2020 POTD Thread Archive

[cathead]

I had a small piece of hardened H-13 tool about 3/4 inch long left over from the anvil project so decided to
try make something with it. I welded the piece to a chunk of mild steel and that went pretty well using
stick welding. My first thought was to make a slag hammer but I can see it might have other uses as well.
So a hammer it will be. The handle was part of the remains of an old axe handle so no investment other
than time. It was 30 below zero F this morning so I didn't have much else to do anyway. When done I blasted away on
a piece of mild steel like a wood pecker after some ants to see if it would crack or disintegrate. So far it is billy goat tuff.

Here's a photo:
Now I really don't know if it is worthy of a post but it will have some use down the road hopefully....

Interestingly, I did tap on the hardened H-13 anvil surface and it left a visible ding on it.

 

[finsruskw]

Wrapped up my vise stop project from viewing a YouTube video.
None are perfect though but all are usable as is. Much more difficult than I figured it would be. The dro readout helped but the 4th digit kept distracting me and led to several mistakes and broken taps. Don't take much to bust a 4-40!!

Also wrapped up the drilling of holes in the brackets I am making and milled a couple lift bar ends for rear 3 point lift on a narrow frame 60-70's Cub Cadet. Stock mat'l was too thick for clearance on the ends.

 

[Shootymacshootface]

This is going to be the business end of the top die of my press brake build. It is a piece of 5/8" thick plow blade. My band saw barely scratched it, so I used a carbide end mill to square the edges and make it the finished length. I milled the uneven edge flat and then nodded the head to put a couple of 45's on it. I'm not sure exactly what this metal is but what I do know is that it is wear resistant, a bit brittle, yet drills easyish, and never use it for any welding projects. It will fail spectacularly.


The bungee cord it to help with vibrations. Carbide hates that.

 

[rwm]

Start a thread on the press brake! I need one.
Robert

 

[roadie33]

Yes, please do a write up with plenty of pics.

 

[Shootymacshootface]

Ok, I'll see what I can put together over the weekend.

 

[cathead]

I made another tool for the hardy hole, not sure what it might be called. I can see it would work for stretching out pipe to make tapered pipes or stretch rings. Also I cleaned up an old forge tool with the name "Champion" stamped on it. It's been hanging behind the air compressor for a long time, completely ignored until today. If I look around a bit, I think there is another one around here somewhere...


Also, I had an area on the anvil face that needed filling in. I used some 1/8 inch hard facing rod using the arc welder and was surprised how easy it
was to lay down.

 

[GoceKU]

Today I needed to make one hydraulic compression fitting, started with a 1/2 brass rod and angle by angle form it. Last operation to do was to drill the centre that also went well and soon enough i was done. having carbide cutters with known angles sure made this job faster rather than moving the compound for every cut.

 

[AGCB97]

what's on the other end?

 

[GoceKU]

This is the sleeve on the hydraulic pipe that feeds a cylinder on a truck. This is a quick repair for a friend.