2020 POTD Thread Archive

[GoceKU]

Was the original broken in the center??

Yes, broken right at the grease hole, and some other machinist cut off the retaning head to be reused.

 

[hman]

I could feel the grit in the mechanisms on a slow rotation by hand because of sitting for sew long (sorry about that pun)

No, you're not, you old sew-and-sew! Nor should you be. I consider the pun to be the most delightful form of humor. Love to stitch a whole thread of them together, given a topic ... or else make something up out of the whole cloth, bobbin' my head up and down as I do so.

 

[francist]

Now you’re just needling him....

 

[tonydi]

As with many projects, I started off with a "need" and by the time I was done the part ended up being far more involved than I originally planned to do.

I wanted to make a spinning handle for the cross slide on my 7x10 lathe. At first I was just going to cut off the existing one and then find or make something to replace it. Then I remembered how much of a pain it was when that handle interfered with the carriage wheel's handle as I hand fed the wheel while turning. So that meant extending the cross slide handle a bit to gain clearance.

And then I decided that having a way to grip the cross slide handle for really small movements.

So I eventually ended up with this.

It's also the the most "multi-medium" thing I've made.....Delrin, steel hardware, aluminum crank and brass spinner. Works great, I can grip the Delrin cylinder for fine adjustments and the spinner really makes quick facing passes much easier.

 

[BGHansen]

Now you’re just needling him....

OK, ok, how about getting this "Thread" back on track!?! It "seams" like we should be running out of puns by now!

Bruce

 

[silverhawk]

We did run out of puns, yet I am still bobbin' around waiting for more content. That mini lathe handle looks like it should spool us back on track.

joe

 

[francist]

Yup, and pretty much tailor-made for that machine too...

 

[FOMOGO]

Stop already, you guys are giving me a "stitch" in my side. In the "broad cloth" that is are hobby, one does hate being "hemmed" in by vocabulary. Mike

 

[francist]

Alright alright, I’ll stop. This thread is pinned anyway so we can always come back to it later...

 

[pontiac428]

OK, ok, how about getting this "Thread" back on track!?! It "seams" like we will should be running out of puns by now!

Bruce

Good call. A stitch in time saves nine!