Author Topic: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop  (Read 186129 times)

Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #100 on: 17 March, 2013, 07:41:36 pm »
Wobbly John - I havn't enjoyed reading a thread this much for ages.

Keep up the good work !

Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #101 on: 27 March, 2013, 08:12:16 pm »
Gah! A whole month with no progress on 'the project'.  >:(

At least I made time to do a bit of welding today.  :smug:



I also got the other awkward hole drilled through the other steerer - 16mm dia, at an angle and off-centre, - I now have a left & right handed pair.  O:-)
If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is...

Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #102 on: 05 April, 2013, 08:26:55 pm »
A bit more progress over the last 2 days:

A couple of wedges are cut from a 2 metre lenght of box section...



...so that they can be closed up ready for welding.

If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is...

Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #103 on: 05 April, 2013, 08:43:05 pm »
Once welded, some of the bits are set up in place to try to mark where the other end of the box-section-with-the-head-tube needs to be cut.



A bit of sawing & grinding it fits well enough



Before it can be welded in place, it is used to mark a right-handed piece to match.



The best way to check that they match is to put the two together, end to end, to see if they make a straight line.



I'll need to make a jig before I weld this up.

If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is...

Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #104 on: 05 April, 2013, 09:09:46 pm »
'Interesting' design John. Can't wait for the next installment.

clarion

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Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #105 on: 05 April, 2013, 09:33:26 pm »
That's starting to look very interesting indeed.  Hope you have time to take it further soon.
Getting there...

Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #106 on: 07 May, 2013, 10:05:04 pm »
Another month without posting progess - Tsk.  ::-)

A few people on the Rutland camping weekend mentioned how much they enjoyed the Wobbly Workshop thread, and as there has only been a little progress on the current project, I'm going to post an old one.  :)

Raw materials



Which gets assembled into this:



Can you tell what it is yet?









... well perhaps with a bit of kevlar wick added, and two more identical ones:



And this is what they're used for:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/VJPISa27R20&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/VJPISa27R20&rel=1</a>

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Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #107 on: 07 May, 2013, 10:48:12 pm »
juggling with fire?
Cheers
Rich

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Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #108 on: 13 May, 2013, 10:39:47 pm »
The current project is going to need a bottom bracket:





I also cut a bit more thread on the steerer tubes:

:smug:
If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is...

Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #109 on: 24 May, 2013, 09:06:45 pm »
Continuing with the bottom bracket:

 I have a hole saw that is bottom bracket shell size.  :D





How many of you would dare try that?  :demon:

It's a good fit



They are going to be welded to the bottom bracket shell to attach it to box section



 :smug:
If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is...

Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #110 on: 24 May, 2013, 10:29:06 pm »
Blimey John, sailing close to the wind on the hold down nuts!
Is the bottom bracket a pinch fit on the main frame for leg length adjustment?
It's coming on.

Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #111 on: 27 May, 2013, 11:40:23 pm »
Here's a quick project:

My new bike camera arrived last week.



I don't usually wear a helmet, so I need to mount it on the bike. As I have already made a mount for my old school GPS to fit a Smart light mount, I thought I'd do the same for the camera.

I took an old light apart...



...and sliced it up on the bandsaw.



After sticking a flat plastic layer on top and sanding, I drilled a hole for a 1/4 Whit thumb-screw.



A bit of thin foam from a mouse-mat colmpletes it.

If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is...

Wowbagger

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Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #112 on: 30 May, 2013, 10:34:27 pm »
Is that a Rollei camera, John?
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Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #113 on: 31 May, 2013, 01:12:49 am »
Yes, as mentioned on this thread. I must do a write up sometime. £50 for a 5M pixel camera with waterproof enclosure, 2" screen 1280 x 720 @ 30fps or 640 X 480 @ 60fps, touch-screen to activate setting, and 4X digital zoom, sounds good, but I had big problems getting it to accept the memory card. The HD setting has good definition, but is a bit jerky with frame rate (this may be my PC's fault). 640 x 480 is smoother motion, but blockier pixel wise. Quality of the camera seems cheap - like the Muvi copies from a few years ago. The waterproof case seems well built but I haven't tested it's waterpoofness-ness yet.

I suspect the Rollei name has been bought up by a Chinese manufacturer (presumably now pronounced "Lorry").

It's worth the £50 but it ain't a match for the Go-pro market.
If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is...

Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #114 on: 01 June, 2013, 09:00:54 pm »
OK. Time to make wheels for 'The Project'. I've always fancied a disc wheel. :demon:

First I marked out a disc of sheet steel. A strip of wood and a couple of nails makes a trammel.




It's trimmed on the guilotine...



...before being ground to a disc on a homemade jig.  :demon:




I forgot to take a photo of the disc with a segment cut out, but following that, the next job was to dish it to a cone , cold & by hand on the anvil...



...and the join welded up.

Annoyingly I'd miscalculated and it was a touch small for the rim.  :facepalm:



Never mind, it would stretch a bit in forming the flange on the rim of the disc (He said 'flange' & 'rim' in the same sentance!)  :o



Near enough. It will be OK when it's tidied up.



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Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #115 on: 02 June, 2013, 01:20:47 pm »
Love it!
VELOMANCER

Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

clarion

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Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #116 on: 02 June, 2013, 01:53:58 pm »
Genius!
Getting there...

Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #117 on: 06 June, 2013, 10:22:26 pm »
You lot are sooooooo gullible - I can't believe you thought I was making a 16 SWG steel disc to fit a Ksyrium rim.  ::-)

Its for a 26" (ERTO 559) steel rim.



As you can see, I've added the mounting bolts for the knives.  :demon:
If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is...

clarion

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Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #118 on: 07 June, 2013, 10:38:55 am »
Now it's getting interesting.
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Vince

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Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #119 on: 07 June, 2013, 12:25:10 pm »
16SWG wheel guards with mounting points for knives....

Remake of Ben Hurr for recumbents?
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Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #120 on: 07 June, 2013, 10:23:50 pm »
Sorry, did I say knifes?...





...I meant legs.  ::-)

It must have been because I was thinking of Charlotte - the thing I'm making is a copy of her fire-pit as seen on the 2013 Rutland camping weekend



The wheel is going to be part of it though. I removed the rim and cut it close to half way and then shaped the ends:




These ends werethen welded up with a M6 nut in line withthe spoke hole.

A threaded hook was forged out of an old worktop joining bolt, and the rim can now be bolted on to take a chain that will suspend either a kettle or grill/grid for cooking on the embers.  :smug:



Sorry to disappoint those that thought I was making a recumbent version of Boudicea's chariot.

As I said, you lot are sooooooo gullible.  ;)
If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is...

Kim

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Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #121 on: 07 June, 2013, 10:28:35 pm »
That said, a fire bowl that turns into a disc wheel could be handy for cycle camping...

clarion

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Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #122 on: 07 June, 2013, 10:41:20 pm »
Top stuff.
Getting there...

Psychler

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Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #123 on: 08 June, 2013, 01:40:53 am »
Brilliant!!
I'm gonna limp to the pub and drink 'til the rest of me is as numb as my arse.

Toady

Re: Tales from the Wobbly Workshop
« Reply #124 on: 13 June, 2013, 10:22:42 am »
 ;D
Keep em coming WJ!