Stuff you have made today

[pressbrake1]

Yes they can do the whole lot.
I was going to be building myself a small travel heavy duty lathe at one time, got some heavy duty linear guides for it at the same time as I got a turret for the present lathe but never got it done and it is not going to happen now

I was wondering if the mill version has rigid tapping. I phoned haas last week and it was £2500 extra in 2019! Not exactly cutting edge

 

[Hood]

It is supposed to have it although until I get it hooked up I won't know for sure how well it works. My lathe only has an induction motor on it, I did fit a servo a while back but have gone through a few drives so when the 3rd one died at the back end of last year I decided to just go back to the original setup but with a VFD controlling the motor. I suppose technically mine won't be rigid tapping as depth can't be exactly controlled but with a servo spindle it could be, the Chiron has a servo and it can do rigid tapping with Mach3 and the CSMIO/IP-A.

 

[Hood]

This is the info from the TDB manual, basically the same controller as mine but without encoder feedback.
The only reason I am quoting from it is it is a true pdf so searchable where as the manual I have for mine is just images so not searchable.

 

[Johnnybravo]

I was wondering if the mill version has rigid tapping. I phoned haas last week and it was £2500 extra in 2019! Not exactly cutting edge

Haas and cutting edge are mutually exclusive . Had them around in November showing off their new,all singing all dancing control. They still haven't got half the features that my 9 year old Siemens control has, and their attempt at conversational programming was dire to say the least.Made me wonder if they managed to entice the oldboy ,(who designed Prototrak for South Western Industries in the '80s ), out of retirement. Hahaha

 

[optima21]

not exactly made today, but its the first time Ive assembled all the parts for the Triumph Heralds dashboard together, I've done bits and pieces on it for the last 10 to 15 years or so.

I wanted something that looks like it could have left the factory that way, so these are the bits that have been tweaked.

1) matching speedometer and rev counter from a Austin Healey Sprite, with the original mechanism of the speedometer from my herald being fitted, the circuity for the rev counter has been replaced as it doesnt work with electronic ignition.
2) matching smith fuel, coolant temp, oil temp and oil pressure gauges with matching senders, not sure which cars the gauges originally came from.
3) 2 speed and intermittant windscreen wipers with electric wash pump (single speed manual pump as standard) using the wiper relay of a mk2 vw polo.
4) 3 speed heater and rear demister (single speed heater as standard)
5)rear fog light and headlight flasher that turns the diped beam off when flashed (as standard the dipped beam stays on when the mian beam is flashed)
6) Hazard light switch, think it came out of a Triumph 2500 (well its an old British car so they may well be required)
7) Cat 2 imobilizer, still prefer the diskloc though, as a standard car can be stolen with a 2ft length of wire
8)Triumph TR6 knobs so that the knobs in the centre of the dash now match.

as they say, the devil is in the detail.

and testing the wiring for the windscreen wipers

and the lighting to flash the headlights (turn the dipped beam off when the main beam is flashed, as standard the dipped beam stays on) and to fit a rear fog light without fitting any extra switches.

and the imobiliser with the flashing led to show its working being fitted into the rev counter

glad to say the electrics will work as planned too.

 

[Hood]

Brings back memories, Dad had at least 3 Heralds and it was always an adventure going on Holiday, half of the time would be taken up fixing it so we could get back home

 

[Hood]

Yesterday and today.

Plasma cut a rusty old bit of 20mm plate and then turned it to make a rudder flange, then onto the Chiron and milled 4 holes at 4" PCD then welded it to the shaft. Rods were old horrible siftrodes and gave me a load of spatter but they were all I had

Next I started welding up the rudder that I had previously plasma cut.

Then cut a slice of some 7" dia stainless and again turned and milled it then welded to the shaft I had previously turned on the CNC the other week.

I like stainless stick welding much better than steel.

Then to the lathe to turn the OD, true the face and finish size the register.

Also had to make a couple of Acetal bushes.
Finished parts with the old ones from the other side of the boat.

 

[cheb]

Hood, I love seeing what you are doing. Did they hand you a deck cleat and ask you to build a boat underneath it?

 

[Hood]

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Hood, I love seeing what you are doing. Did they hand you a deck cleat and ask you to build a boat underneath it?

ha ha no chance of that, my GRP or woodworking skills are far worse than my metal working ones

 

[AndersK]

@Hood , you're way to modest mate.
If your woodworking skills are just half of your metal you'll manage well

 

[dazza]

You guys make such cool stuff, me not so much .

Did get to use the lathe though probably not the quickest way to cut a circle.

handle for the garage door.

Been working on this door for months on and off had enough now.

Painted the frame just need to paint the panels on the outside.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Did get to use the lathe though probably not the quickest way to cut a circle.

'Lathery' is very rewarding, isn't it.

 

[Maker]

'Lathery' is very rewarding, isn't it.

Turning.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Turning.

But you can use a lathe for other functions......

 

[steviec_lj]

But you can use a lathe for other functions......

Like an ornament..or that’s what mine is at the moment, no time to put it back together, or clean it, let alone paint it at the minute.

Keep looking at “beginner” projects to attempt on it too, something with proper step by step instructions so I can’t mess it up

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Like an ornament..

Or milling operations.... tapping... etc

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Like an ornament..or that’s what mine is at the moment, no time to put it back together, or clean it, let alone paint it at the minute.

Keep looking at “beginner” projects to attempt on it too, something with proper step by step instructions so I can’t mess it up

Pens.

Nice and easy. Make or buy a mandrel to suit the kit first.

 

[Dieselman 63]

A quick rack to hang the slashers up. They are sharp and having them leaning against the wall isn’t ideal when they all start falling over when you go to get one. I didn’t have nails long enough so I counterbored and used a punch to send them home!

 

[slim_boy_fat]

A quick rack to hang the slashers up. They are sharp and having them leaning against the wall isn’t ideal when they all start falling over when you go to get one. I didn’t have nails long enough so I counterbored and used a punch to send them home!

I'd have had the sharp ends pointing down - H & S and all that......

 

[Dieselman 63]

I'd have had the sharp ends pointing down - H & S and all that......

Looks like I forgot the fluoro orange paint too, gah!