Keyser

Hi all, Work is slowly coming back, jobs are starting to come in but they are booked for end of June into July but hey, not complaining looks like we will be back to full time soon For the time being though I’m still getting a couple of hours a day in the Zed Shed so another progress report for you all – So I found a piece of flat bar close to the dimensions I needed – may be a bit long though Cut some short lengths so I can get them in the Mill Angle faced two sides These will now fit into the slots on my Quick Change tool holders on the lathe Like so Cut to the correct size Then another bit of flat bar Cleaned up and marked out (getting bored of cleaning rust of steel! ) Welded the holders on Then some holes Cut outs For additional tools I always keep on the lathe To get this complete rack Now I need to join it to the cross bar And sand back the weld of course That’s it for now, I have 2 more jobs before I can continue, I want to fit the light but it hasn’t arrived yet and I did want to powder coat the shelf. Now as soon as I extended the shelf to the full width of the lathe I knew that would be an issue as this is my powder coat oven This is the shelf So looks like paint will be the covering of choice then New Project blog starting tomorrow, the lathe will be on hold until I setup the spray booth and the light fitting arrives. Be Safe! Keyser - “Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.” – Alan Dundes

Morning, Just a quick short and not very interesting update today, work is starting to come back so less time to play, already booked out all morning today, I thought I’d get a quick post up before I head out though. I welded the shelf up Added the top – 3mm Plate so it is ridiculously heavy Had to use 2 bits and stich weld them together Then just because I could I decided to blend the join from frame to top so after a bit (read A LOT) of welding and some time (read stupid amounts) sanding I made it look like this Good practice for body work and show pieces Put some primer on the mounts Lined up the shelf supports Drilled and bolted Gets the shelf to here Added these bits of angle as the shelf is so bloomin heavy Captive nuts of course Shelf and mounts Mount mounted On a side note I made a part for my mates trailer I did post a pic a while back – when he asked me to make it I said angle iron would be stronger but he asked for it in flat bar, He sent me this pic Not saying I told ya so, but I told ya so, Remade And some paint Stay safe Keyser - “The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” – Abraham Lincoln

Morning chaps and chapets, After the recent success of the sand blast media vibrator we need another project, I was supposed to be moving on with The Bug build but as I mentioned earlier in the blog the lathe happened. I was having my usual tidy up after finishing one project ready for the next and I thought I’d sort the shelves above the lathe, so I cleaned them all up leaving this This is what is usually on them (along with loads of other crap that just gets laid on them ) 3 I have always thought I should make a tool holder for all my bits so I don’t have to keep searching for the right one, I have also been meaning to put a light above the lathe as it is always dark, this is exacerbated by standing in front of whatever you are working on and in doing so blocking what light is available. I was going to just screw an LED light to the bottom of the lower shelf but it is not quite deep enough so I thought I would put up a deeper shelf. First thing was to remove the old shelves At some point I suddenly remembered that the guy I bought the lathe from did some great modifications including a conversion from 3 phase to single phase, a new control panel and he added a speed controller. He also said he had put in wiring for lights and a coolant pump but never got around to fitting them as a pump wasn’t really needed and he had a light above the lathe anyway. I have never bothered looking at what he did as it just worked but I thought it was time to take a look, so I pulled the lathe out Removed the detachable back plate Found the wire for the light here This is the control panel And the wiring inside After some work with the multimeter I worked it all out and found some wires that need replacing before use So the at this point the plan changed completely from a quick update to a complete refurb Firstly I needed to make a shelf This box is the only thing I have with the right dimensions, it’s way to heavy for the job but I don’t want to spend money if I can help it and I have this just laying there going rusty The only problem is it is not long enough so I squared the ends on 2 bits Chamfered them Clamped them with some large bits Decided I deserved to get out my new welding gloves Welded them together, linished and checked it was straight and true You’d never know 45 angles cut and the returns made Now they need some supports These now need to take a lot of weight and stand off the back of the lathe, the stand off is for 2 reasons, firstly the lathe can’t sit up against the wall as this door needs space to open or you can’t get to the gears etc The second reason is depth I want the tool holder as far back as I can so it doesn’t get in the way of working, so substantial material was chosen Cut what I needed Overkill again but it’s what I have, I won’t be able to clean these up later as they will be welded to the lathe so I re-surfaced them, which has the added bonus of taking the ridge out of the inside face of the angle iron which stops a clean join. 24 Tac welded those up Found some uprights and drilled them to match Captive nuts added Prep the back of the lathe Weld the supports on So now we have the first part done More on Monday – Have a great weekend folks and stay safe Keyser - “We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.” – Bryan White

