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

[woodchucker]

Todays list of things to do . Plan on going down to the other basement and bring up more tooling for the outgoing lathe and also my belt/disk sander and vertical band saw . I have a little room in the garage after re-arranging things . When the lathe goes out , I'll start putting things where they belong . This has been a win/win for my area . My neighbor gets a nice lathe and any help he would ever need . I get space and his electrical knowledge . I'm getting excited for the future of the garage .

pics of that free space or it didn't happen... I've heard about this space so many times before... I don't believe you ..

 

[wachuko]

pics of that free space or it didn't happen... I've heard about this space so many times before... I don't believe you ..

I resisted posting the same... hahahahahhaha. but it was the first thing that I thought of... "I want to see photos!"

 

[MrCrankyface]

Made a lot of chips.
It's borderline therapeutic milling plastic and just watching big streams of it go flying.
Even got to play with my 40mm endmill.

 

[wachuko]

@MrCrankyface looked like it snowed inside your shop!! Wow!

 

[mmcmdl]

pics of that free space or it didn't happen... I've heard about this space so many times before... I don't believe you ..

I resisted posting the same... hahahahahhaha. but it was the first thing that I thought of... "I want to see photos!"

I got the big chuck up and the belt/disk sander . The sander is not in the garage yet , but pics will follow when it is . The band saw is at the sliding door of the other basement now . I couldn't get it out the door by myself , so later today .

 

[DeadGuyAle]

you are working too hard at this. Polish before painting, use a big wire wheel and a big polishing pad on a grinder.
Then paint. you'll find that the big stuff cleans it quickly, and the paint will come off the rim easily with a q tip in mineral spirits, or a paper towel.

edit: you don't have to mask everything if you keep the MS and qtips handy.

More of a slather it on touch up later but excellent tips!
I do have a non-functional grinder with wire wheel, and polishing pad but it's waiting to be restored So Dremel it is for now.

+1 on this - Polish first, always.
Since I just brush paint machinery (except cabinets, which get rolled), I keep a variety of artist type brushes on hand.
If you're careful, you can use them to paint into the smallest details, without having to mask much.

+1 on polish first. Not sure what my logic was at the time but as soon as I started pealing tape off it dawned on me that I should have polished first.

At the end of the day I'm no painter, so like to minimize the amount of time spent with a brush and an open can of paint. Masking can be done with a beer in hand and I find it far less painful than painting but there is always room for improvement!
Thanks for the suggestions!

 

[woodchucker]

well, I failed at annealing the 1/4 inch bit, so plan b... use a different screw driver that I got in a huge lot. I was never going to use it really, so I made a new bit, now it's a dedicated screwdriver, I don't think I'll lose this one like all my other valve core tools.

mild steel .. a hinge bolt.. about 35 minutes work

 

[mmcmdl]

For the non-believers out there . Had to sneak it thru the back door but it is in . I made the dolly for it and everything in this garage will be on wheels and movable when needed . ( which is usually daily )

 

[woodchucker]

For the non-believers out there . Had to sneak it thru the back door but it is in . I made the dolly for it and everything in this garage will be on wheels and movable when needed . ( which is usually daily )

I knew it... no space.... liar, liar pants on fire.

 

[mmcmdl]

I knew it... no space.... liar, liar pants on fire.

LMAO !! I know , my empty space gets filled up quickly ...........but I am trying .