Stuff you have made today

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Last nigh, well in the morning.



Hand sawn 1/4 Housing Joints. The timber planed down by hand.

The plan was to wedge dowel joints, but went for 75mm screws and Hot pearl glue.



Bee's wax, De caff tea, for the stain and Meths. 4 coats.

 

[Hood]

Cut some aluminium on the plasma and started welding it together.

Welding finished.

In place and loaded with the MT4 chucks, centres and sleeves.

 

[Munkul]

A small batch of conveyor legs finished.

 

[8ob]

I'm most jealous of that T slot table. It's a beast! Love the row of cabinets. That's the gold standard of workshops right there.

Thats the baby one, the big one lives outside. Not much you cant build on that

 

[Brad93]

A small batch of conveyor legs finished.

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How much packing did you have to give those legs and feet for them to come out straight?

 

[Guzrik]

Cut some aluminium on the plasma and started welding it together.

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Welding finished.

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In place and loaded with the MT4 chucks, centres and sleeves.

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Is there anything inside to prevent them from sliding out or hanging down?

 

[Munkul]

How much packing did you have to give those legs and feet for them to come out straight?

I didn't bother on those, lol. Too short to clamp properly, but also too short to warp much in the key dimensions.

 

[Hood]

Is there anything inside to prevent them from sliding out or hanging down?

No, just the hole through the 5mm aluminium.

 

[Dexy]

Was drilling some heavier steel and adjusting the stand was getting a pain so old ram off engine crane and a spring and foot pedal no more straining lol

 

[Brad93]

I warped something to hell last night so today I've got to either change the design and remake or try to put this right.

 

[Munkul]

I warped something to hell last night so today I've got to either change the design and remake or try to put this right.

Ah man, I feel your pain. That's the downside to welding stuff that isn't symmetrical.

 

[badabec]

Was drilling some heavier steel and adjusting the stand was getting a pain so old ram off engine crane and a spring and foot pedal no more straining lolView attachment 299144View attachment 299145

Put that on Etsy as an industrial adjustable seat, ideal for standing workstations. £300 should do it.

 

[Jan-DIY]

Not that spectacular.

 

[Fraserb]

Finished the sign from the other night.

 

[Brad93]

Ah man, I feel your pain. That's the downside to welding stuff that isn't symmetrical.

Yep absolute pain. Unfortunately it's a one off thing and I've already got too much time in it. I'm gonna try pressing it straight. It's a very simple thing but the guy is looking for a retro look to go with his 1920s lathe

 

[Kram]

Found a round tuit, drilled and tapped 12 x m5 holes in my 4 jaw chuck, as suggested by Joe Pie' a few years ago. I remember watching this video the day it went up.

One of the reasons I havent decided on a new chuck yet, most seem to be hollow bodied where as mine is solid cast iron, and quite a few have front mounting bolts in the way that mean this wont be possible.

 

[awemawson]

Improved Bridgeport Lighting

Some years back I replaced the original incandescent machining light on the Bridgeport with a pair of Ikea LED reading lights. Someone at the time warned me that the flexy tubes tend to droop and they were right - good lights but tend to sag just at the wrong time!

So I've been on the look out for a replacement and came across someone using a 'ring light' like the flash boys put round their headlights. Tucking the idea in the back of my mind it popped out again when I saw an '8" Ring Makeup Light' on eBay for the princely sum of £8.95 intended to run off a USB wall wart.

Checking the finances I reckoned that I could just about squeeze it out of the budget and pressed the 'buy it now' button. Well it turned up a few days back but apart from checking that it lights up I've not had the time to try it, but time magically appeared today.

The 8" diameter allows the quill to pass through it, and the side presented 1/4" Whitworth camera mount could conveniently, with a suitable bracket, graft it onto / into the fitting on the quill intended for a DTI.

A simple bracket was conceived, hot bent, and the job was finished - just need to decide how to tidy the cables up. It gives good even illumination - I think it's rated at 5 watts at full tilt. In series with it's lead is a controller letting you adjust the colour balance and brightness, but I will probably only use it on stark white and full.

The only downside that I've found so far is that you have to press the 'on' button on this controller when power is applied whereas the previous lights came on without intervention, but this is no great deal.

I'm leaving the Ikea lights on at the present as I evaluate the ring light.

 

[awemawson]

Well it gets even better !

While clearing up all the bits that came with the Makeup Ring Light I found an odd bit of plastic that the leaflet referred to as a 'Remote Bluetooth Camera Shutter'

Well it is and it works with my iPhone - how amazingly useful for taking pictures of machining when you've already run out of hands, there is even a mini tripod in the kit!

 

[Barking Mat]

Well it gets even better !

While clearing up all the bits that came with the Makeup Ring Light I found an odd bit of plastic that the leaflet referred to as a 'Remote Bluetooth Camera Shutter'

Well it is and it works with my iPhone - how amazingly useful for taking pictures of machining when you've already run out of hands, there is even a mini tripod in the kit!

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Got a link to this milling machine make up lamp please, love the idea, especially at less than a tenner, please.

 

[awemawson]

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And the price is reduced to £7.99 !

Sorry - the bird in the advert doesn't come with it !

I've ordered a second one to put in the cupboard as a spare when I break this one !