What Did You Do Today 2021

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi Neil, that looks a good job, as for the cement resin, I don't think there was anything like that when I did my door step and even if there was, it probably would have been out of my budget range in them days, what with a young family and all. I think I used a bit of silicon sealer where needed, which I was allowed to have from work ( they were good like that, if you asked for reasonable requests)

Regards Nick.

[John PParticipant @johnp77052]

Made a clean sweep today ,last time brush got stuck
in the chimney, managed to retrieve it without enlisting
the help of a 4 year old.
Handle fell of the vacuum cleaner haven't been in the
workshop since mid April had to venture out for emergency
repairs, everything where i left it , still can't find it though.

John

[Roger BestParticipant @rogerbest89007]

I also had fun a couple of years ago when I managed to unscrew the brush; fortunately the rods come with a drain plunger that did a good job of chasing the brush up. I still had to erect a scaffold to get up to pull the brush out, it couldn't be kind enough to pop out of the top.

My positive contribution of the day was to deliver my very-tall stepladder to Basingstoke &DMES were we are building a large workshop.

The ladder belonged to my Dad and must be 30 years old, and hasn't been used for 20 years since his death despite a few attempts at using it to pick fruit. I have had it cluttering up my garden for a decade. Only goes to show don't throw anything away.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Forecast rain turned out to be brilliant sunshine as EDMES gave rides on two live steam engines on our part complete track in support of the model railway guys we share premises with who were having their open day. This enables us to get in a second public running over our agreed monthly day at the Priory. Also had a couple of membership enquiries.

Despite the difficulty in using club facilities for most of the year most of the members of both of my clubs have about 90% full price renewal. Hopefully a little gentle persuasion will get some of the remainder to contribute.

[WindyParticipant @windy30762]

Been a busy few days a week ago my adopted speed family took me to Santa Pod for the European Nationals and witnessed a hydrogen peroxide steam rocket bike doing mind blowing speeds.

Then at Elvington and saw how strong composite motorcycle rear wheels are.

Jack Frost a regular 250mph rider that did 269mph at an earlier meeting had a tyre blowout at about 250mph.

With skilful riding he kept the bike upright just riding on the composite wheel rim.

He has a very bruised backside with crushed discs.

This Saturday and Sunday Melbourne Raceway was my next port of call.

It was a pleasure to see very young lads and lasses riding small machines they are so enthusiastic.

One of the paramedics his lad was having a go it's a big family event as I said to one Mother is your lass going to be a future Beccy Ellis the current fastest UK woman at 264mph.

Mums reply Beccy will have to retire sometime.

When home had my old banger on stands ready to check over for MOT time then another session making the 5 litre fuel tank for my flash steam project.

[Gerhard NovakParticipant @gerhardnovak66893]

What did I do today?

Well – I made the first hole into the bed of my Sieg SX2. Knowing the part is 8mm thick I drilled down to 7.5mm – not taking into consideration that I milled the part 3mm out before…

I suppose it will not be the last hole, and I am proud it happened only after more than 2 years….

Didi I do something useful? well – not today. Yesterday I made a tailstock die holder, and I am happy (or lucky?) the MT2 cone I turned fitts really well. The knurling – well, not nice, I know that myself. When I learned to work with a lathe we had hand held knurling pliers, they worked really well and didn't create any pressure to the toolpost. Looked up and down the internet, searched also in German, obviously no longer manufactured.

[DalboyParticipant @dalboy]

Spent the day in the workshop finally finding space on the bench still a few bits to find homes for I am sure that some will get moved but most is now in it;s final resting place. Also placed some of the power sockets still some more to do. The last job was to clear a space for the new machines arriving tomorrow.

So glad that the new workshop is very near sorted and I will be able to make wood and metal chips but only after the dust and chip extractor is set up for the woodworking side

[mark costello 1Participant @markcostello1]

You could easily make this style of knurler, I did and it works well.https://www.google.com/search?q=hand+made+scissors+knurler&sxsrf=AOaemvLEB-6rKa2KU335WMdv54PsBnAr9g:1632249154790&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=k9io-Qtn1d7kmM%252C2lEwJiGckNlaMM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kT5EXErYHC0vgcE1uYdHzk5EpwKlg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjn77j42ZDzAhUEbc0KHb4BC_oQ9QF6BAgJEAE#imgrc=k9io-Qtn1d7kmM

I've never posted a link so I hope it works well. If it offends some how please delete.

