2019 POTD Thread Archive

Sounds like you've not only got a car from Russia, but also some of their weather! Best wishes for a comfortable place to do your work.

PS - Just for comparison ... the current weather here has been a bit of rain, current temp about 55ºF (~12ºC). Couple of nights ago we had a low around 27º (-2.6ºC) :)

I was thinking the same thing, I'm so far south in europe, we rarely get temperature below zero degrees and this happens as soon as i buy a russian car, thankfully the temps are little higher today up to - 6 centigrade, i left the heaters on thru the night so i expect the temp in the garage to be good enough so i can paint the wheels and bumpers.
 
I had 5 electric heater running all night and this morning the garage is 6-7 degrees celsius, but 2 of the electric heaters have burn out, no big deal, the smallest room there was 12 ºC, so i blow off all the wheels, began masking the bumpers and began painting, one wheel at a time, first i spray the silver base coat with one paint gun, leave it couple of minutes to cure then spray on a clear coat in two thick coats with a second spray gun, after i finish the clear coat i'll wheeled the painted wheel in the smallest room with the heaters going, i did this for all 9 wheels and in between coats did the masking on the bumpers. Also i clear coated this side indicator for the front, i did a repair on it and had to send it , this will add protection and give it a shine. I finish this in record time, just over 3 hours because i didn't wanted to be in the cold any longer than i needed to finish this. Now the wheels are factory color, i could have painted them white like the newer nivas have them or black but in my opinion silver looks the best., i hated them in body color, it looked like a orange panda bear.
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Another Ball Turner using a BXA boring bar holder with bushings and a cheap boring head. Added pins on the back side of the holder and adjustable collars to limit the swing of the turner. Does require the compound to be set up at an awkward position for the cutter to reach center, think I'll make a shorter HSS holder for balls under 2". First ball turned always becomes the ball turner handle right?

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With this type of ball turner do you run the lathe in reverse? It looked like the cutting tool was above the ball in one of your pics is why I asked.
 
The best threads that I have ever made on a lathe. It is an arbor for an electric motor. The threads are 1/2-20. I have an old craftsman 1/2 hp motor with dual shafts. Its going to be my buffer, so I will be making 2 of these.
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I posted this today. I needed a screw in this adapter so I made it up.


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Today I added a DIY X axis feed motor to my G0758 mill. I consists of a Dewalt 12 volt 2 speed cordless drill motor, a cheap speed and reversing controller, a couple pieces of 3/8 all thread, 2 pices of 6061 4" x 3" plates drilled and bored to fit the diameter of the the chuck and motor end.IMG_0078.JPG

I simply tighten the chuck as you would if it was still on the drill so far it has worked well the speed is pretty slow and there seems to be plenty of tourque at the slowest speeds. here is the controller put it in a project boxIMG_0080.JPG I made a temporary covering out of some flashingIMG_0083.JPG
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Today i had couple of projects to do on the lathe, i started on the pulley for the lawn mower engine, first i face it and clean up the smaller end, center drill it, then drill it thru with 6mm then 10mm drill and drill it with 21mm drill bit to 25mm depth, then i used a fresh brazed carbide boring bar to bore it to size. Then i faced the bigger lobe, i stopped on this pulley here because i had couple other jobs on the lathe to finish, one of which was to drill the valve plate for the little 4x4 , i used and old drill press spindle with a MT2 to hold the drill bit in the lathe chuck, and the plate in my tool holder, started at 400 rpm drilling was a bit slow, so i speed it up to 1250 rpm and finish the drilling quickly, then i drill 8 more small holes to the side and threaded them with M5 x 0.8 , this left shards in the hoes for the dail indicator, so i run a reamer to clean them then i went to the big garage and test fit it on the engine, you can see it holds a dial indicator so i can set the valve clearance accurately, i'm sure this engine has never had his valve clearance set since it left the factory, do the valves sound like a drunk drummer playing.
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With this type of ball turner do you run the lathe in reverse? It looked like the cutting tool was above the ball in one of your pics is why I asked.
Different type turner, his goes up and over the ball, rather than side to side...I believe..
 
Al and Ti shift knobs made on my Precision Matthews machines.

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As always , what I TRY to make is ROOM in the shop . Found some angle grinders in a bottom drawer . Not necessarily hobby grade . Couple of B&D industrials and the Matabo . Yard sale coming up ! 1 or 2 of these Vidmars needs to make a trip over to the islands this summer , and I'm making slow progress ) :( That little HF grinder bit the dust a while back . I think it got over worked ! :grin:

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