Stuff you have made today

[Johnnybravo]

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Is that a tapered ballnose cutter? Did you get it specially ground or is it just a standard item?

It was a standard 3mm ball nose cutter that I ground tapered. Not to cut tapered, but to clear as it would only go down 6mm and I needed 6,35, so I backed it off. The angle of the tooth profile was sorted by rotating the part and offsetting the cutter.

You can buy tapered ballnose cutters of the shelf. Look for die sinking cutters. MSC stocks the accupro ones in various angles

 

[nickk]

Had an order for 80 m of estate fence & kissing gate,will get a photo once the farmers erected it.
I priced this for him 12 years before he ordered it,bit of inflation then.

 

[Hood]

View attachment 174339 View attachment 174340 Had an order for 80 m of estate fence & kissing gate,will get a photo once the farmers erected it.
I priced this for him 12 years before he ordered it,bit of inflation then.

Knowing F'ing Farmers he was probably expecting it at the original quote price.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I priced this for him 12 years before he ordered it,bit of inflation then.

And it'll take him another 12 years to get around to settling your invoice.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I was lucky, got to finish early. I had to start early. I was on the A 303 at 5am.

So home and I got one job finished.



As I got it. It needed some attention.



In bits, the shaft was solid, just need to clean up and shape to fit the head correctly.



The head was cleaned, both peins were hardened again and re-tempered. On the hammer pein you can just see the effects of the heat. I used emery cloth the clean the ends up. A Demmal to dress the 2 claws.



The shaft was not wedged when I got it. I used a Ash wedge on the rebuild.



Shaft and head fixed. The old shaft was stained with strong cold tea. It took the colour very well. Then waxed with a of the shelf hard wax.

When I cleaned it up, the head did have a "Hardness" test ring of dots. But no manufactures name, or any details on the shaft.

When the head is tapped it has a very nice "ring" to it.

 

[8ob]

View attachment 174328 View attachment 174329 View attachment 174330 View attachment 174331 Been making a new spigot shaft for a 251 half track. Cutting the splines on the fourth axis worked really well. Strange system in that it uses two clutch plates with different diameters and splines.The smaller one works more like a brake to slow the shaft down and help get the thing in gear. Engine and clutch in the front,gearbox connected by propshaft .

Nice work Johnny The Eaton road ranger 13 speed non synchro gearboxes have the same thing, clutch brake only gets activated in first gear.

Bob

 

[nickk]

And it'll take him another 12 years to get around to settling your invoice.

No problem,get a deposit,then payment on collection( or 5 days later.).

 

[nickk]

More slotting today ,usual stuff,except I only had 1 long enough slot drill of the correct diameter,& it wasn’t a screwed one,the shank is softish so I thought,should grip,no problem,it did.

 

[Hood]

.....I only had 1 long enough slot drill of the correct diameter,.....

That is one of the best things about CNC, doesn't matter what dia the cutter is, well as long as it is smaller than the slot width

 

[Paul.]

Quick rubbish job this morning, repair 3 metal bins used outside in the smoking area of a local WMC, quick hatchet job with a cutting disk to take 200mm of the bottom and stick a new plate on, fitted some feet as well while at it to keep them off the ground, not the most glamorous of jobs but moneys money!.

 

[minimutly]

I've got a hammer like that @nickk.....

View attachment 174419 More slotting today ,usual stuff,except I only had 1 long enough slot drill of the correct diameter,& it wasn’t a screwed one,the shank is softish so I thought,should grip,no problem,it did.

 

[pressbrake1]

Making a pattern to cast a straight edge to replace one that went missing
Looking rough but nothing a bit of gobbing up can’t hide

 

[nickk]

I've got a hammer like that @nickk.....

Had it since 1979, the one original part is the head,it’s had 1 replacement shaft,2 copper ends,1 hide.

 

[arther dailey]

I have same copper n hide mallet, still on original handle, hide is gone ,well has been 35 year, copper same as Nickks, worn one sided, but earned its keep , got it 43 year ago, have two others smaller as well.

 

[brightspark]

View attachment 174459 Making a pattern to cast a straight edge to replace one that went missing
Looking rough but nothing a bit of gobbing up can’t hide

cast in iron ?

 

[pressbrake1]

cast in iron ?

Yes master

The project has gone from annoyance at someone nicking my straight edge(borrow with the intention of not returning is stealing) to triggering a interest in making a load of metrology tooling especially after going on the suburban tools website and seeing the prices

 

[Maker]

Very interested in this project! Do you need to season the casting before milling and grinding (And scraping?)?

 

[brightspark]

Very interested in this project! Do you need to season the casting before milling and grinding (And scraping?)?

supposed to be best leaving the casting outside to rust and weather for 6 month then machine

 

[Hopefuldave]

supposed to be best leaving the casting outside to rust and weather for 6 month then machine

At least 6 months - I'm told Holbrook left their lathe castings for up to 2 years before rough machining, then another year before finish machining...

Might explain why there are so few of 'em about!

I've also hear that hanging and "ringing" helps work the stresses out of straightedges etc., piece of string through a convenient hole, repeatedly clout with a rubber mallet (this may be an Old Scrapers' Tale though!)

OH! Picked up a 7x12 Clarke bandsaw today, seems to be in good working order, if a bit scruffy - EvilBay addiction satisfied for the month!

Dave H. (the other one)

 

[Hopefuldave]

Yes master

The project has gone from annoyance at someone nicking my straight edge(borrow with the intention of not returning is stealing) to triggering a interest in making a load of metrology tooling especially after going on the suburban tools website and seeing the prices

How much is having it cast costing you? Any discount for quantity? I'd quite like a bit of scraping practice...

Dave H. (the other one)