POTD- PROJECT OF THE DAY: What Did You Make In Your Shop Today?

[Just for fun]

Very nice Jaime, looks great!

 

[mattthemuppet2]

Agreed, you should be really proud of yourself, that looks pro made!

 

[FOMOGO]

Nice work on the vise. How easy is the handle to use? Kind of wondering if lengthening the rod to clear the end of the drill press table wouldn't speed things up. Mike

 

[wachuko]

Nice work on the vise. How easy is the handle to use? Kind of wondering if lengthening the rod to clear the end of the drill press table wouldn't speed things up. Mike

Funny, I had the same reaction when I first tested it. But turns out it is easy to use. I slide the vise close to the edge and secure the part. This lets me turn the handle freely. Then slide into position and lock it down.

But I have also tried with the vise in place (without sliding to the edge). Just a bit cumbersome that way, but not too bad. The shape of the handle lets you work it fine either way. I really like it.

 

[MikeWi]

Finally... I can call this one DONE!

I'm curious why I've never seen anyone but the handle on the other end so that you don't have the table in the way when you operate the handle?

 

[NCjeeper]

I finally finished my OD grinder.

 

[erikmannie]

I built this base out of structural steel. I used my new mill to bevel the angle iron so that I had nice beveled grooves for my 6010 (of course!) stick welding fun.

This stand will spend its whole life outdoors. It has a mast that goes in the sleeve on top of it. The arms for a weld test stand (which lives in the shop) go on that mast.

Ever since I brought in my new knee mill, I won’t SMAW, GMAW, FCAW or OAW in the shop. Only GTAW in the shop!







Edit:

As an experiment (and because I am lazy), I left the mill scale on the (pipe) sleeve on top. After I paint this, I will find out how corrosion goes depending on whether or not you remove the mill scale.

I guess I may as well post a picture after the first coat of paint.

 

[extropic]

<snip Ever since I brought in my new knee mill, I won’t SMAW, GMAW, FCAW or OAW in the shop. Only GTAW in the shop. snip>

Nice stand.

Please elucidate your rationale for that preference. I don't think I've ever seen it written about before.

 

[erikmannie]

Nice stand.

Please elucidate your rationale for that preference. I don't think I've ever seen it written about before.

Obviously, there’s no problem doing GTAW in the shop, as far as air quality and the risk of getting spatter on the precision ground machine tool tables & ways.

Add spatter, smoke and fumes, and right off the bat I would be looking for better air quality for my lungs. I’ve never seen spatter travel farther than 2 feet, but I don’t want a bunch of dust and metal BBs settling on my machine tools.

Doing GMAW, SMAW, FCAW and OAW in the garage makes for a lot of dust everywhere! I feel like I have enough to deal with just keeping up with the chips: I do a full (broom & dustpan) sweep every other day, and I blow out (leaf blower) at least once a week.

 

[DLF]

First part turned on my new 14x40 lathe: multifix toolpost locking pin.

It is a nice press-fit in the compound T-nut, but unfortunately the multifix is from china, hence one of the locking holes is not properly aligned and the locking pin binds a little. The other hole is spot on.

I also tried to hot blue the pin in the wife's owen. Only got a dark yellow, so I guess the owen's advertised 300 degree C is only on paper.


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