Stuff you have made today

[MattF]

I have been called unusual, peculiar, weird etc. over the years.

 

[Blue Chips]

I have been called unusual, peculiar, weird etc. over the years.

That's more interesting than just being 'average.'

 

[MattF]

I've seen posts of your warming workhop

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There's nowt wrong with my "house of pain", as @Farside called it.

 

[Onoff]

My brother made this out of a sheet of copper from @nickk:

With this!

Give the bloke his due, more patience than I have!

 

[Memmeddu]

Started working on the 126p
Put a battery
Check the oil , right in the middle fresh and clean
Disconnected the fuel tank lines
Discovered an oil leak on the transmission.
Throttle leverage is bent.
Turned the key attempted to start the engine and it's seized.
Turn indicators work
Headlights not .
Found out that it has electronic ignition set up .
Attempted to crank it believing that it was in gear so I pressed the clutch pedal ...
Nothing to do.
So I've proceeded to remove the spark plugs .
The engine is at BDC .
Filled the cylinders with WD40 hopping to free the stucked rings (it worked once on an outboard I've had a while ago)

But to be honest I feel like it has a broken piston
Ahh didn't mention about the shift mechanism on the gearbox.
It has a component like a silent block which connects the selectors to the lever ,well it's completely f@#* .
So the plan is try again to crank the engine , and whatever it goes remove the engine and transmission.
To completely rebuild them .
It's not a planned job since them both should have been in working conditions .

It's more likely that this car would be back on the streets , rather than on the track .
It will receive anyway some modifications ,first of all sequential shifter mechanism in replacement of the broken original set up.
And a limited slip differential , nothing too crazy.
And that's the occasion to do that

 

[selectedgrub]

Got all the feet back today

They did them free of charge in exchange for one.

 

[redlig]

My brother made this out of a sheet of copper from @nickk:

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With this!

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Give the bloke his due, more patience than I have!

Amazing how it "comes to life" hanging in the window.

 

[Prajna]

Alvãro wanted a gate for his chicken pen. He was imagining a wooden frame with a bit of chicken wire but I spotted a roll of galv weldmesh lying in the grass, so purloined that and then went for a rummage through a pile of scrap I'd scored off James (who said I was welcome to it so long as I took ALL of it!). I found four lengths of SHS of about the right size and length, already beveled at the ends and powder coated. Was a bit trickey welding the mesh on because it was very thin wire and the box section was quite thin walled too but I came up with a ruse of laying a bit of ali plate over the mesh next to where I wanted to weld and that worked a treat; didn't blow through anywhere. I fabbed all the hardware too. Ran out of paint. Alvãro is very pleased with the result.

 

[Hitch]

A batch of 1" tri-ferrule fittings welded to bends, ready to go to a batch of little tank inlets.
Purged and full pen hygenic welds.

 

[Bullet2012]

A batch of 1" tri-ferrule fittings welded to bends, ready to go to a batch of little tank inlets.
Purged and full pen hygenic welds.

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I have no idea what all that means, however they look great.

 

[Hitch]

I have no idea what all that means, however they look great.

Basically the bend, and the fitting (tri ferrule) welded together...
Inside purged with argon to allow the weld to go right through and be clean and smooth inside.

 

[Memmeddu]

Liftet the 126p and almost removed the engine.
2 bolts left
I'll have to replace the entire engine...
The previous owner missed to tell me it had a flying piston the engine block has been destroyed
It's not seized probably I can not save even the crankshaft

 

[DanZac]

Not really making, but the cheap clock mechanism that's been sat on the end of my workbench for ages looking for somewhere to live, finally found a home today.

 

[arther dailey]

I have been called unusual, peculiar, weird etc. over the years.

better than being normal eh

 

[MattF]

better than being normal eh

Without a shadow of a doubt.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Made a bracket for my belfast sink in the yard all done with recycled bits

 

[mtt.tr]

If it's of interest finished the plastering few days back.




My last commitment on this build is the external render.

 

[sako243]

Finally after almost a year (well an entire office had to be built in that time) I've found a home for @David_W's old etching tank. This tank is a little more advanced in some respects than my father's (a big spray etching one) in that it has a developer tank, spray tank and etching tank. Thus not only has power for the heaters but a water intake and a drain - which made it more complicated... It seemed a shame not to enable that feature but I'd already decided (if it'd work) a nice spot for it would be under the sink. So an old set of drawer runners that were saved from the bonfire were utilised, an off-cut of flooring and some CLS.

Now I need to start mixing up some ferric chloride and running trails to dial in the whole process now.

 

[awemawson]

I have the slightly bigger version of that complete with built in sink, and the processing and tinning tanks and bubblers surplus to my needs if anyone fancies one for a modest wad.

 

[Tupers]

I’ve got another Mini to start metal work on soon but my other rotisserie is out on loan so I stuck some tubes together to work with my spare set of A frames.