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

mmcmdl said:
I have a 2 hour plumbing job lined up for today . See you in 3 weeks ! :eek::grin:
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Depends on how far you live from your supply source – I don't know what it is about plumbing projects, but you never get (the correct) (enough) fittings the first two trips to the store.
 
ChazzC said:
Depends on how far you live from your supply source – I don't know what it is about plumbing projects, but you never get (the correct) (enough) fittings the first two trips to the store.
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That was a lesson I learned from the plumbers when our house was built in 1993; their supply "cabinet" was 5-gallon buckets of fittings. Need a 3/4" street elbow, 3/4" "T", 1/2" 45 elbow, 3/4" cap; 5-gallon buckets full of each item. I always sketched my runs on paper and noted the elbows, T's, caps, etc. Then ran to the store to buy what I needed, until I had to run back a second time. Now I buy 3X of what I need and maybe return the leftovers later.

Kind of like the micrometers in my shop; I bought a lot more than I needed, and for some reason never returned the excess ones!

Bruce
 
My wife and I go shopping together about every 2 weeks or so (a rural area, so we stock up), but if I have to get plumbing supplies, she REFUSES to go with me to the plumbing dept. - She just can't stand to see me standing there scratching my head, when they don't have what I wanted on my list, and I try to figure out what combination of stuff that they DO have, that might work ..........
 
My 30 year old friend Jack came over this morning for 6-1/2 hours of paid work. I showed him how use a knee mill to side mill the 5/8” mild steel plate that we cut with a torch 2 weeks ago. He had never used a knee mill before today, but he spent over 5 hours on one (doing so alone) on his first shot.

After that, I showed him how to face some torch cut 6” Sch 40 pipe on a 16” engine lathe. He had never used a lathe, but he seemed to like it even better than the knee mill. After an hour on the lathe, his girlfriend called & beckoned him home.

While he was on the milling machine, I assembled a Miller dual cylinder cart, hooked up some new regulators & a hose, & organized my O/A goodies.

See below for pictures of the “medium torch + gas welding” cart, not to be confused with the “large torch + brazing cart” (not shown), as well as some of the before & after side milling work that Jack knocked out.

Jack will be back on a regular basis to machine pipe & plate welding coupons. This is a win/win for him & I.

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Slivers for sale. PM me.

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Put new stovepipe in today, carried in wood to the best of my ability. Machined pins, "since I dont have any transfer screws" to aligtn the holes on the chuck I was working on. Life got in the way this weekend, not a bad thing but anyway, get some pics tomorrow.
 
Pootling about in the garage, wanted to make some chips, so turned down the arbor on this boring head to 5/8" (largest er25 collet I have). Gave it a bit of tlc in the process, works very smoothly nowIMG20221218155028.jpgIMG20221218155036.jpg
 
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thanks! It was a surprise find in a recent auction lot, one of those "buy a bench and everything that's on it and under it" deals. It fits nicely between my 2" boring head and my Enco boring and facing head (which is bloody huge). I also got a relatively small boring head (1-1/4"?), but I have to figure out how to make it fit. i think it was originally an adjustable boring bar.
 
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