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

ITs few hours before new year and i get a call from a friend he is passing thru my country, wants to grab a coffee and at the end of conversation mentions he is having some car trouble. I wasn't planning to spend any time in the garage of the shop but i had to. His troubles wore some what easy coolant leak from a O'Ring on the heater core and a rotten hose. ITs a french car so i have most of the parts needed on a shelf, also he had blown a tire and when i check the other side it was ready to blow, old rotten tires. Then he started to panic no tire shops are open, but the tire machine come in very useful, i had some used but still good tires to throw on it. Just as we said goodbye and send him off to Greece, a car transporter called to drop off the astra. Got the charged battery from the little niva out went about 3-4 km to meat him it was a bigger truck, no way he would made it in my suburb. That was a bit of a debacle because when organising the transport we notet not working car to be delivered in a very tight neighborhood, also there was lots of scratches on the roof and rear bumper was caved in and cracked like someone has pushed it with another car. They will have a big bill to pay from the body shop and it's all in a written contract. I did drive it in the big garage to diagnose it and the alternator is dead it also is buzzing and drawing current back in the alternator. Left the battery unhooked and on charger but it look like the battery is also damaged. Resembled the little niva with its good battery and still have few hours till 2023. Happy New Year Everyone!!!
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I had a paying customer ($80) today. I only got one picture of the aluminum TIG work which I will post below. This .120” wall pipe is for a crabbing set up.

I was able to prep one of the 45° bevels (+ landing) on the lathe. I had to do the other bevel by hand (4-1/2” flap disk & a file), & that bevel really turned out badly.

I was very conscientious about having the material *super clean* because it had already spent time on the ocean.

I had to do about 20% of the work in the vertical position (the rest was in the flat position). 120A max, 120 Hz frequency, 75% AC balance (on a Miller Dynasty), 1/8” 4043 filler rod, 20 cfh Argon flow. I have always dipped the tungsten when I TIG welded, but the last two times that I have TIG welded I did not dip the tungsten.

The customer kept reminding me that it did not need to look pretty.

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GoceKU said:
ITs few hours before new year and i get a call from a friend he is passing thru my country, wants to grab a coffee and at the end of conversation mentions he is having some car trouble.
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GoceKU said:
he had blown a tire and when i check the other side it was ready to blow, old rotten tires. Then he started to panic no tire shops are open, but the tire machine come in very useful, i had some used but still good tires to throw on it.
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Goce,
If I could pick a place for my vehicle to break down it would be anywhere near you!
Brian
 
Well , busted my as$ from 6.15 till 5.30 tonight . New New pillow block bearings , new motor and couplings on one of our furnaces out in the sheds . Shaft was 1 15/16ths diameter so imagine how heavy the pillow blocks were . :rolleyes: Well any ways , I went to H-M and before I logged in I saw the " what secretaries do in the office after hours " thingie . I had to peek , and now I can't remember what I wanted to say on this post . :devil:

Oh yeah , off at 7 in 50 minutes and plan on rehydrating at least until next year . :beer bottles:
 
francist said:
Had to look that up. Must admit, I’ve never read any of his books… :oops:
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Really? Got hooked on Sherlock from a short story in grade school, then the original movies, radio plays, new movies & TV. Obviously dated, but still a good read. Even has a short story with some engineering content.
 
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