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is it a section of counter for a self-service restaurant/eatery?
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is it a section of counter for a self-service restaurant/eatery?
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It’s to go at the end of a carvury rack is removable
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Today I made a pile of sawdust and wood shavings.
The Tool shafts are from Hickory blanks. Yes I know in the past it was not always cost effective, but this time I had an excuse.
Well I need to made 2 custom handles.
The wedges are cut from a few off cuts off beech.
The round wooden thing at the back is a bit of hickory turned down to make a handle for a lever style handbrake fond on Horse drawn carriages.
The Tool shafts are from Hickory blanks. Yes I know in the past it was not always cost effective, but this time I had an excuse.
Well I need to made 2 custom handles.
The wedges are cut from a few off cuts off beech.
The round wooden thing at the back is a bit of hickory turned down to make a handle for a lever style handbrake fond on Horse drawn carriages.
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Some prototyping for the lathe. I want to build some protection to prevent swarf and chips getting onto the ways. Also to protect against cutting fluid. I made the depression in the middle mainly for clearance issues, I would loose work height if I kept it straight and this lathe center heigh is only 118mm. Idea is to keep it in place with magnets. I would like another sheet metal cover over the cross slide that folded over this one, so any cutting fluid splashes would be led away. But due to the design of the compound I can only cover the slide behind the compound slide, no real way to cover the whole thing.
I think some leather pieces in the right places would help (like Gotteswinter did with his lathe), though I've also seen someone simply just use a large piece of neoprene.
I think some leather pieces in the right places would help (like Gotteswinter did with his lathe), though I've also seen someone simply just use a large piece of neoprene.
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I've not yet had any issues with cutting fluid causing rust, but even so I'd like to minimize the amount of cleanup I have to do, I don't like leaving puddles of cutting fluid around in the ways after I've used it, I feel it's better to just not get it where it doesn't belong on a general principle.
But the main thing, and this is just my experience, is that when you get stuff like oil or cutting fluid on a surface it turns into a magnet for swarf and crud, it can't be brushed away or blown or vacuumed away, it gets real messy and difficult to clean, how many times can I wipe the ways with a towel and it keeps coming up gray despite looking clean? Feels like you can never get it truly clean when it gets like that.
But the main thing, and this is just my experience, is that when you get stuff like oil or cutting fluid on a surface it turns into a magnet for swarf and crud, it can't be brushed away or blown or vacuumed away, it gets real messy and difficult to clean, how many times can I wipe the ways with a towel and it keeps coming up gray despite looking clean? Feels like you can never get it truly clean when it gets like that.
To be honest I use a de greaser from time to time it's overdue doing again now
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I just replaced the worn out way wipers today as well, replaced them with leather from an old belt and made a tight fit, you can see on the ways thatthey work a lot better now. The old felt ones were worn out. And these were free of course.
That looks good and simple, more difficult on my lathe because the back of the compound slide contacts the whole of the cross slide top, it's not raised up like some so I cannot make something that easily covers everything and just make a hole for the compound slide to fit through. Perhaps if I made a 1mm spacer to raise up the compound slide then I could get a big covering shield over the whole thing. Might cause other problems doing that however.
That looks good and simple, more difficult on my lathe because the back of the compound slide contacts the whole of the cross slide top, it's not raised up like some so I cannot make something that easily covers everything and just make a hole for the compound slide to fit through. Perhaps if I made a 1mm spacer to raise up the compound slide then I could get a big covering shield over the whole thing. Might cause other problems doing that however.
Been watching Project Binky by any chance ? Them lads use wiper motors to power just about everything in their workshop that they motorise.
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More metal bending. Also made new way wipers from an old leather belt, worked out quite well actually, though not visible in photos. Did some turning and boring with these in place and they do reduce the cleanup by a lot, 99% of the crud landed on the sheet metal parts and I could just lift them off and sweep the swarf and chips into a bin.
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Some prototyping for the lathe. I want to build some protection to prevent swarf and chips getting onto the ways. Also to protect against cutting fluid. I made the depression in the middle mainly for clearance issues, I would loose work height if I kept it straight and this lathe center heigh is only 118mm. Idea is to keep it in place with magnets. I would like another sheet metal cover over the cross slide that folded over this one, so any cutting fluid splashes would be led away. But due to the design of the compound I can only cover the slide behind the compound slide, no real way to cover the whole thing.
I think some leather pieces in the right places would help (like Gotteswinter did with his lathe), though I've also seen someone simply just use a large piece of neoprene.
Every time I use my lathe then have to clean it I often thought that some type of cover would be great. My lathe is a myford ml7 & it a pig to clean because its so small and you can't get in with a dustpan & brush.
If the swarf is dry I can use a hoover but today I was drilling holes & using lots of oil so the swarf was a sticky mess!I'll have a look at my lathe & try to design something similar to your cover.
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Every time I use my lathe then have to clean it I often thought that some type of cover would be great. My lathe is a myford ml7 & it a pig to clean because its so small and you can't get in with a dustpan & brush.
I'll have a look at my lathe & try to design something similar to your cover.
This is true, also just keeping your lathe well oiled, as it should be, makes it a magnet for swarf and debris. If you could keep the lathe un-oiled and machine everythng dry, then things would be a lot simpler but alas these are the laws of physics we were dealt.
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Got the hatch fitted to the boat today and made some T bar tube nuts so that the locking mechanism can be released from outside as it is an escape hatch. Forgot to take pics of it though 
Also got the Net drum fitted to a different boat, turns out the boat has just been sold so although I wasn't supposed to be fitting it until next week I had to get a move on and get it done today, the boat is going away South on Wed or Thurs and a 10m Cheetah Cat will be replacing it. I will have a fair bit of work to do on that although it will be spread over a period of time.
Anyway the net drum, it looks quite high in the pic but it is only about 400mm higher than the one on the boat outside, it also looks bigger but it is fractionally smaller.
Then just before I headed home I cut out some brackets for holding guide on gear to a winch for the boat I fitted the hatch to. They are made from 16mm steel and I still have to machine the holes out as they have to be accurate so I cut them at 38mm instead of the required 40mm.
Also got the Net drum fitted to a different boat, turns out the boat has just been sold so although I wasn't supposed to be fitting it until next week I had to get a move on and get it done today, the boat is going away South on Wed or Thurs and a 10m Cheetah Cat will be replacing it. I will have a fair bit of work to do on that although it will be spread over a period of time.
Anyway the net drum, it looks quite high in the pic but it is only about 400mm higher than the one on the boat outside, it also looks bigger but it is fractionally smaller.
Then just before I headed home I cut out some brackets for holding guide on gear to a winch for the boat I fitted the hatch to. They are made from 16mm steel and I still have to machine the holes out as they have to be accurate so I cut them at 38mm instead of the required 40mm.
