Stuff you have made today

[nickk]

First for me,folding handrail as it enables customer to access camper van,the cantilever on the bottom post was 660mm,so that post went in 850. Had to bore the pivot holes 11mm for a m8 bolt,to allow for 100 degrees of transition.

 

[Bki26]

It is done and ready for testing

 

[finyuk2005]

It is done and ready for testing

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we will need videos of that beast!!

 

[Bki26]

we will need videos of that beast!!

Gonna need a bunch of strong men first bugger weighs easily 80kg thank god I put wheels on it

Going to triple check all wiring (I know it's correct just paranoid something will be loose and short stuff), then put the oil in and confirm no leaks/sufficient pressure/turbo seals are good being dry for guts of 4yrs and then let her rip!

Assuming it doesn't self destruct I'm gonna get a small car starter motor and see if I can rig it for enough rpm with a gearbox for electric start so it's a fully functional turn key engine without relying on a leaf blower.

 

[DAPPH]

Made this tonight 6mm x 80mm long threaded bolt , heat fused into predrilled 5.9 mm and a with a bigger hole at the top end , a bit smaller than the bolt head .

The bolt head is now solidly encapsulated in the black Delrin knurled knob , done by slipping the Delrin on the bolt , nipped the bolt thread between some wood & held it inthe vice . Then carefully heated the bolt head with a needle point gas gun till it would melt a test piece of Delrin , once hot enough I used a long spanner on a fulcrum to raise / push the Delrin up over the bolt head then smoothed the melted plastic with the head of a big pin punch so hardly any of the bolt head was visable then straight into cold water for a few minutes for it to set tight & solid . It also has a knurled steel locknut .

It's for a Makita sliding blade chop saw to replace the missing depth stop . Hopefully I'll see it fitted tomorrow without any further fettling etc. Time to make it took about an hour .

Second item ..
This has taken me almost three hours , it's to be a pinch bolt for Fizzy's pillar drill .. Taking loads of measurements I discovered that the thread form is 1/2 inch Whitworth . It's for locking the rise and fall table . It's not finished as Fizzy has the machinery to mill & drill the haunched shoulders on the hinged handle , so the handle of the bolt can hang freely downwards .

I've not turned a thread on the ancient Atlas before , nor ground a 55 degree thread angle or any other thread angle for that matter . I had a bit of concern setting the right gear train up .
Did a quick run across a bit of round bar where I'd turned a fient precise inch between marks and yes it set for 12 threads per inch which is what I wanted for a 1/2 BSW thread . Had fun grinding a small bit of 1/4 square tool steel for the 55 angle . Luckily I got hold of a thread angle template 10 or so years ago with a job lot of interesting lathe bits. managed the angle first go and allso got o=it evenly set along the tool steel instead of it being lopsided.

Had to think a bit about setting the maximum & minimum diameters to get a quick reference for the depth of the thread & also under cutting so I could have a few mm clear of metal & time to get my tool out of engagement & withdrawn . . .

Spot the mistake

 

[Ton-up]

should it be left hand thread?

 

[DAPPH]

should it be left hand thread?

N O ... .
Now I know why there is a reverse slower gear set up onthe lather ...just hope the chuck does not unscrew .

I'll be doing some avid bedtime reading of the MOLO to see how they do it .

 

[DAPPH]

Been busy busy reading the MOLO :-
Put the lathe in the slowest speed 32 RPM using the drive belts and the back gear arrangement , then ensure the lathe is turning anti clock wise , use forward or reverse lever to get this
Don't move the gear lever as it is now in sync with the screw cutting drive shaft , just use the half nut to connect /disconnect and the thread counter .

ALWAYS REMEMBER ............ LH thread from left end RH thread from the RH end
That's where I went wrong , I beautifully cut the thread from the left side ,,

 

[Maker]

Been busy busy reading the MOLO :-
Put the lathe in the slowest speed 32 RPM using the drive belts and the back gear arrangement , then ensure the lathe is turning anti clock wise , use forward or reverse lever to get this
Don't move the gear lever as it is now in sync with the screw cutting drive shaft , just use the half nut to connect /disconnect and the thread counter .

ALWAYS REMEMBER ............ LH thread from left end RH thread from the RH end
That's where I went wrong , I beautifully cut the thread from the left side ,,

Remember to point the compound slide the other way too (if you're using it of course).

 

[iNf]

Been busy busy reading the MOLO :-
Put the lathe in the slowest speed 32 RPM using the drive belts and the back gear arrangement , then ensure the lathe is turning anti clock wise , use forward or reverse lever to get this
Don't move the gear lever as it is now in sync with the screw cutting drive shaft , just use the half nut to connect /disconnect and the thread counter .

