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

[dkemppai]

Yes, in my 50 year old homemade press..

Would you mind sharing some pictures of that press/jig?

Something like that is on the to-do list...

 

[pdentrem]

Made up a plywood plate to attach my 5" Record vice to a work table. Just a couple steel plates on the underside and 2 bolts do the job. Obviously not for HEAVY pounding but for 99% of my usage which is work holding it does the job. Just need to look through my junk drawers for handled bolts.
Pierre

 

[finsruskw]

Les got some more welding done on our Cat 0 3 point build.
I was supposed to have enough parts made for 4 of them but must have miscounted somewhere along the line as we are short a few pieces for the 4th unit yet.

 

[JRaut]

I store them in stacks so I know the arbor size.
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Dang.

That's a good idea.

Bookmarked for future reference.

 

[savarin]

My first attempt at bluing and I must say I'm very pleased with the results.
At first I was very disappointed with the result as they looked very patchy and dirty dull blue grey.
I used Birchwood Casey liquid perma blue.
But then I decided to heat the parts till some oil sizzled when dropped on and kept wiping more oil as it cooled till they cooled enough to handle and I could polish them clean.

 

[dkemppai]

My first attempt at bluing and I must say I'm very pleased with the results.
At first I was very disappointed with the result as they looked very patchy and dirty dull blue grey.

Thinking about results that look bad at first. You could always try slow rust bluing!

I've wanted to give this a try for years, but haven't gotten around to it. Apparently the solution is made by mixing a small amount of nitric and hydrochloric acids, and adding iron filings until it stops reacting. Then after letting it settle out, pour off the clear solution, and it's ready. Every reference I've ever seen mentions storing the solution in an Amber bottle, perhaps it breaks down with light???

 

[woodchucker]

Not a what did you make but a what did you do.
I enjoyed a nice afternoon out. The wife said go fly. So I did.

 

[erikmannie]

We tilted the head on the knee mill to 35°. We are beveling 5/8” plate with a 7/8” solid carbide 4-flute endmill in an EMH.

As you can see in the photos, we are choosing to side mill this bevel. 1150 RPM spindle speed, 11 ipm feed in the y-axis.

At the beginning of the cut, the DOC is .040”. The DOC is reduced as the cut gets deeper, ending the roughing with a .025” DOC.

At the end, we make a finish pass with a .0004”-.0006” cut at 2000 RPM with a 3 ipm feed speed. This makes a nice surface finish.

Later, I am going to put on a 3/32” landing.

 

[snoopdog]

Started taking the indexer apart about 5am and cleaning years of gunk.

 

[erikmannie]

Jack & I worked on the plate welding coupon project for about 5-1/2 hours today. All he did was bevel plate, & all I did was:

(1) measure plates,
(2) match them up in like pairs (by looking at the measurement notes), &
(3) mark them with a stamp (i.e. hammer & punch).

We still need to:

(1) finish bevels,
(2) side mill a 3/32” landing on each plate, &
(3) fly cut the thicker plate in the matched pair so that the thicknesses are close to equal.

There are 35 pair. All of this plate has already been recycled twice. It’s first life was as a retaining wall (“for some rich guy in Napa County” according to my old boss). I bought it from this boss for only $1/lb.

It’s second life was a surface on which to practice SMAW stringer beads. That went on for months, & the plate got pretty warped.

Now it will be used for 1G, 2G, 3G & 4G practice with MIG, TIG & stick processes (butt & edge joints).



Do any of you guys want to buy a set?