Popular Post ajg193 Posted September 15, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2019 I made this tapping wrench on the BarryLathe this weekend. I need to practice my sewing /subscribe to DirtyBarry 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Made this today, put together out of left over parts that have accumulated over the years doing other projects. It's been sitting in a pile of bits for almost a year on my work bench getting in the way everytime I try to do something... Pretty happy with it, making something out of nothing. Still needs a rear wheel, but I started it up and it sounds wicked! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kimjon Posted September 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2019 They're breeding like rabbits! Plus another one on the bench as a "work in progress". Waste of money you say - can't argue with that...but some people gamble or smoke that amount in a month, so there's worse habits out there I guess? 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SOHC Posted September 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2019 I flattened out a bit of coronated iron and turned it into a steampunk top hat, made the googles to. 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BlownCorona Posted September 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2019 Made this baby walker trainer for my daughters upcoming first birthday. Silloette of my corona painted in its actual paint. I never work with wood so super stoked on how this came out. Kmart fishboard skateboard donated its wheels and that's about all I needed to buy. Bonus is it gave me a chance to test out my new to me, Sata 4000b spray gun. Shit it's awsome! Can't wait to paint to crown with it, colossal step up from the supercheap auto guns... 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post beachlander Posted October 4, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 4, 2019 Made up another blank with some wood, workmate turned it into a handle for one of his knives he makes. 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Beautiful... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kimjon Posted October 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2019 Had excessive play in my steering column. Stripped it down and there really wasn't anything worn or actually wrong as such. Some parts still had paint under the grease...so it wasn't flogged out. I think the factory clearances are just very sloppy and because it's a shaft, within a tube, within another housing - that equals compounding errors x3 that all add up to felt play at the steering wheel. I pondered this for a while, wondering how I was going to keep my certifier happy and tick this box? Then came up with a solution. I turned up this bushing on the lathe from stainless and then press fit (plus epoxied) a nylon insert. The actual steering shaft within the gear selector tube can now run on this to remove any minor bearing movement there was before. The ractory fit bearing is still in there too, should this ever wear out...though my 20 year old ride on mower uses these bushes on the steering shaft and no supporting bearings at all and it hasn't worn out yet. Then I made a jig up to hold the gear selector boss in the lathe. I took a few cuts off the tip only (the keyed shaft inside runs full length) and then turned up a shim to add more material back on than what I started with. I press fitted these parts together using loctite just to make sure it stays together. This shim ring perfectly centres the gear selector inside the main steering column housing. A liberal coating of grease and I put it all back together. This part only moves about 60° from Park to 1st on the colum change, so it's not going to wear out this century. Its rock solid now, zero unwated movement, better than the factory ever made it... 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kimjon Posted October 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 13, 2019 Today's efforts. The certifier wants the brake pads contained tighter within the front calipers. They are GM metric calipers like on most chevys from about the 70's to 90's. From the factory they come like this, with a huge gap of about 17mm in the pads, and a 10mm pin going through it...so about 7mm of slop. The certifier wasn't happy with this, even though it's a factory part. But he suggested I make something up to take out the slop, but not hinder the functionality of the brakes or make contact with the rotor. If I was able to achieve this - then the brakes would pass. So time to make shit happen: 4x turned inserts. Milled slots to fit pad steel. Test fitting, yip...success! Took 4hrs....with lots off going back and forth between my lathe, mill and car. Mainly due to stamped steel the pads are made of was all different sizes, so all 4 spacer are custom fit to each pad location point. Cunt of a job getting it all figured out...but one less thing to do. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted October 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 13, 2019 It's a bit lame when factory parts don't meet the certifiers requests. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 26 minutes ago, Nominal said: It's a bit lame when factory parts don't meet the certifiers requests. I think the issue came about because I had a couple bits of rubber hose filling the gap on the pin/pad to centralize the pads. This was to stop them rattling when not braking. I'd had it like this for a longtime with no bad experiences... however this drew attention to this part, and he wanted a better solution. He wasn't happy for me to just take it out and restore the factory rattle, as it's a shit design to begin with. The way I look at it, any problems that can be solved with a bit of time or money is a real problem. So just get on with it... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nvmyvl Posted October 20, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2019 Built me an UDS (Ugly Drum Smoker).. Got an old drum and burnt it out for a few hours, sanded it, pot belly blacked out.. made 4 intakes out of copper pipe.. exhaust is stainless.. Running it for the first time today, to season it.. seems to be pretty easy to keep within temp range for low and slow.. 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP_wag Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Lovin the exhaust, what ya got planned for the christening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 RIBS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.QCR Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Thats pretty cool ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvmyvl Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 1 hour ago, KP_wag said: Lovin the exhaust, what ya got planned for the christening? Cheers man, not sure wat to do yet.. I've got a couple of mutton roasts in the freezer, from some old girl I knocked off a few months ago.. may try that, or go the standard ribs or brisket. It's been running for 10.5 hours so far.. and its been pretty consistent between 250F and 270F.. had it cranked up to 435F for a bit, just to try and set the pot belly black paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP_wag Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 13 minutes ago, nvmyvl said: Cheers man, not sure wat to do yet.. I've got a couple of mutton roasts in the freezer, from some old girl I knocked off a few months ago.. may try that, or go the standard ribs or brisket. It's been running for 10.5 hours so far.. and its been pretty consistent between 250F and 270F.. had it cranked up to 435F for a bit, just to try and set the pot belly black paint. Gas or charcoal? A pork butt would be a good (forgiving) first outing. What used to be in the drum? Big fan of the low and slow, lotsa room in a UDS could cater a badass party with that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Def check out the Nz pitmasters page if u havent already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrSassafrass Posted October 27, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2019 Last night's set up 10 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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