2015 POTD Thread Archive

[Atlascycle]

wont the paint crack on the fold?

I am going to try one and see what happens.

Jason

 

[Mark in Indiana]

Purchased a grey, steel industrial cabinet from a liquidation sale for 20$. Tried to flip it for 60$ (I would have taken 40$ for it), but no interest. This cabinet is too high a quality to give away.
So, on a day that I was clear coating a new door for our house, I decided to paint the cabinet Forest Green, to match the other wall cabinets in my shop.
When I mounted it on the wall, I hung it upside down, so the angled end is on the bottom, to hold all of my loose shop rags. The rest of the cabinet is used to store bundles of Jersey gloves.

The rest of my shop is full of 1950s/1960s steel kitchen wall cabinets that I've collected through the years. The quality can't be beat, and they look great when painted.

 

[MozamPete]

Won a Black & Decker 8" bench grinder at an auction. .

It's always amused me the term 'won' with regard to auctions. Regardless of the price the only thing you 'won' was the chance to pay more than anyone else bidding was prepared to pay.

Terminology aside, looks like a good grinder and I would be proud of such a purchase.

 

[Mark in Indiana]

Pete,
You're correct about the term "won" at an auction. This auction was the first time I've ever did online bidding. Buying that grinder taught me some good lessons. One was how to make it work. Also to look at the motor data tag closer, and to be careful not to fat-finger the keyboard when bidding. In all, the grinder & cap ended up costing me 77$.
Another thing that I'm glad about is it will replace my open face belt driven grinder that I've had for 25 years.

 

[Pontiac Freak]

Got 2 projects done today. 1st is a Kohler 13hp motor cover that the customer wanted drilled and tapped to accept a hydraulic pump that attaches to the end of the crank. 2nd was a replacement fender for a Kawasaki Mule that the customer has replaced several times due to the sun rotting it away. Made a prototype and will see if he likes the style before I make the next.

 

[Pops]

My project for the last couple days is a stand for my 12" sander. I use it from time to time to square the end of a piece of material I need for one of my projects. Made the stand out of 1 1/4" thin wall tubing and the top is 1/4" plate. I can adjust the top from 90° to 45° which will be handy. Used 3/8" cement bolts to anchor it to the floor. Had to add a guard for the bottom side of the disc after I took the pictures as the switch is in close proximity to the spinning disc. Actually had a use for it as soon as I installed it.

 

[nightowl499]

nice work ..

 

[Atlascycle]

Test bends came out good, no cracking of the paint. Will post photos later this evening.
Now to finish the back stop for the brake.

 

[rock_breaker]

Started making a shaft for the damaged generator that was left in front of the shop. Got about 8" of a 1 1/2" x 16" HR stud in the Enco lathe yesterday. Drilled center holes and mounted it between centers then started whittling. Goal is to reduce one end to 7/8" X 3" then create a taper on it. The middle will be extended to 1 3/8" X 4 1/4" for a bearing mount, the remaining end will be 7/8" X 1 1/4" with a keyway for a Lovejoy coupling.

Have a good day

Ray

 

[sanddan]

Continuing with the power knee chuck. Got the blank started by facing each end and turning one end to finished dimension. A 5/8" clearance hole and 1" counter bore was added to the end of the part. It was setup in the rotary table and the pins cut in three passes. When I checked it for fit on the knee crank I decided that I made the clearance hole too big. The clearance hole on my aluminum proto piece was .630" but the steel part was made to print at .650". I liked the fit of the proto piece so I made a second part. I ended up at .628" which fits snug which I like better. Next up is to remove some of the bulk to the main body and cut the 3/4" hex flats.