[DalboyParticipant @dalboy]

Spent this afternoon taking delivery of my new machines the first took three of us to move it from roadside to shed the second took five of us. All that is needed now is to set them up so tomorrow i will be getting the stands sorted ready for the big lift of both machines. This evening sat and started to read the instructions for the DRO

[Gerhard NovakParticipant @gerhardnovak66893]

Posted by mark costello 1 on 21/09/2021 19:35:13:

You could easily make this style of knurler, I did and it works well.https://www.google.com/search?q=hand+made+scissors+knurler&sxsrf=AOaemvLEB-6rKa2KU335WMdv54PsBnAr9g:1632249154790&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=k9io-Qtn1d7kmM%252C2lEwJiGckNlaMM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kT5EXErYHC0vgcE1uYdHzk5EpwKlg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjn77j42ZDzAhUEbc0KHb4BC_oQ9QF6BAgJEAE#imgrc=k9io-Qtn1d7kmM

I've never posted a link so I hope it works well. If it offends some how please delete.

Mark,

nobody is offended, thanks for the hints. Writing this you can see I could use the address you posted. There is a more elegant way to do it, using one word in your text for the link. Just select a word in your text and the go into the link symbol tab or use control k. The selected word will be written as display text in the pop-up window. Just put your address into the field called URL and press ok. So I can inform you about the Kettering steam rally without showing all the address details. And yes, I will go there on the weekend…

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

Hmmm….

Ordered a length of ACME rod to make a short leadscrew for my ML7, now I have fitted it with a screw-cutting gearbox. (Early type with the lead-screw ending just inside the gear-box, more or less below the bull-wheel.) At the price I thought I was buying the thread-rolling machine as well.

Started investigating likely prices for hefty machine-tools – part of helping a friend clear her late husband's workshop.

Didn't go swimming, or more accurately, molesting a patch of shallow sea-water, as the tide would have been too low and a cold Westerly breeze had arrived.

So having finally obtained the proverbial disc, corrected a gauge problem on the workshop's overhead hoist I completed last year. The cross-beam is basically a six-foot gauge bogie, and though it runs well along most of the track, a slight taper in the shed walls had forced one end of the rails fractionally under-gauge.

[DalboyParticipant @dalboy]

Spent a couple of days getting the machines onto their stands securing them and then cleaning.

I chose machines that are slightly larger than what I plan to make but they will allow me to grow with them. I wonder how clean they will stay, I do have a habit of cleaning down the workshop at the end of each day which helps make the following day a pleasure to work in

I have a vice now to fit on the mill and still need to tram the head to the table but little steps I will get there

[JourneymanParticipant @journeyman]

Posted by Derek Lane on 25/09/2021 13:05:36:

Spent a couple of days getting the machines onto their stands securing them and then cleaning.

Nice new toys but I would have left a bit more room between them. You need easy access to the change wheels and to the right hand mill X handle.

John

[DalboyParticipant @dalboy]

Posted by Journeyman on 25/09/2021 14:21:55:

Posted by Derek Lane on 25/09/2021 13:05:36:

Spent a couple of days getting the machines onto their stands securing them and then cleaning.

Nice new toys but I would have left a bit more room between them. You need easy access to the change wheels and to the right hand mill X handle.

John

I have moved the mill over to the left already as I realized that I could not get to the lathe end for that exact reason something to the extra few pounds over the lockdown

Also the shelf above the lathe needs relocating as that has all my sharpening stones and the like on it. It will be put where my bench grinding is at. still moving things around and also wiring which needs some enclosure over them.

[JourneymanParticipant @journeyman]

Jolly good, you will soon be able to enjoy. Worth spending that extra time to get everything 'just so' before you start as you will never get 'a round tuit' later. Once happy I would bolt the stands down to the floor. Makes for that extra little rigidity.

