Stuff you have made today

[RichardM]

Landing hooks are used to hook into the handles of fish boxes for lifting the boxes onto the pier from the boats when the tide is out.

Looking for a fine textured paint I think, not come up with much yet.

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[Hood]

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Think that might be a bit more textured than I want but will see if I can find a close up image

 

[Hood]

You can kind of see the texture in this pic, skid plate and crash bars are the same. It is a very fine texture.

 

[RichardM]

Wrinkle - I would expect too coarse for that finish.

 

[roofman]

Its the type of Finish you get when the gun tips are knacked...my Triumph explore 1200 had the same paint finish and colour on the frame

 

[tom2207]

complete rear x member into a Disco 4 , all because the tow hook rattles ,, and the recall has long gone ,, but 260 quid for a complete genuine cross member didnt seem too bad .

 

[Pete.]

Are any of them date stamped? I often used to put at least the year of manufacture on bits that I made.

2001, but I think there might be some 2002 as well.

 

[dan.taylor.1]

You can kind of see the texture in this pic, skid plate and crash bars are the same. It is a very fine texture.

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Looks like matt crinkle powder coat tbh

 

[Hood]

Looks like matt crinkle powder coat tbh

Don't think it is powder coat as it was very easy to buff off with a flap disc for welding, any powder coat I have tried that with tends to smear and melt. Also when I welded on the brackets it didn't melt and bubble like I would expect powder coat to do, it just sort of burnt like paint would.

 

[Fraserb]

Looks like an ih 12/1455?

Yeah based on a 1455

 

[Fraserb]

Last of the 4th cut

 

[Hood]

I liked except for the lights Bleeding farmers around here working at night and close to roads need to adjust their work lights properly

 

[Fraserb]

I liked except for the lights Bleeding farmers around here working at night and close to roads need to adjust their work lights properly

The leds have some range, the side mounted ones have limited adjustment, but I can switch each side individually if along side a road.

 

[Hood]

The leds have some range, the side mounted ones have limited adjustment, but I can switch each side individually if along side a road.

The ones around here can probably do the same, they just don't bother. Often they are still on when they are on the road going to/from fields.

 

[Fraserb]

The ones around here can probably do the same, they just don't bother. Often they are still on when they are on the road going to/from fields.

One thing I hate I them on when on the roads, our deeres warn you if you're above a certain speed with them on.

 

[Dr.Al]

A simple box made out of a lump of Alder I couldn't resist when I visited Wentwood timber.

I had a silly moment and cut the end off one of the sides where the lid slides in, so I made the other one match. I think it would look better with continuous sides but I can't do anything about that now. The lid is also a bit looser than I'd like; I still haven't quite mastered the #45! All done with hand tools apart from resawing the Alder plank in two; I started it yesterday afternoon and finished this morning (although it'll get more coats of oil over the next day or two).

 

[DAPPH]

A simple box made out of a lump of Alder I couldn't resist when I visited Wentwood timber.

I had a silly moment and cut the end off one of the sides where the lid slides in, so I made the other one match. I think it would look better with continuous sides but I can't do anything about that now. The lid is also a bit looser than I'd like; I still haven't quite mastered the #45! All done with hand tools apart from resawing the Alder plank in two; I started it yesterday afternoon and finished this morning (although it'll get more coats of oil over the next day or two).

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What do you use for the 45's a tenon saw or a pull saw & mitre block or a sliding chisel guillotine as like a picture framer uses

 

[Dr.Al]

What do you use for the 45's a tenon saw or a pull saw & mitre block or a sliding chisel guillotine as like a picture framer uses

The #45 I mentioned I hadn't mastered was the Stanley #45 Plough Plane (to cut the grooves for the base and the lid). The 45° mitres that form the ends of the mitred dovetails were cut with a chisel (and a bit of wood with a carefully planed 45° angle on the end as a reference).

 

[Blobber]

A simple box made out of a lump of Alder I couldn't resist when I visited Wentwood timber.

I had a silly moment and cut the end off one of the sides where the lid slides in, so I made the other one match. I think it would look better with continuous sides but I can't do anything about that now. The lid is also a bit looser than I'd like; I still haven't quite mastered the #45! All done with hand tools apart from resawing the Alder plank in two; I started it yesterday afternoon and finished this morning (although it'll get more coats of oil over the next day or two).

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Can you not add a bit onto the lid to give you fingers something to pull on? might hide the mistake!

 

[redlig]

Thanks to Hotponyshoes I cobbled an electric thing with a diamond doofer to grind a point onto a tungsten rod. Painted red to aid search.