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

[Boswell]

First thing I've ever made on a mill: the worlds most expensive and imperfect t-nuts

Welcome to our world of hobby machining. It only getter better/funner/more expensive from here.

 

[borges1]

Welcome to our world of hobby machining. It only getter better/funner/more expensive from here.

Oh - I've gotten the more expensive message loud and clear. I'm cursed with an appreciation of nice tools to boot. Some days I wish I thought husky wrenches and Ryobi saws were sweet.

 

[dkemppai]

Oh - I've gotten the more expensive message loud and clear. I'm cursed with an appreciation of nice tools to boot. Some days I wish I thought husky wrenches and Ryobi saws were sweet.

Yeah, welcome to our world! lol

The trick will be to find good used tools when avaliable. I tend to default to buying new where possible, but sometimes that just doesn't make sense. A lot of things in the toolboxes were purchased for 30% to 40% of new prices. Some are even near 7% or 8%, and still in great shape.

The one thing I tend to buy new are name brand are measurement tools. What you make is only as good as what you can measure, and trusting your measurements is important.

 

[borges1]

Yeah, welcome to our world! lol

The trick will be to find good used tools when avaliable. I tend to default to buying new where possible, but sometimes that just doesn't make sense. A lot of things in the toolboxes were purchased for 30% to 40% of new prices. Some are even near 7% or 8%, and still in great shape.

The one thing I tend to buy new are name brand are measurement tools. What you make is only as good as what you can measure, and trusting your measurements is important.

True - i learned fast good tools make life easier, and i've been picking up used things as i can find them.

In my woodworking day job i've digitized what i can with good scales and regularly work to thousandths. Good quality scales have proven key to allowing for repeatability over the long term. I started with cheap ones and they just don't work right. Spare me the wood movement lecture, but experience has shown milling stock to +/-.005" make it possible to pick up pieces months later and have them work, even if i mix batches. Things don't fit if tolerance .01". All the wood in the shop moves the sameish. What the differences are in metal movement, i.e. shrink vs slip vs press fits is thus far mystifying to me.

 

[woodchucker]

True - i learned fast good tools make life easier, and i've been picking up used things as i can find them.

In my woodworking day job i've digitized what i can with good scales and regularly work to thousandths. Good quality scales have proven key to allowing for repeatability over the long term. I started with cheap ones and they just don't work right. Spare me the wood movement lecture, but experience has shown milling stock to +/-.005" make it possible to pick up pieces months later and have them work, even if i mix batches. Things don't fit if tolerance .01". All the wood in the shop moves the sameish. What the differences are in metal movement, i.e. shrink vs slip vs press fits is thus far mystifying to me.

are you only working with one wood species?

 

[borges1]

No, many. But the things i mill to tolerance for cabinet stock are generally all hard maple, CVG fir, rift white oak, or sapele. Those are the only ones i mill large batches of and store.

 

[pontiac428]

Some days I wish I thought husky wrenches and Ryobi saws were sweet.

The one thing I tend to buy new are name brand are measurement tools. What you make is only as good as what you can measure, and trusting your measurements is important.

One day, Morpheus will approach you with a choice.

 

[Weldingrod1]

Finally got some tap storage! Love the vintage Huot! The other one was free...

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[verbotenwhisky]

This is part of a tool I am building for my mill with an R8 interface turned out of 1045, the dark line around the larger section was intended to be a base line for the features but didn't work as intended, Mox Nix.... Still working on my finishes...

 

[Tammy63]

Really getting this mill down.
I made the fixture plate and the clamps and cam screws. The keyway is .250 x .500 and it sits .300 in the slot. It sits on a 2.500 round 6160 so I can use it as a sine bar. I copied it from MrPragmaticLee who is just one of my favorites on YouTube.