Thanks for the feedback and the comments mate, I like the positive air pressure idea and I have compressed air right next to the vibrator, I'll see how it goes on the first few runs but may do that if the dust ingress is bad - I'm gald we thought of that All comments welcome folks good, bad or indifferent I won't take offence

Good morning, not sure how you lot are doing but yesterday was definitely a lot busier with work calls as people are slowly heading back into work, but I still spent a few hours in the Zed Shed. Today we are going to armour plate our vibrator So a sheet of 3mm steel – why 3mm? My thinking is that this is the most likely place to take a beating as you load the vibrator and I want the chute to stay in place under it’s own weight as the sieve itself will need emptying and is obviously below the chute. Turns out it’s VERY heavy but also effective at staying in place Started with some marking out First bit Then a second joined to it, I had a hard time lining these up and wasn’t sure how it was going to work, hence why it is to big at the moment Tac welded the bottom to keep it in place So looks like this Added one side Then the other All made up – that’s a days work in 8 pictures! Then welded it all together Now the only clever bit (I hope) is I made the bottom of the chute sit halfway down the depth of the sieve tray, the theory is no more media will fall through until the tray has sieved it down to the halfway point. This should stop it over flowing as it was prone to doing if you just pour the media in as I found out in the R&D phase Moving along we now just have to give the motor and drive some protection, by definition this is going to spend time in a dusty environment covered in the most abrasive materials available so I need to at least try and keep the worst of it out of the motor, bearings and drive belt. At the moment it looks like this So a tray was made And mounted It bolts on so I can remove for maintenance Top view before Another plate Now the top looks like this Bent the top at a sensible height Now I would have made the cover in one piece but to be deep enough it would be to tall to fit under the chute support – design floor on my part so I had to make the dust cover in parts and the front is welded in. Then my latest method of box making was tested – strip marked up Bent Fitted Another sheet for the top Fitted Cut a hole in the back For the controller Start welding the top on Some wiring With earth And grommet Then realise I am only human and forgot about the quick release pin Had to modify the front dust cover And here it is in action – You can see from the small amount run through why this is needed to stop blockages while blasting Happy with it but time will see how well it lasts. Stay Safe out there Keyser - “The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.” – Bill Watterson EDIT - forgot about the foam tape that was added to the tray to keep the sieve sheet in place - Works well

What about @SuperStu If anyone looks at his internet search history - apparently he has been doing "A LOT" of research into vibrators - Explain that one mate

