Stuff you have made today

[Munkul]

I was a busy boy yesterday. The valley gutter tapers from 250mm to 700mm. Welded in place.

 

[daleyd]

Mixed the bottom insulation and thinking how to make the control box. Might start the element form again or do differently.
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Have you got the controls sorted? I have some pid controllers that I’ve acquired from work that might suit - but they have an analogue output rather than a logic output so not sure if they would suit whatever thyristor/power controller you are using…

 

[Kram]

I got a cheap chinese pid controller, I tested a while back and seems to work nicely.

 

[tommy_lad]

More welding practice, cleaned up that corner no end

 

[Hood]

Today I made a couple of things.
First was some new bushes for the stand I got the last day. When I dropped the AT off the stand I would have to give the stand a tap up with my foot to fully retract it. At first I thought the spacer was just fractionally too short making it tight but it turns out it was just too tight on the OD and as you tightened the bolt up it went slightly out of alignment and made it stiff. Whether it is the stand or the mounts on the frame that are slightly out of alignment I don't know. Anyway I made up a new bush that was 0.2mm less on the diameter and now it works as it should.

I also made a sliding gadget up so that I can align the wheel after tensioning the chain.

First tension the chain correctly on the left side and place the gadget into the pivot and wheel spindles then lock at the length then place it on the right side and adjust the wheel until the gadget slips in and that is then perfect alignment

 

[RichardM]

Check to make sure the sprockets are in line as well

 

[Hood]

That should automatically do it unless there is a problem with the original setup or something is bent.

 

[RichardM]

Should is the word

 

[nickk]

Another one , 6th since Christmas,still another 4 on order.
Of cours,e the fitting was twice as quick with an apprentice!

 

[roblane65]

Was it a case of if I can't see the camera it can't take a picture ! .......

 

[nickk]

Was it a case of if I can't see the camera it can't take a picture ! .......

I think it was amusement purposes,lol,his twin performs in a similar manner.

 

[roblane65]

Yesterday I managed a couple of hours in the garage sorting some of the " really good things " that are building up and need to good
I also made a fly lead for the transtig

I took a chance on a amphenol 2pin plug and socket on evilbay for £8 and it was spot on, fitted perfectly so I've now a spare plug and socket. Paired up with GX16 plug so I can use any torch I've got easily . Now need to finish the trolley and get it up and running .

 

[Mike Pinches]

I broke a rearset a few years ago when I had a minor crash, decided I would have a go at making a new plate to get them useable again. They allow a better riding position than standard. Need to finish cleaning it up and make one for the other side so it matches.

 

[prepman]

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I've also done some monitoring, I fitted a temp sensor to one of my fresh air vents to do some calculations. I have got a heat recovery ventilation system where the whole houses air is run through a heat exchanger, which heats the incoming air and cools the outgoing air. Doing some math I get that the heat recovery is 60-65% efficient, which is less than I had hoped. The ideal range is in the 80% range.

I am going to have to do some fiddling of the system. I will start with cleaning the heat exchanger and try and swap in new filters. It's a sensitive system apparently, the fresh air vents (placed in bed rooms, livingroom, sauna) have to be in the right proportion to the extracting vents(kitchen, mudroom, bathrooms), and the total result should be a slight under pressure in the house. I got the original plans where it's all calculated so I can use that for a reference, but I would need an aneometer to diagnose it properly.

Really interested in this as I have thought (nothing more ) of installing something in the workshop, to act as an extraction system and heat recovery. Problem is filtration. Thought various filter methods to stop heatex blocking up. Working in cryogenics for 30yrs the whole process is based and them.

 

[Munkul]

I broke a rearset a few years ago when I had a minor crash, decided I would have a go at making a new plate to get them useable again. They allow a better riding position than standard. Need to finish cleaning it up and make one for the other side so it matches.

By "better riding position" do you mean lower and forward so you can actually get comfortable?

(I bought a sports bike once, a gsxr600, and hated it! Gave me cramps within 5 mins of riding!)

 

[Mike Pinches]

By "better riding position" do you mean lower and forward so you can actually get comfortable?

(I bought a sports bike once, a gsxr600, and hated it! Gave me cramps within 5 mins of riding!)

Oddly for me better riding position is further back and lower for road, and back and higher for track otherwise footrests hit the floor. I do have stupidly long legs though, hence needing to go back to increase leg room.

Do fancy a more upright bike though, starting to hurt doing long days on the RSV now.

 

[Munkul]

on my old man style bikes the pegs are always lower so I feel like a boss if i ever get low enough to scrape them

I need to get buying a fresh bike for commuting. Key criteria is cheap, practical and economical... thinking a honda NC750 or ER6, nothing exciting or even remotely interesting.

 

[AndersK]

Cutting polycarbonate sheets.
I think the HEPA might be up for some beating

 

[Kram]

Cleared access to lathe, swapped the chuck, dialed in some alu bar, and a quick test of these cheap amazon inserts (£2 a box)

I've been intending to swap the chuck for over for a month. It took only minutes, but now I can not remember anything I planned to make!

 

[MattF]

What're the inserts like?