John

[Bryan Cedar 1Participant @bryancedar1]

I need some Loctite 572 thread sealant (As used by Kingscale on their models to seal steam fittings. Has anybody bought some recently and what shelf life can I expect. This is an expensive grade and sold at very varying prices. That currently on offer on EBay states there is no expiry date or it is Nov 2021 or Dec 2022

[JourneymanParticipant @journeyman]

Posted by Derek Lane on 25/09/2021 15:33:46:

Also the shelf above the lathe needs relocating as that has all my sharpening stones and the like on it. It will be put where my bench grinding is at. still moving things around and also wiring which needs some enclosure over them.

With the extra space in the corner you could make a wheeled storage unit similar to this:-

but I wouldn't particularly recommend the vertical bar storage, the short bits sink to the bottom and the long bits try to poke you in the eye whilst searching for the short bits!

John

[Frances IoMParticipant @francesiom58905]

I would have considered placing lathe and mill on same wall esp if the room length is suitable as it allows easy access to the headstock to allow use of long lengths thru the chuck – they can be set up to ‘dangle’ over the mill bed – even easier if you build a extra steady that sits on the mill bed – avoids much wastage if you only need short lengths for items.

[DalboyParticipant @dalboy]

Posted by Frances IoM on 25/09/2021 16:26:48:
I would have considered placing lathe and mill on same wall esp if the room length is suitable as it allows easy access to the headstock to allow use of long lengths thru the chuck – they can be set up to 'dangle' over the mill bed – even easier if you build a extra steady that sits on the mill bed – avoids much wastage if you only need short lengths for items.

The mill is on the short wall at the end of the workshop I did try to work it with them both against that wall but with everything that I need to fit into there this was the best solution I did consider putting the mill diagonally across the corner but that would have blocked the power consumer box as can be seen in the top of the corner shown

[Cornish JackParticipant @cornishjack]

Not today, but over the last 4 days, worked on the bits below, plus sweat, blood and expletives deleted !!

which left me with this …

and more elbow grease and the silicone variety … ended up with this

An unusual design and manufacturer. the shaped work holders rotate individually and accurately match for height – 4 total approx 1/4" thick. Very substantial (heavy) and good for mill or drill.

Anyone else come across this type ?

rgds

Bill;

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

Frances –

Long lengths of bar protruding from the spindle…

Definitely provide support as otherwise they will whip about or whirl; dangerous to man and machine, and at the very least likely to bend the bar.

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I like that vice! I have not seen one but I believe there was a discussion on another thread about similar ones, not long ago?

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Yesterday I finished patching the roof – after pop riveting a join between two panels that had gone 'wayward', I sealed it with flashing tape, also used tape to put belt and braces cover along two sides, just in case. Much to the delight of next door's kids who bombarded me with questions from 'what are you doing?' to 'can I have my spider ball back?'

Just as well as last night it got as extreme a test as it's likely to get, which it passed. Perhaps down the line a complete re-roofing will be needed, but it's enough for now.

I'm getting towards the home straight with the walls too. Putting in two horizontal battens all along, one at the right height to support the rear of benches, one to hang cupboards off.

Next to think about is floor. As it is now very dry, I'm inclined to a layer of waterproof insulation – one with enough give to take up imperfections in the concrete. Then board over it. Hardest decision – what type of board?

Neil

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

This is absurd… the cheapest flooring solution for my workshop appears to be laminate flooring.

[Steve Skelton 1Participant @steveskelton1]

Neil, from my experience I would recommend 50mm of Extratherm or Celotex type of insulation followed by waterproof tongue and groove chipboard flooring (the blue type I think it is).

You will still get a bit of bounce from the insulation but the chipboard will spread the load and not deform locally due to its thickness. When we built our house the chipboard floors were left exposed in the elements for about a month being constantly soaked before we could get the roof on and did not suffer from this at all.

 

Steve

Oh, and put a waterproof barrier sheet down between the concrete and the insulation

Edited By Steve Skelton 1 on 27/09/2021 12:23:01

[Steve Skelton 1Participant @steveskelton1]

Neil, having checked the chipboard is moisture-resistant not waterproof

https://www.jewson.co.uk/p/caberfloor-p5-moisture-resistant-chipboard-flooring-tg4-22mm-FH22C4TA

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