Of course it begs the question - Will it work??? - Only time will tell

Fixed that for you

Good morning yet again, well yesterday saw a change in workload for me at least, only two jobs in the diary but ended up with quite a few calls and small jobs, it tells me things are starting to move. I also found out that some of the companies I subcontract to are planning to start a return to work, albeit with a skeleton staff to start. Things may be starting to move though, good news for work bad news for the projects But for those still in need of some light relief from lockdown we have the motor mount and a couple of other bits – The motor itself comes with two threaded holes in the bottom This means the motor doesn’t sit well on a flat surface, it would probably be OK but I thought it could be a little better, after a bit of rummaging I found this bit of aluminium pipe Which almost fits the motor It has thick side walls so I have wiggle room I utilised the wiggle room on the lathe Now the motor fits Quick spin in the mill Gives us this Cut about 2/3 of the pipe off One motor mount The plate is now assembled with the motor and vibration bar Next I made these links up Along with a little quick release pin I also added a cross bar to the sieve tray as when testing I noticed it was sagging in the middle, That I think is down to two things, firstly the bolts are only front and back so the don’t fowl the rollers. Secondly the metal plates are not a tight grip on the mesh, I have ordered some 3mm foam tape to put round the mesh to hopefully make the fit tight and stop anything going round the sides. I also added a notch so I know which way round the plate fits when changing the mesh Then Tragedy struck!!!! The welder ran out of wire Its OK I keeps spares Anyway I joined the plate to the frame and cut the linkage arms to length and welded them on Next up we need to add weight for stability, I found this ridiculously heavy big bit of angle iron at the bottom of the pile, it just happened to almost be long enough to make two legs when cut in half – I’ll just set the legs inboard to accommodate the lack of length, which gest us to here To catch the sieved media that goes everywhere at the moment we need a funne. One paper template Something like this I had these bolts laying around Ther weren’t long enough – I used them anyway and just made a hole for the socket so they only go through one side of the box Added some guides to the funnel Bent the back edge over And it looks like it will do the job nicely Leaving us here Tomorrow the top armour plating – I mean loading shoot and possibly some wiring Stay Safe – hope things are looking up for you guys n gals as well Keyser - “My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I’m right.” – Ashleigh Brilliant

Good morning, Checked my diary this morning and I have 2 jobs in it, I’ve done one already and I can’t do the other one which will take about 10 minutes until after 10AM, I’ve never seen anything like it I usually have a dozen jobs on a quiet day!!!! Of course this does mean I have time to post this morning, unlike yesterday when the bins couldn’t be emptied as the weigh bridge control computer had a hissy fit What do we have today for your delectable delight? Some rusty old box section left over from when Beb and I were testing our new pipe bender to make Go-Quad chassis. Then some really rusty solid bar That had to be re-surfaced but size isn’t important – tell that to ya missus Drilled to 8mm Then sliced n diced with a quick chamfer for that professional look Back to the old box section and a spin through the Mill Add nuts n bolts we have these Which can be used as in line skates if the rest of the project goes wrong Close up Weld those to a cross bar – I didn’t know how I was mounting it at this point so it was just a bit a of bar I’m sure you can see the theory here and where I’m going – if not you’ll have to keep reading for the rest of the week Moving onto the drive system, the nice man I bought the motor from said he gets the motors as spares for exercise machines. Both treadmills and vibrators now I have no idea exactly what they are but he sent a few of the other bits along with the motor “in case they were useful for your project” thanks mate, they are I was using this to vibrate/shake the tray But this, which I must assume is from the vibrator was in the box Its built for the job so with some trimming down I can use that First I need a mounting plate Another bit from the scrap bin of about the right size, cut it down and squared it up Looks good It just so happens that the bar is a 15mm diameter and I have some 15mm bearings from the E-Quad R & D All they need is some mounts – back to the scrap pile I spend a lot of time “cleaning” rust of old bits of metal lately Quick line up but just clamped at the moment That should work, I need to add some slots so the motor can move to allow the belt to be tensioned and replaced if necessary, I stuck it in the Mill Then cheated and drilled a row of holes I used the mill to join the dots and finish off, it’s quicker to remove the majority of the metal with a drill, end result is a motor that can be moved and then locked in place Now we need a motor mount so tomorrow I’ll show you how I did that – Properly Be Alert – the world needs lerts Stay safe all Keyser - “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” – Albert Einstein

