Stuff you have made today

[redlig]

Decided my fingers had survived long enough I thought I'd add wood chippings to my swarf making" skills" ( in the widest sense of the word ) So with the aid of a forum donated horse shoe , thanks HPS's , an axe head and a piece of a recently felled Ash tree I decided that an inverted kindling splitter was the safest way to go. Just a lump hammer from a bit more ash and installing the stove and 'bring on the winter'.

 

[DAPPH]

Decided my fingers had survived long enough I thought I'd add wood chippings to my swarf making" skills" ( in the widest sense of the word ) So with the aid of a forum donated horse shoe , thanks HPS's , an axe head and a piece if a recently felled Ash tree I decided that an inverted kindling splitter was the safest way to go. Just a lump hammer from a bit more ash and installing the stove and 'bring on the winter'.

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If the ash was not seasoned well ,,,,,,,say 10 or more years it's likely it will split down the grain . My first table lamp base was a similar size seasoned 5 years for the 10 inch wide log . it split in several places .

My big bro an accomplished wood turner laughed at me , " You need to slow season at least a year for every inch of thickness & by that I mean the diameter not the radius .

Apparently the ash used for cart wheel hubs was seasoned for at least 50 years before being worked

 

[redlig]

If the ash was not seasoned well ,,,,,,,say 10 or more years it's likely it will split down the grain . My first table lamp base was a similar size seasoned 5 years for the 10 inch wide log . it split in several places .

My big bro an accomplished wood turner laughed at me , " You need to slow season at least a year for every inch of thickness & by that I mean the diameter not the radius .

Apparently the ash used for cart wheel hubs was seasoned for at least 50 years before being worked

thanks for info .When it does I'll do another one and hopefully make a better job of it.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

thanks for info .When it does I'll do another one and hopefully make a better job of it.

Ash takes a colored resin very well.

That looks good as a table display.

 

[selectedgrub]

Tapped for brass.

 

[MattF]

That looks intriguing. What's it destined to be?

 

[redlig]

Ash takes a colored resin very well.

That looks good as a table display.

All part of my Psychopath decor.

 

[minimutly]

Latest steps in the helical steering pinion making saga. Measuring and thus calculating the lead is proving difficult, on the 4th iteration tonight. The best one so far gives the 90 degree pinion at somewhere like 88 degrees. But, I'm getting quicker at tthe whole process.
What's helped is making my own mandrel so I'm not machining whole bars of ali down each time.
The hand reground cutter is looking spot on to be fair, albeit just on aluminium.

 

[Moose McAlpine]

I bought another back boring bar, to modify for deeper cutting. I didn't pay attention when i bought it and found i don't have inserts for it and can't even find what the right inserts are.



Luckily with the insert holder being a pin type it's removeable.



So i made a new one to suit DCMT/DCGT 11s. Started by turning a piece of EN19 to have the right 55° angles, straight centre section and tail.



One side was then milled flat to sit against the bottom of the insert pocket.



The seat for the insert was then milled flat. The tail stayed round, no need to give it a flat top like the original.



Test fitted.



Drilled and tapped to M4 x 0.7, indent filed in the tail for the retaining screw that holds this into the bar.



Finished for now. The bar will be modified later to increase the "overhang" for more depth of cut.



And then i made a sandwich as a reward for myself.



Probably the most important part of it all..

 

[Kram]

Looks like it should fit dcmt0702's? tho theres a few obscure sizes like 0802.. But thats one way to do it

 

[Moose McAlpine]

Looks like it should fit dcmt0702's? tho theres a few obscure sizes like 0802.. But thats one way to do it

They're too small, and DCMT 11s were too big. The manufacturer data says it takes 55° inserts, and it's a pin type so it'd be DN**? But it also says 10mm cutting edge length, and the pin is short. I couldn't find anything like a DNMG 1002 though?

This is the tool data for the bar:

Kennametal - 6.05019R900 - Tool holders for turning - ToolsUnited

DIN4000-90-1 - Tool holders for turning - KH - Kennametal - 6.05019R900 - Clamp toolholder, Tool holder for boring with cylindrical-shank, Drill bar, Turning tool holder , Turning tool , internal turning tool with exchangeable insert

www.toolsunited.com

Either way, it works better for me using DC inserts than buying another type just for this.

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

Let's set it on fire and then we'll see.

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Looks like it turned out to be bone char. Release gas through water, caught stink and bone oil

 

[Hopefuldave]

Looks like it turned out to be bone char. Release gas through water, caught stink and bone oil

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Case hardening powder to be?

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

Case hardening powder to be?

No. For simple cementation there are simpler methods. This is for experiments on color case hardening.

Example

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

I discovered that buying bone char in large pieces in Europe is more likely a no than a yes. I don't pray for a natural product, all I need is tricalcium phosphate granules. However, as a fertilizer, I also cannot find it, only mixed with calcium sulfates. Burning coal takes quite a long time and a source of clean bones in large quantities will also need to be found. I’ll try to make pellets from powdered bone meal (it’s available and will require firing) or completely synthesize tricalcium phosphate powder and granulate it.

 

[Seadog]

I've bought TCP on eBay.

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

I've bought TCP on eBay.

what do these three letters mean?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

what do these three letters mean?

Tom Cats Pee.

 

[ukracer]

what do these three letters mean?

Transmission Control Protocol - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[ukracer]

Or this. (Which is what the OP meant. (I think)

TCP (antiseptic) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I was wrong...lol
Assumption is the mother of all @#£%%^&&*