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With my fixed jaw vise, I can mount the vise, tram it in square and until I move the vise I have a single reference face that does not change with the size of the part being clamped.
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POTD- PROJECT OF THE DAY: What Did You Make In Your Shop Today?
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Hey, naps are important! Its one of the rewards for a life well lived.
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Worm gear assembly like everything else in the apron was covered in a slurry of ground up metal and old oil when removed.
Even after multiple ultrasonic washings and WD-40 treatments I noticed the oil line was still plugged when getting ready to put things back together. Q-tips, more WD and some air got it cleaned out.
Worlds most expensive Clausing worm bushing. $15 in material and $2000 in equipment to make it.
All back together. Perfect fit although I had to inset it a couple thousands to make up for wear on the end of the housing.
Now I can get back to watching paint dry
Even after multiple ultrasonic washings and WD-40 treatments I noticed the oil line was still plugged when getting ready to put things back together. Q-tips, more WD and some air got it cleaned out.
Worlds most expensive Clausing worm bushing. $15 in material and $2000 in equipment to make it.
All back together. Perfect fit although I had to inset it a couple thousands to make up for wear on the end of the housing.
Now I can get back to watching paint dry
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How did you manage to get by so cheap?!
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I'm on a budget
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The reason for having machine tools and tooling is so you can fix your machine tools. If the one you are fixing is needed for the repair, you have to buy another machine tool so you can do the job.
A while ago I found a video from Mr Pete about making a speed nut for the Bridgeport. I thought it looked like a fun project, so I made one.
The knurl went off when the part pulled out of the collet a little. It was holding the smaller diameter, seems like that was a bad idea. Next time, knurl THEN cut off. I honestly forgot I wanted to knurl it.
I suspect that the indexing error was caused by me missing a hole or not locking for the cut. Either way, my own fault. I guess it's a half thou or so off. I don't expect it to be that accurate anyway, so I'll just deal with it. "character".
I do like the paint stick though. The marks are nice and easy to see. One of the many good things people here have convinced me to spend money on.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with the result. I also have the threaded piece and spring done and it moves over a 1/2-20 threaded rod nicely while holding well when released.
Now I have to take the mill apart to install it. That might happen soon, maybe.... Lol.
The knurl went off when the part pulled out of the collet a little. It was holding the smaller diameter, seems like that was a bad idea. Next time, knurl THEN cut off. I honestly forgot I wanted to knurl it.
I suspect that the indexing error was caused by me missing a hole or not locking for the cut. Either way, my own fault. I guess it's a half thou or so off. I don't expect it to be that accurate anyway, so I'll just deal with it. "character".
I do like the paint stick though. The marks are nice and easy to see. One of the many good things people here have convinced me to spend money on.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with the result. I also have the threaded piece and spring done and it moves over a 1/2-20 threaded rod nicely while holding well when released.
Now I have to take the mill apart to install it. That might happen soon, maybe.... Lol.
Addition to last year's project.
We have a pneumatic pruner we picked up from the thrift store, which works well but requires air, we have a 300 ft air hose on a spool, but what a pain.
So we picked up a 12 volt compressor, mounted to a cart for mobility, added a vrla battery, and it works well, but the hose was a pain.
Found a hose reel in a junk pile, cleaned it up and got it working, needed to add a keeper, used some other scrap to build a mount, and now the hose is solved.
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We have a pneumatic pruner we picked up from the thrift store, which works well but requires air, we have a 300 ft air hose on a spool, but what a pain.
So we picked up a 12 volt compressor, mounted to a cart for mobility, added a vrla battery, and it works well, but the hose was a pain.
Found a hose reel in a junk pile, cleaned it up and got it working, needed to add a keeper, used some other scrap to build a mount, and now the hose is solved.
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