2019 POTD Thread Archive

[GoceKU]

So what color are we thinking? Almost time to go 4-wheeling. Cheers, Mike

I presume you'll talking about the Little Niva, the color, the same it left the factory with, i do like the dark yellow/ orange that it is, i may tint it little but plan is to keep it dark yellow it is period correct.

 

[GoceKU]

Today i drove the Little Niva in the sun to bake the entire day. The smell from the primer drying was very noticeable but later in the day it went away, driving it i notice it is cribbing the rear end is out of alignment, the passenger tire is 1 inch back the the other side, also now i noticed couple of the suspension links, are really bent, i bought new bushings for them but seeing this i may buy new links or make stronger bottom ones.

 

[Winegrower]

The Niva is back from the dead! Nice work, GoceKU.

 

[Logan 400]

I have a few cheap clamps that I sprung using them improperly a couple years ago. When I was planning my new welder cart worktable I had an idea to use these clamps on the middle if the table. I repurposed one today and will be modifying the others as well. It worked pretty well for my use.

 

[thomas s]

Nice job I want to make some like that for my drill press.

 

[Chuck K]

I started working on a lathe bench this weekend. I have a SB model A that has been sitting on a skid since I got it a long time ago. I bought it thinking it was a parts machine, but after playing around with it I found out that it's a decent lathe. It needs a bench and a tail stock. I'll find the tail stock. I decided after digging around that I had enough material to piece together a bench. I had 2 pieces of 1/4 plate, some short pieces of square tube, some angle and a pile of drawers left over from some Lyon shelving. I got a lot of it cut up and tacked together. Unfortunately my tig welder refused to work. All I get is a high frequency spark. So I rolled out the old Lincoln stick welder. The challenge is ending up with something that is halfway square and straight. That and finding the time to finish it now that I started.

 

[silverhawk]

I started working on a lathe bench this weekend. I have a SB model A that has been sitting on a skid since I got it a long time ago. I bought it thinking it was a parts machine, but after playing around with it I found out that it's a decent lathe. It needs a bench and a tail stock. I'll find the tail stock. I decided after digging around that I had enough material to piece together a bench. I had 2 pieces of 1/4 plate, some short pieces of square tube, some angle and a pile of drawers left over from some Lyon shelving. I got a lot of it cut up and tacked together. Unfortunately my tig welder refused to work. All I get is a high frequency spark. So I rolled out the old Lincoln stick welder. The challenge is ending up with something that is halfway square and straight. That and finding the time to finish it now that I started.

I would like to see this bench progress! Thanks for posting!

 

[Chuck K]

More pics.

 

[silverhawk]

More pics.

Excellent. That thing looks pretty stout. It will hold up and work very nicely for a 9A.

 

[Chuck K]

Excellent. That thing looks pretty stout. It will hold up and work very nicely for a 9A.

Thanks.