Todays little project!

Woodmonkey · 27 Oct 2015

Wow, interested to see how it all goes together...

Bm101 · 27 Oct 2015

Looking forward to seeing it all finished. Must admit I am slightly disappointed it's not the giant robot though.

Chrispy · 28 Oct 2015

I do like the idea BM but it's the eyes, where do you get lazer eyes? I can't find them anywhere.

Monkey Mark · 28 Oct 2015

Chrispy":2me75rc2 said:
griggs":2me75rc2 said:

https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/download/file.php?id=40560&mode=view

Is that your own shop built press ? How does it work?

Thanks

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Yes griggs home made air powered, it has a 12" dia air ram at the bottom making it an upstroke press ie with no power it will open so you can get your hand out

A little off topic, but any more information on your press?

I considered making a small one a while back but didn't have a piston large enough (plenty of small ones though).

Chrispy · 28 Oct 2015

What do you want to know MM?

Monkey Mark · 28 Oct 2015

Chrispy":3evuiaxh said:
What do you want to know MM?

Hmmm, good question.
Mainly the bore/stroke of the ram your using and the pressure it's able to exert if you know it? And if you bought the ram, where you got it from.

Chrispy · 28 Oct 2015

I see, well I'm sure it's 12" dia with a working stroke of 6" which seems OK for me, the platterns are 4'x2' and works well for most jobs including veneering, I vary the air pressure depending on the area of work piece, with a maximum of 100 psi air pressure multiply by the surface area of the piston to give you your force you then need to divide this by the surface area of your work piece to give psi on your work. This piston I found advertised in a local paper over 30 years ago just a bit of luck really.

Monkey Mark · 29 Oct 2015

Chrispy":2l33y35n said:
I see, well I'm sure it's 12" dia with a working stroke of 6" which seems OK for me, the platterns are 4'x2' and works well for most jobs including veneering, I vary the air pressure depending on the area of work piece, with a maximum of 100 psi air pressure multiply by the surface area of the piston to give you your force you then need to divide this by the surface area of your work piece to give psi on your work. This piston I found advertised in a local paper over 30 years ago just a bit of luck really.

That's great thanks. Seems you got a bargain with that piston!

Chrispy · 29 Oct 2015

Yesterday I started the coloring, yellow and orange, today I found some more that should be orange so did those and then went on to red

My camera seems to not like red

Any one guess what the next color is? :lol:

Sorry forgot the pictures now fixed.

griggs · 29 Oct 2015

Got to be blue or green

Wildman · 30 Oct 2015

yellow

Chrispy · 30 Oct 2015

Oh dear!

Chrispy · 30 Oct 2015

Purple or violet, comes between red and blue.

vanitycat · 31 Oct 2015

I had a feeling that it was some kid of child playing equipment when I first started reading. But what are the open boxes for? Part of the governments scheme to get children off the streets and into boxes? ;-)

Chrispy · 31 Oct 2015

vanitycat":ifrvw4p1 said:
I had a feeling that it was some kid of child playing equipment when I first started reading. But what are the open boxes for? Part of the governments scheme to get children off the streets and into boxes? ;-)

It's quite difficult to explain quickly so I think when it's finished I'll assemble it and try to show how it is meant to work.

BTW I'm still on green today!

Chrispy · 31 Oct 2015

Well I have now finished the blue and green so that's the coloring done.

So that's red and orange and yellow,green and blue and violet too, yes I've been spraying a rainbow!

Unfortunately the spray booth is now very brown and my finger nails multi colored, and we're going out for a posh meal tonight Oh well.

Chrispy · 2 Nov 2015

Now that everything is colored some of it needs gluing together before it gets lacquered, so a bit more pressing.

Don't worry about the black bits that's another job altogether.

Chrispy · 10 Nov 2015

Time for an update I think, after spending a very long time spraying lacquer and de-nibing and more spraying it's now back to boring.

And here's a few random shots of some of the smaller parts that are now finished.
Fence/gate/step over etc

corner post/tree/flag pole etc

sorting block thingy

Wobbly boards for balance

Target board/shape sorter

As for all the wild suggestions of what this could be that I'm making I have realized that actually you are all correct (including the robot with lazer eyes) as not only is the equipment designed to exercise the body but help the imagination as well! so it is what ever you think it is.