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

[francist]

Anybody have an idea what all these little cutters would be for?

I have some like that that I got many years ago from my dentist. At least the peculiarly-shaped end looks the same and is what caught my eye in your photo. When I got mine they were already a little rusty (compared to a lot of smaller ones I got from the same guy) so it made me suspect they were maybe for an old-style hand piece that wasn’t used much anymore. I still use the smaller burrs I got from him for hand engraving and micro-routing, but the larger ones I never have used — the shank is a weird size at about 0.090” so none of my Dremel collets fit.

-frank

 

[Brento]

Yea i have so many. Alot are also rusty. But i will maybe save them for engraving as well. Thanks @francist

 

[jwmelvin]

I made some parts for a leaf-shredder upgrade:

 

[GoceKU]

Today was car washing day, both 6 series peugeot's are very dirty. It took me 3 hours to get them clean inside and out, also found some damage from 3 weeks ago, when i new coworker from work thought he can keep up with me in the 605. To make a long story short he decided to pass me in a corner in the rain, mid corner got scared and tap his brakes at that point his Audi span around and bump my back bumper. My car weighs almost double than his also i know its limits so i quickly got it under control and stopped to watch him go backwards in a deranged dich, he broke 3 of his rims and damaged his suspension. He was lucky he did not flip, but he managed to throw gravel at me. The gravel chipped my hood, the white spots are missing paint and my back bumper has deep scratches. All things considered it could been worse.

 

[rdean]

you didn't just buy a new light strand, you manually replaced the bulbs???

I installed 6 new strings of lights each having 100 bulbs and measuring 33 feet long.

Can you fit your lathe right in the middle? I think that would provide optimum visibility with no shadows from any direction!

That may be something to think about.

Ray

 

[finsruskw]

Thought I'd try my hand at making the two tiny parts for the "TEE" nut for the SB 9a that are missing, hoping to lose a few thousands of back lash.
The slug represents the leg of the tee and turned to the same dia. The flat represents the body of the cross slide and is bored to accept the tee leg, the small hole was to locate the pin location.
And, it works to my surprise! Now to disassemble the SB far enough to install them and hope for the best.

 

[NCjeeper]

I made a fire does that count? It was in the mid 20's today and we had 6-8 inches of snow on the ground. I got the shop nice and toasty.

 

[Dhal22]

I made a fire does that count? It was in the mid 20's today and we had 6-8 inches of snow on the ground. I got the shop nice and toasty.
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I burn at least a cord a winter in my fireplace. My shop needs a wood burning stove.

 

[finsruskw]

I'm sure glad I did the re-model on my shop a couple years back before I got my mill and lathe.
Now that I spend a lot more time in there at about 68 degrees and the furnace will only kick in a few times.

 

[eugene13]

I shoveled 700 lbs of coal, 150 lbs of ash, it was +7 with a 12 mph wind, I wore Carhartt Arctic overalls and a bomber hat and I greased my face with Bag Balm. I know, no picture it never happened, boy that hot shower felt good this evening. Ok, here's a picture.