Yesterday's POTD was welding equipment maintenance day since the powder coating wasn't ready until after 13:30. I also built two ground, stinger and power cord hooks for the MIG welders. Rolled a couple of rings from 1/2" square tubing that slip over the cylinder valve and bent up some 1/8 x 1" flat strap for hooks.
They support the cables nicely
Vacuumed and blew out the inside of the 350P, then put a fresh coat of wax on both machines.
This was the load at the powder coater prior to driving home in crazy rush hour traffic on a Friday. The toe plates where in the truck bed.
Spent the rest of Friday setting up for assembly for first thing Saturday. Called it around 7 pm.
Today's POTD was assembly and crating. I had Mrs. firestopper working along side all day. She's a trooper and gave me a solid 10 hours with a short lunch break.
We started with the two crates (8 units) headed for Hawaii on Monday and kept going with the rest of the inventory.
Here's some details of the assembly. The carefree tires are held on with press nuts and a custom tool was made some years back making it quick and easy.
1" aluminum round stock counter bored to hold a press nut. The shaft was knurled for sweaty hands. Two blows with a hard mallet does the trick.
The wheels are offset making it difficult without the tool.
The push pin for the telescoping toe plate is stainless steel and has a stainless insert to prevent the button from caving in or shearing in the event of over zealous pull. These are handy for many telescoping applications.
Installed they sit flat inside the tubing. Any burr from drilling must be removed for this to work reliably as well as the main frame indexing holes. A Zit-Burr tool is chased in as a second operation following the drilling process.
A quick operational check of the telescoping feature, then the labels go on, followed by two seat belts and the handle bars.
The pallets secure the fist litter in all directions, the rest stack in a married fashion then banded together then to the pallet.
After ten hours we had completed 28 units secured to pallets and some crated.
This is whats left of the pile.
Might take the day off tomorrow and rest as the past 17 days have been a blur.
Thanks for looking.
Turn and Burn!
Paco
Have a great weekend .
I don't get to machine much these days other than "G" jobs for myself , So when I'm getting payed to do it for the company , it's a good day !! I'm usually 15 foot up on ladder or scissor lift wrenching bolts or crawling into the presses trying to find troubles . Today , I'll take the money and run !
