2019 POTD Thread Archive

[GoceKU]

Now you've mentioned it i realized i still haven't used the large drill bits i've bought recently, nothing removes material like a big sharp drill bit.

 

[GoceKU]

Today was a long day in the garage working on the Little Niva. Today's job i've dreaded doing since i've bought this little 4x4. Making new mounts to mount the transfer case, this is e know week point on the niva's as from the factory it is bolted thru the thin metal floor with 4, M8 bolts. Also the mounts are aluminium and thin so they also are know to brake. I started with a wooden chair to hold the transfer case when i was removing the mounts, on the passenger side it was rusted in place, i had to cut in couple pieces and after 3 hours i managed to remove it without damaging the transfer case, on the drivers side there was a homemade mount that someone made it from a tube and pipe. Then the chair broke from the weight, so i put a hydraulic jack to hold it up but it moves in all directions so i added one more jack and spent next 2 hours making it level, but in my measuring i found out the gearbox is lower then factory and seen the drivers side double floor is sagging, so i put a 10 ton jack plus a sledge hammer made it straight, then i drilled and bolted it to the new floor i used a big spreader plate and big washers to secure it, then things started to line up, i did manage to place the transfer case where the factory manuel says it needs to be, also all the levers inside the cabin are in the middle of there holes, i also made and bolted new sleeves for the mounts. Today was a hard and painful day, all the bending and working on my injured back really took a toll on me.

 

[jdedmon91]

I’ve spent a few days working on enhancements on my bench grinders. One thing that bugs me is needing to make adjustments on the rests and having to go to the tool box and get wrenches. In this video I show how I modified my Craftsman bench grinder.

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[Franko]

My 7" x 12" horizontal band saw started squeaking a few weeks ago.
I removed the belt and turned it on to determine it was the motor bearings.

The local electric motor fixer company wanted $150 to replace the bearings.
I don't know that something else might have been damaged so I determined to get a replacement motor.

After some Google shopping I found a 2hp motor at Harbor Freight for $165. It replaces the 1.5hp motor the saw came with.
The alternative was to spend near $400 everywhere else.
Nothing I found was an exact match.

The new motor has a 7/8" shaft. The pulleys on the band saw have a 3/4" bore.
So, I bored out the motor pulley to 7/8".

After boring, I had to broach the keyway some.
I purchased a broach set about 12 years ago. This is the first time I've used it.



Unfortunately, the shaft on the new motor is about one pully shorter than on the original motor.
I think I can live with it. I'll just lose one speed setting.
I managed to align the pulleys and still have purchase on the key with the set screw.
Wiring the motor was a bit problematic. The wiring diagram was confusing, mentioning lugs, but there weren't any.
It was just wires that had to be coupled. I eventually figured it out.

Here it is, all hooked up and it seems to be working ok.

 

[NCjeeper]

I had the perfect job for the shaper today. Fired the ole girl up and made some chips.

 

[pdentrem]

I have 3 routers but one has a problem. The inlay bushing will not fit one of them. So today’s project is to bore the recess and open up the opening for the bushing to fit. I need to do this as the router is my smallest and I want to use it on some doors.
So 45 minutes later job done.

 

[cascao]

Motorcycle fuel filters are crap most of time
Car injectors filters are very good
So, made my own

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[BGHansen]

POTD was making a support strap for the support leg of our log splitter. I'm known at work for a few sayings, "Hope is a poor problem solving strategy", "Come on guys, how tough is this to figure out, it's only two parts going together" and "if you have to beat on the parts to get them together, step back and see what's wrong first". Well, didn't follow my own advise. Bought a new log splitter a few weeks ago. Tried to flip down the support leg but it wasn't budging. So, I gave it a kick to flip it down. Much to my chagrin, there "was" a rubber strap for holding the leg up while transporting the splitter. Fixed it today. Truly an "ugly but effective" fix, but it works.

The original strap was molded rubber or EPDM. I have some 1/8" thick rubber sheet stock, cut a couple of pieces to size on my Tennsmith shear. Then punched holes/slots with a Roper Whitney #218 punch press. Ran a screw/nut through the bottom end to act as a grip for pulling the strap off the support leg. Yeah, it's ugly but does work.

Thanks for looking, Bruce


Oops, broke this hold-up strap on the support leg of our log splitter.


Cut some 1/8" rubber stock to size on my sheet metal shear


Punched a number of 1/4" holes with my RW #218 press


Used a rectangular punch to make an elongated slot


Finished straps screwed together. Screw/nut at the bottom end act as a handle


New support strap in place

 

[GoceKU]

Yesterday i tried to work thru the back pain but few hours in my back said NO, so i had to stop just as i mounted the two mounts and one crossmember bar, this will definitely slow me down, i don't have a car lift and the car creeper i made broke, so i'm left working on the floor. I'll try to finish some things standing up till my injured back recovers.

 

[dulltool17]

Take care of yourself, GoceKU.