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

[extropic]

@francist

Looking very good!.

Did you sculpt the new handles with hand tools mostly?

 

[francist]

Did you sculpture the new handles with hand tools mostly?

Yes and no. I roughed the basic form on the disk sander — the oval profile, the angled slope of the sides, the curve of the top — then went with a surform tool after that to rough in the hollows. After that a half-round file to refine and a few bits of sandpaper to clean it up to final. Were they larger I would have gone with chisels to start, much more efficient, but the size of these didn’t make sense for that. Even these I screwed to a temporary grip rail so I could hang onto them better. I used to do quite a lot of this, a friend of mine had a very extensive collection of vintage and antique hood ornaments for which I sculpted many custom display pedestals. Now some of those were really fun to work on!

 

[finsruskw]

Not a lot done today..
Cub Cadet custom lift pin for a customer using his spec's,
Les will weld the smaller washer in place about where it sits and the larger one slides on the shaft and will carry the spring assist connection.

 

[Tim9]

Not much here either. I haven’t been in the shop much either. Weather has been cool and bearable so I’ve just been trying to get my mothers house in order. A tree fell on the roof and we had that replaced and then the gutters needed repair.
So I’ve replaced a bad section of facia and then had some rotten wood on three of the columns. Replace bottom 3-1/2 using 4x6 treated wood. And today I figured I’d trim them out. Long story short, I then decided to fig the 30 year old Makita sliding miter saw. It was missing the latch that snaps in in the various angles. Even when cutting a 90 degree cut, without that latch it’s never quite right and I’d have to get out a square to check it.
So I made a rod using O-1 3/16” rod and made a couple of brass bushings to tighten everything up. It came out okay.
Now I can get started on the trim woodwork. I like woodworking, but I’d much rather be playing with my lathe and mill. At least I got some shop time today

 

[eugene13]

Built a Small Block Chevy oil pump priming device from a worn out distributer. I cut the teeth off the gear so it would not engage the cam and I cut three flats on the other end for the drill chuck. I forgot to take a "before" picture so I put the other distributer in for reference. All it needs now is a good clean-up. .

 

[NCjeeper]

^^^
I have one like that too.

 

[woodchucker]

I used to put an extension on a speed wrench and stick it in.. It worked... 40 + years ago..

 

[Doug Gray]

I worked on an interesting part tonight. The turning is straight forward enough, but when I went to mill the flats the part said no and went for a walk. I just couldn't get a good hold on the on the part (the larger flat goes down to the centre line). Had a good think and decided to try a technique that I am now going to call "Put it on a Stick". (luckily one gets 5/16-24 threads and one gets drilled 5/16") So I threaded a stick, screwed my part onto the stick and turn the flats on the lathe. This worked awesome. Because the the work was held on the stick I was able to remove it for measuring at will. Thanks for looking.

 

[silverhawk]

Built a Small Block Chevy oil pump priming device from a worn out distributer. I cut the teeth off the gear so it would not engage the cam and I cut three flats on the other end for the drill chuck. I forgot to take a "before" picture so I put the other distributer in for reference. All it needs now is a good clean-up. View attachment 403273.

If I recall, that gear should just be removable with a puller. I swapped out the gear for a Chrysler one when I converted a wrangler to an HEI distributor.

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[mmcmdl]

Preparing for a scrap run . Prices are up for aluminum . $.75 @ lb , and I'm up to 300 lbs at least .