Stuff you have made today

[slim_boy_fat]

made a friends 58 Desoto roof 6" lower

Is that a typo ['48 maybe]? The '58s had moved on in body design

 

[danomer777]

MOD Edit - dedicated thread here

https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/my-homemade-metal-bender.86900/

 

[slim_boy_fat]

MOD Edit - dedicated thread here

Linkee no workee?

EDIT: Ah, here it is.....https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/my-homemade-metal-bender.86900/ but is the same video as above.

Also, this one https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/my-homemade-power-hammer.86898/

 

[rtbcomp]

^^ Linkee now workee

Best to keep comments in that thread to stop this thread from becoming even more convoluted.

 

[galooph]

Made a bracket to hold my pry bars.

 

[Shox Dr]

Now, where to get some of that 'accordian'-type stuff to help protect the ways, threads etc from getting covered in the chips....?

https://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Machine-Spares/Machine-Bellows.

 

[Sean]

You missed a bit at the back

thats for another weekend, compound curve, got the c pillars in so the basic structure is formed and the lines

Is that a typo ['48 maybe]? The '58s had moved on in body design

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yes probably 48...its a dyslexia tihng

 

[Dieselman 63]

Made a bracket to hold my pry bars.

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I like that. Also like the pry bars!

 

[Pete.]

I've started working on the pulleys Scottmk1 sent me. This is going to be the new motor pulley for my Monarch lathe (actually the lathe it's being machined on). I've turned all of the casting features off it all over so that it runs in balance, and bored it for the motor shaft of 1.750". Need a keyway put in it .200" wide and .100" deep then it's ready to go. Next up is the spindle pulley.

 

[Dieselman 63]

I've started working on the pulleys Scottmk1 sent me. This is going to be the new motor pulley for my Monarch lathe (actually the lathe it's being machined on). I've turned all of the casting features off it all over so that it runs in balance, and bored it for the motor shaft of 1.750". Need a keyway put in it .200" wide and .100" deep then it's ready to go. Next up is the spindle pulley.

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Your work never ceases to amaze me. Whilst I’m a bit obsessed with English built machinery, those American machines are something else. A lot of American features actually end up on English machines, notably the camlock chuck design. Should you be interested I have a copy of Emmermans red book from the fifties (I think, could be earlier) which is a huge catalogue of machine tools. You could have it for the postage as I have no use for it.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

https://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Machine-Spares/Machine-Bellows.

Cheers!

 

[Shox Dr]

Cheers!

I’ve also a link to a bloke who wrote a small program to print the folds. I’ll see if I can find it

 

[Shox Dr]

@slim_boy_fat
Franks workshop; http://www.franksworkshop.com.au/CNC/Bellows/Bellows.htm

 

[slim_boy_fat]

@slim_boy_fat
Franks workshop; http://www.franksworkshop.com.au/CNC/Bellows/Bellows.htm

Thanks

 

[Shox Dr]

Thanks

I was going to [try&] print it directly onto the polypropylene sheet

 

[Pete.]

Your work never ceases to amaze me. Whilst I’m a bit obsessed with English built machinery, those American machines are something else. A lot of American features actually end up on English machines, notably the camlock chuck design. Should you be interested I have a copy of Emmermans red book from the fifties (I think, could be earlier) which is a huge catalogue of machine tools. You could have it for the postage as I have no use for it.

Nice of you to say so, but I think my work is average at best.

Pulley keyway made and fitted to motor

Top pulley bored and keyway cut using a piece of 1/4" x 1/2" HSS as a broach.

Fits just nice. Just needs a pair of belts now.

 

[Hood]

this plate hit 90c today, i could not touch, have to wait til early morningView attachment 160081 to work upon it

It gets hot enough in Scotland, so can imagine how hot Alu gets in Oz

 

[Hood]

This evening I made some spaghetti from wires and thankfully my wiring diagram I made the last day seems to be correct.
All I need to do now is see if I can get a few bits and bobs sold so that I can purchase a new controller and then the new electrical panel for the lathe can be started on properly.

 

[Hood]

That's way beyond both my abilities and ambitions.

Here you go @slim_boy_fat , perfect package for CNCing that wee mill of yours
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283259790801?ul_noapp=true

 

[bert]

Today I made a customers Mini solid, next task is seam seal, stone chip and paint.