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

[GoceKU]

Today i had little time to spare but wanted to make some improvement in the big garage, so i installed two power sockets on the tool cabinet. I had wire run couple weeks now, but today i connected the sockets and the main power wire. Now i have power on that side of the garage also and i don't need to run extension cords for chargers.

 

[MrCrankyface]

Several mini-projects at the same time, neither which is very ground breaking but felt I had to share this crazy boring bar I made, which I'm slightly amazed at how well it ended up working.
I needed to bore a 19cm/7.5" deep hole which is quite outside of what I usually do.
Cut down a 26mm bar of mystery metal, spun it down to 18mm shank, 22mm "collar" and then a ~20mm shaft.
Clearly visible is that I hit chatter-town when I was lathing the bar down after having pressed the boring bar in.
At the end of the shaft I bored out an offset hole where I could press in a cheap 12mm boring bar(DCMT070202 insert).
The boring bar now has a reach of 220mm from tip to "face" of the boring head.

Took a bit to find the right feeds/speeds, it seems to like less RPM and more feed to keep it engaged.
Taking off ~1mm radially each run.
Still works amazingly well considering that it's a 11xD cutter.

 

[GoceKU]

Today i started the day with trying a new tool, tire valve chuck i had an old hose that works with it. Then i had to do some work on the White elephant No:1 Its back in town because of enormous power steering leak. I have a spare steering rack that i had to take off then change it on the car, i only took one picture of the (new) rack because everything is covered in ATF. With the replacement rack there is no leaking but is knochy and the pump whines like a small child. It also needs some suspension work and all fluids and filters, engine oil has more then 20 000km on it. I had to buy couple of tools, one thing u wanted a oil filter pliers, i paid 7$ for them i also bought the red ones for one use metal ties for 4$.

 

[silverhawk]

I finally finished up all of my fly fishing rod building. The previous bamboo restoration came in the middle of this build, which changed colors after some stuff went to the bamboo rod. But, it still looks pretty solid!



Now I can move on to other projects, maybe more shop related tools.

 

[FOMOGO]

Made some progress on my rolling work table. Still have to use cold bluing solution on the removable backsplash, and the frame, and then seal it with satin poly. Think I'm going to leave the top. Just sprayed some WD 40 on it for now. On a three day mini vacation in Glenwood Springs with my wife, and found a heavy duty three drawer unit that was designed to go under a desk, on FBMP for free. Will be tarting them up some, and maybe try my hand at some pin-striping on them. Have had a set of striping brushes in one of the toolboxes for a few months now, and this would be a good excuse to give it a shot. Cheers, Mike

Edit: Sorry about the pics. Guess I will have to up load these when I get home on the new computer. Having photo issues on my ancient Macbook.
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[pontiac428]

I got the blues this weekend. Spent a lot of time in the bottle, swabbing around.

Here's a before and after of my steel bricks called tool holders. New stainless hardware too.

 

[mattthemuppet2]

Very nice, FIMS too! I have a smaller version, but all my holders are home made

 

[GoceKU]

Today i did a bunch of busy work in the small garage. First i tried the drainage grades in front of the garage door, now i have only a slope but as the concrete settle it holds water. The steel grades will work but busting all that concrete and digging will take lot more work so it will have to wait for a bit better time when i have the time. Next i mounted couple new wheels for the little niva. I also dismounted couple of bad tires and found a surprise, one of the rims that come off a peugeot was actually a mercedes rim. This was a surprise because peugeot is 5x108mm and mercedes is 5x112mm bolt pattern but because of the bigger bolt holes of the mercedes rim they line up surprising well. The tire machine is working excellent, i'm working on a good lube setup but for now i'm using my finger and some liquid soap.

 

[wachuko]

Today i did a bunch of busy work in the small garage. First i tried the drainage grades in front of the garage door, now i have only a slope but as the concrete settle it holds water. The steel grades will work but busting all that concrete and digging will take lot more work so it will have to wait for a bit better time when i have the time. Next i mounted couple new wheels for the little niva. I also dismounted couple of bad tires and found a surprise, one of the rims that come off a peugeot was actually a mercedes rim. This was a surprise because peugeot is 5x108mm and mercedes is 5x112mm bolt pattern but because of the bigger bolt holes of the mercedes rim they line up surprising well. The tire machine is working excellent, i'm working on a good lube setup but for now i'm using my finger and some liquid soap.
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You are getting your money's worth out of that tire mounting machine! Good!

 

[GoceKU]

Today was a very busy day at work, and after work in the garage. For few day i was waiting for parts and i pick them up after work. The white elephant No: 1 got a brand new power steering pump, new bearing on the A/C compressor, new front suspension bushes, ball joints, New CV boots, All new filters oil change, 2 new tires, i did them myself on my tire machine, without balancing, and finally i scheduled front end alinement for tomorrow. With all that work done it should be good to go for a while.