Stuff you have made today

Tinbasherdan · Sep 25, 2019

Hood said:
The 8" nominal bore pipe arrived today which allowed me to turn the step on the end caps, I always wait until I have the pipe as the sizes can vary slightly between lots and I want an nice press (batter with hammer) fit.

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Bandsaw comes in handy as a bench.

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Job done.

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Next up I chopped up a bit of bronze prop shaft.

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Into the Chiron and made some rectangular stock.

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The next step was to do a bit more machining to them, it left this.

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And this.

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What dia is the bronze? I need a piece around 3.5” to make a hub retaining nut for my aero engine

Hood · Sep 25, 2019

Tinbasherdan said:
What dia is the bronze? I need a piece around 3.5” to make a hub retaining nut for my aero engine

It is only 1 1/2" just barely enough for me to square off and have enough to grip for machining.

Tinbasherdan · Sep 25, 2019

Hood said:
It is only 1 1/2" just barely enough for me to square off and have enough to grip for machining.

Ah booger. Will have to make it out of steel then!

Windy Miller · Sep 25, 2019

Aesgarth said:
Because I can be a bit of an oaf at times I broke the plastic handwheel on the vice on my new bandsaw:View attachment 194147 View attachment 194146

I suspect a manufacturing defect as the metal ring inside is cracked, however I couldn't be bothered to take the whole thing back so I made a new wheel...

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It's significantly sturdier than the plastic one...

@Aesgarth is that the Axminster swivel head job?
Mine also has a home brewed handle replacing the broken original.
Maybe they’re all 5h1te, or perhaps we’re both oafs!

Seadog · Sep 26, 2019

123hotchef said:
I finished this off and fitted it

That's not going to do much for your finish at higher speeds.

123hotchef · Sep 26, 2019

Seadog said:
That's not going to do much for your finish at higher speeds.

I did wonder if it would put the chuck out of balance I guess I will soon find out.

DAPPH · Sep 26, 2019

Would a simple split circle of steel inch thick wall with a hex cap pinch bolt across / through the split in to threaded hole on one side of the split be better for balance rather than a heavy bolt & banjo have been better ?

Seadog · Sep 26, 2019

This was the original

DAPPH · Sep 26, 2019

What's wrong with it?

Maker · Sep 26, 2019

DAPPH said:
What's wrong with it?

Presumably Chef didnt have one.

123hotchef · Sep 26, 2019

DAPPH said:
Would a simple split circle of steel inch thick wall with a hex cap pinch bolt across / through the split in to threaded hole on one side of the split be better for balance rather than a heavy bolt & banjo have been better ?

maybe I can always cut the banjo part off and get it on the mill to drill and tap a new pinch bolt in

123hotchef · Sep 26, 2019

Maker said:
Presumably Chef didnt have one.

I did not it is not a off the self part it is a modification

123hotchef · Sep 26, 2019

Well i just made these up and the balance was fine. But I did not have it up to the maximum speed

Aesgarth · Sep 26, 2019

Windy Miller said:
@Aesgarth is that the Axminster swivel head job?
Mine also has a home brewed handle replacing the broken original.
Maybe they’re all 5h1te, or perhaps we’re both oafs!

It is the Axminster swivel head job! I'm going to take them the handle back at some point and tell them it's carp. The rest of the saw seems pretty good...

dan.taylor.1 · Sep 26, 2019

Which model, I've got the engineer series one and it's excellent.

Windy Miller · Sep 26, 2019

Aesgarth said:
It is the Axminster swivel head job! I'm going to take them the handle back at some point and tell them it's carp. The rest of the saw seems pretty good...

The accuracy on mine was VASTLY improved when I shimmed up one side of the vice. It cuts very square now.

Thanks to @Seadog for his assistance with this!