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

[woodchucker]

Long story, but there is a reason behind why I buy new every two or three years.

I'm waiting.

 

[GrifterGuru]

I'm waiting.

You will keep waiting. Not getting into it.

 

[DeadGuyAle]

Starting to feel like spending more time in the shop so...
Back to work on the Clausing with my favorite task, slathering paint, and prep work for slathering paint.
Saddle and gearbox selector plate get a finely applied coating of primer.


Headstock will get a little sanding to help it along. Got the plates off without much drama, followed by a scotch brite and isopropyl scrub to remove the old gray spray paint from a prior spruce it up attempt.
Getting close to putting a fork into this part of the " refurb". Have a couple more parts to prep and paint then it good by for me and the paint brushes!

If nothing else it will be color correct when finished

 

[GoceKU]

Last few weeks i've been clearing out a spare room to turn it in a gym. I've devoted my time to go 3 days in a proper gym and 2-3 days clearing out this room. Every day i've been taking out 2-3 big trash bag to the dump on my way to work. Progress is slow but i managed to clear out an entire side to corner where i haven't been in few years. Next task is to move all those parts from that shelf and continue to the next wall. I also have a bunch of old windows to move and a bunch of old computer CRT monitors to get rid of. Little by little i'm getting thru it.

 

[RandallsRaceShop]

No more cranking the Z axis handle for me!

 

[twhite]

So I picked up a Clausing Colchester 6527. When checking out the QCGB. I found that it was full of water or something. It had wrecked 2 of the gears and part of the shaft.

Getting parts for this is next to impossible or obscenely expensive. I tried welding and recutting the gears. That worked ok but I decided to get the gears from Boston Gear and cut off the bad gears and press on the new gears to the existing section. Placed order and will do this when I get them.

In the mean time I turned up a sample se toon of the shaft that needs repair. It has straight splines that I need to replicate. Made the setup to cut the splines. Worked out great.

Gear jig as I do not have a dividing head. This worked out well. I drew up the gear profile and made some pin locations to rotate. All for not as I will cut the bad sections off now.

Setup for cutting the splines.

Cutting oil is my blood.

 

[ChazzC]

No more cranking the Z axis handle for me!

Replace the drill with a stepper and you can drive to a specific height (or lower for power boring?).

 

[extropic]

@twhite
Kudos on the shaft/gear works. I'd love to see a description of those nifty collet blocks. There seems to be quite a lot of utility going on there. I'm going to keep my eyes peeled for a 12" (or so) by heavy wall steel tube so I can make some of those clamps also. Very nice.

 

[twhite]

@twhite
Kudos on the shaft/gear works. I'd love to see a description of those nifty collet blocks. There seems to be quite a lot of utility going on there. I'm going to keep my eyes peeled for a 12" (or so) by heavy wall steel tube so I can make some of those clamps also. Very nice.

Those collet blocks were made by an old time tool maker. They are matched on all 3 of the usable sides. The one has 15 & 18 degree divisions and the other is 15. Degree.
They are awesome.

Cutting oil is my blood.