Let's see your repurpose project

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

It's coming together now  - only mocked up on the bench and lots more detail to come.

 

I even got a sounding pipe cap with a label on it - must be an original from when she was built.

 

Not sure exactly how the brass cap will be mounted to the steel base. Braze it maybe? Don't even know how to do that yet....

[ebinmaine 67,496]

2 hours ago, Dan.gerous said:

Not sure exactly how the brass cap will be mounted to the steel base. Braze it maybe? Don't even know how to do that yet

I haven't tried brazing yet. 

I understand it's easier to pick up than welding. 

 

Do have a substance like J. B. Weld?

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

5 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

I haven't tried brazing yet. 

I understand it's easier to pick up than welding. 

 

Do have a substance like J. B. Weld?

We do have something onboard that's probably the same thing.

 

I was thinking of tapping a threaded bar into the brass, then welding the bar to the flange.

 

Major issue is the amount of permits and nonsense to be able to weld on here, not like home where you just fire the machine up!

[lynnmor 7,306]

Why not just run a screw up thru the base and into the cap?  It would be hidden from view, and keep people guessing.  That shiny lamp post is just begging for a galvanized pipe to cover it. 

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

On 5/8/2022 at 2:10 PM, lynnmor said:

Why not just run a screw up thru the base and into the cap?  It would be hidden from view, and keep people guessing.  That shiny lamp post is just begging for a galvanized pipe to cover it. 

Great minds, only just saw this thread and have done something similar.

 

Drilled up through the plug, then going to weld the bolts to the flange. Once painted can bolt the brass plugs on

 

The shiny steel shaft now has some subtle ropework on it.

 

phew, was losing sleep thinking about a neat solution!

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

Also liked the galvanised pipe idea so will incorporate a bit to keep the cable tidy - just tack it on with the welder. 

 

Ready to stick it together tomorrow, and paint. Then just need to do some artwork for the lamp shade.

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

Basically finished.

 

The chart is one that was actually in use and even has our pencilled in course lines and hand written notes  It's also the guys home port.

 

Looks a lot better in the flesh, will give it to him tomorrow.

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

So a quick side project to make a wardrobe door holder for one of the cabins.

 

Stops the doors flying open when the ship rolls.

 

The lady who's cabin it is in is also a farmer on a small island in Shetland so the sheep was a personal touch.

 

[ebinmaine 67,496]

2 hours ago, Dan.gerous said:

The chart is one that was actually in use

Yeah great idea Dan. Now how do you know how to get home???

 

Hey! Anybody seen the flippin map????

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

1 minute ago, ebinmaine said:

Yeah great idea Dan. Now how do you know how to get home???

 

Hey! Anybody seen the flippin map????

We just have the lamp up on the bridge to look at the chart.

 

I also left a trail of bread crumbs behind us - you just follow the line of seagulls back home!

[ebinmaine 67,496]

3 minutes ago, Dan.gerous said:

We just have the lamp up on the bridge to look at the chart.

 

I also left a trail of bread crumbs behind us - you just follow the line of seagulls back home!

Right. Great idea. 

So if you follow the chart does the ship also travel in a circle??

 

Doesn't matter. The bread crumbs routine never fails.  

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

Some of the gory detail if your interested!

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Right. Great idea. 

So if you follow the chart does the ship also travel in a circle??

 

Doesn't matter. The bread crumbs routine never fails.  

I never considered that, but we do keep ending up in the same place.....

 

The breadcrumb idea always works, used it when we were kids visiting a little cottage in the woods....oh, no hang on, that wasn't me.

[Handy Don 12,225]

9 hours ago, Dan.gerous said:

farmer on a small island in Shetland so the sheep was a personal touch

Did she get to take it home as a souvenir of the trip?

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

24 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

Did she get to take it home as a souvenir of the trip?

No she works here full time and it's to stop the wardrobe doors opening.

 

The lamp is a gift to go home for the guy that's leaving.

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

Mission accomplished, got a good few laughs.

 

Can relax now.

[sjoemie himself 3,068]

Needed some shimstock as spacer and didn't have anything on the shelf so I made some out of the lid of canned corn.

Flattened it with a hammer and dolley, drilled some holes, cut to size, et voilá spacers 

 

NOTE: wear gloves! This stuff is razorsharp.

 

 

Edited May 18, 2022 by sjoemie himself
Added photo

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

1 hour ago, sjoemie himself said:

Needed some shimstock as spacer and didn't have anything on the shelf so I made some out of the lid of canned corn.

