Todays Project - What did you do today?

[RobWilson]

(11-30-2015, 07:56 PM)Mayhem Wrote: Nice work Rob. Are you going to use it in finishing off your CNC mill?

I wondered where the monkey on my back had gone Darren   ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,forge then fix the lathe ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,then back on with the CNC mill , well unless I see a nice flower and get distracted 


Rob

[DaveH]

(12-01-2015, 11:10 AM)RobWilson. Wrote: I knocked up a wee oscilloscope and scrolling clock   
Rob

Wow that is so nice  
 
DaveH

[RobWilson]

Cheers Dave 


I must say it makes a change from welding and grinding    , it needs a case or a stand of some sorts    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,must not get distracted   



Rob

[f350ca]

Here's an innovative repair. Hadn't looked under the table of the bandsaw till today. Appears the zinc die cast quadrants that the table tilts on were broken at some time. How to fix a zinc die casting? Someone drilled through it, inserted nails, then soldered them to a steel backing plate and bolted it down. As crude as it looks, it functions and probably has lasted for decades. Im going to leave well enough alone till it lets go and look at making replacements then.

[Roadracer_Al]

Wow, that looks awful. I don't think I'd be able to live with myself if I made such a repair...

[Vinny]

(12-01-2015, 11:07 AM)RobWilson. Wrote:

(11-30-2015, 05:15 PM)wawoodman Wrote: Looks like fun. I put my first Heathkit together in about 1972.

Hi Mike , 

I bet your project was a lot more involved and took more skill to build .  


Rob

It no doubt took longer, but if you ever saw the instructions...

Take 1 and 1/2 inch piece of green wire and put between point 234 and 333. Do not solder yet.

Or something really close to that. Last one I built was in the 60s.

[f350ca]

Installed a new layer of grey paint on the saw.

[f350ca]

Assembled, wired and ready for a metal cutting blade.





Forgot the switch box and face plate, they'll get sprayed the next time the gun has some grey in it.

[wawoodman]

Looks great, Greg. What do you figure is the maximum thickness of steel you can cut, before the necessary pressure is just too much for your thumbs?

Or are you planning on some kind of a weighted pulley feed?

[f350ca]

Haven't tried it yet Mike. Will weld up a blade for it tomorrow and give it a go. I have a vertical saw for heavy work, this one will probably only do small odd cuts.