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

[woodchucker]

so if you use tool steel you won't be able to weld it.
how would you mount it?

I don't use the anvil on my vises. I prefer to use an anvil... A vise is not an anvil, and in my opinion, using it should be a last resort, and only lightly used.

 

[wachuko]

My concern with putting the tool steel on there, how are you going to mount it? If you drill and tap you're just creating weak spots in the casting. Brazing? Epoxy? There are more experienced folk here but I'm leery. I'd consider putting some matching paint on it and calling it good.

Lazy me, since it is just more for looks than actually functional... J-B Well steel reinforced epoxy... Or I could try brazing... never done that before with cast and steel...

 

[wachuko]

so if you use tool steel you won't be able to weld it.
how would you mount it?

I don't use the anvil on my vises. I prefer to use an anvil... A vise is not an anvil, and in my opinion, using it should be a last resort, and only lightly used.

Just so it looks better... not planning to use the anvil on it at all... really, just for looks.

I have the train track that I use...



and by Saturday, if all goes well, I will have a real anvil...

With the work, on building the shop, starting Monday, I am taking some stuff over to the new house... when I pulled the Wilton vise I remember that I had this pending...

 

[rabler]

Lazy me, since it is just more for looks than actually functional... J-B Well steel reinforced epoxy... Or I could try brazing... never done that before with cast and steel...

You could always use the epoxy as filler, file it round and paint ...

 

[rwm]

Do like the Chinese manufacturers. Bondo and paint!

 

[wachuko]

Do like the Chinese manufacturers. Bondo and paint!

My concern with putting the tool steel on there, how are you going to mount it? If you drill and tap you're just creating weak spots in the casting. Brazing? Epoxy? There are more experienced folk here but I'm leery. I'd consider putting some matching paint on it and calling it good.

You could always use the epoxy as filler, file it round and paint ...

Looks like that the route I will take. Thank you all.

 

[dkemppai]

Did a quick regrind (like 5 minutes quick) on the replacement blade made for the Gerber LST. Didn't like how thick I made the blade to start with, so brought it down in thickness a lot. Then sharpened it again. This EDC gets abused severely. The tip is getting sharpened back a lot so had to drop the point a little more to keep it from jabbing the fingers when pulling it out. But, so far the CPM MagnaCut steel is holding up well. I still think I like CPM-3V better, but haven't tried it in a EDC yet, so...


Somewhere a while back we were talking about diamond wheel dressers. Took a snapshot of mine. Still need to put a real set screw into it.


And finally, despite the damage from the caterpillars, the little cherry trees that could produced some fruit. Not bad considering last year they made a pint of cherries, and one cherry the year before that. Total was ~2 gallons or 11.5 lbs. Lost quite a bit due to the bugs, and ended up with 6 qts pitted and frozen. The haul should go up each year, as these have only been in the ground a few years. When they strech from 5-6 feet to 15-16 feet, I expect more from them...

 

[wachuko]

This was easy… handwheel installed. Feels great!

 

[DeadGuyAle]

First coat of paint for the motor mount


Badging came off without much of a fuss.
Leveling bracket heading for evaporust



Forward/reverse power box and distribution box removed. Will replace the wiring with some nice marine grade wire I have left over from past projects.

Cabinet door is off so I can deal with painting the hinges. Will just clean and leave the rest alone.
Door clocks in around 22 lbs, cabinet is 1/8" plate. Be tough to find a modern small lathe stand using more than 14 gage sheet metal.


cast hinges with 5/16" pin. These will get some paint.

 

[MrCrankyface]

Technically a 2 day project I guess.
Overhauled the 1946 K&T 16" rotary table I was gifted the other week. It was extremely hard to turn so I disassembled it completely to find the cause.
So much oil and guck that I didn't end up with a lot of photos.
Even fully disassembled, neither turnplate or base casting can be rotated around without the crane, makes things very difficult.
The two piece screw assembly can be seen on the right, there's an adjustment collar/nut that adjusts both bearing preload and wormdrive backlash at the same time, took me a while to realize how to set it when reassembling..


Most of it was in very good condition but unfortunately water seems to have gotten in on the "handle-side".
Roller bearing for the input shaft and an axial bearing for the screw shaft were both quite seized..
Managed to get the roller bearing working again after repeated flushing with WD-40 and manipulating it.
Have not managed to find a replacement for the axial bearing so I spent probably 2 hours wire brushing the rust off and manipulating the bearing balls to first snap them loose and secondly clean them up. Far from perfect but at it should work under low preload until I can find a replacement..


More rust on the teeth that's been closes to the worm where moisture has been.
Luckily fairly light so a good wire-brushing took this off.


Finally up and running! From almost completely seized to very easy to use. You can feel the pitted axial bearing if you rotate in one direction but it still rotates very nicely. Not bad for a 77 year old rotary table.
(Don't mind the super sketchy setup)