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

[BGHansen]

I had to look this up -

How Effective Are Deer Whistles to Avoid Vehicle Collisions?

They're hyped as a great way to help drivers on roads, but how effective are deer whistles to avoid vehicle collisions and do they really work?

www.deeranddeerhunting.com

Good to see some science behind it. My mom had a number of bars of Irish Spring soap on shortage shelves in her garage. She'd read (probably from a study conducted by the makers of Irish Spring. . .) that these would deter mice. I didn't shoot pictures of the bars of soap with mouse turds/pee and chew marks on them, but I'd say there was conclusive evidence that the soap didn't work.

Bruce

p.s. The original plant manager of the Lansing Grand River Assembly plant building Cadillac CTS's had them on his company car. He hit two deer within a month. Who knows, without them maybe he'd have hit three?

 

[brino]

My mom had a number of bars of Irish Spring soap on shortage shelves in her garage. She'd read (probably from a study conducted by the makers of Irish Spring. . .) that these would deter mice.

Bruce, you just stirred a memory.....
My Mom told how in the early days of her and Dad taking over the old house (part 1800's log house with a "new" addition) she read that moth balls would deter the raccoons that had moved into the floor/ceiling between the first/second floor.

Until....... the young raccoons enjoyed playing with the moth balls and even batting them from end to end all night long!

With a smile on my face and a tear in my eye.....wow I miss her!
Thanks,
Brian

 

[mmcmdl]

Another aluminum run tonight . This WILL NOT GO INTO THE DUMPSTER !

 

[brino]

This WILL NOT GO INTO THE DUMPSTER !

Recycling at it's best! (.... repurposing)
Brian

 

[mmcmdl]

Good load tonight ! We'll look like Hickock on Youtube up in NY .

 

[ChazzC]

Bruce

p.s. The original plant manager of the Lansing Grand River Assembly plant building Cadillac CTS's had them on his company car. He hit two deer within a month. Who knows, without them maybe he'd have hit three?

I had them on my 97 Catera and never had any issues with critters of any kind (including birds). However, when driving loaner Devilles or Sevilles (DTS/STS) on numerous occasions (1st year Cateras had issues) wildlife seemed drawn to them on the same daily commute route: maybe it was just the higher end Cadillacs?

 

[snoopdog]

Getting the walls warm.

 

[NCjeeper]

^^^^
I can totally relate.

 

[Aaron David]

I took yesterday off from working on the upstairs bathroom remodel, and spent some time on this chuck:


Time for a bath


Now, that looks better! It took me a while to get all the junk out of the jaw threads, and it is still not quite as smooth as I would like, but it is fully functional at this point.

 

[metric_taper]

I was seeing several YouTube machinist channels show off their vertical bridgeport type machines with steering wheel quill feed. A few weeks ago, I found a seller that wanted $150, and had an adapter for a few Wells-Index machines, but not my model. So while checking to see what was different, I figured I could make the adapter from some scrap, and bought the wheel from eBay for $30.
The drive into the existing quill shaft was 2 1/4" roll pins 180 degrees apart, on a 1 in bolt circle (I had a assortment box of roll pins, that when measured, were not 1/4" but 6mm, so I drilled the holes for a nice fit). The steering wheel uses 6 M5x0.8 screws on a 70mm bolt circle (these came with the steering wheel). Easy work on the rotary table.


The original quill handle came bent and brazed repaired from the previous owner.
I have not used the machine, so I can't say if this is a good modification or not. It does look different.