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

[WobblyHand]

If you think that was tough, imagine sorting out four or five of those red boxes of drills. I got really good at sizing the small number drills by eye. Hopefully I've lost that skill by now

For drill sharpening I use one of those General drill sharpening jigs that use the side of a bench grinder wheel. They're pretty cheap, $20 or so. I must have done a couple of hundred easy. In fact, if any of yours have sharp and shiny ends, those were ones I sharpened.

Must have been mind numbing. Once I just got my micrometer out it was a lot easier. Pick it up, measured, put it in the right hole in the index.

 

[wachuko]

A few hours and a pile of coconut laterView attachment 417483

All you need now is some lime...

 

[mattthemuppet2]

And rum!

 

[Thanatos41]

Made a vise mounted bending jig for my blacksmith shop. The pins are set for the most common stock sizes and diameters that I use.

 

[tjb]

Made a vise mounted bending jig for my blacksmith shop. The pins are set for the most common stock sizes and diameters that I use.

Very nice. What material did you use?

 

[Thanatos41]

Very nice. What material did you use?

It’s all salvaged material from a shop that closed. The platten was a jig they used, 1018 steel. The pins are a mix of 4140, 1018, and 304 stainless.

 

[Winegrower]

Today was a woodworking day. I made three post toppers for 6”x6” posts, matching the original design from 1904. I learned again, turning a piece is easy, but making several identical pieces is another issue completely. These match within a fraction of an inch…a large fraction.

The balls are redwood, the boards in back are cherry, also for the same project.

 

[brino]

Today was a woodworking day. I made three post toppers for 6”x6” posts, matching the original design from 1904. I learned again, turning a piece is easy, but making several identical pieces is another issue completely. These match within a fraction of an inch…a large fraction.

When I was young (teenager?) I remember my Dad making a new railing for the stairs. He needed six matching balusters and suggested that each of us (two parents, four kids) could make one.
I quickly said "Sure, I'll make the first one!".

These match within a fraction of an inch…a large fraction.

Luckily they should be far enough apart to be invisible difference.

Brian

 

[ChazzC]

I upgraded my relatively new Delta 8" Bench Grinder with an 80 grit Aluminum Oxide wheel and an 8" "SCOTTCHEN" deburring wheel"



Yes, I know that there is no guard on the deburring wheel, but I haven't yet seen anyone who uses a guard when deburring. I am mindful of the potential for brushing against the deburring wheel when grinding on the right side, so am working on an easily removable guard that would be in place whenever not deburring. In the meantime, I'll just leave the deburring wheel off when not in use; to that end, I also (probably) created a warranty issue by filing flats on the left shaft to make it easier to change wheels:


The flats are located on the rough-turned portion of the shaft so they don't interfere with the 5/8" mounting portion of the shaft.

I'm also going to fit washers on the ends of the housing to minimize grit entering the bearing areas. More to come.

 

[tq60]

Made a better mist nozzle cleaner.

Early version was just a collection of fittings that allowed one to blow it out with air.

Problem is it goes same way as water so does not clean it out

We had a back flush one for a paint sprayer so made this for the misters.

A collection of parts, a 1/2 pipe plug with a hydrolic connector that fits nothing with a QC adaptor.

The threads are 10-24, the nozzle goes on the inside and it is blown backwards, works well.

Combined with the cleaner and ultrasonic it allows longer life.

We have very hard water so even with the treating cartridge we need to service them.


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