My Misc Quickie Projects

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Firgure I'd make a thread to document some of my quick & simple projects that don't justify getting their own thread. :big grin:
 
I have limited space in my home shop. Not enough real estate to bolt things down in their own dedicated space so I made a plate for my hand shear that I can just clamp to a table then put away when not needed.


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I love what I call my cheater machine, aka chamfering machine.
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Upgraded my chip shield that I use for the mill often. Bought a cheap articulating arm for a camera a while back & the mag base I had laying around. This one was really simple to put together, only needed to drill/tap a hole & shorten one other thread. The old arm was annoying to use & was very limited on movement. I'm really happy how great this one works now.

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Here's what the old arm looked like.
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Although, I didn't need a replacement shield yet, glad MSC was out of stock. MSC's price was not bad, less than $5 but I just stopped by my local plastics guy & he cut me 3 sheets for $10.
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Haha, no problem Mike. They come in so handy, I use it quite often. Crazy how much they sell for. I was lucky to get mine cheap from Enco but if I hadn't I would have just made one too. Well had I known how much I wouldn't like the original arm I would have just made it to begin with.

So glad none of this ended up on me. :)

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I made a couple of those from some $15 dial indicator stands (same magnetic base, it looks like) and letter-sized sheets of Lexan from the big-box store. They work great; this reminds me I need to make a couple more so I don't have to keep moving them from one machine to another.
 
darkzero said:
Upgraded my chip shield that I use for the mill often. Bought a cheap articulating arm for a camera a while back & the mag base I had laying around. This one was really simple to put together, only needed to drill/tap a hole & shorten one other thread. The old arm was annoying to use & was very limited on movement. I'm really happy how great this one works now.

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Here's what the old arm looked like.
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Although, I didn't need a replacement shield yet, glad MSC was out of stock. MSC's price was not bad, less than $5 but I just stopped by my local plastics guy & he cut me 3 sheets for $10.
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That's pretty nice. I cut some cabinet grade plywood for my milling table to keep chips out of the t-slots.

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I'd like to add a deflector shield which obviously won't work with a magnetic base on top of the plywood. I'll need to do some experimenting, but I suspect it could be attached to the front- or rear-face of the table.

Thoughts?

Regards,
Terry
 
tjb said:
That's pretty nice. I cut some cabinet grade plywood for my milling table to keep chips out of the t-slots.

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I'd like to add a deflector shield which obviously won't work with a magnetic base on top of the plywood. I'll need to do some experimenting, but I suspect it could be attached to the front- or rear-face of the table.

Thoughts?

Regards,
Terry
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As you said, could always stick the mage base to the front or rear face of the table. I've also seen some people make a shield to attach to the rear jaw of the vise as well as attach a shield to a rod & mount it in that hole that's next to the quill lock. In fact I believe they sell premade units in both those styles.
 
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I keep meaning to make a chip shield, thanks for the easy method!
 
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