Stuff you have made today

[God mode restorations]

Gardens looking a lot more like a garden now mate! Nice job

Thanks Brad. Slowly getting there.

 

[brewdexta]

My screw compressor has been disconnected since the start of Covid when I moved it to build the bar/cinema. Time to get it going again as I have some blasting to do and hopefully some spraying, also I need to cut up some bits of steel with the plasma.

I hate machinery that is a pain to move, and this is one of them. The gap between the cylinder legs is too small for the short pallet truck and there's no lifting eyes. It's been on a piece of ply resting on some blocks since I moved it upstairs.

So I cut four lengths of 50mm box into 550mm lengths and welded two lots under each leg, offset about 20mm so the pallet truck can squeeze in.

Lifted up with straps, welded the extended feet on, coat of smoothrite and back onto the pallet without the ply and blocks.

Back to it's new home.

It's a bit of fannying about but I'm going to be painting the floor soon, plus to service it you need to access the panel at the back. It cost zero as it was heading for the skip with 20 hours on the clock. It's now got 34

It will never be pretty given its poo brown and horse phlegm colours, I may have to give it a face lift with more sensible colours but for now the feet, a new 1/2" water separator and a few new hoses should make it run nicely.

 

[mtt.tr]

My screw compressor has been disconnected since the start of Covid when I moved it to build the bar/cinema. Time to get it going again as I have some blasting to do and hopefully some spraying, also I need to cut up some bits of steel with the plasma.

I hate machinery that is a pain to move, and this is one of them. The gap between the cylinder legs is too small for the short pallet truck and there's no lifting eyes. It's been on a piece of ply resting on some blocks since I moved it upstairs.

So I cut four lengths of 50mm box into 550mm lengths and welded two lots under each leg, offset about 20mm so the pallet truck can squeeze in.

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Lifted up with straps, welded the extended feet on, coat of smoothrite and back onto the pallet without the ply and blocks.

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Back to it's new home.

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It's a bit of fannying about but I'm going to be painting the floor soon, plus to service it you need to access the panel at the back. It cost zero as it was heading for the skip with 20 hours on the clock. It's now got 34

It will never be pretty given its poo brown and horse phlegm colours, I may have to give it a face lift with more sensible colours but for now the feet, a new 1/2" water separator and a few new hoses should make it run nicely.

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Oh a W. German hpc good machines.

 

[mtt.tr]

@brewdexta most important part is keep the cooler clear these also have an oil stop valve.

We had one that would momentarily shut off causing the airend temp to shoot up had 3 guys to it no fault found.

Just by pure luck it did whilst I was onsite, IR cam picked it up.


Also these have a gauze inside on the scavenge line keep it clean or it will pass oil.
Other than that these are pretty reliable

 

[brewdexta]

@brewdexta most important part is keep the cooler clear these also have an oil stop valve.

We had one that would momentarily shut off causing the airend temp to shoot up had 3 guys to it no fault found.

Just by pure luck it did whilst I was onsite, IR cam picked it up.


Also these have a gauze inside on the scavenge line keep it clean or it will pass oil.
Other than that these are pretty reliable

I've been told they don't like not being worked, got to get them hot. Even if you only want to inflate a tyre, keep them running with the drain out for a while. Rather than do that, which sounds expensive leckie wise, I have a single phase 3HP compressor downstairs, eventually I'll plumb them into the same system as I have a dryer and big regulator.

 

[nickk]

Starting to make my old camper a bit safer for the occupants,starting with this bar at the front,I’m planning on tying it into the chassis rails by slotting plates thru the floor.used some rare stock 30/30/4 box.As you’ll see the end flanges had to be shaped in both directions.

Next will be 25 box thru the doors,starting with the cab.

 

[Lewis_RX8]

Starting to make my old camper a bit safer for the occupants,starting with this bar at the front,I’m planning on tying it into the chassis rails by slotting plates thru the floor.used some rare stock 30/30/4 box.As you’ll see the end flanges had to be shaped in both directions.
Next will be 25 box thru the doors,starting with the cab

I thought the drivers knees where the designated crumple zone

 

[minimutly]

View attachment 350967View attachment 350965 a cube for the sake of improving starts and finishing,

Neater than my first (and only).
Well done

 

[Kram]

Next task for The Cow. Using the new chopper cut out a 40mm strip and circle from 1mm, need to bend the strip and stick to circle, which will make a 110mm cyl to pour plaster into. Tin snips left a rough serrated edge so might go back to the old ones.

Chopper needs some kind of guide to keep the sheet square, but its a lot better than I could do with grinder.

Earlier testing the vac chamber

Hand pump is not quite fast enough but seems to hold reasonably.

