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Must be a small boat if it fits in there
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Beat me to it!Must be a small boat if it fits in there
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I made a simple fence out of two bits of steel.
This runs in the groove on the table:
Tools can be held up against the fence to make sure the end is square to the side. I recently got a chisel second hand and the end was decidedly wonky. Holding against the fence with the table set at an appropriate angle looks like this:
A minute or so with the grinder running and the tip doesn't even feel warm to the touch.
The end is square now (I've only ground it to 240 grit so far, hence all the scratch marks):
For wider tools (wider than about 50 mm), the table can be moved into the upper position to use a different part of the disc:
This runs in the groove on the table:
Tools can be held up against the fence to make sure the end is square to the side. I recently got a chisel second hand and the end was decidedly wonky. Holding against the fence with the table set at an appropriate angle looks like this:
A minute or so with the grinder running and the tip doesn't even feel warm to the touch.
The end is square now (I've only ground it to 240 grit so far, hence all the scratch marks):
For wider tools (wider than about 50 mm), the table can be moved into the upper position to use a different part of the disc:
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Miss read the purpose of it .
But essentially a dB killer exhaust
Is a straight exhaust pipe with a resonance chamber instead of the silencer
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The woodwork shop had a bigger version of that at school. Disc was around 40cm and set up like a (old) record player. Post off one corner held the tool clamp which swung to even the wear. Ace for plane blades.A bit more progress on the slow speed grinder today. I started by making the four pillars that hold the gearbox assembly above the electronics housing. That enabled a quick test fit:
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I then put one of the plates on the mill and hogged out a load of metal to allow me to fit the switchgear.
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With hindsight, I should have thought about this a bit more (or modelled it in the CAD or something)...
A quick test fit of the electrickery onto the plates:
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If was at this point I remembered that the spinning disc hangs down over the bottom panel and hence would hit the potentiometer.
Back onto the mill and I drilled another hole so the pot could be fitted the other way up. I then made a little hole filler out of some aluminium round bar.
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Et voila:
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It's a bit cosy inside around the front panel, but it's not too bad:
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I still haven't modified the table to give a bit more clearance and I need to make a cover before fitting the table. In the meantime, I couldn't resist a little play using the reference surface (which I'd previously adjusted to be level with the grinding disc) with a honing guide to reshape and sharpen an old chisel.
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I had a play putting a secondary bevel on (I'm not sure why, I was just experimenting) by putting the honing guide on a steel rule. I should have picked a wider rule as I wobbled off the edge so the secondary bevel is a bit wonky, but it worked and that's the main thing:
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On the subject of sharpening stations and honing guides, I have a benchtop sharpening station with a horizontal honing wheel with a water drip and an adjustable-angle sliding tool rest/holder. While it's not quite as fancy as the Viceroy, it works well, and my planes and chisels are happier now with their bright new edges and backs, especially after I gave them a light touch-up with a finer stone. The adjustable orifice in the gravity-feed water drip works well, although the drip rate is more consistent if I keep the reservoir at least 2/3 full. I haven't used the left-side (dry) wheel yet, as I still need to order a replacement eye shield for it. The wheel guard for the left-side wheel can be rotated, and the tool rest/holder can be detached from the right side (horizontal wheel) and moved over and attached to a socket in the left-side wheel guard, which I think will be very handy for doing the initial grind on badly nicked blades. If I recall, the horizontal (wet) wheel is 1,000 grit, and the left-side (dry) wheel is 120 grit. I picked this up from a local bloke for $40 who was downsizing his operation.
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That does look like it! Was about '61 or 2 and the odd thing was that it arrived with a big woodturning lathe. Good, but those were the only power tools in the shop. Bit overkill, as I thought at the time. The lathe was fun, doubt they would allow things like that now for young guys. Even the so called woodwork master was a bit wary of it, but didn't stop us... It wasn't a 'subject' for me, but hobby time.
Thinking now, maybe a good salesman called?
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How will you get the magic smoke in whilst the glue sets?
Jan-DIY
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Man..How will you get the magic smoke in whilst the glue sets?
I thought you are specialists here.
got some black smoke from other machines….
That was quite easy.
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This caught my eye: https://www.bricodepot.fr/saintes-saint-georges-des-coteaux/touret-a-meuler-250-w/prod58000/On the subject of sharpening stations and honing guides, I have a benchtop sharpening station with a horizontal honing wheel with a water drip and an adjustable-angle sliding tool rest/holder. While it's not quite as fancy as the Viceroy, it works well, and my planes and chisels are happier now with their bright new edges and backs, especially after I gave them a light touch-up with a finer stone. The adjustable orifice in the gravity-feed water drip works well, although the drip rate is more consistent if I keep the reservoir at least 2/3 full. I haven't used the left-side (dry) wheel yet, as I still need to order a replacement eye shield for it. The wheel guard for the left-side wheel can be rotated, and the tool rest/holder can be detached from the right side (horizontal wheel) and moved over and attached to a socket in the left-side wheel guard, which I think will be very handy for doing the initial grind on badly nicked blades. If I recall, the horizontal (wet) wheel is 1,000 grit, and the left-side (dry) wheel is 120 grit. I picked this up from a local bloke for $40 who was downsizing his operation.
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Nothing like as good, but with a couple of jigs, the wet wheel can straighten up wood tools and Hss drills. My 40 year old cheepy bench grinder is getting a bit rough and getting fresh wheels would be close in price to the new one.
The slow wet wheel is wider than it looks in the pics
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Glad you sorted that, I was about to FedeX you some V high quality black pungent smoke. Works really well, if you know how to insert it...
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Had a play at TIG welding this afternoon and it occured to me that it might be useful (for some) to have a wee rack for their tungstens should they dip and contaminate it; this never happens to me, obvs, but I thought I'd make an example just to show what could be done. Happened to have a block of aluminium kicking about, so eight holes later...
Please feel free to use this design, royalty free, as I thought some might need more than one tungsten if they're doing a weld longer than a few inches...
Please feel free to use this design, royalty free, as I thought some might need more than one tungsten if they're doing a weld longer than a few inches...
