Stuff you have made today

[cianh91]

Made this yesterday fitted the timber today just have to paint the timber when I get some dark grey for it

 

[redlig]

I got busy!
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Workshop smells amazing!

Talking of smells. I dug out the cultivator from the shed for the first time in 35/40 years , cleaned the carb and filter bowl , new fuel and it fired up 2nd pull and ran perfectly but filled the garden with smoke for about a minute . The best bit was that I used to put a drop of Castrol R in the petrol and some of it was still in the system . The smell was FABULOUS .

 

[Hood]

Got the back welded up.

Bored and tapped.

Then checked that the DRO etc will fit.

 

[selectedgrub]

 

[Kram]

Another day messing about with primer, sanding and basecoat.

 

[DAPPH]

A workmate has a proper bar in his garden. Bar, slot machines, pool table, dart board etc. His missus bought him a brass & ceramic pump handle to mount on the bar. He wanted a "bit of hardwood" as a plinth. Off I went to my friendly DIY saw mill neighbour and got a chunk of beech with nice grain:

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These are rough just to see if he likes the idea.

Lovely spalting in the timber , there is a woman somewhere in the UK who is an expert in setting cut lumber so as it get the best spalting occurring in it , as a result her guided timbers are rather expensive . Think there is you tube video with her showing some of the better specimens too.


Just found this UK video about home spalting " woodworking # 77 how to spalt wood 2, part 1 of 3 - YouTube "

 

[DAPPH]

I often find that, when I'm working at the woodworking bench, I need somewhere to put stuff down temporarily. Some of the time I can put things down on one end of the bench while I'm working at the other end, but my bench isn't very long and if the thing I'm working on is large, I quickly run out of space.

In an attempt to overcome that issue, today I made a shelf.

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Made out of (and dimensioned based on) what I had: some 750 mm lengths of 3030 extrusion, some angle iron, some chopping board and the last bit of plywood I had.

The plywood is not permanently attached to the rails - it slides on:

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The slidey rails were made out an old chopping board (which I'd cut up a year or so ago but still had some bits left). I shaped them with the router:

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When not in use (and this is quite important), the table slides off easily and can be propped against the wall. The supports pivot up and are held in place with some magnets:

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Crude, but effective.

The reason I can't raise the whole shelf with the plywood attached is that my clamps would get in the way:

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The reason it has to lift up is that otherwise I wouldn't be able to get the motorbike in and out:

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What it will look like most of the time:

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The idea is that stuff that is actively in use goes on there (nothing permanent) and hence the shelf is mostly empty (so I can get the bike out quickly!). I guess worst case, I can always slide the shelf off with the contents still on and put the shelf + contents on the main bench when I want to take the motorbike out.

I'm not sure Treacle approves:

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If you ever in any doubt about how little space I've got left in my workshop, I hope this shows how desperate I am for every little bit of space!

I've started clamping my clamps to the rafters above my lathe so the long legs are over the lathe high up out the way , so far I've not dropped one on the lathe as it's always a two handed exercise putting them up or taking them down.

 

[DAPPH]

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Pigeon post ?

 

[DAPPH]

Just finished fitting this to a friends wall.

The sparky who re routed the cable left the cable in the right place. Just above a wall nogging. So I had a chance to get a decent fixing in.

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Is that a modern safe version of cotton covered three wire rubber sleeved cable Ardy ?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Is that a modern safe version of cotton covered three wire rubber sleeved cable Ardy ?

Modern PVC cloth covered 3 core cable.

 

[Onoff]

Lovely spalting in the timber , there is a woman somewhere in the UK who is an expert in setting cut lumber so as it get the best spalting occurring in it , as a result her guided timbers are rather expensive . Think there is you tube video with her showing some of the better specimens too.


Just found this UK video about home spalting " woodworking # 77 how to spalt wood 2, part 1 of 3 - YouTube "

I got busy!
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Workshop smells amazing!

Is that modern "Creocote" or the proper stuff mixed 50:50 with old engine oil to make it go further?

 

[Onoff]

By God there's some talent on here! I could spend all day just giving likes.

 

[Dr.Al]

I've started clamping my clamps to the rafters above my lathe so the long legs are over the lathe high up out the way , so far I've not dropped one on the lathe as it's always a two handed exercise putting them up or taking them down.

Most of my shorter clamps are clamped to the rafters like that, but there are lots of bits of metal bar stock and planks of wood sat on ladder hooks on the ceiling and various jigs and other bits and bobs attached to every single rafter. There aren't really any clear areas for any more clamps! I quite like having them where they are at the moment as the area behind the motorbike isn't especially useful for anything else.

 

[RWD3M]

Is that modern "Creocote" or the proper stuff mixed 50:50 with old engine oil to make it go further?

It's Creosote! But just neat.

 

[RWD3M]

By God there's some talent on here! I could spend all day just giving likes.

Don't let us stop you, but have one back!

 

[RWD3M]

Talking of smells. I dug out the cultivator from the shed for the first time in 35/40 years , cleaned the carb and filter bowl , new fuel and it fired up 2nd pull and ran perfectly but filled the garden with smoke for about a minute . The best bit was that I used to put a drop of Castrol R in the petrol and some of it was still in the system . The smell was FABULOUS .

Pretty sure I could smell that here!

Richard.

 

[Olderisbetter]

A bit of fakery on the door i made to make the mdf top bit look like a metal grill and a gift paper display rack, both for the toy shop which is going ok now we can open

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

It has been said that TYA likes a coffee or 10.
But, I think not.
I only have 5 working coffee machines.

This one will be working, once the paint has fully cured.



This is how it arrived, dirty, almost seized. But complete.



One wall mount leg was broken. The whole machine is cast iron and is brittle.



Striped down. The rust on the mill was surface only, so the whole lot went through a citric acid bath for a week.

The broken lug was repaired.



A suitable bit of bar scrap was brazed into place, I can't locate my cast welding rods.
Then it was shaped and drilled.



The paint, being old baked on stuff was not going to be removed by a modern stripper (Of the shelf), so I went traditional.
Caustic soda, hot.



Drying in the sun, The caustic and citric acid have worked very well.

Paint was next, I could not find a suitable rattle can paint to match the original. So I rummaged.

But.



When refitting the polished wooden handle the handle broke.
Much bad words. Well one.
So out with the hot spanner and brazing rods.

The handle metal was not as good as the body, it was not an easy braze.



Completed, waiting on 2 more things.
Food grade clear coat, will be collected next week.
Then a container to sit underneath the contain the coffee grinds.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

View attachment 286591Made this yesterday fitted the timber today just have to paint the timber when I get some dark grey for it

Would that benefit from some cross bracing?

 

[Arc Tourist]

In addition to tie down straps, a couple of days ago I whipped up a support frame and cut some packing pieces to contain the wheels of a hydraulic lift table we are collecting tomorrow. Nothing special, just a little extra security to keep the heavy beast from shifting in transit.