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JB's championship winning car for my sons Scalextric set
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Aracer, that looks far too neat compared to the ones we used to build.
Nice transition though, looks sweet for popping a few ollies off 🙂
that looks far too neat compared to the ones we used to build.
It's actually a lot more basic than what I found on Instructables! Birthday present for my 5yo son, before he injured himself using bits of wood on bricks.
aracer what's the kicker for? I have several of different sized kickers I've made over the years, very useful for skating stuff thts way too big to ollie on to... great fun.
For a 5yo boy on a bicycle.
Here's the best picture I have of it in use - 5yos won't session jumps for the photographer!
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Bespoke "Buzz" word bingo sheets for our team meeting (50+ people)
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Flywheel puller for a mates rev and go. Nice bit of screwcutting if i say so myself!
Jamie - Very nice indeed. Manual'd or CNC'd?
All manual. I have a cnc, but for a one off it's quicker on the manuals.
This is an excellent thread, creative and inspiring. I made a batch of panir cheese yesterday,
I put this together for Mrs F to show off some of her photos
[url= http://www.deborahfaulkner.co.uk ]deborahfaulkner.co.uk[/url]
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Made a washer for a thomsom post bolt because i managed to lose one.
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quick and dirty freewheel tool to get a white industries freewheel off. the bought one didn't work, the dogs didn't quite line up properly and it kept slipping off.
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idea is you take the axle out and the 'boss' bit goes in the id of the freewheel and helps keep it concentric. worked perfectly. rough looking finish because i had to handball a radius on a manual machine by turning x and y handles at the same time - couldn't be bothered to program the cnc for a one off!
machining is fun.
This morning, me and my mate Husky made a chair and a coffee table.
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I made the driver of this Nissan Patrol rather embarrassed when he realised the person out of our group who had the snatch strap was driving what he termed 'a toy 4wd'. Needless to say, I wasn't particularly gentle yanking him out...
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Not sure it really counts as making anything, but I thought it was manly enough to qualify
Just repaired the aerial on my car using a multi-tool and some Sugru. Got to love formable silicone, got to hate lugging kayaks onto a roof rack.
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My son's less impressed than I'd hoped .
vintage racing car valve rocker
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A new veg/fruit garden.
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slainte 😀 rob
And for a contribution to my own thread, a gate to prevent Toddler North escaping down the side of the house.
Must creosote it and the (40 year old elm) fence. When it STOPS RAINING!
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..and so, it is with a heavy heart, that I must accept, that my sock monkey is...... a bit s7it...
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I made our current kitchen...well ripped out the old one and fitted the new one.
Should have taken pictures of before and during...ripping out the old one practically destroyed the kitchen walls. Wouldn't notice it now...given that the only things I make at work a poorly thought out and inapproproate jokes during meetings, I was quite please with myself.
Maybe I should take a picture of me in the kitchen
looking smug.
When I was at college doing engineering I made a pressure air driven piston out of aluminium, it produced the highest RPM. Haven't got any pictures of that, but I think the college should have put it in the trophy cabinet in the main reception...they refused though.
No impressive machining skills were required for this (in fact I displayed no skill when making it whatsoever)and it is functional rather than impressive but I felt quite pleased with what I could do with a cheap fork clamp and a bit of old fence post:
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Fits in the back of the car lovely and appears to work OK.
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"alpine link" for a marin
An egg sandwich.
Last thing I made was either a Lego car or a Lego tank last night, both as simple as poss. to show junior how Lego sued to be before they had all the custom shapes, and how imagination works wonders.
No photos as he took them both apart for his next project.
An Electronic drum module. Did the PCB with a sharpie pen; took ages.
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/51529898@N08/6777898001/ ]100_3194[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/51529898@N08/ ]Dancake2010[/url], on Flickr
I even wrote a [url= http://ied05toedrum.blogspot.co.uk/ ]blog[/url] about it 😳
This is the last thing I made, over a year ago, but hoping to start a new project soon.
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Full build thread here. http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=611781&highlight=making+an+archtop+guitar
Enjoy
nice guitar!
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some spacers for a fella off here
Last thing I really 'made' was probably at Easter. Can't take credit for the middle one...
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It's not finished yet, but it will be a small retaining wall. Four courses high & 23 blocks long of hollow concrete block, rebar every other hole for strength. Prior to this I have never laid a brick or block nor knocked up mortar.
The last thing I made from scratch is a bike stand, just got the design registered and about to go into production (comments welcome, pos or neg)
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Stand looks neat, how stable is it? Looks a little simmilar to Andy Stand (ie small, compact and holds from BB/Cranks area)
nice, i guess you are getting the top bit water cut, very neat.
comment - do you need a nyloc on the nut to stop it coming undone? maybe a stainless allen headed bolt would look nice, but then again the cost would be a lot more.
one suggestion, it's a pity it can't break down a bit more so it costs less to post? maybe delete the welded strap which holds the two legs together, and replace with a cross tube spacer which is held with a bolt (going thru the spacer) similar to the top one, going thru holes in the main legs. This would make it pack down a bit more, but then again this might not be important to you.
quite good idea though, it's just the thing to throw in the back of the car so you can fettle your gears or whatever when you get there.
I made a cake:
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The stand is quite stable enough for light fettling and very strong, I can stand on it (83kg). The bolt on production models will be allen headed and tapped into one side of the top bracket so it can be easily removed and the lower strap is fixed in place with philips screws, so the whole thing can be completely dismantled for transit or replacement of damaged/broken parts. Thanks for the input, it's most welcome.
A little spanner for adjusting my CCDB when I get round to fitting it to my new Mega. No sharp edges, and it only weighs 1g.
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A really simple one, first attempt at machining in 8 years or so...
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/bucklevision/6641399895/ ]New sensor mount[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/bucklevision/ ]j.buckle[/url], on Flickr
I really REALLY need my own vertical mill.
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'alpine link' fitted. looks nice and industrial! off to the alps in a couple of weeks to give it some hammer.
i made this one on the manual machine. it is +5mm which gives about a degree slacker HA. if i make some more they will get the CNC treatment. i might try a +7.5mm or +10mm one too to see what happens.
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this marin frame has adjustable rear travel - see the qr on the rear shock mount. i put a hex bolt and spacer in the upper position, and this seems to stiffen up things noticeably.
I made this last week:
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a sonos playlist. currently playing this...
PS, I am seriously impressed with all the engineering skills on this thread, you all have my upmost respect!
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been playing around looking at sprockets and teeth profiles
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i was wondering about the sram fat/thin tooth thing. wonder if it would help on a normal 1x9 or 1x10 setup? or even, could it make a single speed set up wear better? i dunno.
ignore the rough old machining, i was doing it by eye, just to see