All good thanks @SuperStu Don’t have a bath in the en-suite just a shower, at my age I can’t get out of a bath A bit late today so it’s good afternoon I have been working – but not on fun things I can post on here just normal boring “doing my job” work, Friday was a bank holiday so I was out in the garage all day – so no post, same as weekends. But never fear I’m back now I have been doing lots of side projects at the moment, sorting things that I wanted to do and always thought would be useful but just didn’t have the time as I wanted to get on with the main task at hand. However as I’m down about 40 – 60% of my normal monthly work load I’ve had time so that's bad but also good if you know what I mean. That has led to the shelf by the milling machine, it wasn’t “needed” to use the Mill but it’s nice to have, I have now started on the lathe, but we will come back to that. For now I have gone back to the blooming sand blaster as it was still bugging me, I need this so I can finish blasting The Bug frame and the first sieve system sort of worked but broke the actual sieve mesh, so it was put on hold. I found some mesh of the right size on good old eBay and that arrived, so I did a bit more R&D to see what would actually work. So bit of aluminium angle was cut up A scrap of MDF They fit like so Tac weld Mesh Few holes All together Added springs Made a box from errrr…. Well box section what else Added some bolts Then joined them together using just the springs (this is test of concept or a prototype so it is rough I know) Attached the motor The result ………………. FAIL!!! Not a total fail but is sucks as a concept, Now this is where we go back to me proclivity to “over engineer” things, it’s not over engineering it’s just doing it properly IMHO – everyone else says its over engineering but I still think I'm right I did some more research on the Inter Web and looking at commercial as well as DIY sieves I decided to go with a sliding plate design, here is the start of me “building it properly” Some old angle iron from the pile, A lot of this old steel is just that, old and rusty, a quick clean wasn’t going to be good enough for my cunning plan so I re-faced it on the Mill And made these They fit together And then the mesh was added in More of how I built a sieve properly tomorrow. Stay Safe - or is it stay alert - He confuses me I can tell ya!!!! Keyser - “The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.” – Will Rogers

Be best to do an LS conversion first then you would haver plenty of blowers to choose from and the power would be amazing, can't see it being worth it on a DE engine the lack of parts would mean by the time the fabrication had been done the LS conversion would be cheaper. Nice to see some alternate thinking though

I built it for my daughetr - Wouldn't be right if I used it

Morning all, Bank holiday tomorrow – not sure how much difference it will make to some but I have plans on getting some more bits done on The Bug, if I finish my current project by Friday night So the last bit of the Gym Bar build, I forgot to post the picture of the other end of the connector all chamfered Then another old bar Cut and polished That is the T-bar to tighten stuff Yet another off cut Drilled Lathed the end of the little bar Faced the off cut Welded the two together And cleaned it all up Now I need to store it so I drilled a leg Nice tight fit Then drilled the other end bigger So now it is an easy fit but just snugs up at the end Now I have to take it apart for powder coat, the only things that are not interchangeable are the feet so I had to label them some how that would survive powder coating That works, laid it all out for a quick quality control check Few things to finish, these were counter sunk Then the threaded bar chamfered The T-Bar was polished, and I drilled a little hole so I can hang it in the powder coat oven I powder coat and sand blast in the same room, The wire holding this bit snapped as it was cooling and it dropped in the pile of glass Had to sand it down and go again Made some end caps for the cross bars And here it is the complete thing can be put up in about 5 minutes or stripped down to this in the same (not including the feet) so it could easily be stored indoors Assembled in one of the 5 lower settings And the full pull up bar Joints look like this And the T-Bar to tighten is stored neatly here I’m happy with how it came out Hope you enjoyed it, moving onto something else in the next post. Be Safe Keyser - “I have learned from my mistakes, and I am sure I can repeat them exactly.” – Peter Cook

