Stuff you have made today

[Kram]

A but more afternoon tree climbing. Considering if I could swing across to the rotten one, I'll be a bit too low for topping it I think. 5 meters between them so realistically there will be atleast 7m of the top.

On the ground well before it got dark this time

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

All from donated items.p

 

[magnet]

An indestructible catapult fork. Out of 10mm round for a kid along the doors

 

[Munkul]

This started as a grand idea... "I'll make some amazing alloy swing out cabinets to hold all my tooling in the back of the press brake"
It ended up getting an hour here and there spent on chopping and folding whatever offcuts i could find and firing it all together with the welder... No i am not proud of this. But it does the job... The wooden box still has a another 2 sets of tools inside as well. And it all sits in the back of the brake to save on floor space.

 

[Brad93]

This started as a grand idea... "I'll make some amazing alloy swing out cabinets to hold all my tooling in the back of the press brake"
It ended up getting an hour here and there spent on chopping and folding whatever offcuts i could find and firing it all together with the welder... No i am not proud of this. But it does the job... The wooden box still has a another 2 sets of tools inside as well.

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i like it

 

[Munkul]

i like it

Thanks. I want to hate it myself but to be perfectly honest, it works. And it uses up some nasty anodized offcuts which is an added bonus. I'll put some wood underneath it to help with damp on the bottom shelf.

 

[Dcal]

Not today, but I needed to get 12 litres of ATF into the gearbox of a Ford Ranger and the access is a bit pants, so I made a dispenser out of a foam fire extinguisher, an airline fitting and some clear polythene tube.

Works an absolute treat.
Just adjust the air pressure and use the handle to control the oil flow.

The Ranger sheared the flex plate on the torque converter and emptied the full contents of the gearbox.
Seems to be a common problem.

 

[Blobber]

Not today, but I needed to get 12 litres of ATF into the gearbox of a Ford Ranger and the access is a bit pants, so I made a dispenser out of a foam fire extinguisher, an airline fitting and some clear polythene tube.

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Works an absolute treat.
Just adjust the air pressure and use the handle to control the oil flow.

The Ranger sheared the flex plate on the torque converter and emptied the full contents of the gearbox.
Seems to be a common problem.

Might be worth painting it in case a darwin contender tries to put out a fire with it?

 

[Dcal]

Might be worth painting it in case a darwin contender tries to put out a fire with it?

Painting and a pressure relief valve will have to wait but certainly on the to-do list.

 

[Wedg1e]

Put hands free into my climbing / cutting helmet.
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Partly for music when doing menial tasks, but more importantly to have onsite Comms when I'm climbing and doing rigging jobs.

Fiddly bloody jack to solder. The lidl rechargeable soldering iron is the ideal companion to the M12 iron.
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This is a V6 I'm told I can have a v4 and 3 additional v6s or 4s which will allow full duplex Comms.


Now looking for a ptt handset to modify

Sounds like you need one of the Cardo Packtalk units; they have full-duplex permanently. We use them on motorcycles and you can get a full day in a group of up to 15, out of a full charge. Link to your phone, play music as well (the comms over-rides the music, and a phone call over-rides comms).
I'm sure Cardo actually do a version intended for emergency services etc..

 

[mtt.tr]

Sounds like you need one of the Cardo Packtalk units; they have full-duplex permanently. We use them on motorcycles and you can get a full day in a group of up to 15, out of a full charge. Link to your phone, play music as well (the comms over-rides the music, and a phone call over-rides comms).
I'm sure Cardo actually do a version intended for emergency services etc..

This does all of that but for £60 a unit

 

[Wedg1e]

This does all of that but for £60 a unit

I took it from your PTT comment that it wasn't totally hands-free... and you said it wasn't full-duplex
Sometimes think a lot of this technology is a lot more expensive than it ought to be, nor is it as durable as it ought to be (micro USBs as charge connectors FFS ) - I think Apple started the overpricing trend

 

[mtt.tr]

I took it from your PTT comment that it wasn't totally hands-free... and you said it wasn't full-duplex
Sometimes think a lot of this technology is a lot more expensive than it ought to be, nor is it as durable as it ought to be (micro USBs as charge connectors FFS ) - I think Apple started the overpricing trend

So you have the v6 which is two unit full duplex
Or chuck in a v4 unit you get 4 way full duplex

But for ground guys I want them to have ptt I don't have to hear a saw buzzing away, being that I sub climb I want the handpiece so I can give it to the most responsible groundie.

 

[Wedg1e]

But for ground guys I want them to have ptt I don't have to hear a saw buzzing away, being that I sub climb I want the handpiece so I can give it to the most responsible groundie.

Aha yeah, fair point. We grumble at each other if someone (usually me) leaves a visor up and the mic picks up the wind noise.

 

[Maker]

An indestructible catapult fork. Out of 10mm round for a kid along the doorsView attachment 425268

No greenhouse in a mile radius will be safe now!

 

[6ply]

An indestructible catapult fork. Out of 10mm round for a kid along the doorsView attachment 425268

I had a black widow as a kid.

I thought that was indestructible...

.. Until the band (or was it the frame?) snapped and slammed back into my face.

 

[magnet]

I had a black widow as a kid.

I thought that was indestructible...

.. Until the band (or was it the frame?) snapped and slammed back into my face.

Ocupational hazard for the catapult aficianado unfortunately

 

[Hood]

Another etching in slate.

 

[Farside]

I had a black widow as a kid.

I thought that was indestructible...

.. Until the band (or was it the frame?) snapped and slammed back into my face.

I recently bought a cheerful Chinese catapult with wrist brace and what looks like two surgical elastics as propulsion, in order to get wires over trees.
Quite pleased to find that my muscle memory is still accurate, after a fifty year gap.

 

[Barking Mat]

Another etching in slate.

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That's amazing, time to quit the day job ???