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

[ChazzC]

I don't have a CNC, I have a CMC: Complete Manual Control!

Sounds like ON-OFF control (0’s & 1’s, that’s digital, right?)

 

[GoceKU]

Today's task was to get the white elephant somewhat together and tow it out of the garage. At this point a new engine and turbo are hard to come by and is blocking my work space. It seams during the winter people don't check their cars and end up sizing there engines, so they are in small supply, during the summer many cars are crashed and engines become available, so this car will wait.

 

[dkemppai]

They may be slow but they run un-attended.

Agreed! Don't forget the CNC router will run unattended too! It will run while playing with the mill or lathe. Of course, it wouldn't run long enough to even really get started on another project.

But, honestly, this is a hobby. I like watching the CNC router run anyway!

 

[Boswell]

But, honestly, this is a hobby. I like watching the CNC router run anyway!

There is nothing more completely boring than watching a 3d Printer. Well, perhaps C-SPAN

 

[dkemppai]

There is nothing more completely boring than watching a 3d Printer. Well, perhaps C-SPAN

Maybe golf, on TV...

 

[metric_taper]

Please comment when you have some hours on the wheel…it seems like it would be cumbersome, to me.

So it's been a few months of usage. Mostly like it, but I'm not able to precision feed the quill, and still have to engage the power feed gears, and rotate the handwheel if I want to feed to the DRO resolution. I couldn't do that with the OEM feed handle either.
But I just found the one problem, I put shields on my Kurt vise, and they run into the wheel. Not a big deal but the plastic shields would have broken if I did not stop the power lateral feed, and lucky they bent without shattering. I purchased these shields from Kurt, can't recall what I paid for them, but I bet I would be angry if I broke them for the replacement cost today.
The only thing that's handy with the steering wheel, is it's always ready to move the quill up fast when done with the cut, vs maybe moving the engage dog location of the single handle OEM handle.
If I did have some odd job in the vise that stuck up to be interfering with the wheel, I can always put the original feed handle back on.

 

[ChazzC]

In the Computer Repair area today, rescuing a Dell Chromebook.

Before:


After:

The red boxes are covering the wireless network details.

Total cost $31.70; ordered the replacement screen from Amazon yesterday at 11:30am, repair complete 5:30pm today (took longer to choose the replacement than the actual repair did).

 

[great white]

Not so much made, but repaired. My Sansui 8080DB has been needing some serious work and finally got it up and running (fully) again today:



Resistors, diodes, transistors, capacitors and much more has been replaced with modern audio grade components. These units were nothing to sneeze at in the 70’s but time is as unkind to electrolytic capacitors as it is to the human body. Doesn’t help that the PO was a ham fisted moron who chain smoked so bad I watched him suck back a complete pack in just under two hours. I’m still cleaning tar and nicotine out of this old girl and I’ve had it a little more than 3 years! Now its ready to sing its sweet melodies for another 50 years. Should last longer than the time I have left on this globe. Heck, I’m enjoying it so much I might have it buried with me!

Only thing left to bring it back up to snuff is either veneer the beat up case or make a new one from something exotic....

 

[Inferno]

Not so much made, but repaired. My Sansui 8080DB has been needing some serious work and finally go it up and running (fully) again today:

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Only thing left to bring it back up to snuff is either veneer the beat up case or make a new one from something exotic....

That looks just like the one I had in 1980, minus the turntable.

 

[pontiac428]

Yep, I grew up with a Sansui in the living room. Distinct look and feel, but the speakers we had with it were just ok. In the 80s, I got a Hitachi component system and kept it running until surround sound became standard. I still have that one and was going to revive it as my shop stereo, but I needed 2 audio zones in the shop (machine bay and main bay), so I put this bit together. The bottom shelf is live, the top shelf isn't. I went with the AudioControl EQ over the Hitachi. System drives two pairs of Klipsch reference speakers and a pair of matching active subs. Shop audio quality is very good. The BBE expander subtly makes my metal sound extra satanic.