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2016 POTD Thread Archive
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Installed a fresh coat of oil based paint on the shop ceiling. Much brighter and got a free high.
Greg
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Yanked out the glass fuse panel on my Yamaha Venture, rewired in an ATO fuse block and relocated it plus the main fuse and aux fuse panel to the lh fairing pocket instead of under the "faux" fuel tank cover.
Always used to bug me that in order to check or change a fuse I'd have to unbolt the cover. A near impossibilty on the side of a dark road. Now it's just flip open a hinged panel and have a look. Probably go with the fuses that light up when they blow to make it even easier in the dark.
Relocated my new digital ignition there too.
Always used to bug me that in order to check or change a fuse I'd have to unbolt the cover. A near impossibilty on the side of a dark road. Now it's just flip open a hinged panel and have a look. Probably go with the fuses that light up when they blow to make it even easier in the dark.
Relocated my new digital ignition there too.
If that's the quality of the furniture you have in the workshop I'd love to see when you have in the house.
Well, that didn't take long.
Really like your overhead crane setup, could we have a closer low speed look at it and know the capacity. I'm thinking about one for the new machine shop area. Some stuff is getting a little heavy for an old man. Thanks, Mike
Beautiful! I love the contrast between the wood and felt. What did you use to adhere the felt to the drawer bottom?I made a 3 drawer chest for my Kennedy box to sit on. I need more storage with the acquisition of a new milling machine and associated tooling. This will likely hold layout tools, mics, dial and test indicators, and other lighter stuff. It is made of knotty alder, pine for the drawer sides, and 5mm ply for the drawer bottoms. Blue felt and finished with Formby's low gloss tung oil finish. I have a smaller version of this I made a few years ago for my guitar building tools and love it. Simple construction with pocket screws and butt joints.
Thanks for all the kind words. The felt is just laying in there, there should be sufficient catching on the felt fibers/wood grain to keep it in place. Woodworking is my main squeeze, but the machining helps open new avenues for customization and making more woodworking tools.
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An overhead crane is one of the best things you'll ever install Mike. From the photo dates these have been in for 9 years now, easy to tell from how white the walls were back then.Well, that didn't take long.
It was an after thought so had to fasten the rails to the floor joists above. The machinist handbook gives specs for lag bolts into different woods. Thats the weak link (forget the specs) so limit it to about 1000 pounds to keep a good safety factor. The rails are 3 inch channel and the cross beam I think is 6 inch. I designed it to be blocked off the rails if I ever had to lift I think it was 3 ton, (never have). The trucks that carry the cross beam have the side plates angled to allow flat faced rollers to ride on the inside angle of the rails. Tapered rollers don't work, we had them on small overhead cranes at work and they bind like crazy. The cross beam is fastened to the trucks with a pin to allow the trucks to pivot a bit, this compensates for variation in rail spacing. Again having them fixed doesn't work from ones we had at work. These ones roll from one end of the shop to the other with no effort, again commercial ones we had needed to be realigned with a pickup at times, one truck would get ahead of the other and lock the beam up solid.
I can take some measurements for you if you want, any drawings are long gone. Will trough in the standard disclaimer, build at your own risk, my engineering degree is LONG expired.
Greg
