Not the last thing I made, it is from the summer, but just popped up on a feed.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/z9L1zUTkux2msE3c6
He wanted a Moana boat after I made him the Maui hook
It’s been quite a while since I was last looking through this thread, and I’m truly in envy of the skills that so many people have in so many different fields!
So many things I’d love to have a go at, but I have neither the ability, space, or tools to manage them.
👏🏻🎩
Count Zero - The Moana boat wasn't that technically challenging
Those titanium coffee french press on bananindustries tempted me but when the price went up , but it seemed I could get parts from aliex-press to make one using the mug I have am
So 6 days later, I have the bits to try, fortunately its a perfect size, so the plunger off my old french press gets sacrificed for pieces, and the rod fits. The lid off a peanut butter can fits perfectly, so a hole in it to fit the rest and I have just what I wanted,with no extra bits to carry for camping
Do you cast any of that jimw, or all cut from solid? Would be interesting to see a few photos from manufacture.
It was entirely fabricated, almost all from sheet, including the tapered pillar tube which was wrapped, soldered and planished to shape on a home made Mandrel . I don’t have access to casting at home. Unfortunately I don’t have any photos of the manufacture.
The trickiest part was drilling all the 0.3mm holes for the ‘wires’ (which are fishing line as wire of that diameter would distort as soon as they were touched).
That is seriously good
The harp, I mean but the moana boat is a thing of beauty too. 🤣
Really like those ski lights- what do they look like when turned on?
Loving the skis 😊👏
Harp is pretty mental 😍
“Count Zero - The Moana boat wasn't that technically challenging”
Well, no, but I hadn’t seen that when I posted - that harp, on the other hand, is exquisite! I’ll send a link to that to my mate, who’s a goldsmith, I think he’ll be impressed.
The most recent thing I put together is a heavy duty lanyard for my new phone. I’m almost pathological about losing it, or having it stolen; my previous one dropped out of my shorts pocket when I was out on my bike a couple of months ago, and the new phone is not something I’m prepared to risk losing, so I made up a heavy-duty tether using Dyneema boat mooring rope, with the ends glued into a loop with thick heatshrink tubing to secure the loops. The case is a Casetify, and the corners are designed to take fairly large split-rings, along with locking carabiners, so it should be pretty secure in future. 🤞🏻😎
I sent my mate a link to this page, mentioning the harp - he’s very impressed!
When you drop or mishandle that set up the karabiner is going to pivot onto the screen...
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It's taken a while with one thing or another but after the first one broke (ten years and excessive fettling on my part - the original design was sound) this is the version with precast lugs that, crucially, takes 45mm tyres out of the box [some assembly required] .
“Count Zero - The Moana boat wasn't that technically challenging”
Well, no, but I hadn’t seen that when I posted - that harp, on the other hand, is exquisite! I’ll send a link to that to my mate, who’s a goldsmith, I think he’ll be impressed.
The most recent thing I put together is a heavy duty lanyard for my new phone. I’m almost pathological about losing it, or having it stolen; my previous one dropped out of my shorts pocket when I was out on my bike a couple of months ago, and the new phone is not something I’m prepared to risk losing, so I made up a heavy-duty tether using Dyneema boat mooring rope, with the ends glued into a loop with thick heatshrink tubing to secure the loops. The case is a Casetify, and the corners are designed to take fairly large split-rings, along with locking carabiners, so it should be pretty secure in future. 🤞🏻😎
Os there not now a slight risk that if it falls out your pocket its going to tangle in unpleasant ways with bits of your bike?