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I'm making a patio table out of old I-beams. It's based on a design I saw some years ago where the table top is supported either side of a central I-beam, with the top of the beam level with the...

Tape measures and Stanley knives are always the elusive tools for me. I end up buying a new one every 6 months or so due to not being able to find one (often it's been "borrowed"). That was until...

"What do you mean new stuff? Oh that. No, I've had that for years, you mustn't have noticed all the times I've used it."


Graeme

Kibbutz?

Bit late to the thread, but why metal at all? If there's some sort of substrate supporting it, why not go with a sheet of formica (or whatever non-trademarked name you care to call it)?

First job out of school and I was sent to get a "long weight". "Oh ffs, how stupid do you think I am?" and headed off to the canteen where I sat and read the paper for half an hour or so when the...

What's the reason for that? I take it there's some sort of difference in the end result.

Graeme

Don't let something as insignificant as a reason keep you from getting one. :;


Graeme

Picked up a pair of bottles at Bunnings in Cannington. I was obviously the first to get them from there as it took them a while for them to find the key to the cages and to work out how to undo the...

I've just received an email from the manager of our local Bunnings (Cannington) telling me that stores in WA will be getting the swap&go oxyacetylene bottles in the coming months, so finally there is...

I'm making a brazier/fire pit, mainly from bits of scrap with a few bits of new merchant bar. The narrower uprights in the photo are the new bits of steel. I'm undecided as to what finish I should...

Sounds nice and simple. I've even got a few old leaf springs lying around outside that could be put to use, so it could in theory be made "hingeless". Thanks for the idea!

Graeme

I'm a member of our local SES unit and every so often we go along to school fairs etc. to raise awareness of what we do, drum up support/volunteers etc. We try to have something for kids to do, but...

I came across this file a year or two ago when I was looking for something related (gas springs for Landcruiser boot) and grabbed it in case I needed something to calculate gas spring sizes at a...

They're dampers rather than springs, so the pressure (in most cases) doesn't need to be high.

I'd not thought of salvaging the rod before. It seems like they'd make a good source for the ways I'd...

Thanks for that Mm, that's handy to know. The only knowledge I've had about colours and UV stability is that you should avoid red, as that seems to be the worst. This was based on a TV programme I...

Thanks for all the great suggestions guys.:2tsup:
I'll probably use a combination of a few of them - a bit of epoxy, copper swages & some heat shrink (not sure how long that last bit will last in...

I'm making some gas bottle bells and drums to be put in the garden of my daughter's kindy. These will need the drumsticks/beaters attached to them so they don't go for a wander and get buried in the...

You know how you always mean to be tidier and sweep up after yourself? Well, when you only manage to find time late at night to do things, such as cutting steel using the drop saw, you do tend to...

No plans, but have a look at the following sites for possible inspiration -

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Chariot Carriers: Bike Trailers, Jogging Strollers and more, for bicycle riders and joggers

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Graeme

I have one and I'm very happy with it. That said, I'm not that great at welding so my welds with the DHC 2000 don't seem massively better/different to standard oxy welds. I think my short experience...