Members' tools

[Jurek]

Not actually mine, but I do know (vaguely) how to use them and have a very understanding boss:

New Excel 2HP manual lathe on the left, second hand Bridgeport with 2 axis DRO on the right.  Lovely.

Not shown: pillar drill, bench grinder, 2x chop saws, hydraulic bench press and assorted hand and power tools.

Seeing the Bridgeport is a bit like seeing an old friend.
I think that the majority of  workshops I've worked in have had one, which I've had the pleasure of using.
Making Stuff.
Talking of which - do you actually make anything there?
It's *soooooooooo* clean.
I'm this colour  Not through smugness, but through envy - but we don't have a smiley for that

[Chris N]

I learnt to use the Bridgeport at uni in '96 but didn't touch one again until a few years ago.  Bewildering array of knobs, levers and dials but it soon comes back.  So useful, particularly with the collet tool holders and rotary table we've got.

We make and modify prototype parts and test rigs, but I can't tell you exactly what or what for.   You can just about see a big lump of cast iron behind my orange jacket on the bench.

[Jurek]

...... Bewildering array of knobs, levers and dials but it soon comes back.  .........

Yebbutt, it is all so really, really straightforward.
I'll never forget the day I discovered it's possible to tilt the head on the thing, and cut everything at the angle you want.
Nuts that no one had turned in decades.
Oh yes!
The things you could do with that 

Your secret's safe.I can't make out what the casting is.
Diving helmet?
Nah.
 

[longers]

Not the most exciting objects in the world but they're satisfying to use as I bodged them together.

A nice spanner.



A sturdier whip.



Dough scraper.



The last one is a weight from a vertical blind but does a great job as a non scratching scraper for all sorts of kitchen duties.

[Chris N]

Tidied the shed today, to give me some more space to play


and so I could fit my new pillar drill and belt sander in:

[Blodwyn Pig]

Tidied the shed today, to give me some more space to play


and so I could fit my new pillar drill and belt sander in:

Bet you can't  find anything now tho'

[Ruth]

Will you come and do the same thing in my spare bedroom please?  Your shed's a work of art.

[Chris N]

 

It's not quite so tidy normally and there's a whole lot less space once it's full:

[jogler]

AAMOI Chris,how big is your shed?

[Charlotte]

[Chris N]

AAMOI Chris,how big is your shed?

7' x 11' but the gaping holes in the shiplap make it feel much bigger.

[Jurek]

AAMOI Chris,how big is your shed?

7' x 11' but the gaping holes in the shiplap make it feel much bigger.

Just noticed that on the picture which includes your new pillar drill and belt sander.
Your shed is allowing daylight to leak in 
Expect rust.
And maybe sparks - where there shouldn't be.

[Kim]

The traditional solution to that would be to equip the shed with a rack full of obsolete HP servers, running 24x7.

Fibre-to-the-shed left as an exercise for the reader.

[Chris N]

Expect rust.
And maybe sparks - where there shouldn't be.

It's actually not that damp in there - no serious issues with any of my tools or bikes so far. The roof is sound (I re-felted recently) and the electrics are properly earthed and running off a RCD on a spur from a modern consumer unit with MCBs.

Nevertheless, I probably should get a new shed.

[pcolbeck]

The traditional solution to that would be to equip the shed with a rack full of obsolete HP servers, running 24x7.

Fibre-to-the-shed left as an exercise for the reader.

Or like a guy I used to know a nice AS400.

[Ruth]

OT:

I saw the thread title come up on 'new posts' and for a moment I got really hopeful 

[jogler]

OT:

I saw the thread title come up on 'new posts' and for a moment I got really hopeful 

my NSFW mind is  & 

[Ruth]

OT:

I saw the thread title come up on 'new posts' and for a moment I got really hopeful 

my NSFW mind is  & 

Great minds an' all that 

[Chris N]

New toolbox day!

Hammers, commonly used pliers/cutters and screwdrivers


Measuring and marking stuff; bike-specific small tools; Allen and Torx keys


Knives, snips, scissors and punches; random small screwdrivers (that never really get used but I won't bin); other pliers, mole grips etc.


Spanners (bike-specific ones to the left and top, more general stuff to the right)


Files, saw blades (the saws are hanging up from a shelf) and chainwhips for the bikes


Random sockets, drifts, some 1/2" drive stuff at the back and my good 3/8" drive set bottom right.

[Paul]

[LittleWheelsandBig]

Does it tighten your nuts?

[Jurek]

I have similar here:

It doesn't.

[Plug1n]

Your King Dicks are very well polished......
(compared to my rusty old thing)

[Torslanda]

At least you're not comparing sizes . . .

[cycleman]

Yet