SpondonBassed Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Don't forget to set up a sharpening station with @Christine's useful guide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Si600 Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 23 hours ago, Reggaebass said: I’m not sure if you have one Si, but there’s a few good Stanley no78 rebate planes on eBay at the moment, one is about £15-£20, it needs a good clean up but well worth it, I paid about £50 for mine many years ago 🙂 Get thee behind me tempter 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) Nothing useful here, just me trolling @Andyjr1515 Workshop, such as it is. Foot of the cellar stairs Pantry and moving box storage! Party/garden room Edited June 28, 2020 by Si600 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Workshop Envy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 That's not a cellar, @Si600 It's an apartment! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 What is it about Europe and tiles! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Andyjr1515 said: That's not a cellar, @Si600 It's an apartment! It's the same footprint as the house, something like 7.5m wide and 17m long. Our last house including garden in West Haddon would comfortably fit inside the building footprint. 10 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said: What is it about Europe and tiles! I have no idea. I'm assuming that as it's a cellar it won't matter if a bit of damp comes through the wall, unlike plaster they won't fall off, and they're easy to clean? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Si600 said: Nothing useful here, just me trolling @Andyjr1515 ...and me! You lucky bleeder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) Enough of the silliness and thread hijacking... Even though I started it. This is where things had got to. The middle three have their cut out, dados and screw holes. Made up some cheeks to go along side the block of five long ones. Through holes were drilled as lengths were finished, using the first one as a template to reduce any dimension creep. Cut some dowels and then dropped everything trying to move it. Looks like a child's construction toy at the moment. Fortunately I'd marked up which bit went where. Woah, it's halfway there, wo-oh haven't got a prayer In a sort of self deprecating way I'd like to say how surprised and relieved I was that it all went together, but I'm not. In this instance I fully expected it to go together. It's oversized and not even at the moment. Going by how the legs ended up I decided to build the chop up and then plane it to flat and square. I may regret that later of course. Edited June 28, 2020 by Si600 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 2 hours ago, Si600 said: I Truss rod next... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said: Truss rod next... Funny you should say that... Start with a length of metal. Metal I understand, it doesn't do weird things like splitting or randomly bending. It's dimensionally stable, you mill it, drill it or cut it and it stays in the same shape as when you left it. No idea what it is, normal mild I'd guess. Those who were paying attention, or have done their research, which excludes me at the moment, will know that as this cross thing slides in the channels it doesn't need to be fully rounded on the end. That, plus laziness, brings this. Hopefully it'll be enough, TIM will tell. Hole at one end to hang it, hole in the middle to spin it. Voila, le croix de St. Pierre. Or St. Andrew, or a scissor mechanism. It's symmetrical in length both ways, which means I got the hole in the middle in the right place Temporary installation to show off. Closed. There may need to be a little relief for the bolt to go into the recess, but it'll never be fully closed simply because the ends don't line up when the vice is shut. Edited June 28, 2020 by Si600 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 At the start of this, for some reason I got into my head this was a simple clamp you were building!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: At the start of this, for some reason I got into my head this was a simple clamp you were building!! Me too. At this point, I can just watch in silent awe... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 On 19/06/2020 at 19:37, Si600 said: Oh, and to steal a quote from the doyen of Build Diaries, this is how I'm doing it. It doesn't necessarily follow that this is a) the right way, b) the only way, or c) it'll ultimately even work. Now there is a word that I never f ucking expected to read on basschat .... unless someone was misspelling “dozen” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 I have no idea what he's making, but it probably shouldn't be allowed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 11 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said: I have no idea what he's making, but it probably shouldn't be allowed. A giant pink torpedo up probably. Followed by firewood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 4 hours ago, Si600 said: A giant pink torpedo up probably. Followed by firewood. We can't both be doing the disparaging, Si, unless it's an S&M thing. 😬 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 Riiiiiiight. So. I took the clamps off it this afternoon and offered it up just because I was a little bit squeee about seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Well. It was too long, which I knew. So I lopped the end off and hung the chop on the scissor doohickey to see what happened. Holy Instant Saint Maker Batman (see DoI thread, if you dare, for context )! It looks like it's going to work. I was about 90% sure that it would though. It needs a bit (lot) of tidying with a plane, and the screw fitting and probably fettling, but I present to you a (mostly) finished leg vice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 🥳🥳🥳🥳 Well done! Very cool, useful and impressive! But no good for metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) Because I couldn't help myself I put the screw in to see what happens. It works, but needs fettling. I know what's gone wrong though. Edited June 29, 2020 by Si600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Richard R said: 🥳🥳🥳🥳 Well done! Very cool, useful and impressive! But no good for metal. That's what the other vice is for 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 I still don't get it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 12 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said: I still don't get it. Get which bit? Question away sir, and I shall endeavour to explain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Si600 said: Get which bit? Question away sir, and I shall endeavour to explain. wtf are you trying to achieve? 😬 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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