2014 POTD Thread Archive

[zmotorsports]

Great job Johnny. Very good workholding idea.

Thanks for sharing. I have had to get creative with blocks but now I have another possibility when the need arrises. Now I need to build me an angle plate.

 

[JT.]

I too would like to make a copy of this tool , for my own use and enjoyment any possibility that you might have some dimensioned drawings laying about on your work bench that you would be willing to share?

i will make some drawings and take some mesurements no problem

 

[bloomingtonmike]

Last night we installed MeshUps (mesh chairs you can walk on - mesh compresses and pops up like bed springs and works awesome!!) under the mesh and PEX. This gives a consistent elevation to the mesh/PEX and does not require the crew to pull the mesh up. I have a 5" floor so we used 1.5" mesh ups. The mesh is ~1/4". The PEX is 1/2 so about 5/8"OD. So the PEX is just under 2 3/8" in the floor. We will have a 1.5" saw cut for expansion joints.

Then this AM at 7am we started the pour. No calcium and a cool day made for a super long day. Here are a couple pictures before it sat up for hand and power troweling much.

 

[JT.]

i will make some drawings and take some mesurements no problem

her is some ruff drawing but you getthe idea like thise
next step will be to integrate a hardend disk (from audi valve clearance system )where the ball will push on the back

 

[savarin]

Nice job good supports.
This business of pulling the mesh up as a lot of concreters do is a joke, it will always sink back to the rubble layer, might as well not bother with the cost of the reinforcing in the first place.
I've demolished a fair number of slabs where the reo is laying exposed and rusty on top of the fill with just enough bits in the concrete to make it a pain to cut up.

 

[chuckorlando]

Thanks. That should do

her is some ruff drawing but you getthe idea like thise
next step will be to integrate a hardend disk (from audi valve clearance system )where the ball will push on the back

View attachment 86046

 

[davidh]

did you zone the pex where you are going to saw for expansion joints ? just curious how the pex will survive where the slab will eventually crack.

 

[maker of things]

Actually copied this from a friend last year, and it's not really machined, but your special lady might like one. I call it a Java Lantern. (1) steel coffee or similar sized can, (1) torch or plasma cutter and some orange paint. Put a tea light candle inside. Top is open.

 

[schor]

Part 1 - block up the mill, build a pallet under it and move the mill outside.

[video=youtube_share;dZPGUjxI6pE]http://youtu.be/dZPGUjxI6pE[/video]

Let's get this mill onto the trailer.

[video=youtube_share;JtXSlVZL9tc]http://youtu.be/JtXSlVZL9tc[/video]

 

[pipehack]

I picked up this Wilton 835 on Friday from my flea market tool guy. I've been dealing with him for years. We both get a good deal, he makes a little and I get a quality U.S. made tool at a decent price. I paid $100.00, not great, but not bad either. Took it all apart, wire wheeled and polished the bare steel. I sprayed a couple of coats with self etching primer. I followed it with 3 coats of Rustoleum hammered "Verde Green". This paint is a pretty close match to the factory color. I like the way it turned out. This will get mounted on the same bench that my lathe is mounted on. It will be a new bench and is in the material collecting phase right now.
Here's before and after.