 

[DennisCA]

After trying to use the pressure pot blast cabinet I got new motivation to restart my compressor build project. Need more power. This block is supposed to give 355l/min at 6 bars and more at lower pressuer so I think it'll be enough. German brand called Mehrer.

I started by selecting this motor, a 3kw motor that's been lying in my shelf for years, I bought it and a 2.2 kw one for 25 euros years ago. Hook it up to actually see if it works, and it does and the bearings sound fine even, but they probably want new grease. Strömberg motors where made just 25km from my home.

I made a console of L-profile steel. 80x35cm with the console supports 60cm from each other so I can attach them to the studs of the outside wall. This one will sit outside and the tank inside.

Temporarily jigging everything up, some boards to support the console so it doesn't tip over, everything is damn heavy.

I decided to use a piece of plywood to mount everything on, simpler than working in metal. I mounted the plywood sheet on springs to reduce vibrations, but maybe some thick rubber might work better.

The flywheel gets to hang over the edge, easier to fabricate the console then and uses less materials. I will build a separate enclosure when it's all done, with a roof and walls (with lots of air flow, but to keep fingers out).

The motor is unfortunately a 1400rpm one so I will have two large pulleys if I want the proper RPMs. I am wondering if I should replace it with a 4kw motor I got that is 2800 rpm, but it has no feet since it's flange mounted so I would have to fabricate a mount first.

 

[droopsnoot]

Chopper needs some kind of guide to keep the sheet square, but its a lot better than I could do with grinder.

I have similar trouble, in particular when trying to line up to cut along a scribed line on a sheet which is long than the lower blade - I'm trying to line up by eye, but usually have to try to correct it part-way along the cut. I bought a little laser pointer with the intention of mounting it on the top blade so I could point it at the edge of the lower blade, so when the sheet is in place I know where I'm putting the back end of the line. Only had that sitting on the shelf since about 2019, so there's time yet.

 

[Kram]

I like this idea, but for ease of fabrication, using angle bolted on the blade holes

 

[Munkul]

I decided to use a piece of plywood to mount everything on, simpler than working in metal. I mounted the plywood sheet on springs to reduce vibrations, but maybe some thick rubber might work better.

I like your choice of components, but I've got serious reservations about using the plywood for motor/compressor mounting. There's a large amount of vibration and torque going through it. At best the mounting holes with stretch/elongate; at worst, you'll have a complete failure. You'll struggle to put enough tension on the fasteners in the plywood - it compresses fairly easily. How will you adjust the belt tension? What stops the motor/pump moving over time?

I thought it was a wind-up at first, it's such a bad idea IMHO.

 

[DennisCA]

Sounds like complete nonsense to me, have had motors mounted on plywood for nearly a decade without problems... Such a thing as washers.

 

[Munkul]

Sounds like complete nonsense to me, have had motors mounted on plywood for nearly a decade without problems... Such a thing as washers.

ok, no worries, I've never done it and never would either, but as long as it works for you.

 

[bricol]

ok, no worries, I've never done it and never would either, but as long as it works for you.

I'd have to agree with you in this instance, for use driving a compressor - I could see it coming loose quite quickly once running and vibrating nicely, simply from compressing (no pun intended) the wood, even with big washers.

Hopefully an update once it's run for a while so we can be proven right or wrong . .

 

[Kram]

I seem to have the pigeons today First attempt with stainless sticks.. my test beads came out nice and shiny.

Saucepan repair. Alu rivets removed. And tried to stick from the inside, out, to my new handle. Seems to have got plenty of slag, cracks and leaks.

The outside no better. First bead along bottom was ok, the rest just slaag.
Its for chemicals, not food.
Tomorrow I will chop that off and patch the bad section. Is there any issue joining 400 magnetic, to 316, with 308 rods?


Running out of time, stuck the circle and strip that I cut last night. 3rd tack moved and left a huge gap, and at that point I did the rest as fast as possible. It will be adequate for the task as a plaster form. It needed vent holes anyway and saves me drilling them.

 

[Maker]

Picnic table is pretty much done, just needs sanding and painting, not sure what with yet.



It's "Upcycled" from old pallets, all it cost was a box of screws.

Need to make a BBQ now, a garden table is pretty useless without one.

 

[Seadog]

A tired old garden table now has a bit more life left in it.

It's made from offcuts of different hardwoods, from what I can see. The original finish seems to have been a brown stain. I think that it looks a lot better now with a good sanding and a coat of linseed.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@8ob
A few more coats will bring it up a treat.

Stand the feet in a container of Linseed and let it soak up the legs. It slows the rot down.