What is the last thing you made? (pics pls)

Loads of them on eBay…

It’s one half of a balance bike work in progress

Nice work P-J 🙂

A housing
Work things by Gavin Belton[/url], on Flickr

and the impeller that runs inside it,
Work things by Gavin Belton[/url], on Flickr

That’s some big old 5 axis, nice

I’m suprised by this thread, theres another thread going where the op is saying non of these skills exist anymore!. I’m guessing all of you guys live in China!!!??. Keep up the good work.. 8)

CNC machined balance bike frame?! Outstanding 😉

Serious question: Do you do stuff like this for money? I sometimes need things machining.

I’m suprised by this thread, theres another thread going where the op is saying non of these skills exist anymore!.

Yes but that person is an idiot.

Sometimes, yes

It’s getting colder so it’s the traditional soup making time for me. Pea and Ham.

Yeah I don’t have the skills of many of you.

I pretty much taught myself woodturning when I was younger. I recently did a days tuition with a top turner, who was quick to point out all my bad habits… 😳
Turned a carvers mallet out of Lignum Vitae, with an Elm handle.

The lignum is a bugger to work with. Very, very oily and so the slightest bit of sanding renders your abrasive a clogged mess. Turned out nice mind…

Who was the ‘top turner’, kayak23..?

A mallet is on my things-to-turn list and have some incredibly dense black oak (so I’m told, from France) to use.

Mark Hancock

Cheers! I did a three-day course with this turner[/url] earlier in the year.

I just don’t know how they manage to turn those virtually crumbling to bits vessels…

Nice work porter_jamie!! Do do all the CAD yourself?

Made a flaming “10” for my nephew’s B’day party on Nov 5th…

Untitled by Ben Freeman[/url], on Flickr

Untitled by Ben Freeman[/url], on Flickr

Untitled by Ben Freeman[/url], on Flickr

@swavis, yes my brother designed it, it’s for kid #2 xmas pressie. kid #1 already has a balance bike with billet split rims, and a welded up tubular frame.

Loving the 10
🙂

“Making” might be stretching the definition a bit, but I have just rebuilt this for a friend. 5 new doors, a bit of welding, recovered the seats, new bushes & springs, full service and a complete respray in “Fendt” green. Passed MOT with no advisories and mate reckons it has never driven so well. His 4 young lads are over the moon with their new landie 🙂

Nice Landie 8) Some ‘Fendt’ red on the wheels would be nice to see 😉

Liking your mallet too kayak.

My mate drew the line at red wheels. I did suggest it 🙂

You’ll never believe what I went and made… 🙂

Tramlines…

A toilet roll holder – a present for someone:

Eh! You made a massive wooden d**do and hung a toilet roll on it!!!!!!!
😯 😯 😯

😀

That is a bit cock’n’balls – intentional I presume?

Intentional..? Of course. 8)

Most of it made on my wood lathe; the, erm, ‘long’ bit unscrews so you can replace the roll… for a colleague that’s moving to another school.

Excellent stuff! 😆

It is very well made though househusband!

Again, this thread continues to win the interwebz!

I’ve been renovating an old 1954 Colchester Student lathe.
Before:

After:

Hope to be making things very soon (haven’t used a lathe for about 30 years)

@ fruitbat that is some going, it looks in fantastic nic now.

Holy sheet Fruitbat. That’s some impressive restorationing.

Toilet roll holder= pure class.

That’s rubbish fruitbat. It doesn’t look anything like the workshop in Fallout 4.

Finished my first quad/drone. It doesn’t fly properly, won’t even take off straight, I think it’s the crappy radio gear I have. Diatone 150 size with 3″ props.

This thread definitely needs a like button. Keep em coming folks.

Made lots of ditches in our local park. Erm, that’s it.