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

[lordbeezer]

Finished up a cooker for a guy that wanted different design elements. Removable drum. Racks high and low for wood/charcoal. Wants a stand made later to mount cooker on. Gonna be a little heavy with extra racks inside.

 

[682bear]

Today I used a piece of nylon and a piece of Delrin, both left over from other projects, and made a mount for a dashcam to go in my truck...







It doesn't actually fasten down... it just sits in a pocket on the dash. The nylon 'base' is cut to fit the pocket so it can't move around.

-Bear

 

[AGCB97]

I so want to make one of these float locks. How many times it would be nice to have a part locked down quick and easy...

I made one of the float lock vises but don't use it too often. Made from modified pipe clamp.


I attached plywood to the top of the table on my small drill press so can drill anywhere w/o poking holes in table.


Also put plywood on bottom of table so you can clamp anywhere w/o interference from ribs etc.


Then just use a welders locking (visegrip type) clamp. Either clamp work piece directly to table or clamp drill press vise to table. Also makes it easy to align to marks. Works for me!


On the big drill press I always either use the big vise bolted to T-slot table or the float lock which attaches where the brush bottle is.

Aaron

 

[wachuko]

That is pretty cool Aaron!! @AGCB97 . I am doing mine to learn along the way, and then have a good vise for my drill press. The ability to move it around and lock it down looks to be much better than the one I have now... there is always something I want to drill and can't get the current vise just in the right spot...

More progress on mine... finished the end piece...

 

[NCjeeper]

A good friend whipped out the handle on his cnc mill and anodized it. I just had to bore out the holes and press in 3/4 sockets to fit my vises. The socket on the right is an old USA made craftsman. The one on the left is a Harbor Freight Pittsburg. Boy big difference in quality and length of splines.

 

[DavidR8]

It’s not metal but at least it’s surrounded by metal!
Made the case for the drawers under my new mill stand.
Will have four 24” deep by 23” wide drawers with full overlay drawer fronts.

 

[NCjeeper]

My wife wanted a drink holder for when she is outside on the porch. I have made a few of these and they are handy. I just use scrap stuff.

 

[woodchucker]

I made my adapter after much thinking about it. Cut it today.
I need to cut 3 keyways...
The woodruff key in my screw is in the wrong spot and would require a long, long keyslot in the new adaptor, if I put the woodruff key closer to the powerfeed, then it avoids a long twisting moment arm, and it makes my internal key slot short on my adaptor, a plus, and it winds up in a spot where there is a lot more meat on the metal. I also have to do an external key slot , I'm thinking for a regular key for the brass geared drive.
And I don't have a 1/8 regular key, so I may resize a 1/4 " key to 1/8.. I looked at getting one around here, no one has 1/8.. so it just makes sense to modify a 1/4.
I know it's a shaky pic.
I'm going to shrink fit the bearing on the second step.
I also have to make an extension so I can put my handle on, it will thread on, and be pinned. I was going for as snug a fit as I could get, and I nailed it. It just slips on, not a bit of wiggle.

 

[woodchucker]

struggling to figure out how to support the lead screw while I mill the woodruff key slot.

 

[Eyerelief]

I would think a 5C spindexer or 5c square collet holder would work. Support the rest of the screw sticking out the back with a whatchama collet