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

682bear said:
I just finished the screw retaining plate on this 154 year old Parker vise...

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I need to find a more 'appropriate' bolt for it.

I looked around and found a piece of 1/4" rod "mystery metal"... I cut off a short piece and tapped it into the jaw to replace the jaw retaining pin. I then filed it to the correct angle and used a ball peen hammer to mushroom the top of the pin...

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I think it turned out ok...

I'll need to make a handle for it later... I would like to know how long the original handle was... but I haven't found anyone who has even seen another vise like this... there aren't many No. 4 Parkers left, apparently.

-Bear
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I finished this little Reed 403-1/2 over the weekend. This one had an odd screw in swivel pin. Im not sure if this was a user modification or not?
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Lets see . Ran up to Hanover Pa and picked up a table for the daughter . Got the dumpster delivered . Got an aftermarket roof rack on the son's 4 runner . Moved crap in the garage getting ready to haul up to Cabin Fever . Moved a load of firewood up to the porch with the Bota . NOW , enjoying our first indoor fire for the year in the woodstove and will be watching the Steelers game tonight in the warmth . More progress .
 
House is up to 71 from 66 . :encourage: These old variacs came from my Uncle courtesy of Crown Cork and Seal I'm sure . Still going fine after 30 some years of use . This one is running the fan on the woodstove . I wasn't paying Grainger what they wanted for the replacement parts when the motor and switches went bad 20 years ago . Cheap , but still works great . :grin:
 

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Crown Cork & Seal.....
Now there's a name I haven't heard for years!!
Hauled many many many tons of tinplate coils to them in Faribault, MN and Omaha, NE back in the day.
 
Rounding the corner and starting to put things back together on the Clausing!
Had to straighten a bent hinge plus tighten the hinge pin holes a bit, pretty happy with how it came out.

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Next up is installing the motor in the other stand.
Got the bracket in. Need to massage the wiring from 110V to 220V on the motor then bolt in place.
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What it looked like when it came out.
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Got a little work done on the tube notcher. Milled one edge and put in 29 1/2”-13 tapped holes to mount the cutter head for adjustment and to mount the vise on either side. I set my vise on the 1/2” plate while I was milling the edge to deaden the vibration.

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While working on my outboard motor today my fancy garden hose motor flusher attachment (earmuffs) broke.
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Not really liking any of these and having gone through my share, I decided to get a scrap piece of delrin and make a more substantial unit. Besides, I had my new garden hose thread tap just screaming at me.
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Using the dividing head I drilled and tapped for the two output brass barbs 40 degrees off centerline. This setting cleared both sides of the jaw on my 3 jaw chuck.
Probably won’t fail again but if it does it will likely be serviceable.
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Wishing everyone on Hobby-Machinist a safe and filling Thanksgiving.
 
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