Stuff you have made today

[Cheesie]

If following his blackout he's seen a GP or a consultant, he'll have been told that he's obliged to inform the DVLA, an automatic 6 month medical driving ban will follow and he'll be asked to surrender his licence. The cause of his blackout and the treatment he receives will be reflected in how soon he can reapply for his licence.

He had enough clarity to pull over and put hazards on, he came round when the police got there, blanked out again then came around in hospital

 

[DennisCA]

Finally I did it after many years of just using a squirt bottle, I hooked up the original flood coolant system for the lathe. It has a built in tank and pump but I've never used it. I used a magnet base to hold the nozzle instead of the factory mount.

It made parting operations a snap. But oh my god what a mess. Had to clean the lathe so much afterwards. I will need to think of new guarding for this. Particularly to keep the bedways cleaner.

 

[awemawson]

A 65 mm flogging spanner to undo the end caps of some hydraulic cylinders on my JCB 3CX

Thanks to @James1979 for sending me a .DXF file and @Pete. for donating the 9 mm plate cut from the webs of RSJ's I believe (which were covered in the most intractable paint. Two top layers came off with Methylene Chloride but the primer needed a stripping disk !(

 

[minimutly]

My take on this is that coolant is fine and well if your lathe works for a living, but if it’s an occasional use or hobby, the cleaning takes up more time than it’s worth?

 

[James1979]

A 65 mm flogging spanner to undo the end caps of some hydraulic cylinders on my JCB 3CX

Thanks to @James1979 for sending me a .DXF file and @Pete. for donating the 9 mm plate cut from the webs of RSJ's I believe (which were covered in the most intractable paint. Two top layers came off with Methylene Chloride but the primer needed a stripping disk !(

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Have you flogged it yet?

Meant to say, probably would do with a couple of bits of 70x70 plate welded on each side of the anvil to beef it up a bit.

 

[Brad93]

A 65 mm flogging spanner to undo the end caps of some hydraulic cylinders on my JCB 3CX

Thanks to @James1979 for sending me a .DXF file and @Pete. for donating the 9 mm plate cut from the webs of RSJ's I believe (which were covered in the most intractable paint. Two top layers came off with Methylene Chloride but the primer needed a stripping disk !(

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you may find like i did recently, mild steel makes an absolutely useless spanner. And the ears just keep bending out ways.

 

[Brad93]

 

[James1979]

you may find like i did recently, mild steel makes an absolutely useless spanner. And the ears just keep bending out ways.

I had that issue on one I made a while back but thickened the ears up on this one.

I made a 38 when I sent him that, just scaled it to 65.

My 38 didn’t bend but it wasn’t stupidly tight, just access.

 

[awemawson]

Yes Brad I had your spanner in mind as I was doing it. The hex that it engages with isn't very wide however re-inforcement on one side would be OK.
Frankly my cut quality on this plate is bad with too much taper - I need to sort my settings out better - I'm usually only cutting 1.2 - 3 mm sheet. I may end up running a bead of weld down the contact faces and grinding back to flat

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

A few homemade linings "out of nothing", under the clamps. For fixing pipes on the welding table.

Modified clamps, for plugs with a diameter of 16 mm, 6 euro piece. Surprisingly well made. I used to buy both more expensive and noticeably poorer quality.

 

[6ply]

A 65 mm flogging spanner to undo the end caps of some hydraulic cylinders on my JCB 3CX

Thanks to @James1979 for sending me a .DXF file and @Pete. for donating the 9 mm plate cut from the webs of RSJ's I believe (which were covered in the most intractable paint. Two top layers came off with Methylene Chloride but the primer needed a stripping disk !(

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Nice. How did you cut that profile? Rotary table or something fancy?

 

[awemawson]

@6ply CNC Plasma table

 

[6ply]

@6ply CNC Plasma table

If I looked at the other posts I should have figured that out myself. Thanks.

 

[Brad93]

Yes Brad I had your spanner in mind as I was doing it. The hex that it engages with isn't very wide however re-inforcement on one side would be OK.
Frankly my cut quality on this plate is bad with too much taper - I need to sort my settings out better - I'm usually only cutting 1.2 - 3 mm sheet. I may end up running a bead of weld down the contact faces and grinding back to flat

yes i had to mill the ears due to taper but knew the cutter would cut the part undersize allowing a bit of material removal

 

[Erie Fred]

yes i had to mill the ears due to taper but knew the cutter would cut the part undersize allowing a bit of material removal

Just saw your video about the CNC table of yours and it's problems.
Did you get it sorted out ?

 

[Brad93]

Just saw your video about the CNC table of yours and it's problems.
Did you get it sorted out ?

In short, no.

It's a poorly designed table, made for a price. A price much much lower than what it retails for.

The software is also awful.

Im not the only one with problems, people with the professional tables costing 20-30k also having non stop problems.

Hence why all the other makers of lower end plasmas have taken over, and you barely see swift cut advertised now.

I can basically work with the issues, for the amount we use it.

If i was in @Hood or @henry Kadzielski where it's a production tool i think i'd be trying to flog it on

 

[DAPPH]

My take on this is that coolant is fine and well if your lathe works for a living, but if it’s an occasional use or hobby, the cleaning takes up more time than it’s worth?

As a hobbyist player I often use WD40 to give things a cooing spray every now & then , got a Shipman's fish paste jar with compressor oil in it attached to a bracket on the head stock body and a pigs hair artist brush in it for times when things need a drop of better oil cooling

 

[DAPPH]

In short, no.

It's a poorly designed table, made for a price. A price much much lower than what it retails for.

The software is also awful.

Im not the only one with problems, people with the professional tables costing 20-30k also having non stop problems.

Hence why all the other makers of lower end plasmas have taken over, and you barely see swift cut advertised now.

I can basically work with the issues, for the amount we use it.

If i was in @Hood or @henry Kadzielski where it's a production tool i think i'd be trying to flog it on

I hope to have a go at plasma cutting a hex ring spanner some 3" A/F could be fun ..it's only to undo a big nut on a hydraulic jack body head might look for 5 mm flat steel and weld the 12 mm key steel faces in around the nut for good fit ..... It's go to be more accurate than me freehand plasma cutting in 12 mm plate on my cheapie Parkside machine.

 

[Maker]

compressor oil

Proper cutting oil works noticeably better than bog standard lubricating oil.

 

[DAPPH]

True & it's nearly three times the price if the spray can I have of it is anything to go by .