Flattened it with a hammer and dolley, drilled some holes, cut to size, et voilá spacers 

 

NOTE: wear gloves! This stuff is razorsharp.

 

Its incredibly sharp! I once made a model "Anderson Shelter" out of one for a school project and it was lethal! Nice use of something that most people wouldn't even consider as useful.

 

The shelter was a simple air raid shelter in ww2 that people installed in their back yards, you see them come up for sale quite often.

Edited May 18, 2022 by Dan.gerous

[sjoemie himself 3,068]

2 hours ago, Dan.gerous said:

Anderson Shelter

 

Never heard of that but looked it up on Giggle. Nice and simple design while being quite functional by the looks of it.

 

About my shimstock I should note that I only used it for welding some parts together. The shims prevented the hinge from getting tight because of shrinking caused by welding. Removed them after welding and ended up with a nice free moving hinge.

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

19 minutes ago, sjoemie himself said:

 

Never heard of that but looked it up on Giggle. Nice and simple design while being quite functional by the looks of it.

 

About my shimstock I should note that I only used it for welding some parts together. The shims prevented the hinge from getting tight because of shrinking caused by welding. Removed them after welding and ended up with a nice free moving hinge.

Good tip, dealing with metal movement is something I am slowly learning - so many simple tricks to help.

[ranger 1,750]

On 3/14/2022 at 12:12 AM, WHX?? said:

Ok here's one for you guys ... and it involves a . 

This was a box that I put in service vans between the seats. It had channels for hanging file folders like a filing cabinet. A clip on the underside of the lid. Was meant to be a mobile desk for work orders and such. All the techs did was fill it full of junk tho.

Turned it into a ballast box for the FEL I got from @cschannuth. Wanted to mount it in a fashion to use the suitcases he let go with the tractor but @Achto says do this and use the weights for the front of a plow mule or something. Glad I listen to him and not my wife. 

Will be filling with concrete leaving 6 inches or so on the top for lifting chains, tools or whatnot. 

 

 

 

 

 

Make sure you put the concrete in the box BEFORE you put the chains and tools in! 😂

 

 

[ranger 1,750]

On 4/24/2021 at 8:03 PM, Dan.gerous said:

Getting braver with the welder.

 

It's made out of an old basket of some sort that had a three point linkage on it, which I cut off. The orange handle is from my ship, it used to be part of our old lifeboats that have been replaced. 

 

Forgot to mention, it's for the electric fence wire. I forget how much we use but it's miles and miles and miles....

We don’t use that much electric fencing around the horse paddocks, but for retractable ’Gates’ we use the retractable clothes lines from ‘Wilco’s’. After pulling out the plastic covered cord, I cut electric fence wire the same length, cut the original and splice the wire in it’s place. Clothes line is about £3.00-£4.00, retractable electric fencing gates are around 10x this.

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

1 hour ago, ranger said:

We don’t use that much electric fencing around the horse paddocks, but for retractable ’Gates’ we use the retractable clothes lines from ‘Wilco’s’. After pulling out the plastic covered cord, I cut electric fence wire the same length, cut the original and splice the wire in it’s place. Clothes line is about £3.00-£4.00, retractable electric fencing gates are around 10x this.

That's a brilliant idea, gates are such an expensive item. We have about 250 of them, so it's quite an investment, although ours are the spring type.

 

The clothes line reel would be good for adding removable sections of fencing larger than our 4m gates.

[ranger 1,750]

15 hours ago, Dan.gerous said:

That's a brilliant idea, gates are such an expensive item. We have about 250 of them, so it's quite an investment, although ours are the spring type.

 

The clothes line reel would be good for adding removable sections of fencing larger than our 4m gates.

Just a few pics of the original and converted reels, also my temporary fencing trolley, which found a use for a ‘green’ tractor suitcase weight.

Oh, and sneaking into the photos, one of my B.C.S. Machines, 16hp Briggs Vee twin, 30” mulching deck. This thing will cut down virtually  anything, even small saplings. My other one has a 4” wood chipper attachment mounted to it.

 

[rjg854 11,361]

Not really much to show. I'm remodeling my kitchen, I took all the cedar 1x4 trims off the doors and windows sanded them down and painted them white for the new kitchen. Why throw out such nice wood and buy new   Especially at the prices of lumber nowadays.