2016 POTD Thread Archive

[chevydyl]

Worked on a pair of A2 parallels, parallels from hell, no mater what I would do one of them would bow, only a couple tenths but I wasn't happy, it drove me to dust the chuck and it was a little low in the front middle, after cleaning that up I lapped one edge and dusted them, flipped and dusted the other edge. Now they are parallel in 6 inches without so much as a bobble from the interapid. I chased around that bow for several grinds, the very first grind they were held in a toolmaker vise then I would diamond file the edges and clean em before the flip.
So, to anyone else chasing tenths on the grinder I feel you lol

 

[sanddan]

Got my lathe setup on the new stand. Leveled it, which was pretty easy, then checked for twist. With this stand I was able to adjust the leveling feet to take out the slight twist in the bed. This turned out to be very easy with the new stand whereas I was never able to when working with the factory stand, I think the factory stand was just too flexible.





I got the tool box installed. This turned out to be a bi#ch to do working by myself. I ended up putting the first war wound on the paint job, not a virgin anymore. LOL



I also machined the mount plate for the Aloris QCTP. No bozo mistakes so all went well.

 

[TommyD]

Degreased, wire wheeled, degreased again my rear axle housing yesterday and painted it with POR 15 today. Got my final package of gaskets, brake line, nuts and bender a few days ago. Won't be until Friday that I start assembling. Gay-raj in upper 40's today, back to the frame work on the truck soon.

 

[FOMOGO]

The POR15 is a good product, but you definitely have to have ANY oil or grease removed TOTALLY or it will peel right off. Mike

Degreased, wire wheeled, degreased again my rear axle housing yesterday and painted it with POR 15 today. Got my final package of gaskets, brake line, nuts and bender a few days ago. Won't be until Friday that I start assembling. Gay-raj in upper 40's today, back to the frame work on the truck soon.

 

[FOMOGO]

The lathe looks great mounted up. Always good to get that first scratch out of the way. Cuts down on one's anxiety level. Looks like a pretty new shop space, How about a tour? Mike

 

[TommyD]

I decreased it good. First one was with mineral spirits to get 60 years of grease, oil and crud off and the second one was acetone. Man, that stuff is shineyyyyy and smooth. After ass'y I have to top coat it, gloss black Rustoleum.

 

[Sharky]

Front bumper design - rough draft for 88 K1500



Just need to add winch mount, shackle tabs and lights.

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[sanddan]

The lathe looks great mounted up. Always good to get that first scratch out of the way. Cuts down on one's anxiety level. Looks like a pretty new shop space, How about a tour? Mike

Thanks Mike.
The shop is actually 22 yrs old. I've been working on it ever since it was built. I just repainted the wall behind the lathe so it looks new in the pictures. Lately I seem to be either rebuilding areas or just moving things around in the attempt to improve the layout and function. My storage and organization has always been lacking so that has been the focus lately. I have several fab projects that I built but never got painted, one is over 25 yrs old, so high on the list is to finish them. It was one reason I finely built the doors for my mini paint booth. One more project that was only 85% completed, just enough so I could do some paint work on a Camaro I had at the time.

I'll think about a tour of the ship once I get the place cleaned up a bit.

 

[f350ca]

I decreased it good. First one was with mineral spirits to get 60 years of grease, oil and crud off and the second one was acetone. Man, that stuff is shineyyyyy and smooth. After ass'y I have to top coat it, gloss black Rustoleum.

I've had the best results with water based degreasers, like Spray 9 Or Super Clean. They dissolve the oil and lift it off the surface, then a pressure washer can remove it. Solvents always seam to leave a film of oil, maybe thin but its still there. A good test is to mist the surface with water, if it beads at all there is an oil film, if it totally wets out your probably good to paint.

Greg

 

[NCjeeper]

I got the sander put together and made a space for it. A bit tight but it should work.