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RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - TomG - 06-30-2017

(06-30-2017, 01:05 PM)Roadracer_Al Wrote: Tom, first off, nice work!

I apologize and hope this doesn't sound like criticism, it's not.  Just sharing knowledge with the group.

The wood to use for outdoor applications is white oak, not red oak.  Red oak soaks up water and will rot quickly if not covered in a film-forming finish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6t2AZubF8U

Yes Al, White Oak is preferable to Red Oak for outdoor applications, but in this case it doesn't matter. The only time the truck will see the great outdoors is an occasional pleasure drive if the weather is nice and the three coats of exterior polyurethane should keep it looking nice for that. I was going more for looks here than function and it's hard to beat the look of Red Oak.

Tom

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RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - Mayhem - 07-05-2017

What took a big chunk of time today was repairing a major cock-up that the previous owner of my ute (or their mechanic) had left behind.  One of the studs had been broken and then in their attempt to drill it out they had slipped off and drilled into the head.  They then tried to compensate with some creative stupidity, leaving one stepped and ragged hole  Bash .  

Like most V-6 vehicles, there is next to no room to get any tooling in to work, and I had wanted to get lined up on the broken stud and also perpendicular to the manifold face.  So, I made up a plate to bolt on and allow me to line up on the hole and then use a drill bush to drill out the stud.  Nice and easy - yeah, right.  After fighting my 90° air drill I removed the plate to find that what I thought was the stud wasn't and that I had drilled parallel to it.  So, I switched to a 6.8mm drill bit and then tapped for M8 x 1.25.  I then had to modify the manifold and have installed the stud with a generous application of high strength Loc-Tite.  I still have to put the gearbox back in (new clutch, thrust bearing and pilot bush), so the exhaust will go on last.  That stud should be rock solid by the time I tighten up the nut that goes on it.

Tomorrow, I will attack the matching broken stud on the other side.  At least that one they didn't bother trying to fix, so I shouldn't have as much trouble!

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RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - f350ca - 07-08-2017

Certainly not done today but a followup. Finished the cabinets and got them installed. Then was talked into tiling the floor. Then framing for the washrooms. Then plumbing for the coffee maker.

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RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - EdK - 07-08-2017

Damn you got some skills Greg. Thumbsup

Ed

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - Mayhem - 07-09-2017

What Ed said!

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - Pete O - 07-14-2017

I ended up with a short offcut of toolholder stock when I sawed up the piece of forklift tyne I had dovetailed in the shaper. Too small to have any rigidity on the toolpost so today I made an indicator holder out of it. About the only thing I think I have got any good at in this machining caper is indicating stock in the 4-jaw chuck as my 3-jaw has about a yard of runout thus never gets used.
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Double-ended for face indicating.
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Had to put the locknut under the height-adjusting nut to get the indicator down near centre height.
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This frees up a good holder that the indicator has been occupying as well as giving me 2-way indicating with just a thumb nut to swap between the two positions. I have to remove the bezel lock screw to use the indicator in the facing position but as I have never used it, I don't see this as a great loss.

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - f350ca - 07-20-2017

I took the time to play with some metal just in case people thought I'd closed the machine shop.
To better use the gage blocks I bough I made a dial bore gauge setter. With a stack of blocks between the bottom and moveable anvil it should be a breeze to adjust the bore gauge. Seen to do a fair bit of bushing work and setting the gauge with a micrometer is a pain.
The base and anvil are cast iron, does that ever grind nice. The top anvil has a spring love it to hold pressure on the gauge blocks. The rod locks with a small split cotter.

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RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - EdK - 07-20-2017

Gorgeous tool!

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - TomG - 07-20-2017

Nice job Greg.

I haven't even been in my shop this summer. Pretty much spent the whole thing outdoors.

Tom

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - Dr Stan - 07-20-2017

(07-20-2017, 07:28 PM)f350ca Wrote: I took the time to play with some metal just in case people thought I'd closed the machine shop.
To better use the gage blocks I bough I made a dial bore gauge setter. With a stack of blocks between the bottom and moveable anvil it should be a breeze to adjust the bore gauge. Seen to do a fair bit of bushing work and setting the gauge with a micrometer is a pain.
The base and anvil are cast iron, does that ever grind nice. The top anvil has a spring love it to hold pressure on the gauge blocks. The rod locks with a small split cotter.

Any chance of some prints?