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Post by dyertribe on Oct 13, 2022 22:51:33 GMT
Today I made a hinge out of silver
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Post by twerpv3 on Oct 14, 2022 5:41:47 GMT
Today I made a hinge out of silver I have a load left over from replacing doors in the house, could have had one of those, would have been cheaper than silver.
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Post by dyertribe on Oct 14, 2022 6:54:12 GMT
Today I made a hinge out of silver I have a load left over from replacing doors in the house, could have had one of those, would have been cheaper than silver. 🤦♀️
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Post by dogless on Oct 14, 2022 7:25:20 GMT
Today I made a hinge out of silver You can't just slip a statement like that into conversation ... made it for what ? Any photos ? Rog
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Post by dyertribe on Oct 14, 2022 11:46:22 GMT
Today I made a hinge out of silver You can't just slip a statement like that into conversation ... made it for what ? Any photos ? Rog It’s a work in progress: it will be a pendant set with three stones each a little smaller than the previous one. In order that the pendant has some movement the three settings will be joined with hinges. it’s bloody tricky.. picture will follow when complete. This picture shows the idea, but this one is just soldered together, no hinges. This is not my work btw images.app.goo.gl/KjGAY6F3EruDUUMq7
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Post by dogless on Oct 14, 2022 17:31:29 GMT
That's very pretty and spectacularly clever if you're making one similar.
I look forward to the finished photo 👍
Rog
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Post by MetalWoman on Oct 14, 2022 18:46:07 GMT
You can't just slip a statement like that into conversation ... made it for what ? Any photos ? Rog It’s a work in progress: it will be a pendant set with three stones each a little smaller than the previous one. In order that the pendant has some movement the three settings will be joined with hinges. it’s bloody tricky.. picture will follow when complete. This picture shows the idea, but this one is just soldered together, no hinges. This is not my work btw images.app.goo.gl/KjGAY6F3EruDUUMq7Looks ambitious with hinges, too! What stones are you planning on using?
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Post by dyertribe on Oct 14, 2022 20:50:29 GMT
It’s a work in progress: it will be a pendant set with three stones each a little smaller than the previous one. In order that the pendant has some movement the three settings will be joined with hinges. it’s bloody tricky.. picture will follow when complete. This picture shows the idea, but this one is just soldered together, no hinges. This is not my work btw images.app.goo.gl/KjGAY6F3EruDUUMq7Looks ambitious with hinges, too! What stones are you planning on using? I’m using glass cabochons which I made from scrap glass (I took evening classes in glass art before I started silversmithing). They are quite a vibrant orange.
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Post by dyertribe on Oct 14, 2022 20:51:17 GMT
It’s a work in progress: it will be a pendant set with three stones each a little smaller than the previous one. In order that the pendant has some movement the three settings will be joined with hinges. it’s bloody tricky.. picture will follow when complete. This picture shows the idea, but this one is just soldered together, no hinges. This is not my work btw images.app.goo.gl/KjGAY6F3EruDUUMq7Looks ambitious with hinges, too! What stones are you planning on using? I’m using glass cabochons which I made from scrap glass (I took evening classes in glass art before I started silversmithing). They are quite a vibrant orange. It won’t be subtle!
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Post by JohnV on Oct 15, 2022 6:26:25 GMT
Yesterday was another knackering day ... started on the wheelhouse. I had to strip the lining and floor out of one of the wheelhouse cabinets to modify/partly replace the plumbing where it came up through the floor. Because of the different bits, I needed to raise the floor in the cabinet by a couple of inches and move the back forward an inch. to do this I also had to remove the bottom bar of the door frame.
I remember when I made the wheelhouse cabinets, I found it a difficult job to make the doors to fit the different cabinets....... That pales into insignificance compared to re-building a cabinet to fit an existing door !!! I have a bad back this morning, probably from all the awkward contortions needed to get in the cabinet at the right angle to use the screwdriver. anyway, after much struggling it now fits and I have started to clear the wheelhouse and put things back away. I have someone coming to help me lift the solar panels in place this morning which will be another job getting nearer finishing.
I have been finding this a tough few weeks with all the jobs ..... and there are still a few more to finish !!!
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Post by jim on Oct 15, 2022 7:49:33 GMT
I've just fitted Magura hydraulic rim brakes on my bike, great, a light touch and a lot of stopping power. I've had v brakes for years. I bought what were advertised as a complete set off ebay, turned out to have parts missing, got a substantial refund and got the bits I needed off ebay. I don't mind assembling from a variety of parts, I've learned how they work, how to set them up and bleed them.
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Post by JohnV on Oct 15, 2022 9:58:47 GMT
well solar panels are in place, not as bad as I feared but definitely a 2 man job. Lifting them up requires someone on the wheelhiuse roof with a rope and someone lifting below I put 3" bolts through the top hole of the unistrut sections bolted to the panels so they hook over the top horizontal rail of the frame to keep it in place temporarily. I was going to remove them after fitting but theuy were so handy and I think they will be the same for removal that I will leave them there. The outboard end of the panel has more flex in it than I likeso I think I will have to buy another 3m length of unistrut and put an end stay to stiffen it up. I don't think it will be a good idea to have panels flexing in the wind. I have still got to wire them but I am not sure which will be the more efficient, adding one of the panels into each of the series strings (still within the max volts of controller) or to wire them in series and parallel the chain with the existing ones ..... I think I will do that first and see. Apart from the flexing I am happy with the instal .... it doesn't look quite as ugly as I feared. I am hoping this will make a significant improvement to my winter solar input. SAM_3828 by mudlarker, on Flickr
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Post by dogless on Oct 15, 2022 10:03:07 GMT
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Post by trina on Oct 15, 2022 20:38:41 GMT
Looks ambitious with hinges, too! What stones are you planning on using? I’m using glass cabochons which I made from scrap glass (I took evening classes in glass art before I started silversmithing). They are quite a vibrant orange. It won’t be subtle! As a jewellery lover,I love the sound of this.😊
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Post by trina on Oct 15, 2022 20:45:38 GMT
We've only been back a month,but feel the need for a little trip(week to 10 days)just to feed the canal addiction.Been up to Overwater today taking the coal & sticks we've had in the shed since spring,also checking that everything's ready to go.It'll feel strange wearing warm clobber after such a hot summer,got my gloves & fleece tops out of the loft !
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