2014 POTD Thread Archive

[coolidge]

3in1 penetrant with brown scotchbrite, then stoned the table. Wire brush on a drill to clean up most of the rest.

Next time try Evaporust its amazing, just soak overnight poof rust gone!

 

[mattthemuppet2]

finished up part of a long running project to turn my drill press into a light duty mill - making the collets to hold end mills in a collet chuck from George Wilson





I made a 1/8in collet the other day on the lathe at work using the power feeds which gave a beautiful finish, but haven't gotten round to taking a picture yet!

 

[BobinWa]

Hi all, has been awhile since I have posted. I have been busy making drawers for my tools, still working on lighting (the florescent light bulb connections have acted up or it was a ballast. Since my lasts post I have moved 3 shelving units full of stuff into one of my three car garage to make room for the middle garage for more space in my machine shop; wow it sure is nice to have the extra space. Machining on occasion with small projects. I recently acquired a Bison 4 jaw 8" chuck for my Grizzly 16x40 lathe so I had to also buy a Bison back plate. I now have the back plate chucked into a 12" 4 jaw to modify the back plate to fit the older Bison. I will need to finish it next eek as I am also a benchrest shooter with a match scheduled this weekend. Coming up is chambering 5 new benchrest barrels and two factory class barrels. All of a sudden machining is more of a priority over other projects; that's a good thing as far as I am concerned.
Bob

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Hi all, has been awhile since I have posted. I have been busy making drawers for my tools, still working on lighting (the florescent light bulb connections have acted up or a ballast has given out. Since my lasts post I have moved 3 shelving units full of stuff into one of my three car garage to make room for the middle garage for more space in my machine shop; wow it sure is nice to have the extra space. I have finished painting areas which have been postponed for a few years and installed more shelves (still more to do) . Machining on occasion with small projects. I recently acquired a Bison 4 jaw 8" chuck for my Grizzly 16x40 lathe so I had to also buy a Bison back plate. I now have the back plate chucked into a 12" 4 jaw to modify the back plate to fit the older Bison. I will need to finish it next week; I am also a benchrest shooter with a match scheduled this weekend. Coming up is chambering 5 new benchrest barrels and two factory class barrels. All of a sudden machining is more of a priority over other projects; that's a good thing as far as I am concerned.
Bob

 

[boomer_mikey]

Check out the threading tools at http://www.mesatool.com/products/threading-tools/

They make a threading tool that can do inside, outside, upside down, and backwards with a single tool. The inserts are very reasonable too.

Boomer

 

[1935ron]

mini pallet plus straps and V= block idea from tom at ox tools

 

[melsdad]

mini pallet plus straps and V= block idea from tom at ox toolsView attachment 73613

This is one of my next projects. I have the materials just need the time. What size hardware you using? Looks bigger than 10-32?

 

[1935ron]

This is one of my next projects. I have the materials just need the time. What size hardware you using? Looks bigger than 10-32?

used 1/4-20

 

[Cholmes]

mini pallet plus straps and V= block idea from tom at ox toolsView attachment 73613

That is as sexy as a 3 boobied stripper! I believe I will make a set for myself!

 

[1935ron]

That is as sexy as a 3 boobied stripper! I believe I will make a set for myself!

as long as the third boob is in the middle of her back so you have something to hold on to while your dancin!

 

[Sharky]

My vintage Helios caliper jumpped a tooth on the gear rack, putting my hand at 11:00 instead of straight up at 12. Dismantled, cleaned and reassembled. Runs smoother and zero is back where it belongs...