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they look nice.
are they push to unlock or do you need a screwdriver to open them 😉
oh, nope push to open, saw that now.
New hoops. Along with the PSA Pikes, it feels like a new bike.
Made for a mates 40th.
That's a great present, well done
Most of that time was spent working out how to draw straight lines on a cylinder.
On a flat surface. Get a straight edge. Tilt it on an angle. Roll the tube up to the straight edge. So they are both parallel and touching. Then mark your line.
You then have a straight line along the edge of the tube. Any further straight lines are marked from that data line. For example you have a tube with a circumference of 360mm. Mark 180mm around the tube at both ends. Draw a line down the tube where you have marked. You now have 2 lines directly down the middle of the tube.
Modified my Pedals cart for more display area. Need to beef op the verticals to avoid wind flex.
My chilli plants were getting cold so I built them a new home from a pallet and some plastic sheet
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Finally finished something. Box made from London Plane and ebonized Walnut.
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Using old breed wheat flour (Emmer, Einkorn and Spelt). To try and find a form of gluten Sandwich jr can eat without upsetting his stomach.
Crumb shot to follow later as it uses a poolish method for the dough.
I like both of those last 2.
Very well executed Hobster. How did you cut in the stringing ?
Beautiful box Hobster.
Love that inlay 👌
Thanks all,
The pattern on the lid was done with a Veritas inlay tool and chisel then filled with resin.
Took ages as the grain is a bit crazy
The tray, although I have fully soundproofed, insulated and carpet lined the bugger too.
Next build job is the storage units.
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Crumb shot as promised. (I'm failing to stop the rest of the family eating it all in one go).
Love this thread!
Love the T-Allen holder for the axles!
Half way through re-building our patio and garden path.
Had to dig out around 5 tonnes of earth, so built some planter boxes out of sleepers to save on skips, then cast some new steps between those.
5 tonnes of type 1 in and whacked down, then 2x2 20mm porcelain tiles down on a bed of 4:1 sharp sand / cement.
I’m about half way done on the tiling, 80% done on the job, lots of cutting to do now so the neighbours will be hating me.
@colp thanks bud! Just some screw in magnets from Amazon. Bloody strong too!
That patio looks like a top spot.
I did this to replace the painting (top right on peddlers cart photo) I sold.
I was given the slab of oak (750 x 200 x 60mm) as a 'thank you' for making a small wooden handle for an old family heirloom, an old silverware cheese slice - a more than generous return! I cleaned it up on thicknesser planer at work, sanded and applied several coats of Danish oil, then TIG welded the steel legs from 50 x 25mm box section. I could have done a better job preparing the steelwork before painting, a lesson learned for next time!
The end of summer seems to have made an increase in time to finish, or at least upload, some more of the amazing things on this thread.
Yesterday's need to use some of the garden fruit glut lead to making a few jars of pickled pears ready for a winter of gluttony.
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That desk looks a bit narrow househusband.
That desk looks a bit narrow househusband.
@joshvegas LOL, but its the perfect height for sitting on and donning boots and shoes - and it hides my tatty old work bag!
Stretching the definition of the thread a bit, more bodged than made... Dropped a pan lid onto its handle and the threaded bit shattered into many pieces. Coated the screw with PTFE spray and poured Araldite around it to recreate the tapped hole.
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Slightly more on topic, since this half of the world is rapidly moving into summer I decided the empty log store next to the wood burner was looking pretty shabby and could do with tarting up for the next seven months or so...
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Not great as firewood but looks pretty 👍
Always like a good fix. Didn't know about the PTFE vs Araldite trick - would have come in handy recently. This thread needs a resurrection.
This thread needs a resurrection.
So did WillH's.
IGMC.
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Not sure if this is the right place to put this or not but I made this (sort of)
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3.0 litre Jaguar sourced V6 into a 1997 MK1 MX5
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It is a Rocketeer kit which, among other things, includes a replacement subframe and an adaptor plate for the MX5 gearbox
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Originally the car was a basic 90BHP 1.6 (non-ABS, non-PS) now has circa 270 horses and makes a glorious noise.
All spanner work by me. I do have a build thread/blog if people are interested
That's very cool
Cool indeed - but going from a 90hp engine to 270 on the same gearbox - that's not going to last long surely? I assume the clutch was uprated at least!
Cool indeed – but going from a 90hp engine to 270 on the same gearbox – that’s not going to last long surely? I assume the clutch was uprated at least!
The MX5 gearbox is a pretty bombproof and people do run 280-300 and beyond through them with turbo- and super- charged conversions (rear diff is likely to let go before the g/box but should be ok for the power I'm running...)
Clutch is brand new and is an uprated unit (it is part of the Rocketeer kit alongside a bespoke flywheel)
@Furious could you post a link to the Blog as would be interested to see more details.
Absolute YES top the Rocketeer. Awesome things. Going to spend the rest of my working week reading your blog.
Blog is ace. Really enjoying it!
That's bloody awesome. And practically brand-fascist-approved too since OK it's a Jag variant of a Ford motor but Mazda used one too.
A riser for my steering riser 🙂
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Having bought a rocker plate for my Smart Trainer, I needed something to raise the front wheel up by the same amount. It needs some sticky rubber feet on it now though as it slips a bit on my trainer mat.
i ran this for many many hours on my cnc machine.
will eventually be filled with clear epoxy and make up part of a breakfast bar in someones kitchen.
Just made/did a couple of remixes for a band called the Helmholtz Resonators.
Bit of tweaking still to do, but quite happy with them.\
Doh!
@Rich_s What material did you use? I'm planning a similar sort of thing, a 'Gardenosaurus' but I'm struggling to find a suitable board to work with. It seems that whatever select water will ingress through the cut edges, cause swelling, freezing in the winter etc...
Any suggestions anyone?
How about a recycled plastic. I've used stokbord and ecohoarding board before. Totally outside proof. https://www.filcris.co.uk/category/planks-posts-and-sheets/recycled-plastic-sheet