Stuff you have made today

[optima21]

What type of collet chuck is that?

if you mean this one?

its an ER20 collect chuck that I made for fitting to the spindle of my lathe

on the bottom half of this thread

https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum...chine-modifications.58888/page-2#post-1102570

you can but ready made ones for ER16, ER25, ER32 and ER40 collets, but not for ER20 collets, and I use ER20's so made my own

https://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Collets/ER-Lathe-Collet-Chucks

 

[mtt.tr]

What type of collet chuck is that?

Looks like an er type

 

[Hitch]

Bit more on this today, section of a spinning cut out and welded around the cone I formed yesterday. The hammered knuckle meets nicely into this spun section. Inside of the weld is polished out to make a nice smooth and hygienic transition.
Outside weld (visible) will be left, just pickled , as that will be on the outside.

 

[Memmeddu]

Nothing special
Starting from yesterday
Maintenance on a McCulloch 40cc brush cutter .
Replaced the diaphragms .
And a Stihl MS180
Cleaned
Replaced diaphragms
Sharpened the chain
Today I've received a call from a ancient woman seeking for an electrician because the RCD was continuously tripping.
Since she appeared ancient at the phone
I've decided to go to check prior lunch .
Once arrived I've found the RCD with closed contacts so I've looked at the power meter.
Reading the LCD screen ...
Overload 376% , reduce power...
K factor 15% .
What all this mean?
Customer doesn't pay the bill , distributor cuts the power to the 15% (450W) .
So I felt so bad for this woman who appeared to be roughly 85 , around the age of my grandmother (passed away last year on November)
Alone ,no family close to her.
I've called the power company asking for this woman information about what to do to solve the problems .
1 hour at the phone .
Explained what she should do .
And hopefully she solved.
Said her good luck, good lunch and good bye.
She asked me how much , I've answered telling her .
Nothing , I'll be paid once I'll be up there in sky"
She almost cry

 

[WorkshopChris]

Reading the LCD screen ...
Overload 376% , reduce power...
K factor 15% .
What all this mean?
Customer doesn't pay the bill , distributor cuts the power to the 15% (450W) .

We will start seeing this hear in the UK once smart meters are more established.

 

[Kram]

Floor grouted. Pleased it is finally done and Im happy with it,last thing I'll do another day is level the hidden gap along the wall and at the back, mostly so water cant collect there if mopping or pipe leak.

 

[RichardM]

Roller fingers for fixed steady, finished putting them in this morning. I can start to make the traveling steady now.

 

[Robert.]

Looks like a cattle feeder ,is actually a guard for round a fire pit .

 

[MattF]

Floor grouted. Pleased it is finally done and Im happy with it,last thing I'll do another day is level the hidden gap along the wall and at the back, mostly so water cant collect there if mopping or pipe leak.

You bought a large tub of grout then?

 

[BirdmanJohn]

 

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[Nick DV]

Awesome

 

[Nick DV]

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Looks great What thickness steel did you use?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

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Again fantastic.

 

[mr migwire]

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very nice indeed John.

 

[My Old Landy]

I had a play on both the woodworking and metalworking lathes
Firstly I made a couple of bushes for the pen mandrel:

This is the what I managed to get done today (and a little of yesterday):

 

[Dev]

A couple of Christmas presents. Coated in graphite with the intention of electroplating but I’m having second thoughts and considering just Lacquering them as is.

 

[bigegg]

A couple of Christmas presents. Coated in graphite with the intention of electroplating but I’m having second thoughts and considering just Lacquering them as is.

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What are you using as a carrier/binder for the graphite?

 

[Dev]

I normally use acrylic paint, this is an experiment with slightly watered down PVA glue.

Edit: Stuck the Fluke on the Tuit on and it’s resistance is 2k ohms. Not sure that’s good enough but that’s why we do these tests!

 

[doubleboost]

Looks great What thickness steel did you use?

3 mill