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

[Weldingrod1]

What do you think about your Delta surface grinder? Does it do work that looks as good as the grinder looks?

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[woodchucker]

What do you think about your Delta surface grinder? Does it do work that looks as good as the grinder looks?

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Well you know it can. It was a learning curve. So what do I think about it? I think it's too small to do big work and really you need to grind with misting or flood coolant and there is no way to catch it. I made a tray but it's not good enough. I made it out of aluminum and really it would have been better if a copper or stainless so I could solder a drain to it, I am thinking about redoing it. For my basement it makes sense because it was easy enough to get down, although the main base not the legs is probably about 300 -400 lbs. They call it a tool maker but I'm not sure why really doesn't have the proper geometry to be a tool grinder. There is a table they sell with it but it's very hard to find an expensive. If you want to hear more let me know

 

[FOMOGO]

Nice job on the clamps. Everything need not cost $$$. Nice to have a few gals on the forum again. Mike

 

[RandallsRaceShop]

In my shop today, I made a couple of brass thumb screws for my tram tool (that I F*%ked up, I’ll explain), made a couple of spacers for mounting my vise to the mill table, trammed my head in.
Then since it was such a beautiful day, I went out and mowed the lawn. Afterwards back into the shop to get rid of all of the packaging, palettes, boxes, plastic, etc, etc. then just a general clean up in the shop.

So my tram tool, yes, the F up. I wanted so badly to use a slitting saw to split the holes & counter bore small cap head screws where the indicators go. You know because it’s badass looking. However, in my “make it up as I go” system I used to make this tool (yes, I know that is not a very smart idea), I thought “I want my indicators to land on the outside front/rear ledges of my table so I can check nod also.” So I moved the locations of my indicator mounting holes. As soon as I was done drilling & reaming them I was like “Son…of…a…”.
So my “save” was to just make some brass thumb screws to secure my indicators in the tool. It works, it’s ugly, what are you gonna do.?.?.?

Anyway, a few pictures, because why not.

 

[Tammy63]

Yz250x has a 25mm offset the yz450f has a 22.5mm offset but the yz450f upper tree is 54mm and needs to be 56mm yeah I can bore them out I have a mill and a boring head ..

The the 2.5 mm will let the bike turn in faster and let me get in and out of a turn faster. The Yz250x is really fast and it only hits a wall in a turn but not so much that the new bikes are that much better

Nice job on the clamps. Everything need not cost $$$. Nice to have a few gals on the forum again. Mike

Nice job on the clamps. Everything need not cost $$$. Nice to have a few gals on the forum again. Mike

Thank you! My dad was really good at telling me that I can't do the things that I can do. I found at a young age that if you have the right tools you can learn to do anything
Thanks to all of the men that believed in me and gave me the support I needed to grow..

 

[Dhal22]

My shop work was outside today.

 

[savarin]

what kind of fish is that?
It looks similar to the jade perch in my aquaponics system except for the large mouth.

 

[extropic]

@RandallsRaceShop
I think the knurl headed brass screws look fine.
I am curious about the spacers though. It looks like a stud to may be above the bed of the vise (no good). Why didn't you simply buy shorter studs (or use long set screws) rather than make spacers? What am I missing here?

 

[verbotenwhisky]

My shop work was outside today.

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I hope you had a cast iron skillet with you....

 

[verbotenwhisky]

what kind of fish is that?
It looks similar to the jade perch in my aquaponics system except for the large mouth.

Bass.....