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Offline MrHorsepower

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2275 on: June 29, 2015, 11:36:58 AM »
Yes didnt think about the 45 degree bit ...will have to cut it off and fix now..was always going to put a damper in...

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2276 on: July 10, 2015, 05:28:37 PM »
Built a wooden gear clock and got it running.............YAY

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2277 on: July 11, 2015, 05:39:19 AM »
Built a wooden gear clock and got it running.............YAY



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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2278 on: July 11, 2015, 07:41:35 AM »
X2  :cup: :cheers:
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2279 on: July 11, 2015, 08:11:17 AM »
Built a wooden gear clock and got it running.............YAY



Serious skills. Well done!

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2280 on: July 11, 2015, 08:11:47 AM »
X 3  ;D
Did you use your own plans or 'download' them?

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2281 on: July 11, 2015, 08:18:08 AM »
There is certainly a collection of people with impressive skills loitering around here.
Well done, love to do it myself one day......
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2282 on: July 11, 2015, 05:47:43 PM »
Happy days. Came home and found these in the shed.






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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2283 on: July 11, 2015, 07:36:31 PM »
It was a purchased plan from a builder of clocks.

The wood is very fine bamboo plywood, the sheet I used cost me over $150.00
The patterns are printed and glued to the wood and then I use a 0.4mm X 1mm scroll saw blade to cut each gear dead on the line.
the smallest deviation creates serious issues and the damn things don't run.

I also modify each clock to make them more ridged and function better.
Its the toolmaker in me I cant help but fiddle.

Total build time 4 months (part time)
Accuracy....about 3-4 min a day depending on the humidity, these clocks are seriously affected by humidity.

You have to wind them every day, so its wind and reset clock off my Casio explorer watch (accurate to 1 sec a year)

The things we do!!!!

This is a video of the escapement, an interesting mechanism, bugger to get right.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2284 on: July 11, 2015, 07:46:48 PM »
Very impressive.
Not quite John Harrison, but great effort none the less.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2285 on: July 11, 2015, 09:41:45 PM »
WOW :cup:
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2286 on: July 11, 2015, 09:57:14 PM »
Very impressive.
Not quite John Harrison, but great effort none the less.

I wonder how many know who he was ?
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« Reply #2287 on: July 11, 2015, 10:00:55 PM »
Stolen goods ?  :police:
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2288 on: July 12, 2015, 05:11:28 AM »
Stolen goods ?  :police:
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2289 on: July 12, 2015, 06:29:23 AM »
Fitted a Long Ranger fuel tank182 ltr to the 100 series.
Tricky job all by yourself lifting 100kg into place.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2290 on: July 12, 2015, 06:42:09 AM »
I wonder how many know who he was ?

Your right sadly, "Father of all modern machinery" is something that comes to my mind.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2292 on: July 12, 2015, 04:46:43 PM »
Stolen goods ?  :police:

FIL sold farm, no clearance sale for him, lots of goodies coming to my place.   :cheers:

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2293 on: July 12, 2015, 05:27:10 PM »
Sitting back in the man cave having a beer and watching the v8s and the swans
with the heater on high


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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2294 on: July 12, 2015, 06:10:21 PM »
Mounted a contactor winch solenoid into the original warn housing and wired it up for in cab control, winch would have gone back in expect for the constant rain.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2295 on: July 12, 2015, 06:30:33 PM »
Fitted a Long Ranger fuel tank182 ltr to the 100 series.
Tricky job all by yourself lifting 100kg into place.
i removed mine recently on my own with no jack...lol...stacked timber under it and unbolted it, then slowly removed a timber piece at a time until I could slide the tank out. The factory sub tank I held in position with one hand whilst bolting back in position. I was surprised at how heavy the Longranger sub tanks actually are, as I didn't fit it originally. Could just carry it on my own as I put it under my house.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2296 on: July 12, 2015, 06:35:03 PM »
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2297 on: July 12, 2015, 07:38:51 PM »
We have now two threads with the same heading ?  ??? ???

Are the mods going to lock the old thread to stop a bit of confusion ?
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« Reply #2298 on: July 12, 2015, 08:33:31 PM »
We have now two threads with the same heading ?  ??? ???

Are the mods going to lock the old thread to stop a bit of confusion ?

Thanks for the heads up Duggie, will tidy it up

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