Morning, Not sure if I have lost all my followers or you don’t find this as intresting? Got a lot less likes on the last few posts – maybe I’m just getting boring now But I don’t care I took all these pics for you lot so I’m gonna post them More nylon bar went to the lathe Four times, so I had these Then I got the uprights and bolted an off cut to them to keep them lined up while I drilled 5 x 21mm holes in each one. Now it just so happens that if you take an M12 x 1.75 threaded nut with a 19mm head size and put it on a bolt like so Then you tap it with a hammer it becomes a snug fit in a 21mm hole Do that 10 times Then weld round them Linish and counter sink That’s stronger than a riv nut Next I drilled and tapped some more solid bar Then 2 holes were drilled one half way through into the threaded section the other all the way through Then I screwed in a piece of all-thread Then weld through the hole onto the thread to lock it in place Put some nuts on the threaded bar and it can go back through the lathe Four of those please Final job on them was to chamfer the top Stay Safe, Keyser - “I was born to make mistakes, not to fake perfection.” – Drake

Morning, Bit cold here today and I actually have jobs in my diary Yesterday got busy in the afternoon so the work is still coming in Anyway onto the next bits, I have some Nylon (I think it’s nylon) bar in my odds n sods pile a Big bar, again aquired at some point thinking I can do something with this Strange stuff to cut, it leaves this from the chop saw But I cut a length Machines well – So a bit on the lathe To get this On the Mill I made these They hold the bars at right angles More bar Through the lathe again Bored out to take the bar To make these Then milled one side down So I have 4 feet Trying to line them up Drilled New rivnut tool as I broke my last one on The Bug Used an M5 just to make a fixing Now the legs stand up Hope you like it Stay Safe Keyser - “Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.” – Dale Carnegie

Now for some bars Some had holes from a previous incarnation, before I acquired them Welded them up and linish Weld on the bottom connector Middle connector And clean up More tomorrow Stay safe. Keep busy Keyser - “I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.” – Charles Lamb

So lets take a closer look at the process as we make some more connectors, 2 bits of solid bar, next to a 19mm spanner for reference Onto the lathe Now they need to fit this pipe Notice the ridge on the inside, I want the tolerances close so that ridge has to go! That was achieved with the die grinder To sive us a clean pipe And the bars are starting to look like this So before and after Of course, we need 2 Next I made these Drilled and threaded again to M12 x 1.75 They need to fit the hollow tube so on the mill for a radius cut So they look like this And we have this set of connectors Even more in a mo …………………………..

The build begins! New blade for the chop saw Let’s cut some pipe Clean it up 45-degree angle cut on the ends Line them up Weld that together Hold on, Hold on – Stop right there what the F*** are you doing? You said OVER engineered! What’s this a 90-degree welded joint sanded down so you can’t see the weld! That’s over engineered is it!!?? I don’t think so, this lot want to see some proper engineering! Not to mention you said “easy to dismantle” since when is a welded joint easy to dismantle? Throw that lot away, go have a coffee, think about your life choices and come back when you have your – Lets do this because we can, not because we need to - head on! (A coffee and some time later ..............) Sorry about that folks I wasn’t thinking straight – I most humbly apologise. The build begins! On the scrap pile I found some solid bar That I want to use to join these recently cleaned bars So lets get them cut to length and run through the Milling machine Then some lathe work That’s better, but lest get silly now, more bar and more lathe time They join these bits like so Back to the Mill The drill press And take the first 2 parts back to the lathe for a pilot hole Then drill to 10.5mm Threaded to M12 x 1.75 - Now we have Now we are over engineering. These were then placed into the pipes with a few millimetres gap and tac welded When straight the weld was completed Then linished back They will connect to the uprights No visible welded joints - tick Now that’s more like it More coming ………………… Much more

