Random slightly cool stuff you built but not worth its own thread, thread

[h4nd]

RF test widgets.

[anglia4]

On 27/04/2021 at 17:03, Thphantum said:

Was a bit hung over on Anzac day appreciation day, So I made a fire thingy out of some junk I had lying around

They make one of those on an episode of Paw patrol for cooking Chilli.

I must have seen that episode 3 or 4 times so far.

#dadlife

/lingpost

[Vintage Grumble]

TEAM WORK IS THE BEST WORK

[Geophy]

Filing cabinet for a guy at works camper trailer. 2 drawer spun on its side and shortened top drawer. Small drawer for cutlery big drawer for bowls etc and chopping boards down the side. 

Pretty time consuming but looks sharp. Am making extended cabinet on right hand side for more storage and flush mount for gas cooker.

[felixx]

I made a forge

[tortron]

Turned wife's hoodie into dog cloak

Needs a bit of velcro for the belly strap and I think I will fold the front bit over, but otherwise not bad

[kyteler]

Way to make a working dog look like a handbag dog. 

Cripes. 

 

 

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Fashion. 

[tortron]

2 minutes ago, kyteler said:

Way to make a working dog look like a handbag dog. 

Cripes. 

 

 

Turn to the left... 

Turn to the right.. 

 

 

Fashion. 

[tortron]

Shes a bit soft tbh irl

but we are going on a snow camping hike later, so probably useful

[Mof]

Going to need matching booties 

[tortron]

Yeah she's got drovers boots

I don't look at the wife's dog credit card statement and she pays no attention to the car parts piling up

[flyingbrick]

Made these calf feeder trailer things yesterday. Not bad for one day's messing around. 

[SOHC]

Gas forge and burner I made for someone who wants to do knife making.

[johnnyizegem]

So, present for the wife...

I went and bought some oak

Had some fun with chisel, sander and son

Made some pockets and some holes

Made some brackets

Test fit after final welding

Added some oil and vinegar

Chemfixed the brackets to the wall

And let the wife be happy and do her thing...

cheers, thanks for watching!

[KP_wag]

Love your work mate. Have contemplated doing something similar, can you explain the chemfix bit? I was thinking of bolting direct to the studs as whatever I build kids will no doubt try and climb on it...

[johnnyizegem]

17 minutes ago, KP_wag said:

Love your work mate. Have contemplated doing something similar, can you explain the chemfix bit? I was thinking of bolting direct to the studs as whatever I build kids will no doubt try and climb on it...

Thanks man!

https://www.gooduse.com.tw/en/faq/How-to-install-the-chemical-anchor/faq-01-10.html (and make sure you fix a threaded rod inthere, not a drill :D)

Something similar to the above, but I had to use an additional sleeve as I was dealing with 'hollow' stones... My solution is probably overkill as I used 5 M10 studs/shelf but the oak alone was 7kg for the heaviest one. Better safe than sorry...

[igor]

Nothing wrong with overkill. As a draughtsman fresh out of polytech I had a go at designing a timber boardwalk structure. The senior engineer had a look at my design, took out half the columns, and reckoned it would be about right.

[johnnyizegem]

44 minutes ago, igor said:

Nothing wrong with overkill. As a draughtsman fresh out of polytech I had a go at designing a timber boardwalk structure. The senior engineer had a look at my design, took out half the columns, and reckoned it would be about right.

I am used to design everything a little to strong, unless weight for example is critical. I design press brakes (LVD) for a living and we allways say, it's designed the LVD way when it's overkill. Better to use a few kilograms to much steel :p

[flyingbrick]

13 hours ago, johnnyizegem said:

I am used to design everything a little to strong, unless weight for example is critical. I design press brakes (LVD) for a living and we allways say, it's designed the LVD way when it's overkill. Better to use a few kilograms to much steel :p

That's my motto too, but this is because I'm too dumb to understand what the correct amount of steel looks like .

If in doubt, make it bigger. 

[igor]

58 minutes ago, flyingbrick said:

If in doubt, make it bigger. 

This is my thinking too. We have a joke in the office that 1 + 1 = 4 but we call it 10 to give us a decent margin of safety.