Stuff you have made today

[prepman]

My lorry tailgate now complete for now. Thank f for that.

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Brilliant job......now the lorry?

 

[Kram]

Testing the wood carving blade on some scrap. Works well even on the under powered parkside grinder.

 

[ihavenoidea]

Use a cheap Aldi or Lidl stepped cone cutter , do a test on some predrilled scrap wood then use a black marker pen to make a ring on the step above to get a consistent depth .................. like this eBay item 353201569116

It is already done. I just overestimated the required precision.

 

[MattF]

Worth buying a rose bit for future use. They're not expensive, & you have one then, if needed.

 

[Cobbler]

" Be careful about doing this. " If its once in awhile, that may be ok, but take your generator home with you after the odd job its needed for; or as time goes by, the generator will taken for granted as being part of the shop equipment. If your Boss "needs" a generator for the business he should buy his own, otherwise you are subsidising the business.

A friend of mine lent some expensive equipment to the company, company went bust & when he tried to get his kit back the receiver winding up the business said “its on the premises, so it’s mine” he lost it all!

 

[Bki26]

Sadly it's not anymore.

We rebuilt that one from wrecks that were being used for Fire and Rescue training. It sat as a Gate Guardian at Lossiemouth for a while but it's now in Errol, Perthshire looking a little the worse for wear.
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That's criminal to let that sit there, what's it doing?

 

[KemppiFrog]

That's criminal to let that sit there, what's it doing?

Bit of a tricky area. Nostalgia for old stuff has to be backed up considerable funds and labour (usually volunteer) to keep things looking half decent.

Curiously enough, my father is now being cast in bronze for a recreation of a BoB photo at Hawkinge in 1940; Quite well known as a photo.
Apparently it will be unveiled on the 27th July. I have a few probs with it as it doesn't look much like him in the clay stage.

 

[Seadog]

A friend of mine lent some expensive equipment to the company, company went bust & when he tried to get his kit back the receiver winding up the business said “its on the premises, so it’s mine” he lost it all!

I lost a BSA DBD34 barrel and my employer a set of patterns to cast them, when Weslake Engineering went to the wall in the early 80s

They had them for so long that we'd both forgotten about them. their production of barrels was sporadic, to say the least. I saw them when I went to look st some lots for auction. No way I could get them off site, and they were nowhere to be seen on the day of the auction.

 

[bricol]

Later yesterday evening I've woken up my engine driven for a job.
Check levels , little clean up , started on the second pull (as normally)
Boss asked me to lend it for little use as power generator for small tools like a grinder and a drill

Take a look locally for the rental cost of a similar device. Double it. Tell him that's the rate . .

Why wear out your gear for no return?

Who would he blame if something failed and you burnt out his tools . . . ?

 

[Pete.]

A friend of mine lent some expensive equipment to the company, company went bust & when he tried to get his kit back the receiver winding up the business said “its on the premises, so it’s mine” he lost it all!

Damn that hurts. Poor form not telling his to take his gear off site I wonder if the directorship had it listed as company assets to delay the bankrupcy?

 

[DennisCA]

Making a new chuck back plate. Using a piece of scrap steel. My homemade boring bar and ground HSS threading bit worked well. It's 1-1/2" 8TPI withworth thread. It's a little undersized for the chuck but it fits over the holes of the chuck, and besides it wouldn't matter if they where holes or just open slots cut into the sides every 120 degrees, it'd still be captive. Making the fit of the locating portion a bit undersized as well, because I want to be able to adjust this chuck for maximum accuracy. Makes the need of a 4-jaw chuck a lot less frequent when you can adjust the three-jaw too.

The hole you can spot there is not for the chuck to back plate mount.

 

[prepman]

Making a new chuck back plate. Using a piece of scrap steel. My homemade boring bar and ground HSS threading bit worked well. It's 1-1/2" 8TPI withworth thread. It's a little undersized for the chuck but it fits over the holes of the chuck, and besides it wouldn't matter if they where holes or just open slots cut into the sides every 120 degrees, it'd still be captive. Making the fit of the locating portion a bit undersized as well, because I want to be able to adjust this chuck for maximum accuracy. Makes the need of a 4-jaw chuck a lot less frequent when you can adjust the three-jaw too.

The hole you can spot there is not for the chuck to back plate mount.

Nice work. I personally wouldn't make the register undersized though. I would prefer to regrind the jaws. Mainly for safety.

 

[Maker]

Nice work. I personally wouldn't make the register undersized though. I would prefer to regrind the jaws. Mainly for safety.

If you make the register undersized you can adjust every part true, regrinding the jaws only guarantees concentricity at the diameter you ground it.

 

[prepman]

If you make the register undersized you can adjust every part true, regrinding the jaws only guarantees concentricity at the diameter you ground it.

You are also relying entirely on the mount bolts and are running the chuck out of balance. Wouldn't want to do that on the Student. On a smaller lathe maybe not such an issue.

 

[RWD3M]

That's criminal to let that sit there, what's it doing?

I've no idea. I haven't even been able to find out how it ended up there.

I'm hoping to drop by there in May on my way up to Shetland.

 

[DennisCA]

I've run my previous chuck the same way, the bolts have been sufficient thus far, and the amount of adjustment needed is small so it's never been an issue.

 

[prepman]

I've run my previous chuck the same way, the bolts have been sufficient thus far, and the amount of adjustment needed is small so it's never been an issue.

As is, as always, it's down to the individual. Personally I wouldnt.

 

[prepman]

Later yesterday evening I've woken up my engine driven for a job.
Check levels , little clean up , started on the second pull (as normally)
Boss asked me to lend it for little use as power generator for small tools like a grinder and a drill

Are there no other companies you could work for? I feel from all your posts that this relationship is going to end badly?

 

[DennisCA]

As is, as always, it's down to the individual. Personally I wouldnt.

They sell adjustable three jaw chucks, they work the same way but they use 3 or 4 side screws to adjust instead of tapping the chuck body.

 

[qwakers]

I might not be as good at brackets as the binky boys, but i can hold my own

gotta copy these. as for extra lightness, lets do it in aluminium.

and this is my interpretation after 4 hours of bending cutting and remaking cos I'm stupid and cut down the bend line not the cut line

"why didn't you weld them together?" I hear....

because I couldn't be bothered