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

[DavidR8]

David, that lathe stand look nice (and sturdy)

Thanks, it's all 3/16 wall tube: 3x3 legs and 1x2 stretchers and braces.
I'll build a chest of drawers to go in the opening.

 

[Tammy63]

Made my first tool holder will be using it in my boring bar I have been using inserts on the lathe and they work great and I am going to try them on the mill and so far they work just as well.


Making a 2in fly cutter out of 4140 and I like the way my Lathe PM1030 and PM-833VT is working with it.


Really getting into this matching stuff I zone out and forget where I am and what I'm doing and I get to use my brain unlike at work where I seem to just babysit the next generation of God only knows what...

 

[ChazzC]

Made me a Dodecagon ER32 Collet Block:



OK, machined a hex one I got three months ago for this purpose into a dodecagon. Why? Because obviously I don't have enough trouble keeping track of where I am when using a square block, much less a hex!

 

[woodchucker]

Made me a Dodecagon ER32 Collet Block:

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OK, machined a hex one I got three months ago for this purpose into a dodecagon. Why? Because obviously I don't have enough trouble keeping track of where I am when using a square block, much less a hex!

Do you have an intended purpose, or just for the hell of it?
Can't remember ever needing that.

 

[ChazzC]

Need came up in discussion on another forum - chap was having issues with having to clamp on the points of the hex (or clamping on the flats with a point on the bed of the vise, which is what I usually do with no problems). Also, it was an interesting challenge getting the flats in the right place so that it is at least as accurate as the hex I started with: the center line changed after milling the first three points into flats.

 

[mmcmdl]

Loaded up for a wood run .

 

[woodchucker]

you should put that in the humor section... that doesn't belong here.
It reminds me of:

 

[dkemppai]

Loaded up for a wood run .

Should be good at 70mph on the highway! Lol

 

[extropic]

Loaded up for a wood run .

Reminds me of this.

 

[woodchucker]

Loaded up for a wood run .

I gotta say though, that's a really nice stack job you did there, it looks pretty nicely locked in.