2015 POTD Thread Archive

[mds30br]

the butt plate and scope base I made previously. I have since improved the fit of the dovetail amd gotten a much better finish from a different cutter.

 

[zmotorsports]

Been working on a new little 6'x10' utility trailer for myself the past couple of nights.

Yesterday the big brown truck stopped by the shop and dropped off some trailer goodies. I bought some accessories for my E-Track that is going on the trailer. These items were made by Erickson and seem to be pretty good quality of what I can tell so far.


I also decided that I am going to go with LED lighting so they were also in the box.


I cut the spreader bars/tubes and they too are ready to be welded in place as soon as I measure and decide on spacing.


Now some random pictures of several of my welds.






That is about it for now. Hopefully I get a call today saying my axle is done and ready to be picked up so I can make some progress over the weekend. I would like to get this done as soon as possible so I can move on to jobs where I actually make money rather than spend it.:bounce:
Mike.

 

[calstar]

Been working on a new little 6'x10' utility trailer for myself the past couple of nights.

Yesterday the big brown truck stopped by the shop and dropped off some trailer goodies. I bought some accessories for my E-Track that is going on the trailer. These items were made by Erickson and seem to be pretty good quality of what I can tell so far.


I also decided that I am going to go with LED lighting so they were also in the box.


I cut the spreader bars/tubes and they too are ready to be welded in place as soon as I measure and decide on spacing.


Now some random pictures of several of my welds.






That is about it for now. Hopefully I get a call today saying my axle is done and ready to be picked up so I can make some progress over the weekend. I would like to get this done as soon as possible so I can move on to jobs where I actually make money rather than spend it.:bounce:
Mike.

Very cool project. Thats tig, right? Nice looking welds.
thanks, Brian

 

[Pontiac Freak]

Very cool project. Thats tig, right? Nice looking welds.
thanks, Brian

The cream rising to the top of the crown and the splatter on the side would make me guess MIG weld. Good looking welds!

 

[zmotorsports]

Very cool project. Thats tig, right? Nice looking welds.
thanks, Brian

The cream rising to the top of the crown and the splatter on the side would make me guess MIG weld. Good looking welds!

MIG (GMAW) process. Just been doing it a while.)

Mike.

 

[Billh50]

My little project today was to start making parts for my automatic feed stop. Made this locking lever this morning.

 

[jumps4]

Yesterday and today I made a reverse tumbler for my 11 x 28 Wholesale Tools Lathe
The writeup is here...
http://www.hobby-machinist.com/show...erse-Tumbler-Modification?p=270457#post270457
Here are a few pics
Steve

 

[MozamPete]

Inspired by Smudgemo's post of 10 days ago I decided I should have a go at making some new chuck keys.

My 3 jaw and 4 jaw chucks take slightly different size key so I set out to make two of each.



And the original key they will replace (which has been to only key since I brought the lathe)



I made an attempt to harden the tip by heating and quenching in water but as I made them from unknown steel scrap I don't expect them to be very hard, but hopefully it will of taken some of the softness away - time will tell.

I knurled the centre portion of the handle and just press fitted it to the body with the help of a little tool/jig I turned up to suit.

 

[jumps4]

They came out nice and having 2 works really nice when centering the 4-jaw.
Steve

 

[calstar]

Yesterday and today I made a reverse tumbler for my 11 x 28 Wholesale Tools Lathe
The writeup is here...
http://www.hobby-machinist.com/show...erse-Tumbler-Modification?p=270457#post270457
Here are a few pics
Steve

Followed your link and very, very nice work. Brian