Todays Project - What did you do today?

[stevec]

Ed, Wait! it's a sign that  you should retire and be home for her 24/7!
Okay, 24 minus OUR TIME!/7

[f350ca]

Retire or get another dog to keep her company.
Sorry to hear its not working, Saddie probably wouldn't do well left alone either. If I leave her with the kids here for a few hours she's all over me when I get back.

[Hawkeye]

I like that clamp. I'm adding it to my project list - I won't remember next year when I get my shop running again.

[f350ca]

Thats a great trick Steve, I'd of just welded it in then had to figure out how to mount it and find the right spot to drill and tread..

[Highpower]

(10-08-2014, 06:09 PM)stevec Wrote: I haven't posted much about actually doing things in the shop lately but today I launched into a little project to restore a part for one of my old Allis-Chalmers tractors (old being older than me). I had this distributor mounting device that looked like this.

Someone on the Allis-Chalmers forum suggested I insert a copper threaded piece and have it aluminum welded.

Soe I set about making the copper "plug".
After turning down the smallest piece of copper I had in stock I started to machine a hex head for the plug.
I only then thought of taking some pics.

I then put the piece back in the lathe and turned the shank to 3/8" D.

I then started to single point the 3/8-16 thread and found that copper behaves worse being threaded than turned,
probably due to my impatience to grind a proper cutting tool ( I had to rework the turning tool to get a nice finish to the 3/8" D
shank). So, I decided to try the 3/8-16 threading die and with much lubrication and effort I got it to follow my ugly single point efforts.

Here's what I took to my "Vulcan" that welds aluminum".

Nicely done Steve. 

I keep several different sizes of graphite rod for those kind of jobs. Once had to rebuild a broken off clutch cable boss on my brother's Hodaka Super Rat. Engine covers / case halves are like hens teeth. 

[EdK]

(10-08-2014, 06:34 PM)stevec Wrote: Ed, Wait! it's a sign that  you should retire and be home for her 24/7!
Okay, 24 minus OUR TIME!/7

She would be perfect for me if I was retired. I wish I could retire right now but the wallet says "the hell you are!".

Ed

[EdK]

(10-08-2014, 07:31 PM)f350ca Wrote: Retire or get another dog to keep her company.
Sorry to hear its not working, Saddie probably wouldn't do well left alone either. If I leave her with the kids here for a few hours she's all over me when I get back.

Greg,

I'm not sure I could deal with two dogs. This is a new experience for me and one dog is a handful right now. If I was retired I'd likely have two dogs since there are a lot of dogs in rescue that need homes.

Ed

[Mayhem]

Nice job Steve, I've used copper to stop welds sticking to things I don't want welded or to stop burning through thin parts and as you have found it can save a lot of work.

Sorry to hear about the dog Ed. As hard as it is, you have made the right call. You could always ask your boss if you could work from home but that would hamper your dumpster dives!

[EdK]

(10-09-2014, 09:49 AM)Mayhem Wrote: ... that would hamper your dumpster dives!

I can't have that.

Ed

[awemawson]

Just as soon as you can retire DO IT ! Life is for living. Having seen my father die at 59 and never enjoying any retirement I was determined to stop work just as soon as I could. I managed when I was 50 - I've just reached normal retirement age (65) and although the free cash is dramatically less than when I was working I keep very busy and enjoy life FAR more. We now run a few sheep, chicken, geese and pigs, have two dogs and a cat, never get away on holidays (unless we can find a farm sitter) and never want to ! We are living the good life AND I have a large fully equipped workshop, what ever else would you want !