Todays Project - What did you do today?
(01-31-2016, 02:28 PM)RobWilson. Wrote: Cheers mate   Big Grin    

I would rather you fixed / modified the heat treat furnace thats just in shot , I would like it calibrated for a Lazy Englishman   Rotfl Rotfl Rotfl 


Cheers Rob

Come on now Rob - you can do that in your sleep.

If things go according to plan, I'll be building myself another (deeper) one. I'm spoiled now so I would like to have a second furnace for tempering so I don't have to wait for the high-temp furnace to cool down overnight. And if I'm going to build one anyway, I might as well make it so it holds larger (longer) parts. Chin

Oh and Sheldon Stan, the jig-borer comment was just sarcasm / a joke... Bye
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(01-31-2016, 11:13 PM)Highpower Wrote: Oh and Sheldon Stan,  the jig-borer comment was just sarcasm / a joke...   Bye

Obviously that went way over my head.
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Needed to switch over to the 4-jaw chuck on the lathe. After getting it all cleaned up and mounted on the lathe spindle, I went to grab the chuck key and couldn't find it. Did my target search pattern 4 times and found a handful of 3/8" chuck keys but the 7/16" key for the 4-jaw up and disappeared.   Bash

So I had to make one instead. Two actually (front & center). Figured while I was at it, I might as well make a shorty too for working two jaws together to save time.

Thanks for posting about the 7/8" 4140 HT rounds in the "fire sale" last year Ed! I made good use of some of it today...   Big Grin

   
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(01-31-2016, 11:31 PM)Dr Stan Wrote:
(01-31-2016, 11:13 PM)Highpower Wrote: Oh and Sheldon Stan,  the jig-borer comment was just sarcasm / a joke...   Bye

Obviously that went way over my head.

That's OK, I don't think Rob caught it either. He didn't give me the "bird" smiley in return - yet.... Rotfl
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I got it Willie Big Grin
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(01-31-2016, 11:47 PM)Highpower Wrote:
(01-31-2016, 11:31 PM)Dr Stan Wrote:
(01-31-2016, 11:13 PM)Highpower Wrote: Oh and Sheldon Stan,  the jig-borer comment was just sarcasm / a joke...   Bye

Obviously that went way over my head.

That's OK, I don't think Rob caught it either. He didn't give me the "bird" smiley in return - yet....   Rotfl

Yep that went way over my head to Willie  Slaphead , I will put it down to being tired , old , confuzed  and   Chin   ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,, a tad slow  Big Grin     



Ed , were be that flipping the bird smilie ?    Rotfl 


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(01-31-2016, 11:13 PM)Highpower Wrote: If things go according to plan, I'll be building myself another (deeper) one. I'm spoiled now so I would like to have a second furnace for tempering so I don't have to wait for the high-temp furnace to cool down overnight. And if I'm going to build one anyway, I might as well make it so it holds larger (longer) parts.  Chin

  6820  Willie  , have you had a look  here of ideas   https://www.usaknifemaker.com/knife-maki...-c-57.html  f .


I reckon a bigger heat treat oven could be made quite cheaply  . There has been a fair few times over the years I could have done with a larger capacity oven , now my furnace is gone it looks like I may have to make one to .  


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(02-01-2016, 06:25 AM)Mayhem Wrote: I got it Willie Big Grin

Don't worry Darren, you can get a shot for that. Big Grin
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(02-01-2016, 11:57 AM)RobWilson. Wrote:   6820  Willie  , have you had a look  here of ideas   https://www.usaknifemaker.com/knife-maki...-c-57.html  f .


I reckon a bigger heat treat oven could be made quite cheaply  . There has been a fair few times over the years I could have done with a larger capacity oven , now my furnace is gone it looks like I may have to make one to .  


Rob

Cheers Rob! I already have a plan of what I am going to do. More like a "tube" furnace I guess. Just like my small furnace but deeper so I can get longer items in there. (Approx 14 inches.)

I was going to make a digital controller for my lead furnaces and have the necessary electrical components, but will use that for the new "tempering" furnace instead. I just got a message from an ebay seller accepting my offer for some NOS heating elements. Smiley-dancenana

I'll need to build an enclosure and get some insulating firebrick, but that is on hold now because I need to buy some new bearing$ for my mill instead. Slaphead
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(01-31-2016, 11:40 PM)Highpower Wrote: Thanks for posting about the 7/8" 4140 HT rounds in the "fire sale" last year Ed! I made good use of some of it today...

So that's what I can use that stuff for. I've been meaning to make a couple of short keys for the 4-jaw.

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