2021 POTD Thread Archive

extropic said:
@Shootymacshootface
Necessity is the mother . . .
I think that's a pretty adventurous undertaking.
I sure hope it works out for you.
How long will you have to wear the carbon fiber support?
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Thank you for the kind words.
Unfortunately, I may need it for the rest of my life.
My doctor says that its non surgical. I hope it heals on its own well enough that I won't need any orthopedic devices in my leisure.
 
Firstram said:
Started building a storage cart/work bench for the Bport.

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I love the idea of including commercial tool chests into carts and/or shelving. I couldn't make drawers this nice in a home made shelving unit.
Most of my machinist tooling is in this US General tool chest. Smooth as silk and it has deep drawers.
 

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All finished, there was a lot of sanding with this. It turns out that it is as important for it to fit the shoe's contours as well as the shape of my foot. I got it thinned out pretty good. I am going to try it and possibly thin it out a little more if I think it needs it. Don't want to make it too thin. There are no hot spots and it keeps the front of my foot flat. The best part is that I don't have to wear that godforsaken cast anymore. 20210617_150414.jpg20210617_154138.jpg20210617_154151.jpg20210617_163706.jpg20210617_163658.jpg
The shape of it holds it in place.
 
that's pretty cool!

I made a bunch of chuck keys, fixed an air fryer for the wife, modified some chuck jaws to fit a chuck UlmaDoc gave me (thanks!) using a MIG welder (friend) and carbide end mill (me), and filled a coolant through boring bar with lead for $hits'n'giggles and maybe to see if it cut down on chatter. No idea if it will as I didn't try it beforehand (hence the first part of the reasoning) but the bar only cost me $20 so not that big of a risk!

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Oh and I sold my Atlas 618 with a ton of tooling to an aquaintance who is into knife making, so now I have a bunch of space back in my garage :)
 
mattthemuppet2 said:
that's pretty cool!

I made a bunch of chuck keys, fixed an air fryer for the wife, modified some chuck jaws to fit a chuck UlmaDoc gave me (thanks!) using a MIG welder (friend) and carbide end mill (me), and filled a coolant through boring bar with lead for $hits'n'giggles and maybe to see if it cut down on chatter. No idea if it will as I didn't try it beforehand (hence the first part of the reasoning) but the bar only cost me $20 so not that big of a risk!

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Oh and I sold my Atlas 618 with a ton of tooling to an aquaintance who is into knife making, so now I have a bunch of space back in my garage :)
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Put a strongish magnet on the boring bar. You won't believe how good it works.
 
Shootymacshootface said:
Ha ha, I dont have a picture. A video would be better. While you are making a cut, just stick the magnet on the exposed part of the bar, chatter instantly stops. Take the magnet off, it starts again, like fliping a switch.
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Do you think the tip has anything to do with whether the workpiece is magnetic or (my guess) just adding mass to the boring bar?
 
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