

Never mind your god- daughter, I want the young fella to come and do my lawn !

 

[Tangledfeet]

@Fraserb That is awesome - did wonder what you were making!

 

[Fraserb]

@Fraserb That is awesome - did wonder what you were making!

It didn't actually start as a Christmas present, but it's worked out OK.

 

[Farside]

In action

You need never worry about your drive and weeds, from now on.

 

[hazzabo]

That is so good!

 

[decca]

And we're off.

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Top job. Like the way the arms retract and then lower to park themselves. That mechanism must have taken a bit of figuring out.
Great work.

 

[Fraserb]

Top job. Like the way the arms retract and then lower to park themselves. That mechanism must have taken a bit of figuring out.
Great work.

The boom rests and such are a blatant copy of my real sprayer, getting the geometry and such right took some getting right though.