Get up, light fire, make coffee and now think what to do ! Noel.

Not much so far,

but my daughter sent a delightful advert from 1982 which should stir a few memories: Does anyone fancy doing a Moore’s Law calculation ?

MichaelG.

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Just found a useful little project : A tiny spot-welder

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCguxDdDbf4

MichaelG.

There was a similar device described in ME or MEW some time ago.

Building the circuitry in fresh air is asking for trouble, a bit of veroboard would be much better

On 1 January 2024 at 11:55 Robert Butler Said:

Thanks Jason

You normally post a link to the previous years thread.

Robert Butler

I think he did, Robert

[ or was that sneakily inserted as a result of your post ? ]

MichaelG.

It is amazing how things come and go over the last 45 years. VCRs, CDs, 8 bit micros, but the 555 is still going strong. My first day in paid work was to knock up a timer…..

Bored out some sprockets and made some axles

Produced lots of swarf roughing out a riser block for my mill

Just trepanned the centre out of a 200mm diameter disc of steel, twice.  Posted have a go with photos in the “new” forum.   Need to find out how to resize photos!

A TRS 80 was my first computer

But even a decent keyboard wasn’t possible at the time, it had those clicky-calculator buttons which helped to drive you insane as you tried to learn

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124397313263

Anyroad, got my CZ bender upgrade finally done in steel

Ventured into the workshop for the first time for too long, boots crunching on the frosty grass, stopping to fill the bird-feeder en-route down the garden. Eating me out of house and home they are, the sparrows.

Set up the first of the two new steam-wagon connecting-rods, to mill their flats. I’d made the first ones much too short.

They are turned from 40mm bar, fitted with full-block, split cast-iron big-ends. I slightly modified a couple of small ‘waif-&-stray’ angle-plates (they look home-made) to be bench-centres with temporary big-end studs holding the assembly to one angle, and a mild-steel centre in both.

Most of me was reasonably warm with the unheated shed’s door closed, but despite trying to work in gloves, my hands were becoming unpleasantly cold from the chilled machine-tools, and I stopped at a strategic point to retreat to the house.

On 12 January 2024 at 11:25 John MC Said:

Just trepanned the centre out of a 200mm diameter disc of steel, twice.  Posted have a go with photos in the “new” forum.   Need to find out how to resize photos!

 

 

John I just click on the photo it should turn blue then just ‘grab’ a corner pull it in until you got the size you want

H