What Did You Do Today (2017)

Going into reverse. My new year project is how to dispose of my workshop contents.Having survived three medical/Surgical mishaps I am now not safe to be left alone in my retirement custom built workshop. I have via local advts. sold a mill lathe and half a ton of metal stock, local secondhand dealers have made derisory offers for the tooling and hand tools. Has the forum any sensible ideas on how such items can be recycled. My difficulty is to avoid the need to create a packaging industry due the physical difficulties involved . Any helpful advice would be welcome. Sorry if this is gloomy post but 'stuff' like this happens in life.

New year greetings to all forum members

John - you have my sympathies - it can't be easy having to give up a loved hobby due to medical concerns. I'd suggest you list what you have for sale on this forum and on Homeworkshop.org.uk stating that everything is collection only. I'd suggest 'the Bay' but it's full of clowns who either want something for nothing or who can't read listings properly.

Gordon

Or contact your local model engineering club.

There may be some young model engineer close to you who needs to start a workshop.

Phil

Thanks Phil............... If there was a local club I would be a member, out on a limb in the colonial South west peninsular.

Thanks for the post..............john

Got round to making a better system for storing files. Some 40mm waste pipe and hot glue later:

The next step is to code the various holes for file type, turning it into a true 'filing system'!

I decided to hack up a broken epson r1800 a3 printer, all i ened up with which could be of use to me was a precision bar , 3 smaller diamter pieces of steel and a heap of useful looking felt. What type of steel is it likely to be?

Surprised by how i ended up with scrap that filled 3 small bin bags when the printer itself would have probably fitted in one.

Ive heard people using the main bar as a lathe test bar, but how.? Its rather long at 54cms and exactly 14.94mm diameter but doesnt have centre holes on the ends.

Any other uses?

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is that UK south west? Perranporth MES is only 25 miles from Penzance so hard to get out of range of a club. If anything the locals will be even more eager to find a source of engineering kit.

Hello John,

Sorry to hear you have to give up the workshop - why not keep a small chest of favourite tools, you can do a lot at a table without powered machines.

You might find this article by Roger Backhouse useful: Disposing of a Workshop

There are also free classifieds on this website and in both ME and MEW - you can specify buyer colletcs.

Neil.

I see that there are a few "New Year" resolutions. Mine is to finish Bridget which has had an unbelievable long gestation period, and try to get rid of the workshop gremlins that know what you need next and hide it

And the New Year revolution is one turn at a time!!

Gutted 3 defunct printers; got a couple of shafts, kept 3 motors, numerous springs, & small torx head screws. Don't know what I'm going to do with the motors... yet? but the shafts are nice quality steel so they went into the 'special' box, I too would be interested to know what grade of steel these would be?. Removed the hard drive & ram memory card from daughters u/s computer & gave it back to use as ext. HDD, all the remains went into a skip just up the road; along with a couple of off cut ends of CI window weights ... with permission of the home owner of course.

George.

Had Christmas and New Years day in York Hospital just released yesterday for a few days at home then back again for two or three weeks treatment seems it's a not too common Birkitts lymphoma a bit like me a rare breed.

A friend has sent me a photo of a home built machine has any body any idea what it is I have my suspicians but might be wrong also some other bits..

Welcome to the forum, Fumblefingers

Neil

Careful George, putting cast iron into a skip is frowned on in these parts

Neil

Sent a few more pictures of what I think is a variable speed?

What do you think

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Welcome back, Windy ... and best wishes for the next phase.

The 'machine' looks like some sort of variable-speed device [adjustable pulleys ?], but I have no idea about the sprocketed components ... unless they are a chopper for some exotic ignition system.

MichaelG.

[post interrupted by food ... hadn't seen your additional photos]

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 04/01/2017 19:06:40

G'day Windy, get better. As for the device it could be a dynamometer for small engines.

* Danny M *

John Flack,

PM sent

Martin

Managed to get my Walking Beam Engine to run for the first time. Still a bit more work to do.

Thor