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RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - Brian - 05-12-2013
(05-11-2013, 10:27 PM)dallen Wrote: took all the screws out of this and watched it fall apart in my hands
Now you can have some fun, but mind those springs they is nasty things.
Brian.
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - Mayhem - 05-12-2013
I broke my friend's lathe, so I had to fix it!
I was using it to turn a 60* point to chuck into my drill press to aid in aligning a tap. Simple 10 minute job...
I turned and faced a suitable piece of small diameter round stock and then set the compound to 30* and tightened the nuts. I just nipped them up with the tiny wrench they supply but I still managed to strip the threads on one of the T-bolts. OK I thought - I should still be able to take light cuts with just one of the two done up. Yep - you guessed it - there goes the other thread
I cut the offending threads off and filed the bases flat. Found a couple of suitable M6x1 bolts to use and cut them to length. I then drilled and tapped the bases and staked the threads, so they wouldn't come loose. I wonder if he will know?
Original T-bolt above the donor thread and base:
[attachment=5244]
Finished repair:
[attachment=5245]
Back in action:
[attachment=5247]
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - stevec - 05-12-2013
If he doesn't know he won't appreciate the improvement you've performed.
I've always tried to return a borrowed tool or device either improved or in better condition than it was when I borrowed it.
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - EdK - 05-12-2013
(05-12-2013, 06:19 AM)stevec Wrote: I've always tried to return a borrowed tool or device either improved or in better condition than it was when I borrowed it.
I do the same as that's what my parents taught me to do.
Although it's usually people borrowing tools from me. I remember borrowing a hammer drill from my brother about 8 years ago but that's about it.
Ed
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - dallen - 05-12-2013
(05-12-2013, 02:03 AM)Brian Wrote:(05-11-2013, 10:27 PM)dallen Wrote: took all the screws out of this and watched it fall apart in my hands
Now you can have some fun, but mind those springs they is nasty things.
Brian.
its has only one spring in it and I don't have a clamp ring so I guess I'll make a couple of those today. I figured out where everything goes and got it all back together last night but having a heck of a time figuring out how the part that the hammer is on fits into it. this is a junk movement I got off EBay to mess with and someone treated it really bad, plates are bent some and will either have to be straightened or if I feel lucky new ones made, plus some of the pivot holes are loose.
Whats the best way to polish the wheels besides carefully???
DA
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - dallen - 05-12-2013
did this yesterday, Idler Roller for a belt sander that I hope to put together to use 2 inch wide belts.
[attachment=5249]
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - Highpower - 05-12-2013
(05-12-2013, 09:24 AM)dallen Wrote: Whats the best way to polish the wheels besides carefully???
DA
Do you have an ultrasonic cleaner?
http://timesavers.com/i-9500943-historic-timekeepers-concentrated-solution-pint.html
They'll come out shining like a new penny.
I polish pivots with a burnishing tool...
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - dallen - 05-12-2013
made this puller
[attachment=5261]
to remove this gear from the clock movement that I showed in a previous post
[attachment=5262]
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - dallen - 05-13-2013
boiled it in some niter salts after doing a little clean up on it. also change the screw to one more suitable for the application
[attachment=5271]
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - EdK - 05-13-2013
Nice! It looks like a proper tool now.
Ed