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DIY bike stand
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I have a project with my son to build him a mountain bike from an old frame, donated second hand parts and some high tech new bits...
...now al we need is a bike stand...to build it on.
Our neighbour very kindly gave my son an old bike stand head, though what to do for the stand..
..an old steel framed bike was slowly rusting in the garden...
...strip it down to a bare frame...
...cut off the front half...
...weld the handle bar to the rear half...
...bolt the front forks into the seat post tube...
...spray up and we have a new stand.
Just weld a threaded bar tot he back of the bike clamp bracket and attach to the upturned front forks...
...and clamp your bike for a great secure bike stand...
...look cool too!
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DIY bike stand
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I have a project with my son to build him a mountain bike from an old frame, donated second hand parts and some high tech new bits...
...now al we need is a bike stand...to build it on.
Our neighbour very kindly gave my son an old bike stand head, though what to do for the stand..
..an old steel framed bike was slowly rusting in the garden...
...strip it down to a bare frame...
...cut off the front half...
...weld the handle bar to the rear half...
...bolt the front forks into the seat post tube...
...spray up and we have a new stand.
Just weld a threaded bar tot he back of the bike clamp bracket and attach to the upturned front forks...
...and clamp your bike for a great secure bike stand...
...look cool too!
The soundtrack 'Invisible Pieces' was kindly donated for free use by Silent Partner through the YouTube creative suite. Cool
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![Moxon Vice - Stupid Quick Make
#moxon #vise #stupidquickmake
Moxon Vice - Stupid Quick Make
Does the internet really need another Moxon Vice [vise for our North American friends] you know those ones that cramp to the worktop and are used for cutting dovetails and the like...the maker scene is awash with them!
Not really!...though I met a maker at Makers Cenrtral last year and he gave me the solution that I had been looking for on where to get the course threaded bars for as cheap as possible...get hold of an old weight lifting bar...cut off the ends and perfect for the Moxon Vice.
Try your recycling centre or your shed!
Huge thanks damianfreeman39 I couldnt have done it without you.
The animation took longer than project...cool to try though.
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![In between tape measure How to make Its a Rubbish Challenge
In between tape measure How to make Its a Rubbish Challenge
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Sometimes a special tool will only do!
For years I have used a couple bits of timber to measure the distance between an object as I need to do with making this shelving unit.
I need an accurate distance between the shelves to cut in a timber divider.
Using timber sticks can lead to mistakes if they move and so I decided to make a special between things measuring tool out of an old tape measure.
The In-between tape measure!
The old tape measure is usable though the spring is worn, perfect for this Rubbish Challenge.
I want this tool to also measure from the bottom of timber housings [grooves in wood that other timber like the dividers slot into] and so I use a thin scrap piece of ply to allow the in-between tape to measure right into these housings.
I allow 20mm for the housing depth as this is more than the maximum depth I would ever make for a housing.
Mark around the tape measure, cut out.
Remove the case of the tape to drill a hole in the ply where the clip fixing is.
Screw back together and fit the ply to the tape.
I took an old blunt Stanley blade and cut it square and drilled/cut a hole to fix it to the ply for a marker to take a measurement from the tape blade.
Measure the distance from the blade to the bottom of the ply, mine was spot on 100mm, and cut this distance off of the tape blade. It feels so wrong!
Cut of the tape end hook and fix it to the now shorter tape blade with a pop rivet.
The In-between tape measure will now accurately give you the measurement when used between two surfaces.
I made a template and spray painted some graphics onto the ply to make the tape look as special as its new purpose is.
Use and wonder how you ever coped before without an In-between tape measure.
Its a Rubbish Challenge is a challenge that I set myself to give the things that we throw away a new life, to make them useful or adapt them to save buying in new stuff.
I aim to upload a new video every few weeks and undoubtedly they will all be different. Some of the rubbish will be adapted with electronics, some are instruments and others are just simple.
I aim to make them all interesting and I hope they may inspire you to give it a go, take a look at your rubbish bin and make yourself something great from it.
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![Key hooks How to make
Key hooks How to make
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What to get my wife for Christmas? My creativity!
She had been asking for some hooks to hang up keys...for at least two years, though I had skills to learn to make it.
Lots of new techniques for me in this sweet little project.
I wanted to try bashing some metal and decided to use some steel wire nails [50mm long] to make these key hooks.
0:00 Cut off the head of the nails, I hammered them into a piece of timber to help in doing this. Make sure you keep these.
0:09 I used an old sledge hammer head as an anvil and took it all outside
0:14 Light up a propane blowtorch and heated up the nail heads until red hot.
0:22 Bash flat with a nice heavy hammer.
0:31 Heat up the cut ends of the wire nails and bash them flat as well.
Really satisfying.
0:44 Shape the flattened nail heads into little hearts as a little detail on the hooks.
0:55 Bend the nails to shape, I am fortunate to have a CZ metal bender which makes it easy to get consistent bends.
Clean up both the hearts and the flattened nails.
1:08 Solder the heart to the nail with plumbers solder + flux.
1:28 I took an old rusty angle bar that was being used in the garden to hold up some plants and cut off a length.
1:38 Drill two holes in each hook for fixing.
1:47 Mark equal distances along the length for the hook positions and drill a hole for fixing.
1:58 Get some steel wire pins and poke through the angle and thread on a hook.
2:02 Snip to length and hammer the end over with a ball hammer.
2:07 Align the hooks and drill through the second hole on each hook + rivet as before.
2:18 Take the timber and cut to size and give it a plane to make nice and smooth.
2:37 Drill two hidden fixing holes in the timber.
2:40 Drill two fixing holes in the bottom of the angle iron and countersink.
2:45 Spray it all with some clear lacquer.
2:50 When dry fix to the wall and...
Enjoy!
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