2021 POTD Thread Archive

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@GoceKU
I see something new (to me) in your pictures. I'm curious about the piece that seems to be clamped (by a wingnut) to the right (back) side of the cutting tool. Please show more details and tell us what the purpose of that thing is.
Thanks,

 

[GoceKU]

That is a metal clamp, that cutter hasn't got a leg lock to hold down the insert, but because of the interrupted cut and hardness of the material i've added it to hold down the insert

 

[theradioshop]

While out in the shop today I threw a little project together,
Made a tail stock die holder.

 

[Brento]

So after procrastinating for a week i go my felt for the oilers and i settled on using Mobil #6. After looking over the spindle and the journals i saw little wear so i went with the lighter oil that may be a compromise to the oil the was recommended.View attachment 354762View attachment 354763
Wiped off everything on the spindle and pulley with a clean rag then wiped it all down again with the oil using my finger rubbing over everything. Like most people i am sure i forgot to put the belt on so i had to take the spindle back out to put that on. My question to ask is with the felts in the oilers, how big do they need to be cut?View attachment 354764
Now that the headstock is finished i decided to take apart the cross slide and wipe all the old oil off and put fresh way oil #2 on. I also didnt have any special grease but i put a dab on the screws of this high speed bearing grease. Figured it is better then nothing. The gibs looked good and the ways were not terrible BUT there isnt much scraping left on most of the slides. (hey its almost 80 years old. Give it some slack!) Further down the road maybe i will try my luck at adding a few scrapes or pay someone to do it. View attachment 354765
After the cross slide was back together i put the tailstock back on added a little way oil underneath on the slides and dabbed some #6 on the tail stock spindle and ran it in and out a few times. Like butta as they say.View attachment 354766

Now all that is left is to take the counter shaft pulleys off to clean up the shaft and get rid of old felt stuck in the one hole and do some rewiring. Right now it is wired to run off a foot pedal but what i am going to do is wire it to a toggle switch so i can run it on all the time or i can flip the switch to run it using the pedal. She is almost ready to run. At the end of the month i will have a qctp from Tom made for it. Until next time!

So tonight i finally got it wired up. I am terrible with wiring so my dad came over to help. The lathe was operated using a foot pedal. So i rewired it to run all the time or on a foot pedal. Here is a video of it all. Now im just waiting on the Norman Tool post being made from @T Bredehoft to finish it up. Sorry for all of the videos. The original was to big that it wouldnt upload. I am also open to try doing a few odd jobs if anyone is interested.
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[Shootymacshootface]

After many years of wanting a sight pusher, I suddenly NEEDED a sight pusher. I'm doing a 9mm conversion on a 1911. This is a brand new Fusion Firearms top end. I couldn't get either the front or rear sights to budge with my conventional method. I had to remove them to get it ready for blasting and a new coating of metallic bronze. Reinstalling them will be even more important that it goes smoothly. This was a lot of work, and a lot of math too!

It turns out that both sights were installed with red Locktite.

 

[GoceKU]

Today the weather become incredibly cold so no working outside, but fortunately i did finished some of the work i needed yesterday. Because of that I finished the parts washer, i modified an old water heater and mount it under, Dropped an electric pump and mounted a manifold with hoses and valves, last thing is to mount a bottom to have some where to rest the parts at, i fill it with diesel fuel that i plan to use as my solvent.

 

[erikmannie]

I was so happy with the first pegboards that I put up 2 more pegboards. I was only able to finish half of the painting.

Each of these pegboards only cost $20 to put up.

 

[savarin]

Your lathe dogs have had puppies.

 

[NegativeK]

Finished the VFD control panel wiring, finally. Everything's nicely programmed, and now the VFD is tucked away in the back of the mill. Until I untuck it to add a contactor, breaker, and fuse..

The ultrasonic cleaner stripped some of the markings out of the micrometer dials, so I lacquer sticked all five of the ones I cleaned. That's like polishing leather or brass: tedious, but oh so satisfying.




I've finished cleaning all of the small tooling bits (mostly hold down kit) that came with the mill... Only to visit a friend's shop. He keeps acquiring used equipment for cheap, so he "sold" me some of it for a very kind price. He ends up with less duplicate tooling, I end up with more parts to clean. But who can argue with a cheap boring head?

I also got around to stoning some of the parallels that I've cleaned. The two nice bigs ones seem to have been used hard; despite having four ground faces, the previous owner cranked down hard on something and mushroomed into the wide faces a bit.

 

[keeena]

While out in the shop today I threw a little project together,
Made a tail stock die holder.

What did you use for the bluing? Just curious - looks like awesome results.

After many years of wanting a sight pusher, I suddenly NEEDED a sight pusher.

There are a few 3D printable sight presses on Thingaverse; I printed one for a G19 and worked alright though I felt it needed custom push blocks to sit in the dovetail like yours (which I really like)