ALWAYS REMEMBER ............ LH thread from left end RH thread from the RH end
That's where I went wrong , I beautifully cut the thread from the left side ,,

Doesn't matter which end you go from. You need the leadscrew and spindle turning in the same direction for a right hand thread and the opposite direction for a left hand thread.

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

the triumph of primitive technologies continues

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[sako243]

Technically yesterday but I was gifted a wee forklift - but in the time between @8ob collecting it for me (thank you) and it making its way down here the batteries died, so it was just a bunch of "scrap". Over the course of a few days anything useful has been pilfered and put into storage, batteries were scrapped (battery containers are now my scrap bins). Then farmer mode took over...

A neighbour is going to make some Matbro brackets for it too and I'll probably make some brackets for the 2CX's headstock for that extra little bit of lift.

At least I can move the mast about now - the little 1220 is on the limit of what she can pick up (well need a really fat bloke on the front if I want the front wheels to do something).

 

[oldbikedavey]

Inroads into a battery tray for a highly bespoke Norvin, ductility testing on some annealed bits of aluminium for subsequent welding operations, and a couple of bizarre seat mounting studs for the aforementioned Norvin... An astonishingly beautiful machine, but deeply short on available space just the same....

 

[brewdexta]

Over the last few days I've been making a bit of a project for the youngest, musically talented daughter.
First some blockboard that I acquired from @Shox Dr a couple of years ago

Its been in the downstairs barns so a little scabby but structurally fine. Add some eBay legs with insert nuts, I couldn't buy the steel in to weld and match the price, at least not the quantities of steel I buy.

Add some walnut edging to the front

cover it in birds eye maple laminate

Edge each end in walnut

Move it to its new home

Install some very loud active studio monitors and subwoofer, and a couple of second had screens. All powered by a little raspberry pi 5 and a Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 audio interface.

Test it with Leftfield Dub Gusset and Phat Planet and nearly done. There's some more cable tray on order, some floor mats and sound deadening for the back wall, and I have a pull out shelf for her midi keyboard nearly ready to fit. The subwoofer needs a grille and it all needs calibrating and she will be ready to record. Sounds fantastic!

 

[Blobber]

First for me,folding handrail as it enables customer to access camper van,the cantilever on the bottom post was 660mm,so that post went in 850. Had to bore the pivot holes 11mm for a m8 bolt,to allow for 100 degrees of transition.View attachment 443322View attachment 443323View attachment 443324View attachment 443325

Nice job, do you reckon they will forget to flip it and rip the side out of the van though?

 

[bricol]

Nice job, do you reckon they will forget to flip it and rip the side out of the van though?

I was more worried about fingers, young, aged or in-between, in those two guillotine/crushers !

 

[Munkul]

Mk2 TIG torch holder tested the other day. Quite a bit bigger compared to the mk1.
Works great, I'm really happy with the way the torch is held under its own weight. I have a video of retention and kicking the cable about and it doesn't let go.
I'm going to make some cosmetic changes to the front plate, but I think this is it design wise.
Genuinely a useful product now and not just a gimmick.
I put the videos on Facebook but haven't got around to Instagram yet.

 

[DAPPH]

Doesn't matter which end you go from. You need the leadscrew and spindle turning in the same direction for a right hand thread and the opposite direction for a left hand thread.

My MOLO says different but it is almost 80 yrs old and due to having back gears ( facility to divide by six reduction in speed ) along with a split head stock drive set up ( bull gear ) and various gear train wheel changes can make for the difference in instructions .

Any how's I set it up with another turned to size bar and proceeded to lightly cut the thread .. fine for the first five or six passes then suddenly for some reason the half nuts didn't fully engage on the cut stroke . it jumped out of engagement two inches along the four inch thread and stripped of a couple of threads before I realised what had taken place . I'll complete the threading as a bit of experience but suspec that the a tooth or two on the spur wheels is damaged or well worn ang this is partly the reason for the half nuts jumping out of clamping mode . I'd noticed that heavy free cutting towards the head stock sometimes gave a bit of a shudder in the region that the saddle was when the half nuts gave up .

 

[Kram]

Half nuts likely just need adjustment, quite easy to do I believe.

 

[DAPPH]

Half nuts likely just need adjustment, quite easy to do I believe.

Will be looking at some Atlas 10 F YouTube clips in a couple of minutes , I had already decided to have a look ...thanks .