What did you do today? (2013)

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

The spiral stair on that tower makes me think you could make a fantastic 3-d maze with such a printer! Pop in a ball bearing and quietly go insane! You could add different shaped chambers (say with different numbers of sides) to help you figure out where in the maze you are.

Neil

[jason udallParticipant @jasonudall57142]

Neil..you could print the ball too.

There is a (well several)
Model for a whistle including pea all in one

[Bob PerkinsParticipant @bobperkins67044]

Good days modelling today. Build list includes 1 helicopter, 1 ambulance, 1 submarine and 1 pirate ship.

[Oompa LumpaParticipant @oompalumpa34302]

Posted by Bob Perkins on 25/12/2013 22:08:41:

Good days modelling today. Build list includes 1 helicopter, 1 ambulance, 1 submarine and 1 pirate ship.

Terrific!

Mine was the successful build of a Dolls Pram

Bit of a successful day all round really.

graham.

[Boiler BriParticipant @boilerbri]

Nice tool but out of my league based on cost at 2 k.

compliments of the season.

bri

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Whilst knocking off the day before Christmas and rushing to get all the breakdown jobs out of the door I noticed a tightness in the carriage at one point on the TOS lathe.

Further investigation shows that the pinion driving the rack is very worn, enough to allow a couple of teeth to start bending over. As this lathe is a daily drive and really earns it's crust today's job is to strip the carriage and make a new pinion shaft before it spits all the teeth off.

Should get in the workshop about dinner given prior tasks to do. Watch this space.

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Removed about 10 tons of Scots Pine branches, some of which were through my roof!!!

After a lot of hassle it is all covered in a blue tarp, should be water proof —-I hope

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Well it would not be Christmas without Nuts (and a few bolts)

All the fixings for teh Galloway cart, gave me an excuse to try the Stevensons ER32 blocks that I found under the Xmas tree.

J

PS. Kwil I hope you manage to keep the rain out, suppose thats the price you pay for living in such a heavily wooded area. I spent part of xmas eve morning clearing a 50ft tree from my Neighbours garden, couple of degrees to the left and it would have hit her conservatory.

[jason udallParticipant @jasonudall57142]

Good luck Kwil.
And all of us…

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

Ouch! Hope all will be well soon Kwil.

Neil

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

KWIL

I hope the windspeeds stay low for you.

MichaelG.

[Clive FarrarParticipant @clivefarrar90441]

I made two phosphor bronze cotter pins to be able to mount the electric outboard on the kayak.

Its ex chemical plant stuff and boy was it hard. it looks good though.

regards clive

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Thanks everybody, builder coming tomorrow to view and quote.

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

One stepson brought his 'Parrot' around yesterday – an iphone controlled quadricopter. Very impressive – you get a 'parrot's eye view in HD on the phone.

I had to get my electric copter out and my other steplad asked for a go – so I ended up in the top of a small tree in a neighbouring garden!

Neil

[Anonymous]

While I was clearing up the leaves in the front garden the 3D printer was busy making a set of herringbone gears:

A little judicious use of an Allen key in the central hexagon freed up the parts, and the gear set now turns nicely by hand.

This evening I've started my annual major oil it/clean it/sweep it session in the workshop. I'll continue tomorrow, as it looks like being unsuitable for gardening.

Regards,

Andrew

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

While the paint was drying on teh Galloway cart I went back to the Monitor and started machining the crankcase/cylinder casting

[LathejackParticipant @lathejack]

Finished off making a set of new oil control and compression piston rings for a full size Norman T300 flat twin stationary engine. Diameter is 56.5mm.

 

Edited By Lathejack on 28/12/2013 00:25:51

Edited By Lathejack on 28/12/2013 00:32:07

[Alan JacksonParticipant @alanjackson47790]

Commiserations KWIL horrible wind blew nobody any good, hope you manage to fix up your roof without too much hardship.

Best Regards

Alan

[Mark P.Participant @markp]

Today I have been trying to exorcise the gremlins from the electronics of my car Grrrrrr!!

Mark P.

[Boiler BriParticipant @boilerbri]

After 8 weeks I finally got into the workshop. last time I was in I had made a start on fitting my DRO to my milling machine, so I re started where I left off. Just got a small bracket to make tomorrow to fit the cross axis and then i can start to drill my 4" Durham rear hubs. That's after I have worked out how to use the circle thingy!

Happy new year and a happy modelling.

Bri

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

As it was not raining I popped down to Preston's Open Day for a couple of hours.

Photo Album

Slideshow of above

Edited By JasonB on 28/12/2013 20:22:04

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

There's lots of interesting stuff there Jason, where is it?

I just had very boring day, sales shopping with the wife!

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Canterbury, Kent. I've added a link to the post above.

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

Whoops yes sorry about that, I looked at the pictures link first then missed the main one.

Been a long day!

[Anonymous]

After what seems like an eternity of filing, angle grinding, flap wheels, filler and sandpaper I finally got to start machining the flywheels for my Burrell SCC. Here's the set up just prior to starting the machining:

Regards,

Andrew

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