2016 POTD Thread Archive

[francist]

Hi guys, here is the link for the finger engine. It's a fairly long page, but scroll down towards the bottom to find Toys and its in there. The original post was by member "kevin" on December 11 2015, so if I've not copied the link properly (entirely possible on my iPad) you can just do a search for member kevin and it shows up right at the top of the list. Machinist Made Toys, I think it was called.

Hope it works for you, and thanks for all the kind comments.

-frank

https://sites.google.com/site/lagadoacademy/useful-links#misctools

 

[zmotorsports]

Quick little project that I addressed last night.

Anyone who knows my wife knows how much she loves her Chap-Stik. She has those stinkin' things everywhere. From our house (every room), to the Jeep, the coach and she even has them stashed on the bike for hell's sake, in my storage pockets.

On our way home from breakfast yesterday, she was bummed because the lid on her favorite Chap-Stik broke and it was a new tube. Upon arriving home, I quietly took it out to the shop and commenced making her a replacement lid.

Here is the original and my measuring.


My quick notes/dimensions.


Facing off a piece of .625" aluminum.


Boring it out to .001" less than the tube so the cap will stay on.


Sneaking up on the bore and measuring with a snap gage.


Once it was bored, I took some 320 emery paper and ran over the outside diameter, followed by some aluminum polish on a paper towel.


I then parted it off, turned it around in the lathe and wrapped a playing card around it to protect the polished finish and faced off the top.


Cap completed.


And installed.


It took me longer to clean off my lathe afterwards than it did to knock out this little project, but it sure brought a smile to wife's face. It's funny how a little 15-minute job like that can make a person's day. I told her it isn't everyone that has a kustom Chap-Stik lid.:lol:

Mike.

 

[sanddan]

Cool project Mike, I like it.

 

[kvt]

I like it, they can have those hidden in every room and you do not know where. But they do, Move it and see what happens. (if you dare)

 

[zmotorsports]

Cool project Mike, I like it.

Thanks Dan.

I like it, they can have those hidden in every room and you do not know where. But they do, Move it and see what happens. (if you dare)

Thank you. Ain't that the truth. I have put them where I "thought" they went before only to throw off her entire system. Hell, I didn't even know she had a system.

Mike.

 

[Round in circles]

Thanks Dan.



Thank you. Ain't that the truth. I have put them where I "thought" they went before only to throw off her entire system. Hell, I didn't even know she had a system.

Mike.

Careful Mike , once they think you start to understand their system they change it .

 

[mattthemuppet2]

It took me longer to clean off my lathe afterwards than it did to knock out this little project, but it sure brought a smile to wife's face. It's funny how a little 15-minute job like that can make a person's day. I told her it isn't everyone that has a kustom Chap-Stik lid.:lol:

Mike.

now you just need to make a bunch and anodise them different colours Perhaps make some that take a lanyard too..

 

[mattthemuppet2]

Finished (I thought) my ER25 collet chuck last night - checked the taper then ground it with a dremel attachment

super smooth and shiny


runout at the face on a 3/8 or 14mm round was around 0.0005, which was great, but ~8thou 6in out, which wasn't. I need to do some investigating as to why.

 

[extropic]

I had a Chap Stick 'habit' for many (maybe 25) years so Mike's story hits home and brings a smile. I kicked the habit, cold turkey, in the mid 80's.

I have no other 'substance' abuse problems.

Wait a minute . . . no, tools aren't a 'substance'.

 

[hman]

Quick little project that I addressed last night.
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It took me longer to clean off my lathe afterwards than it did to knock out this little project, but it sure brought a smile to wife's face. It's funny how a little 15-minute job like that can make a person's day. I told her it isn't everyone that has a kustom Chap-Stik lid.:lol:

Mike.

Absolutely SCHLICK!!!

... and of course, any time I notice there's an accumulation of any product in a container, I start to wonder what use I can make of the empty containers. Hmm ... holding small taps, maybe, or #0 or #2 nuts and bolts ... or maybe even miniature grease applicators ... ;~)