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RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - EdK - 07-11-2014

(07-11-2014, 02:07 PM)kenne Wrote:
(07-10-2014, 03:16 PM)EdK Wrote: Finished this piece of the new bracket for the lathe cross slide scale.

Ed
Beautiful piece of work , whats next ?

The next piece for that bracket, a much simpler piece, and then the rear bracket.

Ed

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - RobWilson - 07-12-2014

Got a wee bit done today Big Grin ,finally got to the moulding bench.

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Which I need to move too here .

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Only thing with moving the moulding bench is its full of sand Slaphead

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Lots of shovelling Bash

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and after lots of heaving ,pulling pushing and generally straining my pods I got them swapped over and the sand back into the bench.

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Found lots of treasure I never new I had wile moving things ,also found some crap to Rotfl


Rob

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - doubleboost - 07-12-2014

That looks much better
Did you find any of my glasses
The sand looks a bit dry YikesYikesYikes
John

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - RobWilson - 07-12-2014

Aye is the sand dry mate , really really dry , probably needs about 2 gallons of water .


Rob

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - DaveH - 07-12-2014

Big improvement Rob Thumbsup
Although I liked it as it was - Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin
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DaveH

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - EdK - 07-12-2014

That will be much more comfortable to work in Rob. Thumbsup

Ed

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - EdK - 07-12-2014

I finished up the front bracket today. Then I tackled the read head bracket to lengthen the slots so I could drop it down to work with the new brackets. I sure did a crappy job of making it because surfaces that should be parallel and corners that should be square aren't. So I ended up spending much more time on it than I had anticipated but at least it's done properly now. Live and learn.

Next is the rear bracket and then I can put it all back together and test it out. Oh, that's right. I need to get a 7mm bolt and modify it for the cross slide lock. Chin

Oops! It looks like I forgot to remove the blue juice from the read head bracket. Yikes

Ed

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RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - TomG - 07-12-2014

My son and I drove to Rising Sun, Ohio last night to check out a 1965 Chevrolet C-10 pickup for my brother in law. When we were up to the cabin on vacation last week he mentioned that it would be fun to have a vintage pickup up there to drive around, so I called his bluff and found this one on Cragslist. It turned out to be mostly original, unmolested and driveable, so we trailered it back to Detroit. After spending the day going through it to see what needs to be done, we found that other than some lower rust repair and rotten oak boards in the bed, it's in pretty good shape for a 49 year old truck.

What it did need is some work on the transmission linkage. Three in the tree is hard enough to deal with as it is, without worn out and missing shifter rod bushings, so I made up some nice new ones out of bronze. It's amazing how much it improved the feel of the shifter, from vague and pretty much un-driveable to crisp and easy to shift.

We'll spend the next week or so going through it, then my son will drive it up to the cabin in Naubinway. The truck only has 46,000 miles on it so a 360 mile trip shouldn't be too much of an issue. I hope? Sweat

Tom


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RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - EdK - 07-12-2014

That's a nice find Tom. I love old trucks and would like to get one some day and fix it up.

Ed

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - dallen - 07-12-2014

makes you wonder how many other times it may of seen 46,000 on the speedometer

DA