Recent metalworking projects

clausing lathe repair

These?

--Winston

Yup, that's them! For some reason they are not listed in order there. Oh well, at least they're there!

On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 17:06:58 -0500, the infamous "Phil Kangas" scrawled the following:

Things that make you go Hmmmm...

Why is it that nobody ever links the dropbox in their hundreds of mentions of it, even when they've just finished putting a project on the damned thing?

-- The blind are not good trailblazers.

-- federal judge Frank Easterbrook

Well _I_ just found my 1/4-32 tap, which means that now I can make some glow plug heads for Cox 049s. It was in yet another place where I stash taps -- I really need to do a better job storing taps. Seeing a bunch of taps clashing together in a drawer in a tool kit just makes my skin crawl -- unfortunately I seem to respond to this by squirreling taps away in all sorts of different places. Yes, it keeps them from clashing into one another, but...

Now where's my 2-64 tap, for needle valves???

Nice work. Is that right angle attachment a 1:1 ratio?

Mine is in a tap index.

Wes

Nothing to show off really, but this weekend I've been working on reworking a truck box for my new(est) truck. Nobody seems to make a box quite like I want, so I started with a 18"x18"x60" long underbody box, cut it down to 12" deep instead of 18", welded it back together, made some runner "feet" that will sit in between the ribs in the bed of the truck and support the box crosswise behind the cab. I still have to fab some end extension louver things that will fill in the remaining width of the bed as well as protecting vent openings from rain and bugs. I'll be putting a fan and thermostat in the box to keep it from getting excessively hot, and will be mounting a 2KW inverter and a compressor in the box along with the storage for tools and whatnot. When the box is complete I'll have it sprayed with Line-X to match the bed of the truck. The setup will also be on quick connects, so the box is removable when needed.

Yes it is 1:1 ratio. The pockets were first roughed out with a

I'd never try to get two, three or four flutes the same free handing. One sounds good to me. Just takes a bit longer and you are retired. :)

Wes

Well , I don't have any decent photos to post , but I've been casting aluminum parts for casting flasks . Got 8 sides and 8 ends cast , enough parts to mold 2 projects at the same time . I'll spend this week machining the edges and mating surfaces and drilling holes for register pins .

That's because of the file name format. They are displayed in

Chain_Wheel_01.jpg Chain_Wheel_02.jpg Chain_Wheel_03.jpg Chain_Wheel_04.jpg Chain_Wheel_05.jpg Chain_Wheel_06.jpg Chain_Wheel_07.jpg Chain_Wheel_08.jpg Chain_Wheel_09.jpg

then they would sort before the last two.

Enjoy, DoN.

--Injection molding dies; deets in another thread.

I just pull down "Favorites" and click "Drop box" Gerry :-)} London, Canada

On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:00:38 -0800, the infamous Gunner Asch scrawled the following:

Strange, the NC and NF sets are $12 and $13 each, totaling $25 with two cases, while the exact same 2 sets in -one- box cost $44.80. Even with the metric set thrown in, it's $5 higher than their separate costs.

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Just small stuff until I can lift anything. Putting up pegs and shelves in my container and shop house to get stuff off the floor. Brought back a 3/4 ton pickup of ebay stuff from Vegas yesterday. Will liquidate that to get blogging money. Got some stuff on the list, but time, money, weather, and health can't seem to occur on the same day.

Grrrrrrrrr.

Steve

Drilled two holes - in aluminum - tapped and installed two screws. But it was a lot more challenging than it sounds here...

Ahh, now I 'get it' !! Always something new to learn, eih? phil

On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:23:52 -0800, the infamous Gunner Asch scrawled the following:

The way I read the site: They sell small kits contain one case, 9 drill bits, and 9 taps. The large kit has 18 bits, 18 taps, and one case.

I'm wondering why there is a nearly $20 difference in price.

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