Stuff you have made today

[Arc Tourist]

Need to build a clock for my garage, not that I am a slave to a time schedule anymore.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

You know chrome doesn't rust - its porous and its the steel underneath rusting.

Just like tin foil doesn't remove the rust either.

 

[JMS1972]

It's more wood bothering my dad helped me knock up this CO2 Laser Cutter work station. It's got space under it to store loads of A4 sheets.

The untidy corner tidied.

I've moved the grinder tool cupboard next to the T&C grinder makes things a bit more sensible!

It's pulled the top forward a bit so the lid clears the shelves. Bucket is for coolant. Pipe in the front is for the air blast needs tidying.

A4 sheets of ply etc can stand vertically.

Could have been a fraction nicer with new wood but this cost me nothing and the useful wood pile is a bit smaller

 

[northwest]

Finally drilled the holes in my welding table. This was a bit of a trial run for the Mag Drill. I am going to drill the hot bench next but I have a plan, total overkill but it will look good. This is the table and some Kennedy F clamps modified a la @Tangledfeet :



Table folds up nicely flat against the wall. I was very pleasantly surprised at just how accurate the holes in the table turned out.

 

[Dr.Al]

Iirc, some kitchen chopping boards are made of it?

HDPE usually (I've used chopping board material in the past for some things, but I like acetal for gears as it's so nice to machine as well as being low friction),.

Might bump a bit but it shouldn't hurt. If they are running on those small pinions you haven't got a lot of teeth engaged it would be better if the pinions were bigger.

Only one way to find out...

It'll be a while before they get a test, but it won't be a big deal to remake them if they're a bit too bumpy.

 

[selectedgrub]

A chocolate starfish in silver.

 

[Hood]

Looks like Seraphim

 

[selectedgrub]

I've seen cleaner ones in self touchers monthly but I think they airbrush the photos.
Maybe some swarf arranged around it?

 

[Barking Mat]

Made another boat wet, first thing this morning.

Ah ha me hearties...

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Made another boat wet, first thing this morning.

Ah ha me hearties...

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Did you fill the float tanks this time?

 

[DAPPH]

About a hundred and fifty profiteroles and a szarlotka for my girlfriend's birthday.


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It was supposed to be a crockomboosh (sp? ) but I lost the morning taking her to A&E, she stabbed herself in the wrist with scissors excitedly opening presents! She's fine thankfully, missed everything major.

When it was my girlfriend ....... it wasn't profiteroles that she got for her birthday .... How times change

 

[Munkul]

Made some holes in some metal, among other things.

 

[Hood]

Made some holes in some metal, among other things.

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Is that an Arboga?

 

[Munkul]

Is that an Arboga?

Yeah, an a2608 I got off my uncle a few years back. I sometimes want to upgrade it, especially if I'm running big cutters in it, but it's been sweet on 18s and 14s recently.

 

[Hood]

Yeah, an a2608 I got off my uncle a few years back. I sometimes want to upgrade it, especially if I'm running big cutters in it, but it's been sweet on 18s and 14s recently.

I rate Arboga drills, they don't look much, especially the older ones like I have but they are hard to beat in my opinion.

 

[Munkul]

I rate Arboga drills, they don't look much, especially the older ones like I have but they are hard to beat in my opinion.

The older ones were superb.
This one was built at a problem time imo, it has a non standard built in motor with 2 speed windings, and they burned out while I had it on temporary loan. Had to make some tools to pull the winding casing out and get it custom re wound. So of course I made him an offer for it, since I already had money in it lol.
The earlier versions and the later versions of the same model have a proper separate motor flange mounted on top.
It's MT3 but the spindle isn't overly built so it has a bit of flex when using say 26mm annular cutters or bigger... But it was only designed for 1" twist drills... Right next to it is my brothers Pollard Corona MT2, and it's a much more heavily built drill. I'd love an MT3 version of it instead, or a small radial arm drill... But then I remember that this thing does just fine

 

[Hood]

Mine has the built in motor as well but it wouldn't be too hard to adapt and fit an external motor if the need arose..

 

[Hood]

This evening I made the coolant come out the capto holders. It is just temporarily set up at the moment but I will fix a tube across the saddle with flexi pipe either end so I can quickly attach the locline coolant hose and the capto block.

It means now I can fit any of the capto heads and the coolant will be exactly where it should be on the insert.

I thought I was in luck with one of the holders, read the code on it and saw it was a Seco MDT holder. Great I thought, I have an MDT tool for the CNC and I bought 4 boxes of inserts, 2 grooving/turning and 2 full radius. Looked them out but there was a problem.

Looks ok from this angle.

But not so good from this one.

The inserts I have are 3mm and the holder is 4mm

 

[DAPPH]

Time for remodeling or is it not viable?

 

[Hood]

Time for remodeling or is it not viable?

Not sure I follow, are you meaning the coolant or the tool holder?