What did you do in your shed / man cave today?

[GGV8Cruza]

Cooked some cow on the 10 buck bbq

GG

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[Hairs]

Cooked some cow on the 10 buck bbq

GG

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I'm hungry now,
Cheers.

[DannyG]

I built a small metal folder.
I popped into the scrap metal yard and grabbed enough steel to do what I needed.....$20.

It is nothing special but it works perfect. 800mm is the max width. 3mm alloy or 1.6mm steel at the full width is its limit and then I needed a mate to put weight on the table so I didnt lift it as I was doing the bend.

I cut a section of my welding table out and welded the folder into the backside of the table.






And a few test fold. You can slide the top hold down angle forward or backwards to increase or decrease the sharpness of the fold.





I then cut out some of the alloy plate and folded it up into a charging station that works for us.
I didnt grab any pics of the folds but again they were more than acceptable.

[Bad Scott]

I built a small metal folder.
I popped into the scrap metal yard and grabbed enough steel to do what I needed.....$20.

It is nothing special but it works perfect. 800mm is the max width. 3mm alloy or 1.6mm steel at the full width is its limit and then I needed a mate to put weight on the table so I didnt lift it as I was doing the bend.

I cut a section of my welding table out and welded the folder into the backside of the table.






And a few test fold. You can slide the top hold down angle forward or backwards to increase or decrease the sharpness of the fold.





I then cut out some of the alloy plate and folded it up into a charging station that works for us.
I didnt grab any pics of the folds but again they were more than acceptable.

Magic job DannyG
Maybe put some bracing above it into the middle to stop deflection. That'll help with slightly thicker material.

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[Bird]

I built a small metal folder.
I popped into the scrap metal yard and grabbed enough steel to do what I needed.....$20.

It is nothing special but it works perfect. 800mm is the max width. 3mm alloy or 1.6mm steel at the full width is its limit and then I needed a mate to put weight on the table so I didnt lift it as I was doing the bend.

I cut a section of my welding table out and welded the folder into the backside of the table.






And a few test fold. You can slide the top hold down angle forward or backwards to increase or decrease the sharpness of the fold.





I then cut out some of the alloy plate and folded it up into a charging station that works for us.
I didnt grab any pics of the folds but again they were more than acceptable.

You have far too much time on your hands

[DannyG]

Magic job DannyG
Maybe put some bracing above it into the middle to stop deflection. That'll help with slightly thicker material.

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Yeh Im going to put a truss over it as it definitely deflects slightly on the heavy stuff. No where near as bad as I thought it might but its there.

You have far too much time on your hands

Yep, winter is great time for being in the shed. Light the fire, put on my music or play the footy in the background, sipping on bourbon generally doing bugger all in my happy zone

This weekend I am going to start building a very heavy duty bullet proof vice..................

[Bird]

Yep, winter is great time for being in the shed. Light the fire, put on my music or play the footy in the background, sipping on bourbon generally doing bugger all in my happy zone

sounds like a fictional world most of us dream of LOL!... except, turn the temp up to 18 outside....

[jwb]

Packed the car, hooked up the CT in preparation for its 1st outing since Covid19
Delema!
ETD 10.30 am tomorrow!
Can't wait!
Cheers

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[jclures]

Packed the car, hooked up the CT in preparation for its 1st outing since Covid19
Delema!
ETD 10.30 am tomorrow!
Can't wait!
Cheers

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I have just done the same, but I am leaving now. 

[jwb]

I have just done the same, but I am leaving now. 

I don't think that comment is very nice
AT ALL


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[bmwfreak]

Emptied out the back of the troopy of all the stuff I migrated from the BT50, and started on a set of drawers. The batteries I have taken out are 2 x 175ah AGM and associated DIY battery box, combined weight tipping the scales at 100kg. The set of drawers with lithium batteries should be pretty close to the same, so no gain in performance/fuel, but importantly, gaining useful storage and not adding to the vehicle weight, any more than I had already. Will post photos when finished.

[DrewXT]

Yeh Im going to put a truss over it as it definitely deflects slightly on the heavy stuff. No where near as bad as I thought it might but its there.

Yep, winter is great time for being in the shed. Light the fire, put on my music or play the footy in the background, sipping on bourbon generally doing bugger all in my happy zone

This weekend I am going to start building a very heavy duty bullet proof vice..................

Looking forward to seeing the results of this one!!

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[Troopy_03]

Yeh Im going to put a truss over it as it definitely deflects slightly on the heavy stuff. No where near as bad as I thought it might but its there.

Yep, winter is great time for being in the shed. Light the fire, put on my music or play the footy in the background, sipping on bourbon generally doing bugger all in my happy zone

This weekend I am going to start building a very heavy duty bullet proof vice..................

Is the thread on that bar square cut though?

[DannyG]

Is the thread on that bar square cut though?

It's an acme thread so yes it has square-ish shoulders. 29 degrees to be accurate


EDIT: Sorry I just re-read your quote........Not square cut...close, but Acme.

"Acme threads have a 29° thread angle, which is easier to machine than square threads. ... Acme threads are generally also stronger than square threads due to their trapezoidal thread profile, which provides greater load-bearing capabilities"

[Troopy_03]

It's an acme thread so yes it has square-ish shoulders. 29 degrees to be accurate


EDIT: Sorry I just re-read your quote........Not square cut...close, but Acme.

"Acme threads have a 29° thread angle, which is easier to machine than square threads. ... Acme threads are generally also stronger than square threads due to their trapezoidal thread profile, which provides greater load-bearing capabilities"

Sounds pretty good then. Is it a kit, or did you machine it up? I have a lathe, but have never tried thread cutting on it.

[Troopy_03]

Speaking of lathes, the last time I used mine was to modify a couple of spare espresso machine filter baskets, for the shed Espresso machine. I heard about people using non-pressurised baskets, and saying they were better, or produced a better tasting coffee than the standard pressurised ones, so I thought I'd give it a go.

Set the outer basket up on the lathe and removed the bottom, leaving about 2mm of lip.

Result was yes, I think they can produce a better coffee shot, but they take a bit of experimenting with grind size and tamping pressure. A work in progress though.

[Fizzie]

Result was yes, I think they can produce a better coffee shot,

But you could have washed all the swarf off before you made a coffee!

[Troopy_03]

But you could have washed all the swarf off before you made a coffee!

Still picking it out of my teeth. 

[paul.o]

Acme threads are good. They are what Wile E. Coyote uses exclusively! 

[DannyG]

Sounds pretty good then. Is it a kit, or did you machine it up? I have a lathe, but have never tried thread cutting on it.

No its not a kit. Even though the thread is easily machined, I bought a length of 1" threaded rod and machined the end to suit what I am doing.

The vice is inspired by and loosely based on the vice Make it Extreme built.

https://youtu.be/Y5S0IyNvWXg

[paceman]

Gave the firepit some legs and a paint job...




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[Troopy_03]

No its not a kit. Even though the thread is easily machined, I bought a length of 1" threaded rod and machined the end to suit what I am doing.

The vice is inspired by and loosely based on the vice Make it Extreme built.

https://youtu.be/Y5S0IyNvWXg

Looks pretty good. And an ambitious project. Wish I could cut turn and weld that fast though.. 

[paceman]

And now getting some use with some s'mores...




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[Rusty]

Cleaned it up and moved some stuff to the garden shed so I can fit in a new present I bought for my self

Rusty

[Bad Scott]

Cleaned it up and moved some stuff to the garden shed so I can fit in a new present I bought for my self

Rusty

:Worthless:


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