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RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - EdK - 10-19-2015
(10-19-2015, 04:59 PM)Vinny Wrote: I write the project on the box, Willie. Doesn't mean I'll find the box when I go to do the project, but it's written on the box!
I do the same. Anything related to the project goes into the box until I'm ready to start the project.
Ed
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - Vinny - 10-19-2015
The key is being able to find the box when it's time. Are you able to find it Ed?
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - EdK - 10-19-2015
(10-19-2015, 07:26 PM)Vinny Wrote: The key is being able to find the box when it's time. Are you able to find it Ed?
Yes.
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - f350ca - 10-19-2015
For me the problem would be finding big enough boxes and where to store them all.
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - Highpower - 10-19-2015
Finished (re)painting pieces for my SWAG press brake kit. I had cut a few pieces of different size angle iron to use for smaller dies for the brake. Had them all painted up and dry and then tried stacking them together. The sharp outside corner of each piece of angle bottomed out in the larger angle below it, and caused them to rock in the center.
So I had to mill off the corners of all the angles to get the legs to sit flat against each other - and then repaint the bottoms. I had to mill the bottom die too before welding the base together, but then forgot to do the smaller dies.
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Also finished getting my lathe tool holder rack together and attached to the back of the lathe. I still have few more BXA holders to put on the upper rail. The lower rail holds the AXA's. They sit at a 45° angle so it's real easy to get them on and off of the holding brackets. I love not having all of them piled on top of the head stock any more.
I still want to make a block to put on the rack for holding the QC tool posts themselves. Right now the BXA sits on a shelf several feet away from the lathe. I'd like to be able to slide them on and off of the rack as well when I need to change sizes.
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RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - Pete O - 10-22-2015
I have barely found time to set foot in my workshop over the past few weeks but today I finished take 2 of the replacement for one of the shafts for the power feed drive on my mill.
I have posted about this part previously, most recently about advice on how I made such a mess of cutting a keyway. I wasn't happy with the results of my first attempt so started again and here is the result
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Much happier with this version. The collar is to take the place of a flange that is incorporated into the original part, I had discussed welding this in place but after some consideration I realised that the machine would have to be extensively dismantled to install the shaft if this flange was fixed in place, so instead it will be a separate collar with grub screws to retain it.
Shaft is 4140, collar is unknown horrible gummy rubbish steel.
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - Mayhem - 10-23-2015
Today I unloaded a fair load of box section. The bulk of it was 50mm x 50mm x 3mm in 2400mm lengths (24 all up). There were some smaller lengths as well as a few different sizes, as well as a couple of lengths of pipe. The best part was that it was FREE
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A friend of mine works for a lubrication company and the box section is used when shipping the bladders of oil out of Singapore. Once they unpack them, the box section is unwanted crap that takes up space. They get shipments all the time...
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - RobWilson - 10-23-2015
Darren Rob
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - dallen - 10-23-2015
spent the better part of 3 hours putting the ejector in
now if the reamer will just show up before Christmas still looking at 4 to 6 weeks on it to show up.
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RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - EdK - 10-23-2015
I agree with Rob.
Darren
Ed