JMS1972
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Tangledfeet
Knurling is my Nemesis.
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You sure you knew it worked well with oak
Yup! Green oak shavings have always turned my tools and bed of the lathe black; only found out by accident that it happened to work on the aspen too when I got a drop on a partially turned bowl.
Hood
I am obsessed.
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That'll be why you told us twice
Tangledfeet
Knurling is my Nemesis.
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selectedgrub
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The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Bit of fun today.
Finished a few things, had a laugh, had 2 mugs of coffee, had a doc wire me up, had fun.
This spoke shave is odd, it has a sprung loaded mouth, but everything was seized. Rust resin and saw dust.
Striped down and then de-rusted in vinegar and corn flour.
LHS, cleaned with wire wool, the rest as it was after the de-rusting. It was dried with a paraffin blow torch.
The blade was dressed on a wet stone.
The quality of the steel of this old tool was very good.
Taking a few attempts to tune the blade, the free springs to a good cut.
I got there after a few tries. The above is not a good try.
This Fern sander arrived the other week, I had one in the past. I do like them.
This one made a terrible noise when working.
Opening it up showed nothing to wrong.
Top bearing was dry. Never lubricated from new. That was not the issue.
Poor picture, but at least a picture.
Lower oscillating bearing and frame was full of swarf.
Cleaned it out and replaced the leather washer that was missing. Thank you Lady who is North of me.
Back together, working a running a lot better.
From This, via citric acid, sleep and a laugh.
To this.
Why Blue?
Under the black, red, black was blue.
So I made it blue.
What am I to do with it?
Have a few ideas in my head.
Finished a few things, had a laugh, had 2 mugs of coffee, had a doc wire me up, had fun.
This spoke shave is odd, it has a sprung loaded mouth, but everything was seized. Rust resin and saw dust.
Striped down and then de-rusted in vinegar and corn flour.
LHS, cleaned with wire wool, the rest as it was after the de-rusting. It was dried with a paraffin blow torch.
The blade was dressed on a wet stone.
The quality of the steel of this old tool was very good.
Taking a few attempts to tune the blade, the free springs to a good cut.
I got there after a few tries. The above is not a good try.
This Fern sander arrived the other week, I had one in the past. I do like them.
This one made a terrible noise when working.
Opening it up showed nothing to wrong.
Top bearing was dry. Never lubricated from new. That was not the issue.
Poor picture, but at least a picture.
Lower oscillating bearing and frame was full of swarf.
Cleaned it out and replaced the leather washer that was missing. Thank you Lady who is North of me.
Back together, working a running a lot better.
From This, via citric acid, sleep and a laugh.
To this.
Why Blue?
Under the black, red, black was blue.
So I made it blue.
What am I to do with it?
Have a few ideas in my head.
Agroshield
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Bit of a drastic solution, but the improvement to your hand cleanliness is stunning.
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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One of the fun things in doing the restorations I do, is the past repairs.
Some are:
Really you did that?
Why would you do that?
How did you do this?
Or.
Why.
This was a point of why did you do this.
Stanley Saw set, see what is odd about this?
Odd.
Striped down and ready to be cleaned.
The single spring washer was broken, so a M3 spare will be found.
Cleaned and pained.
Finished.
With the extra bit left out.
It didn't do anything.
A nice repair, to a nice tool.
Some are:
Really you did that?
Why would you do that?
How did you do this?
Or.
Why.
This was a point of why did you do this.
Stanley Saw set, see what is odd about this?
Odd.
Striped down and ready to be cleaned.
The single spring washer was broken, so a M3 spare will be found.
Cleaned and pained.
Finished.
With the extra bit left out.
It didn't do anything.
A nice repair, to a nice tool.
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Well, I have now finished pottering. No night work for me, no day work for me in morning.
So, I made this.
I do have a spare tip for this iron, I also have a some scrap copper cable.
A new tip.
It is my attempt to make a wood burning tip.
The copper wire was a lot ticker, but to make the tip you need to thin it down.
This makes it hard, so you anneal it.
The silver bit?
It appeared as I worked the wire, but after a few heat and cooling, then hammering it was worked in.
A bit of fun.
So, I made this.
I do have a spare tip for this iron, I also have a some scrap copper cable.
A new tip.
It is my attempt to make a wood burning tip.
The copper wire was a lot ticker, but to make the tip you need to thin it down.
This makes it hard, so you anneal it.
The silver bit?
It appeared as I worked the wire, but after a few heat and cooling, then hammering it was worked in.
A bit of fun.
bletchmonster
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DAPPH
as dyslexik as I'm daft
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My handle & trigger arrangement is quite different to the one you show so is the moveable & fixed jaw
DAPPH
as dyslexik as I'm daft
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Would it be easier & cheaper to get them CNC water jet cut by the sheet & add a few pence for profit ?
miggie weld
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I finished spray painting a retro 1992 giant atx 760 mountain bike, found just how tedious sanding is, haven't spray painted something this big for 20 years.
Prajna
Fixing things for the love of it
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Our little box trailer would be so much more useful with a dropping tailgate so I did some fettling. It has a lid on top so I had to make some brackets that would fit under the lid and hold the tailgate when it's closed. I didn't have any channel the right size so I made some from some angle I did have in my scrapheap.
I love this welding lark and I love it even more now I have a A40 Savage helmet.
I love this welding lark and I love it even more now I have a A40 Savage helmet.
James1979
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Possibly. I need to find a laser / water jetter who is happy to ship here. Be interested to know if it’ll work out any cheaper. I would like to think so.
Hood
I am obsessed.
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Been looking for a C4-PSDNN tool for the capto holder like this for quite a while
but the cheapest I have found is about £200 so this afternoon I had a rake in the tool drawer and I found these.
Got the grinder out and had this.
Onto the mill to face them off.
Got the hot metal glue gun out.
Coolant ball put back in
Works great
but the cheapest I have found is about £200 so this afternoon I had a rake in the tool drawer and I found these.
Got the grinder out and had this.
Onto the mill to face them off.
Got the hot metal glue gun out.
Coolant ball put back in
Works great
Feet 'n Inches
Out of the rat-race at last
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Finished an occasional table foe sale by my local men's shed. All the steel barring the "carpet-friendly" feet is reclaimed from old balustrading and scrollwork that was donated/acquired.
And like every good maths student I've shown my working out.
Handy to have old 3mm ali chequer plate as a bench top
And like every good maths student I've shown my working out.
Handy to have old 3mm ali chequer plate as a bench top
JMS1972
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It was at this point @Feet 'n Inches realised they'd summoned beehexabub the six sided devil....Finished an occasional table foe sale by my local men's shed. All the steel barring the "carpet-friendly" feet is reclaimed from old balustrading and scrollwork that was donated/acquired.
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And like every good maths student I've shown my working out.
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Handy to have old 3mm ali chequer plate as a bench top
