What did you do Today 2024

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Use this thread just like you did all the previous one.

[Robert ButlerParticipant @robertbutler92161]

Thanks Jason

You normally post a link to the previous years thread.

Robert Butler

[noel shelleyParticipant @noelshelley55608]

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

[Paul KempParticipant @paulkemp46892]

I managed to log in!

Paul.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

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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[jaCK HobsonParticipant @jackhobson50760]

I have finished my pointy stick. Made good use of my ELS to turn the pommel. I did find some shortcomings or ‘missing features’ of the ELS – you can’t crown a wheel (or pommel), and you can’t ‘fast forward’ through a many step sequence if you just want to tweak the final dimensions a little. 

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

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

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

MichaelG.

 

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

and in case you blinked:

Complete with some trivial typographical errors …

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[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

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

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Yes

[Robert Butler]

On 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.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

🤐………….

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

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…..

[Michael Gilligan]

On Michael Gilligan Said:

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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The 1st PC I ever used….and when I went to the Science Museum before Christmas, what did I find on display as part of the “History of Computing” section:

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

Bored out some sprockets and made some axles

 

[Harry WilkesParticipant @harrywilkes58467]

Replaced the bottom in the twin cupboard under kitchen sink. Discovered a pinhole leak in the pipe above stopcock New Years Day got it fixed next day but it must have been weeping for a while which help me to pull it out easily. Got a new bottom cut to size just needed a slot cutting for around the water pipe and job done.

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[Craig BrownParticipant @craigbrown60096]

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

[bernard towersParticipant @bernardtowers37738]

Put it together today but not run it yet

[John MCParticipant @johnmc39344]

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!

 

 

 

 

[Mark RandParticipant @markrand96270]

Stripped the ML7 down to overhaul it before selling it. I measured about 1/4 thou of wear to the top of the bed and 1 thou of wear in the vertical sheers. Shouldn’t take too long to scrape that out. I haven’t measured the cross slide dovetails yet. I wouldn’t be surprised to find that they are worse than the bed.

The lathe’s been in the family since 1967.

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

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

[Craig BrownParticipant @craigbrown60096]

Checked how parallel the riser came out. Just over 0.01mm (pretty well 1/2 a thou) thicker one side to the other which works out perfectly as that is basically the difference I need to correct some nod out of tram I have

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

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.

 

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

The temperature was a balmy 3 degrees today, the last 10 days or so have been pretty tough with the sub-zero weather.

Even the sparrows are shouting today

[John MC]

On 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

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