2018 POTD Thread Archive

[silverhawk]

New Years' morning, I got a bit bored. I'd been toying with the idea of a "razor holder" that could be screwed to the inside of a cupboard door, and the circumstance was right. I grabbed my razors and a caliper, grabbed some cursory measurements thrown down on paper, then ran it through OpenSCAD to build the functional model in 3D.




Next, I broke out the printer, loaded the object (and sliced it up), and hit print :



A print failed (tangled filament), but I got two successful prints out of it :



And finally installed and functional :



I know, I could use body filler and make them look flawless, but they go on the inside of the cupboard, and if I'm going for "flawless", I'd fire up the forge and cast them in aluminum.

 

[coherent]

I cut out a bunch of oval designs with the cnc plasma table. 3/16 steel about 30" high and will be mounted within deck railing panels after fabrication is complete and they are powder coated a rust color.

I have a few CNC machines and this is the third CNC plasma table I've owned... I never get tired of watching them cut. They're a blast!

 

[zmotorsports]

Checked another small item off the list last night.

About 18 or so years ago I had fabricated some adapters to hold transmissions during disassembly/assembly that attached to a base plate that I had bolted to my workbench. The transmission fixture is very similar the OTC one that used to be commercially available.

I also had fabricated an adapter in which had two adjustable arms that I used to bolt snowmobile and ATV engines to back when I was building a lot of them.

Here are the couple of trans. adapters along with the power sports engine adapter and base plate.


In my new shop I don’t want to permanently bolt things to the top of my workbenches (other than my Wilton vise) so I decided to fabricate an adapter that I can use at any one of the work bench receiver tubes that I installed during the workbench build, three total.
Started by machining a small piece of tubing that I bored out to 1.075” ID.


Then I machined a small bung tapped to 1/2”-13.


Milled a small flat to accept the .875” OD bung.


Drilled 1/2” hole.

Ready to weld the bung onto the tube.


Welded the round tube to a piece of 2” square hitch tubing.




Painted then a trial run.


I also fabricated a small hanger to hang all of the components on the wall in the storage bay.


Thanks for looking.

Mike

 

[zmotorsports]

When I was fabbing up my work benches a couple of months ago and incorporated 2” receivers into the benches, I also added one under my welding/fabrication table. I welded it under the side opposite where I do 95% of my welding. My thinking was that I would use it to mount my small metal brake but wanted it out of the way of where I do most of my welding.


I then cut a piece of 1/4” plate to 6”x8” in which to bolt my small brake to. I also cut a 8” Long piece of 2”x1/4” wall hitch tubing.


Welded together.




Painted and then bolted the brake to the adapter and test fit.


I also tested it one of the other receivers so I can use it at any one of the three locations.


I needed to make a small holder for my new chamfering bits. I had a small piece of UHMW that was perfect.


Drilled and test fit.


In their new home on the shelf above the lathe between my screw hacks and spot drills.


Thanks for looking.

Mike

 

[f350ca]

Felt lined the inside of my storage boxes. Used spray adhesive this time, worked great, when I did the drawers of the tool chest I used white glue, worked but you had to almost saturate the felt to get it spread.


Greg

 

[Cheeseking]

When I was fabbing up my work benches a couple of months ago and incorporated 2” receivers into the benches, I also added one under my welding/fabrication table. I welded it under the side opposite where I do 95% of my welding. My thinking was that I would use it to mount my small metal brake but wanted it out of the way of where I do most of my welding.
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I then cut a piece of 1/4” plate to 6”x8” in which to bolt my small brake to. I also cut a 8” Long piece of 2”x1/4” wall hitch tubing.
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Welded together.
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Painted and then bolted the brake to the adapter and test fit.
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I also tested it one of the other receivers so I can use it at any one of the three locations.
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I needed to make a small holder for my new chamfering bits. I had a small piece of UHMW that was perfect.
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Drilled and test fit.
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In their new home on the shelf above the lathe between my screw hacks and spot drills.
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Thanks for looking.

Mike

I like the modular trailer hitch idea. Good for stuff you need to have secured in use but that gets in the way permanently mounted.

 

[NEL957]

Mike
Very nice work, welding and fab. Way to go!

Greg
Some very nice built boxes and anyone that makes their tool, well they deserve a nice box to protect them.
Very nice work
Nelson

 

[Groundhog]

I like the modular trailer hitch idea. Good for stuff you need to have secured in use but that gets in the way permanently mounted.

I have my shop vise mounted in a vertical receiver bolted to the side of the workbench. That way I can remove the vise for oversized objects. Could also slide other tools into it (like Mike's brake, a bench grinder, etc.)

 

[zmotorsports]

Thanks guys. I wish I could take credit for the hitch idea but I have seen quite a few guys do that over on garagejournal which is why I incorporated into my new benches. So far it is working very weill.

Thanks again for the comments.

Mike

 

[pstemari]

Fabbed up a bracket from 0.06" 5052 to mount the mt3 holder from colletizer.com on my lathe back splash.

This was my first project using the Palmgren press brake. Came out quite nice.


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