2020 POTD Thread Archive

[Franko]

I did a couple upgrades to the keyboard stand I made last week. The monitors needed to be up higher, so I made brackets for them,
using 1/4" x 1.5" aluminum bar and some 1 x 2" aluminum angle.



The keyboard wasn't comfortable to use in front of the keyboard, so I made a drawer shelf for the keyboard and mouse.

 

[GreatOldOne]

My starett hermaphrodite marking calliper arrived so I cleaned, de rusted and re blacked the thumbscrews. Before:

after:

I also cut a blank off of a larger bar for what will eventually be a solid tool post for my lathe.

 

[Winegrower]

To test the dovetail cutters I made the other day, I practiced on some kind of hard plastic I had, and cut a dovetail modeled on the CXA toolpost. When I finished, it actually fit, seemed too good to just put back in stock, so I added a couple of metric dial indicators that were supposed to be imperial, but...since I had no real other use, too troublesome to send back, I mounted them on the dovetail so that one could check axial runout, while by using the other position on the QCTP, radial can be checked. Metric vs. imperial, we’re just looking for needle movement.
It seems quite handy compared to setting up a magnetic stand, and the way I was previously holding my indicator it frees up a $25 tool holder,

 

[derfatdutchman]

The rack I used for my R8 collets was getting a little rough. So I grabbed some scrap plywood and made a new one.

 

[hman]

Winegrower -
That's not just a good use for a "practice piece," but also a great way to make lemonade from an excess of lemons!

 

[eugene13]

Helped my son roll and install the gas tank mounts in his rat rod using my HF ring roller, I give it 5 stars. Here's a picture of the car, it's a 1925 Ford Model T Doctors Coupe.

 

[GoceKU]

Today i've been picking up trash and reorganising the big garage and some of my spare parts i filled up 5 big garbage bags with trash. And i still have maybe double that to throw away. My steel toe boots got a real test, a shelf collapse and a cylinder head landed right on my foot and a steel air clean housing hit me in my teeth, fun fun. As the sun come down the temperature dropped so i went to the smaller garage where i tested the electric motor and garage fan that i bought yesterday. They both are working, both are quiet smooth starting no vibration.

 

[derfatdutchman]

Trying to be more organized, and get stuff off my work bench. Had enough plywood to make a small wall hung shelf for the mill. For us old timers it’s basically a telephone shelf. Flat top, space for the swivel base and a drawer with sliding tray for end mills.

 

[MrCrankyface]

I made this little distributor yesterday, the tiny tube is the input and the solenoid valves are the outputs.
Still struggling with TIG welding, I made it much too difficult for myself here by not cleaning the material so there was still quite some oil in the parts I had done on the lathe and I also forgot to turn on the gas, sending tungsten right into the molten puddle..
Need to test it for leaks some day ..

The threaded pieces and endcaps are made from solid bar in the lathe, the tube with the cutouts I just cleaned up and cut holes in.

 

[eugene13]

Trying to be more organized, and get stuff off my work bench. Had enough plywood to make a small wall hung shelf for the mill. For us old timers it’s basically a telephone shelf. Flat top, space for the swivel base and a drawer with sliding tray for end mills.
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Wood and shiny metal just look good together, very nice.