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

[jarhead]

Designed (fusion360) and 3D printed a hub for my quill to mount a steering wheel on my knee mill.

 

[Aaron David]

Pics for the Barker mill please

Here you go:

Here it is, loaded into the back of my truck when I was bringing it home:


Right now I am cleaning who knows how many years of aluminum chips from when the machinist I bought it from was making some sort of diamond shaped nut on it. Plan is to fit it with micrometer dials that I have picked up over the years, and have a nice, small horizontal mill.

 

[twhite]

I made up some 3” risers for the lathe I am buying from @Oldseabee Clausing Colchester 13. It is a bit low for me. As I am 6’4”. Most lathes are too low. The turning is all done. Tomorrow I will bond on some 1/8” Rubber for the bottom. I figure with 3” lift kit. I will be able to get a pallet Jack under it in the future if it needs to move.

The lathe I am buying. Mike is doing a deep clean on it before I pick it up. That is very much appreciated.

Cutting oil is my blood.

 

[ChazzC]

Re-organized my Hex Bit storage box and added (one of my infamous) map photos to the lid:

Yes, with the clear lid, I can see what's inside, but after taking things out, the map makes it a lot easier to get everything "tetrised" back into place.

 

[woodchucker]

Re-organized my Hex Bit storage box and added (one of my infamous) map photos to the lid:
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Yes, with the clear lid, I can see what's inside, but after taking things out, the map makes it a lot easier to get everything "tetrised" back into place.

I'll bet you can help Dave get organized and cleaned up. He know's he's got something somewhere..
I've got to say, that's too much work for me. While I would like to be more organized, there's a limit to how much time I'm willing to spend.
But good for you.

 

[extropic]

@ChazzC
I don't understand the wisdom of covering a quite reasonably transparent box cover with a photo (slightly smaller image of the contents than visible through an unobscured cover), however I do thank you for the chuckle.

 

[ChazzC]

@ChazzC
I don't understand the wisdom of covering a quite reasonably transparent box cover with a photo (slightly smaller image of the contents than visible through an unobscured cover), however I do thank you for the chuckle.

After taking half of the contents out to find the bit you're looking for, the map saves you the time of figuring out how all of that stuff fit in.

 

[ChazzC]

I'll bet you can help Dave get organized and cleaned up. He know's he's got something somewhere..
I've got to say, that's too much work for me. While I would like to be more organized, there's a limit to how much time I'm willing to spend.
But good for you.

A) No One can get @mmcmdl 's stuff organized (it moves around too much and there's not that much time left to him or me).

2) After sorting through the stuff in the box to find the bit I needed and making it easier to see what's in there, taking the photo, printing it and taping it inside th lid took maybe 5 minutes.

 

[extropic]

After taking half of the contents out to find the bit you're looking for, the map saves you the time of figuring out how all of that stuff fit in.

OK. You've shown me the logic. Thanks again.

 

[dkemppai]

As usual. I made a mess... ...then cleaned it up.

Few more little parts for the crane. These shouldn't have taken this long to make as they did. First step was to predrill a hole to be bored out. Closest thing I could find was a milwaukee hole saw at the hardware store. Wasn't sure how this was going to go. This is some pretty hateful plate to work with. But the drill is carbide toothed. It cut OK. Made it through all 8 plates, running about 50 RPM. Some carbide is chipped/busted, but it got the job done.


Then had to wait for the cheap boring bar set to arrive. It was only $20, and almost wasn't worth that. It saved having to make one from scratch, but had a horrible grind. Luckily the diamond wheel was on the surface grinder, and once that was done it cut pretty well. This little mill drill isn't very stout, so light cuts to finish to size.


They fit the shafts they're supposed to fit, with a couple tenths clearance. The bore size was spot on. It was a bit tricky to dial the boring head and deal with tool deflection to get it that tight, but it worked out. Maybe I'll feel like doing some assembling and welding after dinner.