Morning all, hope no one is going to stir crazy or succumbing to cabin fever? I did say I had a new project to attempt this weekend, I’m pleased to say it went quite well, Back Story – Daughter No 2 (JJ) had a “lifestyle change” about 2 years ago as she had always struggled with her weight, I’m pleased to say she has stuck with it and lost nearly 6 stone!! In January I decided I needed to loose a few pounds (stone ) and JJ wanted to get fitter / stronger so we started training together at the gym, now JJ has some targets in mind and you get “targeted” exercises from the instructors at the gym depending on your goals, upper body strength is her current target with a long-term target of a planche. For those who don't know, one of these Since lockdown we have been training at home and JJ wants a pull up bar and started looking at things like this as a possible birthday present. I decided I could do better than that and not hammer the house as we have a Zed Shed to train in Onto the requirements I need to incorporate all the following exercises There are a lot of home use bars like the one below that can be bought starting at about £100 and going up from there But I can do better and have more features It has been said by more than a few that I over engineer things, I don’t mean to it just happens when you try and build something properly. I thought it would be fun to actually deliberately design something more complicated than it needs to then come up with some completely over the top solutions to achieve this – and we are on lock down, so time is on my side. The challenge - Incorporate all the above exercises. No visible welds, minimal fastenings visible. Easy to dismantle for storage Stronger than is necessary. No of the shelf solutions other than nuts and bolts – i.e. make everything from scratch. Nothing to be bought for it – use stuff I have here already (don’t forget my scrap pile is HUGE!) Attention to detail. I like to put all my tools away, and have a clean up before I start a new project so lets get ready Coming up the ridiculousness I can achieve in the Zed Shed …………………………………

We now have a lid so some work on the back plate is needed................ Get that roughly marked out I have loads of this all-thread bar lying about so may as well use it Lay a spacer plate on the Mill Lay backing plate on the spacer Note the cable entry hole was also cut Place lid on base plate and drill all the way through Make some bars Bolt them in as I go So we get the back plate like this Lathed the ends on the All-Thread Testing When I had the length sorted they were welded in So it now fits together Test the grommet fits Then onto brackets Welded on Fuses fit here Then a box – I have no idea And another bracket for something else – can’t remember I didn’t take a pic To “The Bug” Batman …………………. Err no just me O well, I'll drill some holes and weld in the Riv-Nuts then as my tool broke Mount the back plate Put on the lid Then check it clears the suspension It did That’s all for this week folks, Be safe, have a fun weekend, I’ll be back Monday with some more ….er …….er well of this whatever “this” is Keyser - All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.” – Casey Stengel

It’s Friday Yes the weekend ahead, you can stay at home chill out [/sarcasm] Sorry I may miss going out just a little bit. Anyway, you’re here so you must want to see what lunacy has been underway in the Zed Shed? Yesterday the sum total of nothing was achieved in the shed due to having to do my actual job and that was slowed down as it was all done remote I do have some bits to share though, My mate DM’d me some pictures on Facebook, he then called me to tell me he had - I don’t go on FB very often He needed a metal plate that connects the single brake cable on his boat trailer to the four cables that activate the brakes on each of the wheels. He gave me the measurements and this is what I knocked up for him. Apparently his has rusted and bent, so this should sort him out. Moving on, I decided to do another of the hundreds of little jobs on The Bug, I say little this is two days work and it’s not finished yet! Out with the wiring loom (again) Coffee was needed for this! If you remember we cut the old electrical housing box off to both allow access for the firewall and for the purposes of painting later, it looks like this Holding this lot But the box does not cover the relays and another control box that I have no idea what it does, I don’t see why they didn’t just make one bigger box and put it all in??! I’m going to try and do exactly that. So we need to get this lot on this plate Tight fit then First job is to make a lid for that plate Another metal plate was cut Marked Cut Folded And hammered I rolled the edges over for safety and strength it’s 0.9mm again so paper thin. Now the “fun” bit accurate folding Test fit Now as I don’t have a break press, I can only fold 3 sides in the folder so I had to switch to my vice folder for the 4th side To get us to here Then I cut the corners back Corners are a PITA and I wanted to try something to give strength, make welding easier and hopefully look good, firstly I used clamps to hold the box square Then I made some right angles on the folding machine and clamped those in welded them up Sanded back And repeat 3 more times More on it’s way ………………….

