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I used to visit car and bike dealers who had their parts dept running the same system It worked well until the storeman went sick and the dealership couldn't operate. Not the same situation as yours but used to make me smile.
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Bob Missons used to be the same.
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R.I.P Greg and Keith. They were one of my calls and I could never understand how they worked in that workshop in the winter .
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The Rose and crown On the bridge helped.
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Bending some alu sheet for a pcb enclosure. Vice bender put plenty of scratches into the annodising and I need a removable way of bolting the vice to lathe bench.
Also swept the floor - I know where everything is, and it wasnt in the bit I swept! (Dropped some inserts last week
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I bolted my "walkabout " vice to an old van brake disc and the when I want it secure I just use a couple of G clamps to whatever surface is handy.View attachment 274490
Bending some alu sheet for a pcb enclosure. Vice bender put plenty of scratches into the annodising and I need a removable way of bolting the vice to lathe bench.
Also swept the floor - I know where everything is, and it wasnt in the bit I swept! (Dropped some inserts last week
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I only re-organised because we moved house. Now I have to figure out where everything lives again, hence the labels.
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Today I made a reel for rolling out and probably more importantly, rolling back in 100m of 2 inch lay-flat hose.
Rough and ready.
It's made out of stuff I had kicking about, scaffold tube, 8mm re-bar, scaffold jack leg and plastic from a damaged fender.
I'll see if it works next week.
I used one of @pressbrake1 steel welding squares to hold the bits in place for tacking and a set of rolls I got on here for bending the re-bar for the drum..
I might even give it a lick of paint, not to protect it, but to see if I can lower the chances of it being thrown in the scrap skip while it's still needed.
Rough and ready.
It's made out of stuff I had kicking about, scaffold tube, 8mm re-bar, scaffold jack leg and plastic from a damaged fender.
I'll see if it works next week.
I used one of @pressbrake1 steel welding squares to hold the bits in place for tacking and a set of rolls I got on here for bending the re-bar for the drum..
I might even give it a lick of paint, not to protect it, but to see if I can lower the chances of it being thrown in the scrap skip while it's still needed.
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I done that before and put them up for £70. No one was interested at that price which meant earning about £10 an hour I thought why bother.Looks really good, I've made a few but never polished them up like that, looks much more striking.Next time I'm home I might try to knock a batch out and see what I can get for them on Etsy.
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That's why I've never done it before but I reckon making ten at a time I could do them a bit quicker. Would probably save a bit of time starting with annealed sheet rather than 22mm water pipe too.
Just had a thought, there's probably money doing metal versions of trendy houseplants, people sell cuttings, literally single leaves, for upwards of fifty quid because they're slightly more variegated than the plant usually is!
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Would you mind if I showed my wife this photo? It might work ...... Or not.
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Got a "How to" on these, they are really cool. I have done wooden flowers on my lathe but would like to try theseThat's why I've never done it before but I reckon making ten at a time I could do them a bit quicker. Would probably save a bit of time starting with annealed sheet rather than 22mm water pipe too.
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Just had a thought, there's probably money doing metal versions of trendy houseplants, people sell cuttings, literally single leaves, for upwards of fifty quid because they're slightly more variegated than the plant usually is!
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Bit of a modification to the router table I had of @mrsbruce
Needed to clamp it down to stop it moving so it's now bolted to a piece of ply and the original rubber feet are now underneath the ply if it ever gets used on the floor again
The clamp has started working lose when in use so the router blade drops down when taking a cut, machinist jack is my temporary work around
Needed to clamp it down to stop it moving so it's now bolted to a piece of ply and the original rubber feet are now underneath the ply if it ever gets used on the floor again
The clamp has started working lose when in use so the router blade drops down when taking a cut, machinist jack is my temporary work around
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That looks like a Bosch router? Never had bother with 'slippage' on my identical set-up - I just make sure the lock-off cam is really tight, but maybe yours has had more use over the years than mine.
I've got one of those little cheapo lifting tables from the bay that I use to support my router. Not only stops it slipping but makes adjustment a doddle.
Mini Lifting Table
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Cheers for that! I need that in my life
I have a job now and again removing a pump from the bottom of a machine for inspection / maintenance. Its a right pig getting it down on your own and there's no real room. At over £7k I really dont want to drop it..... Thank you 
