Stuff you have made today

[galooph]

For work, I have a multiple monitor setup, and recently splashed out on some new monitor stands. Each stand takes two monitors, one above the other, and is made out of 40mm box, with a 6mm thick steel base. So far, so good.

The brackets supplied to mount the monitors to the uprights, while sturdy, were an absolute pain to mount single handed. Trying to angle adjacent monitors to match was all but impossible. The best I could do was to let the brackets wedge against some nuts to get a consistent angle. Not ideal!

I'd got a bit of 100 x 50 x 4mm RHS kicking around, which I thought could work with a 1mm thick washer on each side of the 40mm box.

Being lazy, I came up with a bracket design that I could cut out with my bandsaw. Here they are in primer.

To make them easily adjustable, I went with a turnbuckle. I mean, how often can you incorporate rose joints into a monitor stand?

They actually work really well! Couldn't resist getting my Wixey gauge out Got the lower monitors set to 90°

and the upper monitors set to 75°

Still need to tidy up the cables, but that's for another day.

 

[mrsbruce]

Are you sharing , I know some people don't like to share ...............

You're not going to let @mrsbruce live that down, are you.

There are some things in life you just do not share.

Home made dark chocolates being top of the list.

 

[oldbikedavey]

Mostly, I made my Unior pop - riveter start to eject used pins once more.
Wonderful stuff, is oil......

 

[bricol]

Mostly, I made my Unior pop - riveter start to eject used pins once more.
Wonderful stuff, is oil......

My mum had to teach me that 35 yrs ago when my dad's old pop-riveter failed to pop

 

[Memmeddu]

Worked on this last week and TBH, between runs to the hospital, come back from work destroyed because I've had to clean out a water jet my boss bought from a marble shop,plus the frustration of working on my car, go here and there for buying things ...
It could be worse, I've failed this restoration.
Unfortunately the plastics were too much damaged.
My loved Hitachi G12SE2 back to life

 

[Anguz]

Lots of kindling for my mum

 

[Tupers]

Yet more Volvoing. The front step repair went in nicely then I made a repair for the rear step/door frame.

The left hand sill got prepped and fitted as well and that’s the last of the panel replacement!

 

[Memmeddu]

Yet more Volvoing. The front step repair went in nicely then I made a repair for the rear step/door frame.
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The left hand sill got prepped and fitted as well and that’s the last of the panel replacement!
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No bracing to prevent warping?

 

[Tupers]

No bracing to prevent warping?

No it’s not really necessary when you’re only replacing the skin of the sill. If I was cutting out the step and the inner sill I would add a brace but fortunately I didn’t have to go that far.

 

[daleyd]

Lots of kindling for my mum

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That’s a bit drastic! Wouldn’t you be better using it on the fire

 

[nickk]

Making a batch of these today,that’s 140/140/10 box split in half,welded to 10mm plate,13/16” hole bored with a left hand drill,plasma cut 2mm cover plate to be added.7 in line on the bench.

 

[Farside]

Making a batch of these today,that’s 140/140/10 box split in half,welded to 10mm plate,13/16” hole bored with a left hand drill,plasma cut 2mm cover plate to be added.7 in line on the bench.View attachment 440754

Why a LH drill?

 

[nickk]

Why a LH drill?

My drilling mc is very noisy from wear,yet dead quiet in reverse,so found some left handers in the usual sizes,Tracy Tools.

 

[Farside]

Tracy Tools.

Burreg! I was trying to recall their name last week when I wanted a couple of taps.

 

[magnet]

Little tack hammer. Carbon steel head hardened and tempered straw yellow with an aluminium handle

 

[Maker]

Little tack hammer. Carbon steel head hardened and tempered straw yellow with an aluminium handleView attachment 440890View attachment 440891View attachment 440892

That's a bit posh for breaking up toffee.

 

[Seadog]

Little tack hammer. Carbon steel head hardened and tempered straw yellow with an aluminium handleView attachment 440890View attachment 440891View attachment 440892

Yellow's a little hard, I'd have thought.

 

[magnet]

Yellow's a little hard, I'd have thought.

Aye maybe brown would've been better

 

[Memmeddu]

Yellow's a little hard, I'd have thought.

I'd go with purple , better softer than hard as hell,it can crack shooting fragments which can cause serious injuries

 

[Memmeddu]

Got my active 62.62 disassemble to see what kind of damage has been produced by the 3 small engine mechanics which worked on it after me .
Well it's better than I thought,last one Sanded the cylinder and the piston, and put new rings too but...
He probably didn't deburred the edges of the rings seats and they got stuck.
Now the goal would be to save those rings and eventually both cylinder and piston which new would cost around 300 euros .
I have to reassemble it tomorrow for storing it will be a future project cause now I need to get a rotary hammer and a weed trimmer repaired .
Better before of next Saturday.
Plus it's coming in a Stihl chainsaw which I have to check the oil pump which has the priority over the weed trimmer but not over the rotary hammer.
I also have to check the engine conditions on my Husqvarna k770 for ordering parts, and also the throttle body for my punto is probably delivered home on tomorrow and hopefully I'll finally solve the engine issues on it .
Wish me good luck I have a lot of work to do