[How-To] Things I have made

[toprecyler]

Some pictures of another saw accessory, and was made to be used on mills in shop too. A threaded hold down plate.

Basically found biggest piece of plate that could fit in saw vice, and drilled and tapped 1/2” and 3/8” holes in a square pattern. I usually use mill hold downs to hold parts that I need to orientate certain ways to saw. Has worked much better than a c-clamp like we used to use.

I also made holes that line up with both milling machine tables in the shop, so it can be used there to as needed. I think I’ve only used it one time on the milling machine, but nice that it can do several different jobs.

 

[toprecyler]

Just another idea. I picked up a scrap deep fryer from a friend. I took one of the stainless pans and basket into work to put coolant in so when I’m grinding something on the shop made sanding disc machine, I can put the part in the basket to cool it down and easily pick it back out without having to put entire hand in coolant.

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[7milesup]

Some pictures of another saw accessory, and was made to be used on mills in shop too. A threaded hold down plate.

Basically found biggest piece of plate that could fit in saw vice, and drilled and tapped 1/2” and 3/8” holes in a square pattern. I usually use mill hold downs to hold parts that I need to orientate certain ways to saw. Has worked much better than a c-clamp like we used to use.

I also made holes that line up with both milling machine tables in the shop, so it can be used there to as needed. I think I’ve only used it one time on the milling machine, but nice that it can do several different jobs.

Just today, I was trying to figure out how to hold this odd-shaped part in my bandsaw. Now I know!

 

[toprecyler]

I found a good use for wood shims yesterday. I was making some alum rollers for local manufacturing plant we do a little bit of work for. The Alum tube fit thru my 4" lathe spindle easily being 3-1/2" diameter, but the other end was just sticking out of my lathe spindle. It was hard to keep running true with just the chuck jaws, so I made up some wood shims to true it in the bore.







I put an dial indicator on both sides and with the four jaw chuck and the wood shims, I was able to dial in both sides so I know the bearing bores I do will have the tube running as good as I can, without actually having to take a clean up cut across the entire 52" length. I could have run this in a steady rest, and maybe do it about as good, but this way here, I can run the RPMS much higher. The wood shims never moved, and it was running pretty vibration free.







I have made a piece that I can put in the spindle bore with 4 screws that allows me to do the same thing as the shims, but I think I can only fit 3-1/4" thru this piece, since it goes inside the lathe spindle bore for support. And with the wood, I don't have to worry about damaging the chrome on rods either.

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[toprecyler]

I also made some modifications to a sanding rod I made up a couple of years ago. I had a piece of fiberglass round rod, that I cut a slit in one end for emery cloth. I roll a piece around the end, and then I can use this to sand out internal bores easier. It is long enough that I can put some leverage on it, and I can just rotate it a bit to get a fresh bit of sandpaper too.



But today, I cut a series of grooves every 1/2" on it, so that way I can judge how far I am going into the bore. Makes it easier to only go as deep as I need to. My engraver worked good for marking every inch line too.

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[toprecyler]

I made some handles today for a cart I am building at work in the free time I seldom have. I needed a 1/2”-20TPI mandrel for turning the taper more efficiently on the lathe.

I wanted the 1/2”-20 TPI mandrel as close to centered as possible, so I single pointed threaded it with a 1/4”- 20TPI tap held in the tool post holder. Always keep your old broken taps. You can always modify them for small lathe cutters.



I’ve even ground most of the threads away to use them, leaving just one row at the tip. Just rotate it so one thread is cutting on center.


Then are some pictures of the handles I made.

It might be a couple days before I get a chance to work on cart again. The boss put some paying work up on the job board that I should start tomorrow.

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