Stuff you have made today

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I'm fairly sure they're not bears (I don't think there are many of them in Gloucestershire!), but I don't know that they are foxes. There are definitely foxes and badgers in the area behind our house, so it's almost certainly one of those; foxes just seemed more likely to me. I've finally bitten the bullet and ordered a camera trap for the garden, so when that arrives I might get a better idea!

Having worked there and seen some of the native humanoids there. It might be a local.

 

[Chillitt]

Having worked and seen some of the native humanoids there. It might be a local.

OI!

 

[Blue Chips]

Hopefully with the shacked latch and the wooden box being bolted to the wall, they won't overcome this one!

I think that the cotter pin might slow them down...for a while.

I'm fairly sure they're not bears (I don't think there are many of them in Gloucestershire!), but I don't know that they are foxes. There are definitely foxes and badgers in the area behind our house, so it's almost certainly one of those; foxes just seemed more likely to me. I've finally bitten the bullet and ordered a camera trap for the garden, so when that arrives I might get a better idea!

Badgers are an interesting possibility, since they're quite dexterous.

As to bears, here in Maine we get an occasional bear in the yard. Here is a sequence taken by my trail camera in our back yard of a small black bear heading toward our bird feeding station. This particular bear also visited my neighbour's yard, and he got a photo or two as well. This one appears to be a young bear...maybe only about 100kg or so. Adult black bear males get much larger, often three times that weight, with the record being almost 500kg, if I recall correctly. On this particular visit our suet feeder went missing. I found it later in the woods, cleverly and neatly opened and contents missing. Another neighbour's beehive also underwent a raid that night.

One of these days, I might redesign the bird feeding station to resist a wider range of critters, and I'll probably solicit some design suggestions from the forum.

 

[8ob]

Sort of made but more erected, made space and levelled an area for SWMBO`s extra stabling. Put up what I could before boredom set in

 

[Tangledfeet]

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Lovely to see those skills (way beyond mine) being used; I fear that in years to come they'll wither and die away.

 

[roofman]

Sort of made but more erected, made space and levelled an area for SWMBO`s extra stabling. Put up what I could before boredom set in

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I bet that's expensive to buy new

 

[Barking Mat]

Made natural light come into our bedroom, by one of these new modern fangled window things.

Unfortunately, I measured up the hole, bought the window, then discovered French double glazed units are 50mm wider than advertised, and 30 mm higher, I knew it was going to be a battle, but some @The_Yellow_Ardvark motivated me to pull my finger out and 4 hours later....

I've cleaned up now and even cleaned the windows.

Daughters room tomorrow.

 

[Blue Chips]

Sort of made but more erected, made space and levelled an area for SWMBO`s extra stabling. Put up what I could before boredom set in

What kind of roofing material will you be using?

 

[Tupers]

Nice buggy, is it a kit or did you fabricate yourself? Would you mind showing the drivetrain?

No I didn’t make the chassis it’s a Wasp F350 kit. https://www.offroadkartplans.com/store/F350-Kart-Rolling-Chassis-p149205747

It has a centrifugal clutch running a chain and sprocket on one side and a cable operated disc on the other. They do have an option for a variomatic transmission as well.

 

[Barking Mat]

No I didn’t make the chassis it’s a Wasp F350 kit. https://www.offroadkartplans.com/store/F350-Kart-Rolling-Chassis-p149205747

It has a centrifugal clutch running a chain and sprocket on one side and a cable operated disc on the other. They do have an option for a variomatic transmission as well.
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nice welds, arc?

 

[mechman]

Time to bottle the elderberry wine...
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Just had a bottle of my own from god knows when yum yum.

 

[mechman]

Lovely to see those skills (way beyond mine) being used; I fear that in years to come they'll wither and die away.

I agree, I can bend most light sheet but when it comes to putting a return edge on it, well that's someone else's dept. I go the long way round and weld a return on but that's me.

 

[Tupers]

nice welds, arc?

I’m not sure I only bolted it together. It came with my big stack of milling machines and workshop gear.

 

[Dcal]

Today I made a puller for removing the alignment bush from a propshaft.

And a punch for putting it back on after I installed a new donut and rubber boot.

 

[dan.taylor.1]

Yesterday I got this nice single speed B&D drill. It worked, but failed the PAT.

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Now, I don't have access to my works PAT machine, the machine used was a cheep one in MIS. That just gives you a pass or fail.
So it is not that useful.

I have had a few of this type of drill go through my hands, so I am familiar with them.
First item to test/replace is the capacitor in the handle, below the trigger. On this one there was some corrosion on the contacts, soon cleaned.

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Rear bearing, this always seams to attract dirt and crud. Mostly the dust from the carbon bushes.

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Cleaned up and the bearing oiled up. I have bottle of B&D bearing oil from my visit to B&D in Slough.
I took time to clean the cooling fins as well.
The Bushes were looked and are fine.

The gear box grease is always hard and spread out on these old drills.
A good tip here.
When removing the box, hold the small spacer that is fitted between the elec. motor and box. That way the rotoe stays put and the bushed do not pop out at the other end.


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Just clean out the old grease and replace with bearing grease.

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Assembled, chuck cleaned and lubricated and a replacement chuck key supplied.

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Re tested this morning and it passed.
It will be given a MIS asset number and added to the tools.

I have found out some members seam to like using the old tools and will gravitate to them.
This is why I like to acquire items like this.






Got a few spares chuck keys.

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I have a stack of old chicks for this type of drill if they're of use? I'll snap a pic later when I'm at the workshop

 

[selectedgrub]

I have a stack of old chicks for this type of drill if they're of use? I'll snap a pic later when I'm at the workshop

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I have a stack of old chicks for this type of drill if they're of use? I'll snap a pic later when I'm at the workshop

Sounds promising. I will wait for the pictures.

Thanks you.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

They are not old chicks

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Sort of made but more erected, made space and levelled an area for SWMBO`s extra stabling.

All I see when I look at your pics are LOADS of Brownie points.

 

[dan.taylor.1]

bloody autocorrect!!