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

[dkemppai]

Think it’s time to dig this out and finish it

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That sort of reminds me of one of my favorite car photos...

1936 Delahaye 135M Figoni & Falaschi Competition Coupe

 

[4WHLDRFTN]

That sort of reminds me of one of my favorite car photos...

1936 Delahaye 135M Figoni & Falaschi Competition Coupe
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that’s the trim on it in sharpy

 

[dkemppai]

that’s the trim on it in sharpy

So my guess was right then? I was thinking the accents matched that car.

Do you have the poster of this car?
Sadly the side views are so much nicer than some of the other angles of this old beastie.

 

[NegativeK]

Unless they are like my missus, who is just as mad as I am, understands why I do what I do, why I need and have the tools I have and not only actively supports it, but finances it to a degree too.

Win-Win for me.

Yes, I am expecting to see the "you suck" board. Yes, I can understand why some might be of that opinion. All that means is, you have not found the "perfect" partner, at least, not the way I see it.

We’ve come to a similar agreement. She wants to bring work home and have a bunch of pets that she takes care of? Or paint the interior walls wild colors? Who am I to get in the way when she’s doing all the work. I want to have tools in my half of the garage? Or fill a closet with blinking computer stuff? Not her problem to deal with as long as I keep the dog away from the steel chips.

It can be good to suck.

 

[4WHLDRFTN]

Do you have the poster of this car?

No pics

 

[Mauzinette]

A Milwaukee Packout first aid box to store my Peppa Pig plasters in

This arrived, so I decorated it with blood transfusion related decals and mounted it on the shop wall. I hope no transfusions are needed due to machining related accidents



What I’m still figuring out, is a tidy way to label the contents.

 

[mattthemuppet2]

Finished helping a friend get the transmission out of his 10k forklift. It was a complete pain in the ar$e

 

[pontiac428]

Finished helping a friend get the transmission out of his 10k forklift. It was a complete pain in the ar$e

Forklifts are like little armored vehicles with hard wheels instead of tracks. Nothing is easy to reach. But having a friend with a forklift that you're up a favor on... That's priceless!

 

[GrifterGuru]

Finally "pulled my finger out" (as an English saying goes) and got this split leadscrew machined up. It is Imperial. I have the metric to do. Which I will. Later.

Couple of small jobs to finish including adding a key slot on one end for the change gear, cleaning up ashoulder on the stub section and then I need to cross drill and ream for the pair of taper pins to lock the leadscrew to the stub section.

However, I want to make a jig for that so I can repeat the cross drilling on the metric leadscrew in the same position.

 

[mattthemuppet2]

Forklifts are like little armored vehicles with hard wheels instead of tracks. Nothing is easy to reach. But having a friend with a forklift that you're up a favor on... That's priceless!

Yeah, I think forklift mechanics must have very small hands. He has a skid steer but wanted something with more lift capacity. This one turned out to be too big, he’s after a 6k pneumatic tired one once he gets this one sold