Morning all, Just a quick catch up today, Firstly I’d just like to say a HUGE Thank You to @Ebized I posted up a little side project I did for him a week or so back, I made these “feet” for his patio table Before and after Above Pictures copywrite of @Ebized We have known each other for quitea few years now and he has been good to me, even so he did offer to pay but I of course refused, but he didn’t let me get away with it This lt turned up yesterday – Thanks Colin Not gonna do my slimming any favours mate But a huge thanks again,and much appreciate – Pasty for dinner last night Nom Nom I’ve made some great friends on this forum, I really have OK so I took the fuel tank from The Bug appart and drained the fuel, the filter was grotty! The tank is baking in the sun (when we have it) to get the fumes out as sand blasting can make sparks! Meanwhile my sandblaster - that I have had since I did my 350z – so a long while needed a service but typically in today’s disposable society it was cheaper to replace the complete thing rather than repair it! Old Pot New Pot So the inlet arrived like this So I got some bits And modified it to this Basically I added an extra valve so I can release the pressure without holding the gun, makes refills easier Next was a hose extension – they never come with enough, I was using copper to join the pipes But it wears out quickly – everything on a sandblaster wears out quickly, I’m always replacing hoses, valves and nozzles. It’s just the nature of what they do, anyway I upgraded to steel So now I have a longer hose Now this is a prototype I have started tinkering with, Backstory, To load the old sandblaster, you stick this funnel with the sieve in it in the top You then tip the sand in from a 25Kg bag and with the other hand (you know the third one all DIY sand blasters have) you shake the funnel – good game, good game. It’s not so bad on refills as you shovel that in with a dustpan but it is still a PITA I always wanted to see if I could make the sieve shake itself The new Pot is an “easy fill” so it has the lovely big top – no funnel YAYY – you still have to sieve the bloody sand/glass though!!!! The prototype worked using an old drill as a motor I have just added a funnel to it. But my new motor has arrived – from a tread mill / exercise vibrator or something the eBay description was vague So soon I will have a go at the Mk2 all new and improved version. Be sure to stay tuned for that Bit more on The Bug tomorrow, and the weekend is earmarked for a top secret OVER engineering project – more on that next week. Be Safe Keyser - “Inside me there’s a thin person struggling to get out, but I can usually sedate him with four or five cupcakes.” – Bob Thaves Thought it an apt quote thanks to all those pastries O and they were lovely for desert last night.

I went to reply to your test and it let me upload them, I even tried in another thread and got the same thing - anway thanks for the assist mate - we got there in the end

Ha Ha – Percy Verance that well known chap – No idea it’s random some work some don’t but eventually I got them to upload – couldn’t have you missing out on the fun in the Shed could I – I feel like its an obligation now This was the post (I saved it ) Good morning, Yet another day in lockdown, Work is slow at the moment only 3 jobs yesterday and 1 for today !!! Got loads piling up for when we come out the other end though so at least that’s something. Meanwhile today we have a tribute post for your amusement, Many of you that attend the Annual (may not be one this year) Zed Shed BBQ will know my wonderful and long suffering wife, Wekll she wanted something made for the kitchen and I thought it only fair that I over engineer something for her We start with – A piece of stainless-steel box section and an off cut of the old kitchen work surface Box section cut in to 4 Wood in half I even checked my milling machine before I started Then I used the milling machine as a router – cranked it up to full speed on the spindle, this is slow compared to a router but tests proved it worked OK Bit of time later Hand tools This now takes the 4 pieces of box section Then a 3mm metal working bit – as I don’t have any wood bits that size To get this cut out And then a wood bit to cut through Now this is dedication All lined up and sanded with 240 Then down the grades – this is brushed finish and I’m not resurfacing so it won’t be a mirror finish Phew!! Finished it looked like this But we decided the top looked too “heavy” so it was cut down a bit to give Just needs some varnish now Well there ya go, I’ll be safe to carry on in the Shed for a few more weeks now Be Safe Keyser - “To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target.” – Ashleigh Brilliant