Popular Post VitesseEFI Posted September 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2022 This is Jack. He was born about 20 years ago after we had a holiday in Berrynabor in North Devon. They have an annual pot-man (pot-person) competition and the place is infested with them, pot men, pot women, even a few pot cats and dogs. The kids, who were small at the time, absolutely loved them and insisted I made them one. So I did. He spent his first 15 years sitting in a huge pear tree at our last house, holding a saw. Then we moved. Initially he lived in a willow tree about 10 feet above where he is now, but that died and had to be cut down, so he was homeless. No2 son is an obsessive road biker so I made Jack a bike as a piss-take. Get plenty of amusement from passer-by reactions . Kids love it. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tintin Posted October 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2022 Found this old Rimu folding chair that had a broken piece of wood on the seat base, I had to take the ugly plywood off to fix it so I replaced it with some Rimu slats thanks for looking 40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tintin Posted October 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2022 This weekend’s project is to make a coffee/side table from a bit of a mixture of native woods Rimu door steps I had 2 to cut down for the legs, I still need to cut to length Rimu door frames for the sides of the table, powerpole cross beam for the outer wood on the top, and I don’t know what the dark wood is if you have an idea please let me know 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted October 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2022 Someone on here posted a picture of their bead roller with a steering wheel on it and I thought that was a good idea so I put one on mine. Amazing. 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GARDRB Posted October 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2022 Little bro bought himself an Alfa and has a fancy Toyota sewing machine, and wanted to try pressing a logo into some vinyl so that he can do his interior eventually. Other than the fact he told me after I'd printed it that he was pressing from the front rather than the back, our first test worked out quite well. 31 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ~Slideways~ Posted October 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2022 Not really 'built' but it worked well. I needed to find an exhaust leak, so I taped the vacuum cleaner hose onto the exhaust tip and put it into reverse flow so it would blow into the exhaust. Then sprayed soapy water onto exhaust and found a couple of places. Looks stupid but it works. 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GARDRB Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 17 minutes ago, ~Slideways~ said: Not really 'built' but it worked well. I needed to find an exhaust leak, so I taped the vacuum cleaner hose onto the exhaust tip and put it into reverse flow so it would blow into the exhaust. Then sprayed soapy water onto exhaust and found a couple of places. Looks stupid but it works. I saw a video on Instagram of a guy who forgot to put his sump plug washer on using his shop vac to pull an vacuum in his crank case through the oil filler while he pulled his sump plug out and put the washer on. It could have just been instagram reel magic, but it seemed pretty legit 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SOHC Posted October 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2022 12mm and 16mm square jaw tongs I made the other day, 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SOHC Posted October 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2022 29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datlow Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 On 18/10/2022 at 14:31, GARDRB said: vacuum in his crank case through the oil filler Deff works When you need to replace a broken fitting on the bottom of a gbox with 500l of oil in it, it's real handy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I think there is a thing you can buy? Never used one but as @datlow mentioned, use them to reseal tap threads on fuel tanks when they still have hundreds of litres still in them. my mind was blown when i learnt about them , called bullshit for so long, had to admit defeat. Works on same principle as carby, have workshop air hooked up and it pulls a vacuum 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willdat? Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 On 06/06/2020 at 09:50, tortron said: Yeah I have one too I'm a camp stove barry Wasn't sure where to put this. No actual building, but a sweet combo for my Jetboil if I need more than 100g of gas on a trip and a 700ml titanium billy for rehydrating, silicone lid is from Macpac, and the cup is from Kmart... Cozy is from a Jetboil micromo. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tintin Posted October 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2022 (edited) Ready for a bit of oil now, I’m happy with the fact I only used dowels and 4 screws to put it together and the use of limited assortment of hand tools all finished Edited October 25, 2022 by tintin Added pic 31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tintin Posted October 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2022 Today’s project was to make a headphone and iPad storage and charging centre for a local school 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 On 18/10/2022 at 13:17, GARDRB said: Little bro bought himself an Alfa and has a fancy Toyota sewing machine, and wanted to try pressing a logo into some vinyl so that he can do his interior eventually. Other than the fact he told me after I'd printed it that he was pressing from the front rather than the back, our first test worked out quite well. Do you lightly heat the vinyl before pressing? Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GARDRB Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 17 minutes ago, yoeddynz said: Do you lightly heat the vinyl before pressing? Looks great. Yeah we heated it with a heat gun, it was a little bit hard to get the heat consistent but we got a good one eventually 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 how hot does it need to be? i wonder if an iron would be a good way to get nice consistent heat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tintin Posted November 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2022 Made a bird house today 28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubastreet Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 On 01/11/2022 at 21:32, BlownCorona said: how hot does it need to be? i wonder if an iron would be a good way to get nice consistent heat Or the heated bed of the printer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Corbie Posted November 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2022 banged together a table out of recycled mostly 2x3" timber from the house renovations. also gave the bench seat a bit of a tickle with a paintbrush to finish it off. 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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