2014 POTD Thread Archive

[Walsheng]

I had some free time in the shop today and knocked off a couple of must have items.
A carriage stop for the G4003G lathe and a vice stop for a 5" vice.
The vice stop actually entailed drilling and tapping a couple of holes in the vice. The rest of the parts were stuff sitting around.
The carriage stop made from left over chunks of CRS and a few screws (need to clean it up a bit.)
Total cost of material, $0.00. Added happiness in setups, $Priceless!

John

 

[BTP]

I had some free time in the shop today and knocked off a couple of must have items.
A carriage stop for the G4003G lathe and a vice stop for a 5" vice.
The vice stop actually entailed drilling and tapping a couple of holes in the vice. The rest of the parts were stuff sitting around.
The carriage stop made from left over chunks of CRS and a few screws (need to clean it up a bit.)
Total cost of material, $0.00. Added happiness in setups, $Priceless!

John

Love the eye bolt idea. Nice work man!

 

[epanzella]

I had some free time in the shop today and knocked off a couple of must have items.
A carriage stop for the G4003G lathe and a vice stop for a 5" vice.
The vice stop actually entailed drilling and tapping a couple of holes in the vice. The rest of the parts were stuff sitting around.
The carriage stop made from left over chunks of CRS and a few screws (need to clean it up a bit.)
Total cost of material, $0.00. Added happiness in setups, $Priceless!
John

So THAT"S what my lathe would look like if some body cleaned it.

 

[X-RAY]

finished my mini lathe leadscrew handwheel using the tailstock wheel. my original thought was i could then remove the carraige handwheel, as its always in the way of the cross slide wheel (or vice-versa),but man, is it really slow! i remove the change gear on the left side of the leadscrew when i use it, which lets it turn freely and quieter.maybe later on ill use a gear setup to make the crank a little faster.

 

[jmhoying]

Tonight I fixed a mower deck spindle on my Dad's Dixon mower. Apparently it's been going bad for a couple seasons, as the wear on the shaft was horrendous. I made a new spindle shaft and reused the rest of the parts. Believe it or not, the bearings were still quite smooth and measured exactly .750 ID. Besides making the shaft, one of the cast iron pulleys was worn where it contacted the bearing, so I trued up the face of it and made a .125 bushing to fill that space. Hopefully the photos will explain the project.

This is supposed to be a straight shaft!


I turned the old shaft in the lathe to remove the weld, and then pressed off the blade hub.


Turning the shoulder on the new shaft for the blade hub.


The completed new shaft. (key-way was done on the Bridgeport)


The assembled spindle hub, ready to bolt back into the mower deck

 

[John120/240]

Put together a buffer out of a Century refrigeration motor and Craftsman grinder/buffer arbor. Motor runs REALLY quiet. I can almost forget it's running.

[video=youtube;KWhEd9QuDEA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWhEd9QuDEA[/video]

If any machine runs that quiet...I would install a Pilot Light.. A keyless ( porcelian lamp holder) with a colored bulb so that when the machine is running you have a visual indication, the lighted bulb to indicate machine is running.

 

[Marco Bernardini]

If any machine runs that quiet...I would install a Pilot Light.. A keyless ( porcelian lamp holder) with a colored bulb so that when the machine is running you have a visual indication, the lighted bulb to indicate machine is running.

There is another classical solution, too:



(This is also good to alert pedestrians when driving noiseless electrical vehicles)

 

[ddmunroe]

Tonight I fixed a mower deck spindle on my Dad's Dixon mower. Apparently it's been going bad for a couple seasons, as the wear on the shaft was horrendous. I made a new spindle shaft and reused the rest of the parts. Believe it or not, the bearings were still quite smooth and measured exactly .750 ID. Besides making the shaft, one of the cast iron pulleys was worn where it contacted the bearing, so I trued up the face of it and made a .125 bushing to fill that space. Hopefully the photos will explain the project.

Jim,
Much much better ! ... great having the right tools and machines and of course the know how.
Nice six jaw, where do you find it perform's best ?
Look's like your Dad owes you about 200 buck's : )
lol

 

[BTP]

Whipped up a base and motor plate for G0704 belt drive kit. Also a spindle pulley for the X2 mill.

Enjoy

 

[markknx]

I had some free time in the shop today and knocked off a couple of must have items.A carriage stop for the G4003G lathe and a vice stop for a 5" vice.The vice stop actually entailed drilling and tapping a couple of holes in the vice. The rest of the parts were stuff sitting around.The carriage stop made from left over chunks of CRS and a few screws (need to clean it up a bit.)Total cost of material, $0.00. Added happiness in setups, $Priceless!John

Great workI too like the eye bolt idea. Just as athought to an up grade to the carriage stop you could add a bolt or even a mic barrel for a fine ajust. I used a capscrew and I made a brass thumb nut to lock it in place. Mark