2020 POTD Thread Archive

[hman]

@DavidR8 was right. That's a beautiful machine.

I was just wondering why you put gullets on the tap, instead of milling the side, kinda like a D-bit. Anyway, it worked as intended, so no need for 20-20 hindsight.

 

[dewbane]

So, I got paid, and the customer is stoked. He tested it with and without power steering. It fit perfectly, and it's solid. I is a real machine shop thing doer guy.

 

[francist]

I was just wondering why you put gullets on the tap, instead of milling the side, kinda like a D-bit.

Hmm, interesting idea. I didn’t think of that way to be honest, I don’t have a ton of experience with D-bits so they don’t pop to the front of the idea line for me. I was also wanting to maintain maximum peripheral contact inside the hole so as not to enlarge the threads at all, and I felt that the two minimally-sized gullets would get me debris room but still maintain my best contact inside the hole. I bet I’ll think about a D-bit next time though, thanks for planting the spark.

-frank

 

[GoceKU]

Today i had a full free day, so first thing i did it is went back to the steel place bought one more metre of tubing, on the way back i stopped by the hardware store, bought roll of Mig wire, i also bought sand paper for the DA sander and new blades for the wood planer, the old ones are totally destroyed. When i got home i replace the blades and got to smoothen the planks, this task took me some considerable time and my hands are still shaking from the DA sander. I also spray the planks with clear protective coating.

 

[mattthemuppet2]

spoke a bit too soon about the light switch fix for my friend's truck, several bits didn't fit. Got him to take the switch off, took that back with me and opened up a couple of holes and turned down one of the bosses. Going to see if it fits once I've finished my coffee.

 

[hman]

Got the MachTach and spindle light installation done. First photo shows the result, in all its splendor and glory. My tired old eyes now have plenty of light to see with!


Here's a close-up of the MachTach box, with power switches for the light and tach.


This photo shows the installation on the spindle. The copper foil (green arrow) keeps the bright light from shooting sideways out of the Plexiglass window and blinding me.


Finally, here's a close-up of the bottom of the spindle. A bit of he photosensor used by the tach is visible, indicated by the blue arrow. It's surrounded by a light shield, so the detector is not overwhelmed by the bright white light. The red arrows point to the 10-32 SHCS that attach the assembly to the spindle nose. The nose itself has two shallow holes meant for a pin spanner. But they're located in awkward places - would have messed up one of the light rings. The socket head mounting screws provide two new places for a pin spanner to catch and rotate the spindle nose (with the light assembly remaining attached) when necessary for maintenance.

 

[GoceKU]

Today i got an early start. Started with cleaning half a storage shed, winter is coming and i need to store some of my spare parts. Then still in a cleaning mood i clean the big garage it had wood shavings all over the floor, i also took down my winter tires from the storage rack i made earlier in the year. Then i went to the small garage did some cleaning there, i had fixed the door frame, the digger ripped the bottom piece and bent it. Then come the car washing, all the cars were very dirty i've been busy with work, but today was the day, i put the 607 in the garage over the inspection pit to see how it fits and its tight, but with the permanent ladder that i'm planning should be fine. It was a very busy day and it's getting cold quickly when the sun goes down.

 

[Nogoingback]

Man, you are the hardest working guy I've ever seen. Nice job on the pit!

 

[GoceKU]

Hardworking thanks, i call it hardly working haha. Yesterday's cleaning left me one task unfinished, to change to my winter tires, this year we are having a slow fall in temperatures and no signs of freezing and snow. So i've been putting it off but today after work i've changed them, they need time to loosen up after the summer sleep.

 

[Shootymacshootface]

This is a job that I have to do every 5 years or so. These are the floor drains from our water treatment plant. We have 3 giant earth (sand) filters. These are ss and are made up of fins 2-3 thou apart. Eventually sand finds its way to the inside and clogs them up.
My job is to cut one end off with an angle grinder, clean everything up so the end plates fit back on nicely. After tbey are pressure washed with the open end down ,weld, and then check the fin spacing with a feeler gauge.