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

[Firstram]

Great job!
JB Weld is one of the most versatile products out there, along with quality super glue.

 

[dkemppai]

wow, nice fix! Did he hit something on the road?

Yeah, if you can call it a road. Basically a several mile long two-track full of rocks and stumps. A bunch of guys were out there camping, and the road has been getting pretty rough. It wasn't a problem with the F-150, but small city cars aren't made for two tracking. Bottom line, don't go off roading with your Volvo!

 

[mattthemuppet2]

A friend gave me some welding practice on sheet metal, welding in a new floor pan on a 500 Fairlane. It was a lot trickier than I expected!

 

[mattthemuppet2]

Some welding and machining - building up a carbide boring bar with a broken pocket (about 1/3 of the screw threads left)

 

[mattthemuppet2]

Then machined the pocket flat and put the angles on the sides of the pocket using one of those plastic angle gages and with some trig and gage blocks

 

[mattthemuppet2]

Then managed to drill the insert screw hole 10 thou off

Said some words and decided to glue a copper shim in there. If that doesn't work I'll think of something else. Just didn't want to go through all those set ups again to machine the pocket

 

[Larry$]

supplies to install PPR piping for compressed air supply

If you were in the USA & subject to OSHA you would be in trouble. Plastic piping is not permitted for any compressed air system. The argument goes somethin like "if the pipe is damaged and ruptures broken shards could fly at high velocity and cause serious injury."

 

[great white]

Starting to paint the ol’ Atlas:



Ruat-oleum metallic Turquoise.

 

[mattthemuppet2]

That's a striking color! I reckon it'll look great when you're done

 

[great white]

That's a striking color! I reckon it'll look great when you're done

I’m hoping so. Still have to decide on a color for the cabinet and backer board.

I’m thinking something simple like a hammered black, graphite or charcoal to make the lathe stand out even more.